These are the news events, stories, and links that I am discussing with my students in my Soc101 classes. Want to share a new event with me to include in the next teachable moments? Send them to me here.

• The Kansas City Star defends reasons for striking ‘Redskins’ from copy
• Orlando Cruz becomes first active boxer to announce he is gay – Pairs nicely with this other story about masculinity, sports, and the LGTBQ community.
• Bic For Her: Is There Anything We Won’t Gender? On Amazon – This made my classes laugh
• Skilled Work, Without The Worker – I’d pair this with Rifkin’s The End Of Work
• Louis C.K., Fatherhood and the Sexism of Lowered Expectations Thanks to Lyndie Christensen Nader