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Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    State Might Have More Women, Minorities Than White Men in 2013 Congressional Caucus

    There's a decent chance that in 2013, white men will not rule California's congressional caucus for a change. Currently, 28 of California's 53 representatives are white men. Of the other 25, 19 are women, nine of whom are minorities, and six are minority men. Because of redistricting, handled by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Double Dutch Dog, Vegan M&Ms and Whale Trainer Barbie!

    ​ Hey you aspiring vegan TV stars and sandwich lovers! Head over to Ike's SFSU this afternoon to get super famous! Well, vegan famous. It's similar to being regular famous, but only vegans care. You get to keep your dignity, though (overrated). Now I'd like to talk about a topic very near a ... More >>

  • Film

    April 11, 2012

    "We Have a Pope": Fearful New Pope Questions Catholicism

    ​ Hey you aspiring vegan TV stars and sandwich lovers! Head over to Ike's SFSU this afternoon to get super famous! Well, vegan famous. It's similar to being regular famous, but only vegans care. You get to keep your dignity, though (overrated). Now I'd like to talk about a topic very near a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Newsflash: San Francisco Expensive, Minorities and Families Leaving

    ​Today, the San Francisco Chronicle's website characterized premature rapture specialist Harold Camping's admission that the world still exists as "breaking news."  Fittingly, today's Chron A-1 was a story noting that San Francisco is growing whiter and less diverse as families with children ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    San Francisco Might Have More Medical Marijuana Users Than Black People

    ​The medical marijuana movement and hyperbole often go hand-in-hand. It wasn't more than a few years ago that the office of George W. Bush's drug czar spread the rumor that there were more pot clubs in San Francisco than Starbucks coffee shops, a drum they banged loudly and proudly (and one that, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    San Francisco Not Losing Kids, Despite What Chronicle Story Says

    Who said you couldn't raise six kids in San Francisco?​As of Monday afternoon a weekend front page story titled:  "S.F. losing kids as parents seek schools, homes" was still the most read story on the San Francisco Chronicle's Web site. More than 400 commenters debated whether it was bad scho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    San Francsico Has More Asians, More Elderly, and More Kids

    Matt SmithMore people are biking to work ​San Franciscans are on average older, more Asian, more likely to ride their bike to work, and better educated than they were 10 years ago, according to a new Planning Department analysis of Census data.You might have guessed all that, but this might surpri ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2011

    Magical Mystery Mosaic

    Matt SmithMore people are biking to work ​San Franciscans are on average older, more Asian, more likely to ride their bike to work, and better educated than they were 10 years ago, according to a new Planning Department analysis of Census data.You might have guessed all that, but this might surpri ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2010

    Strangers in a Strange Land

    Matt SmithMore people are biking to work ​San Franciscans are on average older, more Asian, more likely to ride their bike to work, and better educated than they were 10 years ago, according to a new Planning Department analysis of Census data.You might have guessed all that, but this might surpri ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    Triclops! isn't your parents' prog

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Filling Out Census: Two Minutes. Reading Newsom Statement on Why You Should: Longer.

    Another thing Gavin Newsom wants you to do: Fill out your census form. ​"You should fill out the census, because it brings the city metric shitloads of federal money and you benefit." There. Done. That's what you stand to gain by filling out the census form that may or may not be rattling around i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Eating Oatmeal on the Muni? Really, Pal? That's the Thing to Do?

    What the hell?​In the course of getting slowly from here to there on Muni, we've seen it all: urination, defecation,  confrontation, defenestration, and Matt Gonzalez. But, until now, we'd never seen anyone break out a spoon and a bowl and begin slurping oatmeal on the L-Taraval. To paraphras ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 7, 2009

    Author's debut novel is by necessity schizophrenic

    What the hell?​In the course of getting slowly from here to there on Muni, we've seen it all: urination, defecation,  confrontation, defenestration, and Matt Gonzalez. But, until now, we'd never seen anyone break out a spoon and a bowl and begin slurping oatmeal on the L-Taraval. To paraphras ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    SFGate Article on 'Diaper-Free Babies' Craps Out Debunked Notion that Diapers are Overwhelming Our Landfills

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    Gee Whiz

    But the cute bear wants me to buy disposable diapers...​Like many of you, I was more than a bit amazed at an article yesterday on SFgate, in which a woman with the Marx Brothers-worthy name of Willow Lune explained her raison d'etre: Pushing a diaper-free lifestyle in which one's children can be t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    True Skool Announces "Fresh"

    Skoolin: Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist works a crowdKeeping hip-hop culture alive isn't an easy thing. That's why props are due to Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist, SF's foremost preservationist of hip-hop ideals and its underground sensibilities. Ren's nomadic True Skool showcases have been one of the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    How the Hell Did USF Undergrad Allegedly Rape FOUR Pals Before Getting Caught? Psychologists Weigh In

    USF undergrad Ryan Caskey, left, seen here with his ROTC colleagues, is accused of four campus rapesOne of George Carlin's lesser-known jokes was a fake news item about a tollbooth collector being arrested after years of systematically pouring boiling oil on drivers' hands. It seems he was tracked d ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Hot! Horny! Wasted! Teens!

    New research about young military recruits who smoke, drink, and screw too much.

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Deathbowl to Downtown

    New research about young military recruits who smoke, drink, and screw too much.

  • News

    September 10, 2008

    Stiffed

    Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Hilarious Voicemail from a Dumb Dude

    Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Don't Get Up On the Wrong Side of the Bed Again

    Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2007

    Stones Throw Celebrates the Holidays with SF Show, X-Mas CD

    Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    SF Bay Guardian To Nation: Read More Marx

    Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

  • Calendar

    August 15, 2007

    Todd's Texture

    Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

  • Culture

    April 11, 2007

    "Liminality: Art on the Threshold"

    Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Real to Reel

    Jesse Kipp's job in the emerging field of commercial ethnography could make you the star of your very own advertisement

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Death in the Family

    Once you learn the full story of the mom-and-pop cult known as "The Family," you'll understand an unsettling reality: Any of us might have joined in.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, April 21, 2004

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2003

    Pirklevision

    Pirkle Jones has been photographing his own back yard -- writ large -- for 60 years

  • Music

    September 3, 2003

    House of Tudor

    There's something about scary: You'll give your right arm to hear the Phantom Limbs' latest

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Disease Detective

    Deborah Hayden's new book, Pox, pulls the covers off famous people with syphilis. That's right: syphilis.

  • Music

    December 18, 2002

    Soft Pink Sleuth

    Matmos' Drew Daniel uncovers the darkness -- and the silliness -- of house music

  • News

    August 28, 2002

    Bad Vibes

    Warning: Meditating may be hazardous to your health

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Four Best Skyscrapers

    Warning: Meditating may be hazardous to your health

  • Music

    May 8, 2002

    No Sleep Till Indio

    Road trip to Coachella

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2001

    Crossing the Racial Divide

    A college professor chronicles his childhood as a white kid growing up in the black and Puerto Rican housing projects of New York City

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Language Arts for a New Millennium

    Learning Spanish (for your gardener), Thai (your hooker), Bureaucrat (your scientist friends), and Digital (your enemies)

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2001

    Choose Your Own Indie-venture

    IndieFest

  • News

    January 10, 2001

    Stone Deaf and Blind

    In a city full of zealous preservationists, why can't we halt the desecration of a medieval monument?

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    Thrift and Consequences

    How a supervisor with just $42,500 in income services $1 million in mortgages

  • Film

    June 2, 1999

    Power Points

    How a supervisor with just $42,500 in income services $1 million in mortgages

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    Trench Warfare

    Do you know which streets will be torn up on any given day? Of course not. Neither does the city. SF Weekly's Lisa Davis maps out the mayhem.

  • News

    November 13, 1996

    The Quick Fix

    A smack addict tries to become an overnight success

  • News

    August 21, 1996

    Tripmasters

    The Bay Area's chemical gentry

  • Culture

    August 14, 1996

    My Mother, My Analyst

    The Bay Area's chemical gentry

  • Calendar

    June 19, 1996

    Slap Shots

    The Bay Area's chemical gentry

  • Music

    August 16, 1995

    Graveyard Shift

    Unearthing the Southern Gothic feel of Tarnation

  • Calendar

    April 5, 1995

    Night+Day

    Unearthing the Southern Gothic feel of Tarnation

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