Mario Luis Small
@marioluissmall.bsky.social
Social scientist | Author of #SomeoneToTalkTo, #PersonalNetworks, #QualitativeLiteracy | Networks. Inequality. Methods | PTY native | Posts occasionally.
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Sociology
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Science Magazine
@science.org
· Dec 23
Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
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Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a #ScienceAdvances analysis finds.
Reposted by Michael Harris, Mario Luis Small
Victor Ray
@victorerikray.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Something I’ve learned over the years:
Just because you don’t see it happen on social media doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
In fact, some of the best community building I’ve seen *has* to happen offline so strategies can get fine-tuned and aligned.
We’ll need to grant more grace in the now.
Just because you don’t see it happen on social media doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
In fact, some of the best community building I’ve seen *has* to happen offline so strategies can get fine-tuned and aligned.
We’ll need to grant more grace in the now.
This. I’ve often seen people called out for not speaking about something on social media while aware that they were offering important behind-the-scenes support that a public statement would jeopardize.
Folks need to be more careful about what they think they know. There are multiple lanes.
Folks need to be more careful about what they think they know. There are multiple lanes.
I did! Thank you!
Best of 'How To': The Infrastructure of Community
Physical spaces can either encourage or discourage relationships. But people also have to be willing to slow down and connect.
www.theatlantic.com
Great podcast with @ericklinenberg.bsky.social and Kellie Carter Jackson on the importance of physical spaces for community www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
I'm happy to hear that!
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Another: The most he most wretched social isolate is probably not the one with no person to talk to, but the one forced to avoid everyone they are close to.
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Who they avoid depends on which topic they are worried about. One bottom line: Close relationships are not, “We are close, therefore I trust you” but “We are close, therefore it’s complicated.”
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In a national survey, avoidance is so common that it is actually fundamental to strong ties, not incidental to them. The topic matters---e.g., people avoid sex more than any other topic---but people avoid loved ones for most topics they worry about. 2/