TristanBridges.bsky.social
@tristanbridges.bsky.social
Sociologist @ UC Santa Barbara. Co-editor of Men and Masculinities (Sage journal) and Exploring Masculinities (Oxford UP). he/him
Also: @TristanBridges@mastodon.social
Also: @TristanBridges@mastodon.social
Fatima Suàrez’s book is officially out with @nyupress.bsky.social. It is an amazing project and evidence of how amazing our intellectual community is at UCSB. Congrats Fatima!!!
Available here: nyupress.org/978147982628...
Available here: nyupress.org/978147982628...
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Fatima Suàrez’s book is officially out with @nyupress.bsky.social. It is an amazing project and evidence of how amazing our intellectual community is at UCSB. Congrats Fatima!!!
Available here: nyupress.org/978147982628...
Available here: nyupress.org/978147982628...
The first of our colloquium series this year. Standing room only for @victorerikray.bsky.social!!!! An incredible talk by a scholar I have long admired. So wonderful to see him speak now of all moments.
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The first of our colloquium series this year. Standing room only for @victorerikray.bsky.social!!!! An incredible talk by a scholar I have long admired. So wonderful to see him speak now of all moments.
Here’s the full call for editors.
July 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Here’s the full call for editors.
In actual number, the U.S. drove roughly half of the forum traffic. But the fact I heard was per capita rates.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In actual number, the U.S. drove roughly half of the forum traffic. But the fact I heard was per capita rates.
The claim comes from a report published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) entitled "The Incelosphere." They scraped data from the most popular incel subforum between 2021 and 2022. Here's a map showing per capita visits in the nations they report on. counterhate.com/research/inc...
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The claim comes from a report published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) entitled "The Incelosphere." They scraped data from the most popular incel subforum between 2021 and 2022. Here's a map showing per capita visits in the nations they report on. counterhate.com/research/inc...
Then, we'll look at a collection of names that show some of the strongest correlations with Trump vote share to talk about how to think sociologically about this. I'm excited to talk with them. :)
May 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Then, we'll look at a collection of names that show some of the strongest correlations with Trump vote share to talk about how to think sociologically about this. I'm excited to talk with them. :)
Here's my name give to babies in the three most recent presidential cycles looking as state rates of naming boys "Tristan" and Trump vote share in those same states in each election. Not very correlated.
May 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Here's my name give to babies in the three most recent presidential cycles looking as state rates of naming boys "Tristan" and Trump vote share in those same states in each election. Not very correlated.
Prepping for a guest lecture on this baby names political partisanship. And using my name to discuss how to see baby names sociologically. That big jump you see in this figure was "Legends of the Fall" coming out, starring Brad Pitt as 'Tristan'.
May 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Prepping for a guest lecture on this baby names political partisanship. And using my name to discuss how to see baby names sociologically. That big jump you see in this figure was "Legends of the Fall" coming out, starring Brad Pitt as 'Tristan'.
I love posting about new baby name trends as the new data are released. I accidentally noticed that the sex ratios in the dataset are seriously wonky until about 1955. Here is my attempt to explain why and what that might mean for the data. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/s...
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love posting about new baby name trends as the new data are released. I accidentally noticed that the sex ratios in the dataset are seriously wonky until about 1955. Here is my attempt to explain why and what that might mean for the data. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/s...
Very excited for our final distinguished speaker of this year for the UCSB series. @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social!!! Tomorrow at noon @ucsbsocialsciences.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Very excited for our final distinguished speaker of this year for the UCSB series. @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social!!! Tomorrow at noon @ucsbsocialsciences.bsky.social
Yes, baby names can be political. The correlation between “Oak–” name rates and 2024 Trump vote share is remarkably strong. Political cultural signaling potentially - geographical sorting for sure. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes, baby names can be political. The correlation between “Oak–” name rates and 2024 Trump vote share is remarkably strong. Political cultural signaling potentially - geographical sorting for sure. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
Many “Oak–” names didn’t appear in state data until the 2010s or even 2020s. These maps show the diffusion of Oakland, Oakley, Oaklynn, and more across the U.S. And you can see regions where the names are popular. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Many “Oak–” names didn’t appear in state data until the 2010s or even 2020s. These maps show the diffusion of Oakland, Oakley, Oaklynn, and more across the U.S. And you can see regions where the names are popular. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
Which states have the highest rates of babies named Oaklee, Oaklyn, Oakleigh, etc.? A naming trend rooted in cultural geography. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Which states have the highest rates of babies named Oaklee, Oaklyn, Oakleigh, etc.? A naming trend rooted in cultural geography. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
What do Oaklee, Oaklyn, and Oakleigh have in common? They’re not just trending names—they’re part of a quiet cultural revival. New post exploring “Oak–” names, rural imaginaries, and politics. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What do Oaklee, Oaklyn, and Oakleigh have in common? They’re not just trending names—they’re part of a quiet cultural revival. New post exploring “Oak–” names, rural imaginaries, and politics. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/o...
Sadly, in the book, it will have to be grayscale. So, if you like the previous, this is more like what we'd actually be working with. Ideas welcome if you're interested. (end)
May 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sadly, in the book, it will have to be grayscale. So, if you like the previous, this is more like what we'd actually be working with. Ideas welcome if you're interested. (end)
Finally, I tried a bivariate chloropleth map, binning data on each variable into three bins (each). For now, I think I prefer this as the visual to illustrate this. But I'm interested in ideas if you disagree. (5/6)
May 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Finally, I tried a bivariate chloropleth map, binning data on each variable into three bins (each). For now, I think I prefer this as the visual to illustrate this. But I'm interested in ideas if you disagree. (5/6)
Then I tried putting all the countries with both data points in a single scatterplot with different trend lines for Sub-Saharan African nations and the rest of the world. (4/6)
May 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Then I tried putting all the countries with both data points in a single scatterplot with different trend lines for Sub-Saharan African nations and the rest of the world. (4/6)
Then I did scatterplots by region. In text, we discuss Sub-Saharan Africa as illustrating a backlash trend when compared with, e.g., MENA as a region. (3/6)
May 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Then I did scatterplots by region. In text, we discuss Sub-Saharan Africa as illustrating a backlash trend when compared with, e.g., MENA as a region. (3/6)
At first, I tried to just visualize women's labor force participation and experiences of intimate partner violence side-by-side. But it's hard to spot patterns (partially because I put them on the same scale for color). (2/6)
May 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At first, I tried to just visualize women's labor force participation and experiences of intimate partner violence side-by-side. But it's hard to spot patterns (partially because I put them on the same scale for color). (2/6)
Very excited for our final Distinguished Speaker in this year's series at UCSB Sociology: the recently TENURED Associate Professor @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social! She'll be speaking about "The Struggle for the People's King." Join us if you're around.
April 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Very excited for our final Distinguished Speaker in this year's series at UCSB Sociology: the recently TENURED Associate Professor @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social! She'll be speaking about "The Struggle for the People's King." Join us if you're around.
Then I played with gganimate to see what that spatialization of a single "androgynous" name might look like mapped over time. Super interesting.
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Then I played with gganimate to see what that spatialization of a single "androgynous" name might look like mapped over time. Super interesting.
So, I picked a name on my list ("Dallas" in this case) to see if it's sort of equally androgynous everyone using state-level data. Short story, maybe we should be looking at states (or regions) as well as names when we think about androgyny.
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So, I picked a name on my list ("Dallas" in this case) to see if it's sort of equally androgynous everyone using state-level data. Short story, maybe we should be looking at states (or regions) as well as names when we think about androgyny.
These are some of the both most androgynous and most common baby names given to children recently. They don't all follow the androgynous names are unstable and become girl names trend Lieberson, et al. found in 2000 (with data from one state).
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
These are some of the both most androgynous and most common baby names given to children recently. They don't all follow the androgynous names are unstable and become girl names trend Lieberson, et al. found in 2000 (with data from one state).
Amazing news! Congratulations @hebagowayed.bsky.social. We’re all excited to hear about your work next week.
April 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Amazing news! Congratulations @hebagowayed.bsky.social. We’re all excited to hear about your work next week.