Sociology
Meet Lauren
Classics
90's Pop Culture
100

Sociology is the study of this.

Society

100

Lauren's favorite musician at 14, wrote the album Live Through This and married Kurt Cobain

Courtney Love

100

Who "The Republic"?

Plato

100

What was the name of the White House Intern that hooked up with President William Clinton?

Monica Lewinsky

200

This French sociologist wrote Le Suicide, a book about the social consequences of capitalism

Emile Durkheim

200

Lauren was rejected from this Southern California state University not once, but twice!

San Diego State University 

200

This historian documented the Peloponesian War in the 5th century BCE. 

Thucydides

200

This movie produced and written by Ice Cube focuses on the day in the life of two friends in South Central Los Angeles

Friday

300

Arlie Hochschild, the famed Berkeley sociologist, wrote about this kind of labor, the sort we perform at the Call Center.

Emotional labor 

300

Lauren lives a 5 minute walk from this supermarket 

Trader Joe's

300

This early historian wrote about dolphin-riding men in the course of his description of the Persian War.   

Herodotus 

300

This french dance duo debuted with the album "Homework" in 1997

Daft Punk

400

This German sociologist wrote the Protestant Work Ethic and Spirit and Spirit of Capitalism while virtually inventing the field of sociology.

Max Weber

400

Lauren's mother was born in this Borough of NYC 

The Bronx

400

This Greek poetess wrote from the island of Lesbos in the sixth century BCE.

Sappho 

400

This 90's actor starred in White Men Can't Jump(1992), and the sitcom Cheers. He is was also recently in The Hunger Games.

Woody Harrelson

500

This Berkeley sociologist borrowed a phrase from Tocqueville for the title of this 1985 sociological classic. 

Robert Bellah

500

Lauren is related to this 90's actress who is a staunch Republican 

Stacey Dash

500

This Latin author wrote about his licentious youth in Roman Carthage. He also famously described stealing pears. 

St. Augustine

500

This novel is regarded as the best work of David Foster Wallace.

Infinite Jest

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