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CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM 
Student Journal 

 
CONTENTS  VOLUME VII  Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 

Letter from the Editors.................................................................... vii 

About the Editors ............................................................................. ix 

Research  

Articles 

Proximity and Social Integration 
(Golden Eagle Sociology Student Paper Competition Award-
Winning Paper) 

 Carla Ocampo ................................................................... 1 

The Long-Term Effects of Child Physical Abuse 
 Serena Yeager .................................................................. 18  

Homelessness: How Did We Come to Recognize It as Such 
a Problem and the Possible Ways to Solve It 

 Steven Russell .................................................................. 28  

Unhoused African Americans and LGBTQIA+ Youth: 
Disproportionately Overrepresented Groups in the 
Unhoused Population 

 Jason Chen and Dr. Theodoric Manley ......................... 47  

Theoretical Works 

The Denial of Self and Belonging: Exploring Disability 
Identity and Society Using Classical Sociological Theory 

 Lauren Whiting ............................................................... 68 

Marx and the Question of Palestine 
 Victoria Torres ................................................................. 77 

K-pop Fandoms Through Durkheim’s Lens 
 Lani Tran-Nguyen ........................................................... 87 



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Creative Works 

Art 

Cover Image: Further Discussion on A Reflection of Our 
Time 

 Annica Mejia and Taryn Bates ...................................... 98 

Poetry 

Roles and Impressions within Romantic Relationships and 
Heartbreak 

 Taryn Bates .................................................................... 101 

Op-eds   

Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality and Critical Race 
Theory 

 Nicole R. Perez ............................................................... 105 

Reviews  

Books  

Gender Without Identity by Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann 
Pellegrini 

 Angel Jaimes .................................................................. 112 

Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Safety 
Net by Jessica Calarco  

 Abigail Whitenack ......................................................... 118 

Reconsidering Death: A Sociological Review of Brandi 
Schillace's Death’s Summer Coat 

 Kayla Bellipanni ............................................................ 121 

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. 
Sánchez 

 Shanya A. Olivares Perez ............................................. 125 

 



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Books (cont.) 

Just Like Family: How Companion Animals Joined the 
Household by Andrea Laurent-Simpson  

 Alicia Justice Meilich .................................................... 128 

Dillard’s Promise by Gilbert Leslie  
 Ian Joaquin Esparza ..................................................... 131 

Film  

Blood Quantum by Jeff Barnaby  
 Jalene Garcia-Santamarina.......................................... 134 

Under the Same Moon by Patricia Riggen 
 Hilda Gamero ................................................................ 137 

TV Shows  

Birth of a Rebellion: A Sociological Look at Andor – A Star 
Wars Story  

 Ian Joaquin Esparza ..................................................... 141 

Anime: The Human Experience according to Frieren:  
Beyond Journey's End / Sōsō no Furīren  

 Nathalie Velasco-Quiroz ............................................... 147 

Music 

When Dreams Begin Again: A Reflection on New Order’s 
‘Dreams Never End’  

 Sammy Garcia III ......................................................... 151 

Analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s 2016 Grammy Performance  
 Dorcia White .................................................................. 161  

Cavetown’s ‘Guilty’ Through a Sociological Lens  
 Tenille Blackburn .......................................................... 168   


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