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This week, we speak with Boston University‘s Ashley Mears, the current chair of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Consumers and Consumption. She is also author of Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model (University of California Press). We talk about her upcoming book on bottle service at clubs catering to young elites. We also discuss controversies surrounding Geroge Ciccariello-Maher and the recent retraction at Third World Quarterly, the ethics of citing unethical research, and more Harvey Weinstein.