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A few days ago some friends on Facebook shared this Global Rich List calculator. I liked it, but was especially intrigued by the source: Sociological Images. Self-description: Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. This Update post gives a pretty good representation of the types of things they do. Lots of examinations of the use of gender, race, and other social categories in media images. For an example, a look at some gender stereotypes in this mock ad for the Shii gaming system: