The stigma literature covers a range of characteristics and actors, ranging from the micro- to the macro-level. As a result, the stigma literature can be confusing to navigate, with the term “stigma” being used to describe multiple phenomena. In this chapter, we aim to continue the intellectual project of clarifying the stigma literature while embracing its vastness. Borrowing from the Status Characteristics and Expectation States Theory literature, we disentangle components of the stigmatization process, including stigmatizing characteristics from the targets to which characteristics are applied, and the entities that perpetrate the stigma. We consider how the stigmatization process occurs across a variety of characteristics, ranging from body-based stigma characteristics such as disability, to status-based stigma characteristics such as race. We also address how stigma is targeted at, and spreads between, entities ranging from the micro- to macro-levels, and from humans to artifacts. Finally, we discuss how stigma is perpetrated across societal levels. In so doing, we introduce potential new areas of examination to social psychologists who study stigma, and a framework to help organize such studies.