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Ash Watson

@awtsn.bsky.social

Sociologist, Senior Lecturer + Scientia Fellow @ UNSW Sydney, Fiction Editor @ The Sociological Review 🏳️‍🌈 she/her awtsn.com

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Erdem Avşar @erdemavsar.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The new special edition of So Fi Zine is live! A beautiful collection of sociological fiction - HUGE thanks to the legend that is Ash @awtsn.bsky.social for making this possible and including my piece, and to everyone involved. Read here: sofizine.com/latest-editi...

Edition #17

OUT NOW! So Fi Zine #17 is a special issue created with sociologists and other academic kin at the University of Glasgow in 2025 – full of new sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. Thi…

sofizine.com

Harvey Humphrey @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Would you like to read a special @uofgsociology.bsky.social edition of the So Fi Zine wonderfully curated by @awtsn.bsky.social and featuring @mindyptolomey.bsky.social @academicdiary.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @erdemavsar.bsky.social and more (& me)? Thought so: sofizine.com/latest-editi...

Edition #17

OUT NOW! So Fi Zine #17 is a special issue created with sociologists and other academic kin at the University of Glasgow in 2025 – full of new sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. Thi…

sofizine.com

Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Here's something a bit special and a bit different - with thanks to @awtsn.bsky.social for facilitating these exciting engagements, and featuring @mindyptolomey.bsky.social, @academicdiary.bsky.social, @kenglish.bsky.social, @erdemavsar.bsky.social, @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social and more...

Harvey Humphrey@harveyhumphrey.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Journal of Creative Research Methods @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social · last yr.

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is accepting submissions for our second issue (deadline: October 2025). We welcome innovative work covering creative methods at ALL stages of research! More info: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou... ISSUE ONE COMING SEPTEMBER 2025!

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

icymi: Desire Lines, Queer Cartographies and Cartographic Queers New paper by @emmawatsonkirby.bsky.social and me out this week in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space on why and how people contribute to queeringthemap.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Desire lines, queer cartographies and cartographic queers - Ash Watson, Emma Kirby, 2025

Digital technologies have enabled communities to map and (re)claim space in novel ways and at significant scale. Queering the Map (queeringthemap.com), a commun...

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

I am THRILLED to have a new article with Emma Kirby in @societyandspace.bsky.social Focused on Queering the Map, we analyse how people contribute to this queer mapping of life – and become cartographic queers 📍💜 Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @emmawatsonkirby.bsky.social

Desire lines, queer cartographies and cartographic queers - Ash Watson, Emma Kirby, 2025

Digital technologies have enabled communities to map and (re)claim space in novel ways and at significant scale. Queering the Map (queeringthemap.com), a commun...

journals.sagepub.com

The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · last yr.

OUT NOW: The Sociological Review magazine’s latest issue. Featuring: Image-Maker in Residence @sanamurrani.bsky.social‬ on maps, refuge and rupture ‪Short fiction by Laura J. Bower Bob Jeffrey on bad jobs, bosses and building solidarity Illustration by Tim Marrs ...and much more. buff.ly/y8o76RY

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

So pleased to see this out, Zine-making the Commons, open access in EJCS @ejcs-journal.bsky.social

Paul Long@paullongmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

Pleased to see this piece out at last - open access. 'Zine-making the commons: Reflections on a DIY workshop' was collectively authored with @awtsn.bsky.social Watson, Suzanne Grasso and Cora Zon and features a downloadable version of the 'zine we made together. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · last yr.

this is an engaging read, loved the anger, humour & contradictions the story surfaces! Quite exciting to learn about sociological fiction, didn't know it's a thing! Also loved an earlier fiction piece, "what's in a name?" It's a great format @thesociologicalreview.org, hope you continue doing them!

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org · last yr.

What makes a good feminist – theoretically, or otherwise? Laura J. Bower’s wry short story looks at Kate, a gender-studies lecturer whose lived experience sometimes feels markedly (or horribly) at odds with what she teaches. Out now in the June magazine. buff.ly/Bm7xP29

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

Five years ago today I got my mitts on my debut novel, Into the Sea, a work of sociological fiction published by Brill. I have (finally) really found my love of writing again and am happily working on my second after many many fits and starts

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

🌱 Feminist zine-making in research and education: call for chapter EOIs for a new edited collection ✨ There are so many amazing folks thinking creatively, critically and differently about zines today - if this is you, please consider being part of our new collection! shorturl.at/OtaYf #zine

Call for chapter EOIs for a new edited collection on feminist zine-making. Text on a pink flyer

Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · last yr.

You don't have time for your bullshit! And yet you do your bullshit all day! Go write your book!

Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · last yr.

‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025

This article presents findings from a qualitative study that aimed to provide some of the first detailed accounts of how young people use selfie-editing apps, a...

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

New fiction in The Sociological Review

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org · last yr.

What makes a good feminist – or a bad one? Lecturer Kate Winters presents feminist theory to an enthusiastic class of young women – but back at home after a long day, she carries the domestic load while her husband plays Call of Duty. Fiction by Laura J. Bowers in our June issue. buff.ly/Bm7xP29

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you use any AI platforms for support, conversation, life questions or companionship? Looking for participants to take part in an anonymous online interview about their experiences with #AI

Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · last yr.

Quit calling them hallucinations. Call it what it is: bullshit. www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...

AI's Bullshitting Obscures Who's to Blame for Its Mistakes

It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

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Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.

Trouble with AI 'hallucinations' spreads to big law firms reut.rs/4dC7y6G

Dr Kirstie Ken English (they/them)@kenglish.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to announce that in collaboration with @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social & @kathbrowne.bsky.social I am editing a handbook on queering research methods & accepting chapter contributions now. Please share & get in touch if you have any questions. uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Call for contributors: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Queering Research Methods:
Methods and Methodologies Across the
Research Process
Edited by Kirstie Ken English, Harvey Humphrey and Kath Browne

We are looking for contributions for this interdisciplinary handbook on queering
research methods and methodologies. By showcasing groundbreaking work, we seek to
demonstrate to readers how each phase of the research process can be queered. By
their very nature queer approaches are not singularly definable. Therefore, we welcome
a vast range of different interpretations of what it means to queer research. We are
committed to amplifying contributions from individuals whose lived experiences and
perspectives have been marginalized, excluded or erased.

The core aims of this handbook are as follows:
1.Produce a resource for students to explore diverse queer approaches to methods
2.Provide ways for readers navigate the ambiguity of queer research without
subscribing to ill-fitting categories
3.Showcase groundbreaking examples of queer research and approaches as ways to
challenge and counter moral panics and anti-queer backlash
4.To prioritise interdisciplinary and intersectional thinking across this work learning
from scholars across diverse global political contexts and career stages
5.This volume seeks to make space for queer and trans individuals from a variety of
disciplines, countries and backgrounds who undertake queer research not limited to
academics.
6.Provide examples of ways to approach queer research with ethical sensitivity in
ways which do justice to queer communities

We will respond to successful submissions by Autumn 2025, with first drafts expected
in early 2026. Chapters should be less than 5,000 words.
If you are interested, please fill in our submission form where you will be asked some
information about yourself and your work and can provide an abstract (300 word
maximum). The handbook will be broken down into five sections following the
research process. You will be asked which of these five sections you think your
contribution is best suited for between:
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Queering methodologies edited by Sophie Marie Niang & Robel Afeworki Abay
Queering knowledge production edited by Jess Westbrook & Dean Tauches
Queering research tools edited by Lizzie Reed & Bethany Lamont
Queering analysis edited by Peggy Shannon-Baker & Edmund Coleman-Fountain
Queering communication and outputs edited by Sophie Atherton & Valeria
Venditti

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

This morning we started on the Glasgow special edition of So Fi Zine - watch this space for new sociological fiction, poetry and visual art! One of many wonderful things to come from my time visiting UoG sociology dept, including 3.5 solid weeks of sun 🌞✨✂️📎📚 sofizine.com @academicdiary.bsky.social

Dr Kirstie Ken English (they/them)@kenglish.bsky.social · last yr.

Fun start to work today with a sociological fiction workshop ran by @awtsn.bsky.social. I made this little 5 minute comic about boxes & barriers.

4 panel comic with the text boxes = order & control. But they are often a tight fit . They leave things out . They can not contain us.

Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · last yr.

Fantastic morning at a writing workshop on sociological fiction with Ash Watson. Thinking and doing and having permission to indulge in serious play. Such an invigorating gift. @awtsn.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · last yr.

THIS EVENING: 🇵🇸 PALESTINE: A Sociological Issue 🇵🇸, the second in our Conversations series of online events. 🍉 Thursday 8 May 18.30-20.00 BST/UTC+1 online 🍉 Speakers: Ashjan Ajour, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Cairsti Russell and Rafeef Ziadah 🍉 Register: buff.ly/xE1NHos

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · last yr.

“Male loneliness” is kind of the perfect antifeminist complaint, because it articulates the moral logic of patriarchal entitlement very neatly: that men deserve women’s attention, company, devotion, sex, and care, and women should provide these to men even at the cost of their own wellbeing.

@evoopsych.bsky.social · last yr.

Workplace discrimination and harassment, sexual assault, and domestic violence - these very often leave victims desperately lonely but this loneliness somehow never merits discussion as a "crisis"

Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · last yr.

Trigger warning: the cat poem we published in 2021 is back on the timeline

A poem about pet death that can be read on our website

Joshua@einsteinsarcade.bsky.social · last yr.

Saw some @tacobellquarterly.org on the skyline, prompts me to share the saddest fucken thing I read in years

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a glorious short story - read it free via the link below

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org · last yr.

“I would never think of falling in love with a woman working at such a job. For I loved everything about her; I loved her job as well. But I especially loved the liveliness with which she talked about her job.” The Map of Hidden Feelings: new sociological fiction by Işıl Bayraktar buff.ly/Nldofqv

The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · last yr.

Ways of seeing: how can feminist perspectives transform knowledge production? Meet our latest three Image-Makers in Residence – and in conversation: Hannah Buckler, ‪@goblinpurwin.bsky.social‬ and Juno Halina Rauber-Baio. Out now in The Sociological Review magazine. buff.ly/uDUMjAD

hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · last yr.

Tig and Charlotte have done brilliant work on trans toilet access over the years that unfortunately is now more relevant than ever. Useful resources and info here for speaking to universities and other employers.

Tig Slater@tigslater.bsky.social · last yr.

In 2020 Charlotte Jones and I argued in @thesociologicalreview.org that restricting trans people's access to toilets excludes trans people from public space and denies 'trans possibility'. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a great time at #britsoc25 - many fab papers on futures, subjectivity and/in space, creative methods +++ I lowkey love going to a conference and not presenting. so much more brain space for ideas @sazpaps.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @socrevdev.bsky.social

Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · last yr.

Maybe unpopular opinion, but every academic writer should learn storytelling techniques. How we communicate our research is very important. And some of the best papers I've read tell a story (with data, theory and empirics, but a story nonetheless). NOT A TALE, A STORY (just in case).

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

Very cute welcome to the BSA! #britsoc25

Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · last yr.

@sazpaps.bsky.social hello!! see you at the BSA next week? ☺️ I’ll be there and saw your name in the program