What I've been working on for past year or so

Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University@manmetcrimsoc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

‘Sex for rent’ is illegal in the UK… Why are thousands still affected? Dr Chris Waugh from the Contemporary Intimacies, Genders and Sexualities research group shares insights from his ‘sex for rent’ research in The Conversation. @thewaughreport.bsky.social theconversation.com/sex-for-rent...

Oh look, it's almost a new academic year. What fun.

I will never not feel stupid citing myself

I'm at the Men and Masculinities in Transition Conference at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. I'll be presenting tomorrow, on structures of feeling, "inarticulate Masculinities" and men in the British Left.

The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act. I've put in a complaint. So can you.

Excellent presentation by @ashleycollar.bsky.social at the @britsoci.bsky.social conference on commemoration, the Manchester bombings, and ideal victims and offenders.

Excellent paper by @aliciadenby.bsky.social at @britsoci.bsky.social conference on singleness, Manchester and the temporalities of space and place #britsoc25

This new article from @thewaughreport.bsky.social explores the affective and cultural dynamics of #Momentum, a left-wing movement formed to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. doi.org/10.1332/2631... #EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social

Cultural politics and affective mobilisations: joy and exclusion within Momentum

This article explores the affective and cultural dynamics of Momentum, a left-wing movement formed to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. Drawing on affect theory, particularly…

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Some people go to metal festivals for fun. Some go to make friends. Me? I go because I need a new wardrobe

www.tandfonline.com/journals/cth... Very interesting and thoughtful paper this.

Teaching in Higher Education

Critical and theorised research in higher education teaching practice and policy for an international audience, spanning pedagogy, curriculum and assessment.

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Delighted to see my paper on masculinities, structures of feeling and the British left in the latest edition of Keywords, published by @r-williams-soc.bsky.social. My thanks to editorial board for their supportive and collegiate comments during the publishing process

Preach

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2y ago

This is what peak masculinity looks like in 2025

I passed my driving test today, with no faults, just in time for the car crash of the liberal democratic order.

I did a thing. It's available in the Sage Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, available from all good institutional journal subscriptions or my ResearchGate.

In the grim darkness of my office, there is only war(hammer which I painted instead of marking this weekend don't come at me)