Laura Clancy
@lauraclancy.bsky.social
She/her | Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University | Author of 'Running the Family Firm' (2021) & ‘What is the Monarchy For?’ (April 2025) | Interested in inequalities, elites, digital hate https://laura-clancy.com https://culturesdigitalhate.wordpress.com
Mine and @dvandebroeck.bsky.social’s paper on ‘The Labor of Distinction’ is out now in ASR. Drawing from an ethnography that involved training and working as a butler, we tell a larger story about elites and inequality (1/18) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
➡️ "The Class Politics of Fine Dining" @victorerikray.bsky.social contexts.org/blog/the-class-politics-of-fine-dining/
BREAKING NEWS Trans Kids Deserve Better are occupying Wes Streeting's Office at Ilford North. Get down there and support everyone. For folks who want to support. Signal announcement group: www.transkidsdeservebetter.org/adult_suppor... We've Been advised to share this.
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In today's The Conversation, my and @lauraclancy.bsky.social's article on our findings from the project Cultures of Digital Hate: theconversation.com/death-threat...
Death threats, phone tapping and stalking: the consequences academics can face from sharing their research
Facing an abusive backlash may make the cost of entry into public debate too high.
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We are doing it again, again! Mini-conference on Elites and Power Structures at the @sasemeeting.bsky.social organized with, amongst others, @brunocousin.bsky.social @thierryrossier.bsky.social @vereta-nahoum.bsky.social Hard deadline for abstracts in a week sase.org/event/2025-m...
2025 – Montréal - SASE
SASE is delighted to announce that its 37th annual conference will be hosted at the Palais des Congrès, Montréal from 9-12 July 2025.
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Super excited to announce our next season theme for @britishacademy.bsky.social public events is ‘the Age of Mistrust?’ We’ve a range of free events on: the history of misinformation, the year of elections, the role of AI and mistrust in sci-fi. Book here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...
The Age of Mistrust?
Join us as we explore how the latest humanities and social sciences research can help us confront some of the biggest issues of our time. How can we recognise misinformation? How can we build trust in...
thebritishacademy.ac.uk
Our latest special issue is the brilliant Affect & Ideology, guest edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social and Ben Anderson. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformation...
New Formations: Volume 2024 Issue 112 (2024) - Lawrence Wishart
New Formations: A Journal of Culture / Theory / Politics - Issue contents for Volume 2024 Issue 112 (2024)
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Calling everyone concerned with ‘elite takeover’ driven by excessive concentrations of wealth: don’t miss this LSE event next Wednesday evening!
From rage to riches: how fixing wealth inequality defeats populism
Wednesday 27 November | 18:30 to 20:00 | LSE III Public Event with Liam Byrne MP, Professor Jonathan Hopkin, Dr Faiza Shaheen and Professor Mike Savage
lse.ac.uk
Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming
Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming
From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret? • Read an an exclusive Q&A with Haruki Murakami Anyone who has been in…
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Feeling the “first post pressure” so here’s Ginny posing
