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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 2d

OUT NOW: The Sociological Review journal 73.5, featuring 13 new papers (11 #openaccess).

💡 Includes a Special Section on the legacy of @academicdiary.bsky.social and Nirmal Puwar’s Live Methods, published in 2012 as part of our monograph series.

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The Sociological Review Journal Vol 73 Issue 5
Kirsteen Paton Emma Jackson Les Back
Nirmal Puwar Andrea Doucet Eva Jewell Jessica Falk
Rebecca Coleman Dawn Lyon Chloe Turner
Thomas Wadsworth Zoe Walshe
Beth Bramich Shamser Sinha
Sophie Woodward Brenda Herbert
Irene van Oorschot Sophie van Balen
Andreas Folkers Susie Scott Nina Lockwood
Theresa O’Keefe Aline Courtois Jérémy Vachet

https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOR/73/5/

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 3d

We are excited to announce the launch of #lessonplans tied to our #Uncommonsense #podcast. Each highlights relevant AQA & Cambridge OCR modules, and shares recommended reading. You can find all episodes listed in this news story, here. Engage! Enjoy! Share! buff.ly/LUHf6md

A-level and undergraduate teaching resources
Free to download from the Sociological Review Foundation
Our world, through the eyes of sociologists

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 3d

Gerlin Bean, says A.S Francis, was the “mother of the Black women’s movement” in the UK. Listen to this essay celebrating the Jamaica-born activist, whose life exemplified theory in action. @lawrencewishart.bsky.social @younghistorians.bsky.social #blackhistorymonth buff.ly/M9oh2yU

Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism
Gerlin Bean: Black British Feminist Socialism
by A. S. Francis
Podcast graphic featuring central photograph of Gerlin Bean's face, superimposed on line drawings of Black and Brown faces against a yellow background featuring parallel lines and arrows pointing rightward.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 4d

“I enjoy working here because people treat us with respect – around 90% of the customers are regulars. You get to know them, and they get to know you.”

London’s chicken shops offer chips, community and respect, writes Safia Banharally in The Sociological Review magazine.

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Photograph of North London branch of Morley’s fried chicken, with its brightly lit, bold red interior and groups of customers chatting and ordering, illustrating research on fast-food outlets as social third spaces beyond home and work.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 5d

How do we join the dots between #racism #capitalism #colonialism and #tech ? Why must we? Hear John Narayan @irrnews.bsky.social on Ambalavaner Sivanandan for our mini-series #SidewaysSociology. Engage! Share! #blackhistory #antiracism @versobooks.bsky.social buff.ly/d2BjFY7

Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism
Ambalavaner Sivanandan
Tech and Anti-Racism
by John Narayan
Podcast graphic featuring central photograph of Ambalavaner Sivanandan's face, superimposed on line drawings of Black and Brown faces against a yellow background with parallel lines and arrows pointing rightward.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 6d

🎉 Congratulations to @sachahilhorst.bsky.social!

”‘Corruption talk’ and the politics of class in 21st century Britain”, a co-authored paper drawing on Dr Hilhorst’s award-winning doctoral thesis, is out now #openaccess in The Sociological Review journal.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 6d

Doing migration studies in dark times? There’s no time like the present to reflect on this issue.

Join us in Glasgow on 27 November as Shahram Khosravi delivers The Sociological Review Annual Lecture, with @carinrunciman.bsky.social, Karolína Augustová and Tawona Sitholé.

Tickets: buff.ly/4LDmx13

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 6d

The Foundation's latest newsletter is out. Highlights:

❇️ Annual Lecture: Shahram Khosravi, Carin Runciman, Karolína Augustová, Tawona Sitholé
❇️ Ali Meghji & Iris Pissaride in conversation
❇️ Uncommon Sense lesson plans
❇️ Introduction to Podcasting – book now!

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Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to my School of Social & Political Sciences (Uni of Lincoln)colleague Dr. Aideen O'Shaughnessy. Aideen's new book, Embodying Irish Abortion Reform is the subject of this terrific review by @thesociologicalreview.org
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Embodying Irish Abortion Reform by Aideen O’Shaughnessy

Women and the Eight Amendment: Charlotte Waltz reviews Embodying Irish Abortion Reform: Bodies, Emotions, and Feminist Activism by Aideen O’Shaughnessy.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 6d

The Blue Origin space mission “highlights how exaggerated empowerment rhetoric, such as the overuse of ‘girl power’, masks deep structural inequalities and commercial interests”.

Jennifer Takhar writes in our September issue about performative feminism and commodified spectacles.

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Six glamorous women in blue flight suits pose in front of the Blue Origin NS-31 rocket on the ground. Left to right: Lauren Sánchez, Katy Perry, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyễn.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 9d

Have you heard Sideways Sociology? Three audio essays on three landmark figures of UK anti-racism: Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Len Garrison and Gerlin Bean. Engage, learn, share! @blackhistorymonth.org.uk #blackhistory #antiracism @irrnews.bsky.social buff.ly/Wcn1lzK

Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism
Podcast series graphic featuring line drawings of four Black and Brown faces and two arrows pointing upward

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 10d

Caste aside? Researcher Madhuri Kamtam hears from female workers in India’s multimillion-dollar tobacco industry who remain exploited, excluded and ignored owing to their caste and gender – and who are claiming their rights. Out now in The Sociological Review magazine.

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Close-up of a Dalit woman’s hands rolling a beedi cigarette, surrounded by tobacco and tendu leaves, representing the invisible labour of women fighting for recognition and rights in India’s beedi industry.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 11d

“A fertility-treatment friendly room would be clean & comfortable to administer injections and have a refrigerator for medication.”

In The Sociological Review magazine’s new issue, academic Samantha Wilkinson calls for a more open, supportive workplace culture for those having IVF.

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Photograph of a woman's bare midriff, illustrating a first-hand account of fertility treatments. She is holding a surgical needle in her left hand and a cotton swab in her right and wearing a cropped top and low-rise white leggings.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 12d

JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.

Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.

➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 12d

Can we overcome the crisis of democracy by teaching people to be better citizens?

@jacoblypp.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social reflects on civic pedagogies, Foucault and how the focus on self-transformation obscures power relations.

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Jacob Lypp
Rethinking governmentality and citizenship in Germany: The spiritual path of civic education https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251376960
The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 12d

“I’m not fat in my house. I build my home in a way that it does not produce fatphobic experiences.” Fady Shanouda, podcast guest.

Our flagship #podcast: sometimes surprising or provocative, but always Uncommon Sense. Producer Alice Bloch writes in the Magazine’s September issue.

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Pop Art illustration of a surprised woman with wide green eyes and red lips, hands on her cheeks, in a comic book style against a yellow background, evoking the dramatic flair of podcast storytelling.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 13d

“The backbone of our academic community”: in the September issue of the Magazine, journal editors @carinrunciman.bsky.social Sweta Rajan-Rankin @silkeroth.bsky.social and Maud Perrier celebrate the institution of #peerreview and demystify the editorial decision-making process.

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Collage featuring a person in a red dress with gears, lightbulb, book, and laptop — representing knowledge sharing and peer review – and held aloft on a paper airplane by a giant hand.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 16d

Ordinary lives, overlooked voices... and outer space: editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue, which ranges from Jeff Bezos’ space mission and infertility stigma to insights on chicken shops & beauty salons.

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Illustration for The Sociological Review magazine's September 2025 issue.

Whimsical drawing of three anthropomorphic flowers – orange, green and black against a brown and cream background – protesting together. One holds a black flag, another shouts through a megaphone, and the third listens intently with blue sound waves connecting them.

Artist: Raquel Figueira

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 17d

Beyond Du Bois: taking a closer look at the sociological concepts that have arisen from social movements, activism and anticolonial resistance.

@alimeghji.bsky.social in conversation with editor Iris Pissaride in The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18d

“Ray & Quincy would play pop from 7-10pm in the white tennis clubs, then go to the black clubs and play rhythm & blues. At 2am they’d meet at the Elks Club, tear off their ties & play bebop for nothing.”

@academicdiary.bsky.social on the genius of Ray Charles www.everythingjazz.com/story/ray-ch...

Ray Charles - "Genius + Soul = Jazz" - Everything Jazz

Ray Charles Robinson was born on September 23, 1930 in Albany, Georgia. He earned the nickname ‘The Genius’ for a string of records that ranged from RnB to country. Charles took to the Hammond B3 orga...

www.everythingjazz.com

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18d

TODAY online @18:30: Why did “lifestyle migration” capture so many social scientists’ imagination? How has it travelled in the 25 years since The British on the Costa del Sol?

Join author @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social, Matthew Hayes & Graham Crow. buff.ly/fHs6cNK

Lifestyle, Migration and Community
Karen O'Reilly, Michaela Benson, Matthew Hayes, Graham Crow
Online Wednesday 24 September 18.30–20.00 UTC+1/BST
The Sociological Review Foundation Conversations series

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18d

More than skin deep? Louise Rondel explains the motivation behind her research into beauty treatments, and the methods she used to connect with salon customers.

Find out more in our latest Sociology at Work feature tailored for #Alevel #sociology study.

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Rows of dozens of bottles of brightly coloured nail varnish on display in a retail outlet, illustrating an article about research into beauty culture and its environmental impact.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 19d

How does the emotional and caring work we do for each other reproduce #capitalist life? And why is the answer not to stop caring, but to reform the world in which we do it?

Alva Gotby joins #UncommonSense – Hear the full conversation on LOVE & REPRODUCTION

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 19d

“A deeply personal yet analytically rigorous exploration, weaving lived experiences into broader sociological conceptualisations of gender, institutionalisation, social movements and reproductive justice.” – Charlotte Waltz reviews Aideen O'Shaughnessy @brisunipress.bsky.social

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“For those engaged in feminist activism or academic inquiry into reproductive justice, this is an essential read, bridging the personal and the political in ways that are as compelling as they are necessary.”

Charlotte Waltz reviews Aideen O’Shaughnessy

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Research Podcasts @researchpodcasts.bsky.social · 20d

We’re teaming up with @thesociologicalreview.org to deliver our Introduction to Podcasting workshop on Monday 17 November.

🎙️ Hear from:
- Krissie Brighty-Glover - Our Director of Training
- Alice Bloch - podcasting expert & producer
- Prof Agata Lisiak - writer, host & producer of Spatial Delight

Podcast Workshop with The Sociological Review Foundation - Research Podcasts

Sign up now for our exciting new collaboration with The Sociological Review Foundation At Research Podcasts, we believe podcasting is one of the most effective ways for researchers to connect with…

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