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Erdem Avşar @erdemavsar.bsky.social · Aug 26

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…

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks so much! I had such an amazing time in the workshop and in Glasgow :-)

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Harvey Humphrey @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · Aug 26

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 · Aug 26

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

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Journal of Creative Research Methods @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social · Jul 27

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!

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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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 · Jul 14

We are so thankful to our other collaborators on this project (@bradyjay.bsky.social @brenchurchill.bsky.social and Lucas LaRochelle), doubly to Lucas for creating the platform, to our generous participants, and to everyone who continues to grow, make and sustain Queering the Map 💜

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jul 14

This project has been so radical for me, full of joy and critical possibility. I love the world that queer theory and practice opens up. Queeringthemap.com is a unique gift

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jul 14

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/...

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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

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jul 11

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.

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

Paul Long @paullongmedia.bsky.social · Jul 11

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/...

Zine-making the commons: Reflections on a DIY workshop - Ash Watson, Suzanne Grasso, Cora Zon, Paul Long, 2025

This article was written collectively in the spirit of the commons and homemade, do-it-yourself (HADIY) creativity. It is animated by the observation that the o...

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jul 2

Ah thank you so much!! This is so great to hear - I love when people discover the series, it’s such a gem in the discipline. I’m stoked that @thesociologicalreview.org continue to foster this creative sociological space

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Srravya @srravya.bsky.social · Jul 1

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 · Jun 23

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.

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jul 1

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

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jul 1

🌱 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

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Jun 28

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

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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · Jun 20

‘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 · Jun 11

New fiction in The Sociological Review

The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jun 11

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.
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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jun 2

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

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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · May 23

Quit calling them hallucinations. Call it what it is: bullshit.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...

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Dr Kirstie Ken English (they/them) @kenglish.bsky.social · May 16

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.

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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

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · May 16

ooh love this. dumb question but when does Autumn mean

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · May 13

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

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Dr Kirstie Ken English (they/them) @kenglish.bsky.social · May 13

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.

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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · May 13

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

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