What does it mean to be ordinary? How can this idea be used to mask class privilege? Gaby Harris @manmetuni.bsky.social on the fashion choices of middle-class girls, the ambivalence of class categorisation and the imagined gaze. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/eu3QwmK

We're happy to support Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents, organised by @amit-singh.bsky.social (UCL). A free two-day summer school exploring class, culture & today's social challenges through workshops and discussion. Find out more and register: buff.ly/MSeyFEG #Sociology #SummerSchool

Anticolonial psychiatrist and theorist Frantz #Fanon is celebrated in SO many #Uncommonsense episodes - so we devoted one to discussing him, with @juliango.bsky.social. Here, he describes what it was like encounter Fanon in #gradschool… #Tunein buff.ly/wsju6A4

Dalit women on caste, Deleuze on painting and Rushdie on violence; tree-planting, Bauman and Brexit; and the cute cat theory of digital activism: our Bedside Books column serves up contributors’ short, sharp takes on interesting titles. @jmwright.bsky.social buff.ly/6xg2154

Reimagining Menopause, our new Sociological Review Monograph, links menopause to broader structures of power and inequality. Edited by Shani Orgad, Belinda Steffan and Odessa Hamilton, its 10 chapters examine gender, visibility and neoliberalism. ➡️ buff.ly/2D51Icf @journals.sagepub.com

What might qualitative research look like beyond the interview? Join Les Back for Live Methods, a two-part online workshop exploring creative approaches to sociological research with opportunities to experiment between sessions & discuss your work. 4 & 18 August Book now: buff.ly/fzvlzpH

How have previously rivalled football fans united in the quest to end food poverty? Jack Sugden and co-authors @ljmuofficial.bsky.social on activism, the Fans Supporting Foodbanks movement and the work of Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/TmT11WG

How can feelings of anxiety and paranoia be channelled into a critique of the status quo? Sophie Crowe takes a closer look at affect theory, state surveillance and political agency. #OpenAccess buff.ly/FoTd2MW

Are rising ticket prices threatening football’s existence as an intergenerational space? Mark Turner, Daniel Fitzpatrick and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen on commercialisation, ontological security and the Stop Exploiting Loyalty campaign. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/pQI1WE0

The right looks back in anger, the left looks forward in hope – and hard-to-love liberalism is floundering, say Ben Anderson and Anna Secor. @irenektori.bsky.social reviews their study of emotion and identity in a ragebait age. @goldsmithspress.bsky.social buff.ly/anEuXGa

JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 12 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in January 2027. Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community. ➡️ Deadline 16 October buff.ly/mPov5pd

Just two days to go! Join us this Wednesday for Where are we now? A sociological take on the past year – a live online conversation reflecting on the key social and political themes shaping 2026 so far. There's still time to register for free: buff.ly/Yi6pnfx #Sociology #PublicSociology #AI

WRITE FOR US: The Sociological Review magazine editors Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social are inviting proposals for the December 2026 and February 2027 issues. 📅 Deadline 31 July 🔎 Info: buff.ly/Iu7SKia

Independence – and after: why do former colonies replicate hierarchies they fought to dismantle? Madhuri Kamtam on Tunisian writer Hélé Béji’s lyrical reflections on democracy and humanity, liberation and responsibility, borders and hope. @politybooks.bsky.social buff.ly/SIQxkws

How can the lived experience and knowledge of refugees be used to challenge dominant narratives? Tesfalem Habte Yemane and co-authors on "epistemic friction", counter-hegemonic knowledge and the importance of recognising the agency of refugees. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/0q8hjeU

📢 Early bird extended! Book Live Methods with Les Back by Friday 3 July (23:00 BST) Two online workshops exploring creative approaches to sociological research. 📅 4 & 18 Aug 🎟️ buff.ly/0iwnvNw #Sociology #ResearchMethods

Long COVID, autism, ADHD, Lyme disease, mental health: is medical overdiagnosis an epidemic? As politicians bearing agendas wade in, @hannahfarrimond.bsky.social reviews neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan’s thoughtful look at illness, patients and labels. @hodderbooks.bsky.social buff.ly/7GEm6pS

Anticolonial psychiatrist and theorist Frantz #Fanon is oft-cited by sociologists. Here, @juliango.bsky.social describes what it was like to seek out Fanon’s work in #gradschool and to sit with the author’s #writing and rage… buff.ly/d0azKVa

“‘My parents are farmers.’ After years of constant struggle, she felt too tired to pretend to be someone else. Not today.” Justyna Kajta’s story captures the hopes and fears, shame and pride felt by a working-class student on the day of her PhD defence. buff.ly/3E46AFG

📢 Early bird tickets available! Join Les Back for a two-part online workshop exploring #LiveMethods and creative approaches to sociological research. 📅 4 & 18 August 🎟️ Early bird tickets until 24 June buff.ly/0iwnvNw #Sociology #ResearchMethods

Our latest #bookreviews come from Hannah Farrimond, Jesse Callahan Bryant, Eirini Ktori and Madhuri Kamtam. @hannahfarrimond.bsky.social, @irenektori.bsky.social, @jcallahanbryant.bsky.social Read The Sociological Review magazine. #OpenAccess. buff.ly/HcfvZUa

How do second-generation British Turks negotiate identity and belonging? @ozgeonay.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social on the concept of “floating habitus”, racialisation and the feeling of being caught between two worlds. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/NZVEdox

Would you choose your partner again if you could? Just one question Jieyu Liu asked interviewees from three generations as she researched family life in #CHINA. The answers point to a wider finding: family change isn’t as linear as assumed...All in #Uncommonsense buff.ly/2Pwnbo9

📢 New workshop series! Join Les Back this August for a two-part online workshop exploring #LiveMethods, sociological craft and creative approaches to research. 📅 4 & 18 August 🎟️ Early bird tickets until 24 June buff.ly/VNue1Ff #Sociology #ResearchMethods

Sociological Perspectives on the Far Right: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal. Deadline: 13 August 2026 Editors: @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mirandaioss.bsky.social @jandob.bsky.social Apply now: buff.ly/8O8vYHu

Blood, genes and “natural law”: the Trump era’s seemingly vacuous yet moralising right has a long, complex genealogy of scientised ideas about social order. @jcallahanbryant.bsky.social reviews Quinn Slobodian’s Hayek’s Bastards. buff.ly/8R4w0NI

Last chance to book 📚 Publish or Perish: Strategies, Tips & Tricks for Communicating Sociology with Professor Karen O'Reilly. A practical workshop for ECRs on publishing, public engagement, and making the most of your research. 17 June | Online Register: buff.ly/89oeiBr #Sociology #ECR

Publish? Podcast? Present? Public engagement? If you're an early career scholar wondering how to communicate your work effectively join Karen O'Reilly for an interactive workshop on navigating the challenges of academic and public-facing communication. 📅 17 June Register: buff.ly/89oeiBr

“Burawoy’s work has travelled through time because it names a puzzle that reappears whenever labour is reorganised, revalued, or made newly precarious.” Constantine Manolchev & Ryan Nolan on creating a journal special section to mark the 45th anniversary of Manufacturing Consent. buff.ly/8MnzHhj

How do neighbourhood ties become the building blocks for political action? @aesierra.bsky.social takes a look at urban activism, the uncertainty of neighbours and the struggle for water access in Mexico City. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/u5QK85r