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Steve Threadgold

@stevethreadgold.bsky.social
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Sociologist at University of Newcastle Research on youth and class: alternative work trajectories; underground and independent creative scenes; cultural formations of taste, fintech and financial practices. linktr.ee/stevethreadgold?utm_sourc…

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh, the @nytimes.com is writing about the class ceiling! Surely they will have cited and talked to Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison who wrote about this, oh, 8 ish years ago, and not an economist who rediscovered the now obvious but published it in Journal of Econowhatever! Oh, wait.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Poverty kills. The level of Jobseeker kills. It is a choice governments make every year. It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Screenshot showing deaths per 100,000 by age


Not on welfare; on Jobseeker
22-34: 17.1; 137
35-44: 30; 288.1
45-54: 83.4; 427
55-64: 201.6; 615.6
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yesterday's @acadsocsciences.bsky.social week seminar on The False Divide between Nature and Culture with Celia Roberts, Ben Matthews and Gav Smith was great. You can view it here: youtu.be/4xaAGM9etBk?...
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The False Divide between Nature and Culture
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please check out and submit to the ISA panel in Korea 2027 organised by Rose Butler, Anita Harris and me on 'Getting Ahead? New Perspectives on Class and Social Mobility for Young People' isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20...
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Session: Getting Ahead? New Perspectives on Class and Social Mobility for Young People (XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 4 - 10, 2027))
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thanks to the @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social Social Stratification Thematic Group for the invitation to talk about our @newcastleyouth.bsky.social research on young people, financial practices and fintech. Sorry I couldn't be there in person, so I recorded this video for them.
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The Financial Dispositional Distinctions of Young People in Australia
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🧵The wealthy and their strategists at rightwing media orgs and junktanks inflict DARVO on us. If we discuss inequality, we’re accused of perpetrating class war. In fact, neoliberalism is almost a century of class war against “the tyranny of democracy” 🙄 #Auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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You're in a class war, whether you fight back or not - The Shot
It didn’t take the titanic corruption and clown-car incompetence around Trump to tell young people that death-throes capitalism is a...
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Ben Gook @bengook.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My new article is just out in @finandsoc.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The nihilism industry: Streaming disavowal and ressentiment in the age of prediction markets | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
The nihilism industry: Streaming disavowal and ressentiment in the age of prediction markets
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This article from @stevethreadgold.bsky.social and me published on the same day Meta agreed to significant changes to Instagram and Facebook. It is an unequivocal acknowledgement that wellbeing harms for children and young people are caused by platform design. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Beautiful thread
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
TASA Sociology of Youth event is happening at USyd Monday October 12, please come along if you can
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New article out with Bev Skeggs and @rogerjburrows.bsky.social in @culsoc.bsky.social on how cultural consumption data's enrolment into insurance, health, housing and other areas that extends symbolic violence and means we nee to think about culture differently
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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I could weep, seriously. Some of the places I love best are those second-hand book stores in the side streets of small towns. Where the stacks contain surprises that shape how one thinks about something. Now LLMs need “pre 2022” texts to avoid the “contamination” of synthetic data 1/
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Please join us on Wednesday for our next NYSC online seminar where will be joined Peta Cook (University of Tasmania), Elizabeth Humphrys (University of Technology) and Nicole Asquith (Queensland University of Technology) for “Scholarship Disabled: Crip research, crip scholars”.
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Scholarship Disabled: Crip research, crip scholars
A discussion designed to increase awareness but also provoke conversations on the place(lessness) of crip scholars in Australian high
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Check out David Beer's new short story collection zine published on @awtsn.bsky.social amazing Frances Street Press francesstreetpress.com/tales-zine-b...
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tales of the disconnected
a zine of short stories by David Beer Digital life is strange, but we hardly even seem to notice just how strange it is. The Tales Of The Disconnected gathered together here explore the uncanniness…
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Please join us for our next NYSC online seminar when we are joined by Dan McQuillan (Goldsmiths) to talk about the critical politics of AI and his work on decomputing.
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From Resisting AI to Decomputing
Dan McQuillan talks critical AI politics
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you use fintech, live in Australia, and are between 18 and 30 years old, please sign up to be interviewed in our project. Interviewees get a $50 gift card while workshops participants get $75! youthfintechfutures.wordpress.com/participate/
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Here’s a video from the same podcast as linked in my previous post where you can hear the audio too. I love this because it really lays bare how LLMs fool us - but really they’re just slotting words into linguistic patterns that we’re familiar with. Genres like a podcast or LinkedIn post.
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Here's a link to the lectures, most of which are chats with other researchers, for my Algorithm/AI/Data course. I’m hoping it can become somewhat of a public resource too so please send it to anyone you think may be interested in a critical look at our new data driven overlords. 1/2
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Consumption, Technology and Everyday Life 2026 - YouTube
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Our next NYSC Online Seminar is no tomorrow at 3pm. Maternal Secrets: Shame, Silence, and the Materiality of Mothering, featuring Giverny Lewis (UoN), Briony Lipton (UNSW) and Eva Neely (Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington).
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Maternal Secrets: Shame, Silence, and the Materiality of Mothering
This seminar brings together three explorations of what often remains hidden in maternal experiences.
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Journal of Youth Studies @youthstudies.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
BIG NEWS! The 5th Journal of Youth studies Conference will take place in Porto, May 4 to 6, 2027! Check the link for all relevant details including submissions, registration and keynotes. jys-conference.eventqualia.net/en/2027/home/
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The 5th Journal of Youth Studies International Conference
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27/03/2026
The more I think about it, the more I hate @lintonbesser.bsky.social's implication here that allowing machine-generated plagiarism and fabrications in media+opinion is somehow "inevitable" Frankly, it seems to go against the entire existence of media watch? www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
The two biggest newspaper publishers in Australia are less strict, Nine doesn’t prohibit AI but does prohibit it being used in the writing of copy, while News Corp requires the oversight of an editorial manager.

Jo Tarnawsky confirmed to us she has indeed been using AI, not to generate her essays from scratch but to assist her along the way, and explained she had not known about Crikey’s tough AI policy before filing to the publication. She also said: 

I get there's AI slop and photos that are completely fake. I'm offended that I'm now being accused of this type of conduct when I was using it to check and refine my work …

There are reasonable, ethical uses of AI tools. The answer is to acknowledge this and … not to pretend it doesn't exist … 

- Email, Jo Tarnawsky, Author, 20 Mar 2026

As it turns out, Jo Tarnawsky is no Robinson Crusoe—this study from the Thomson Reuters Foundation suggesting as many as eight out of every ten journalists in some regions use AI in their work. 

And, notwithstanding her ill-advised reliance on the machine, it seems patently obvious Crikey’s hardline position is really not sustainable. Conceding in an email to us, it is indeed having trouble holding back the tide.

But these tools, while revolutionary, are also perilous no matter how much they weasel their way into our lives, and journalists above all others perhaps must be vigilant to the risks they pose to the foundations of good reporting, independent research, clear thinking, and above all else, words on the page that actually make sense.
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Had a fun chat with the great Mark Mordue on his podcast The Slider. We talked about the research @newcastleyouth.bsky.social is doing, plus a bunch of other stuff like " 'data gaze' surveillance, fintech auctions for your identity, online gambling and some hope with rock n roll"
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Different Class
Newcastle youth, 'data gaze' surveillance, fintech auctions for your identity, online gambling and some hope with rock n roll
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Tomorrow (Tues March 17, 2pm) we have Sam Friedman (LSE) presenting on his award winning work on the British elite. The seminar is online and in person at NuSpace (X204).
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Born to Rule
The Making and Remaking of the British Elite
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Please join us online on Wednesday March 11 (tomorrow!) at 3pm for @samfriedman.bsky.social (LSE) and Rose Butler (Deakin) for our next online seminar "Class Diplomacy: Cross-Class Friendship and Social Mobility'
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Class Diplomacy: Cross-Class Friendship and Social Mobility
Negotiating class based tensions and the politics of friendship
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
On Wednesday at 2pm we have our NYSC visitor Sam Kirwan from University of Bristol presenting on The Debt Cycle. This will be online and for those in Newcastle please join us in person at X401 in NuSpace.
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The Debt Cycle
Presents work from Sam Kirwan's forthcoming book
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Today at 3pm
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Our online seminar series kicks off Wednesday February 11 at 3pm, on ‘Algorithmic Dwelling: Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home’.
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Algorithmic Dwelling
Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Congratulations to our new research team member Dr Niamh White on her PhD conferral and becoming a newly minted Dr! We look forward to working with you on young people and fintech over the next few years
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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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ANU School of Sociology Seminar Series: Prof Roger Burrows
ANU School of Sociology Seminar series on
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
After over 2 years under review, our paper discussing strategies to get by in the creative industries is out
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Hustling in the projectariat? Financialisation and precarious creative industries
The Creative Industries are precarious, emblematic of what has become known as “wageless life” in the “projectariat”. In this article, we use qualitative data to explore how young people who are st...
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Journal of Youth Studies @youthstudies.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
SAVE THE DATE! Journal of Youth Studies Conference, University of Porto in May 4-6, 2027.
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Our next online seminar is on at 3pm tomorrow. The False Divide between Nature and Culture: How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life See you there!
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The False Divide between Nature and Culture
How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Who world have thought i'd be talking in the the Australian Financial Review about class, but there you go...
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The class signals that decide who gets promoted in Australia
Having a “bogan” accent or a “hick” degree can cruel leadership aspirations, according to a new report. Oh, and add watching reality TV and rugby league to that mix.
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
New article by @juliacook.bsky.social in @bjsociology.bsky.social 'Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership'
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Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership
Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this pr....
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I'm giving talk at RMIT for the Music Industry Research Collective on Monday October 20 at 3pm on 'What is cultural sociology when culture is platformed and financialised?'
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
NYSC online seminar on ‘The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter’ featuring Beckie Coleman, Bev Skeggs, Imogen Tyler and Roger Burrows is on tomorrow night, Wednesday October 8 at 7pm (9am London time).
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The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter
How Stuff Matters
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It's finally out! After what could only be described as a very long gestation, our edited collection is now available. It will be great for teaching about the concept of subculture and also contains interesting contemporary examples and research case studies. 1/2
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Subculture in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Subculture Studies
Subculture in the 21st Century is a key text for all students of sociology and cultural studies. Drawing on case studies and supported by a range of resources on its dedicated companion website, it is...
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A factor in this triumphant return is how platforms (Spotify) dissolve historical time, with the effect that a) nobody needs to remember that this was a band whose 'good' patch lasted circa 18 months and b) they provide the backdrop for inter-generational bonding
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
this is excellent www.e-flux.com/architecture...
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Intensification - Kate Crawford - Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop
AI slop isn’t invested in the order of events or even looking like reality. The slop is not the territory: it just smothers it in synthetic goop. It’s flooding the zone with AI shit.
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Erdem Avşar @erdemavsar.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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...
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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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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Please join us for the second in our NYSC Series Online seminar on Wednesday to hear all about New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal, featuring Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, Luigi Di Martino, Rob Watts and Varsha Yajman.
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New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal
This panel shares some of the findings of the New Possibilities project
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
No silver bullet: why social media ban is full of holes www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/903228...
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Tomorrow at 3pm AEST we have our first NYSC online seminar taking place on zoom. The topic is Automating Everyday Life and we are joined by Nicholas Carah and Lauren Hayden, Joel Stern, and Thao Phan and Fabian Offert. You can register at Eventbrite for it here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
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Automating Everyday Life
As everyday life has been digitalised, more and more of the things we do, like and consume are being automated.
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Check out Filtered Reality, a short film that discusses aspects of the ARC DP project led by @juliacoffey.bsky.social ‬on how photo editing apps, tools and filters affect young people’s self-image. youtu.be/iewwq34sCdk?...
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Filtered Reality
YouTube video by Steven Threadgold
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Thao Phan @thaophan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Join me, Joel Stern, and Nic Carah for what's shaping up to be a stimulating seminar on Automating Everyday Life! ⚡Wed 30 July, 3 - 5pm AEST ⚡Register for zoom details I'll be talking about generative AI and the problem if representing political violence. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...
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Automating Everyday Life
As everyday life has been digitalised, more and more of the things we do, like and consume are being automated.
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Coming soon www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1... @megansharp.bsky.social ‪ @bengook.bsky.social ‪@benhanckel.bsky.social ‪@projectnat.bsky.social @stevethreadgold.bsky.social @paulhodkinson.bsky.social ‪@indigowilling.bsky.social‬
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Subculture in the 21st Century | An Introduction to Subculture Studies
Subculture in the 21st Century is a key text for all students of sociology and cultural studies. Drawing on case studies and supported by a range of resources
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social‬ and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh! Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days... www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Coming soon
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
This is not satire
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Call for Papers for a special issue of Work, Employment and Society on Earning While Learning: experiences, patterns and the political economy of working students’ www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie... For further information and queries, please contact Kim Allen k.allen1@leeds.ac.uk
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