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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 6h

🌍 We have just published our Annual Report for 2025, reflecting on the progress the Foundation has made in promoting accessible sociological knowledge to drive action towards addressing inequalities. 📖 Download the Annual Report for 2025 buff.ly/eWWiV7i #Sociology #PublicSociology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 09/10/2026

“The sky around here is so heavy, you eventually get tired of looking up.” Michael, nine years old. What is a child’s lived reality of ‘safety’? Janine Ewen presents criminological research on the streets, using urban art to prompt dialogue with young people. buff.ly/FVRgcD8 #Criminology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 08/10/2026

Connect with contemporary public sociology, research and critical social thought! Get updates on our events, podcasts, magazine, book reviews, fiction and visual sociology, plus the latest research, open-access articles and opportunities from the journal. 👉 Subscribe buff.ly/jm0Tk4n #AcademicSky

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 08/10/2026

Listen and learn: Season 5 of our Uncommon Sense #Podcast brings fresh thinking on issues as diverse as how psychoanalysis shapes listening in Buenos Aires, the reality of family life in China, and the power play of declaring an “ending”. buff.ly/VHzqnFR #AcademicSky #Sociology #GlobalStudies

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 07/10/2026

How do working class students experience social mobility without betraying their origins? Fiorenzo Parziale on autoethnography, heretical identities and the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Stuart Hall. #OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zZohAWc

Beyond the Cleft Habitus: Cultural Resistance and Study Methods in Upward Educational Mobility. An Autoethnographic Socioanalysis
Fiorenzo Parziale
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261489917
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 06/10/2026

Book launch: Reimagining Menopause. Join the editors and authors of The Sociological Review Monograph Reimagining Menopause, a bold collection that moves beyond narrow debates. 📅 Thursday 15 October 2026 🕑 5pm – 6.30pm (UK) 📍 Online webinar Register now: buff.ly/wT4VPqa @lsemedia.bsky.social

Book launch - online
Reimagining menopause
Join the editors and authors of The Sociological Review Monograph Reimagining Menopause. This bold and timely collection moves beyond narrow debates to offer an inclusive, creative look at menopause through research, artivism and performance.
Thursday 15 October 2026 5pm-6.30pm Online webinar Open to all Register at: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/events Cover illustration: Emma Franks Read more at thesociologicalreview.org

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 06/10/2026

“It’s like living in the middle stairwell – not reaching the next floor but not remaining on the one below.” Arab migrant women in Istanbul are no longer the people they were back home, yet not fully recognised in their new community, says Neveen Aboueldahab. buff.ly/EgDAnXS #Migration #Sociology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 02/10/2026

The drastic decline in local government spending from 2010 was associated with a 9% lower probability of giving birth among the poorest third of women in England. Laura Sochas and Jenny Chanfreau write about #reproductivejustice and #austerity in The Sociological Review magazine. buff.ly/lyJ7i4U

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 01/10/2026

FINAL CALL: 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

Join our Journal
The Sociological Review is recruiting 12 new members to its editorial board.
Apply by 16 October 2026.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 30/09/2026

“Novels and poems present #Menopause as a lived experience, not something to be treated by doctors.” In her poem, Jennifer Takhar @univcotedazur.bsky.social explores how “hot-flush lit” celebrates menopausal bodies and pushes for recognition rather than #Stigma. buff.ly/kQvWNPL #FeministLit

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 29/09/2026

Climbing the ladder in #HigherEducation in the UK is harder if you’re “non-White”. Moé Suzuki, part of that group, sees “insider-outsider” status as a research benefit. In our September magazine, she describes how boosting interviews with drawing elicited in-depth responses. buff.ly/yvtVYMO #UKEd

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 26/09/2026

Powerpose? Leanin? Or bare your vulnerability? @lsemedia.bsky.social #feminist Shani Orgad discusses the imperatives to be #confident and #vulnerable - their costs, stakes, and unequal distribution. #Tunein for more, including on #Foucault #Precarity and TV’s #TheBear buff.ly/2XooG9z

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 25/09/2026

“Public sociology can redistribute expertise, create dialogue and change the very institutions it studies.” The winners of the Sociological Review Foundation’s 2026 Public Sociology Awards explain what inspires their work and why sociology belongs in the wider world. buff.ly/3NaI5GP #Sociology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 25/09/2026

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 24/09/2026

“I tried giving up football and finding a pursuit that made me less miserable.” In The Sociological Review magazine, academic and lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter Michael Brennan makes the case for protecting the social and civic function of football clubs. buff.ly/Wfk7DXf @swfc.co.uk

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 22/09/2026

Doors open easily for a select few, but for many they stay firmly closed, write Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social. Our September magazine explores the barriers people encounter and the collective ways they challenge, negotiate and push back. buff.ly/dSgSTpL #Sociology #PublicSociology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 21/09/2026

“This special issue is a reckoning for what the role of sociology is – in terms of theory, analysis and praxis.” Guest editors @galarexer.bsky.social, Karis Campion @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social introduce a journal Special Section, Sociology in the Times of Genocide. Out now: buff.ly/rg8TXRE

The Sociological Review Special Section: Sociology in the Times of Genocide

Gala Rexer, Kirsteen Paton and
Karis Campion, guest editors

Featuring: Gala Rexer, Kirsteen Paton, Karis Campion, Hala Shoman, Mai Taha, Rana Sukarieh, Shereen Fernandez, Waqas Tufail, Isabel Frey, Ben Rogaly, Sociologists for Palestine

https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOR/74/5/

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18/09/2026

We’re pleased to spotlight an event from a friend of the Foundation. Join @amit-singh.bsky.social & Sivamohan Valluvan at Waterstones, Trafalgar Square on 22 October for the launch of Pubs for the People, a passionate defence of the English pub. Tickets: buff.ly/8vmF7Wy

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18/09/2026

OUT NOW: The Sociological Review journal 74:5, featuring 16 new papers💡 Includes a Special Section, Sociology in the Times of Genocide, guest edited by @galarexer.bsky.social, Karis Campion and @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social buff.ly/KuDpTMf @journals.sagepub.com

The Sociological Review Journal Vol 74 Issue 5 With contributions from Gala Rexer, Kirsteen Paton, Karis Campion, Hala Shoman, Mai Taha, Rana Sukarieh, Shereen Fernandez, Waqas Tufail, Isabel Frey, Ben Rogaly, Sociologists for Palestine, Katherine Appleford, Fatima Rajina, Sonya Sharma, Angela Man Xu, Josephine Browne, Phil Crockett Thomas, Iveta Ķešāne Maija Spuriņa, Diana García-Catena, Anastasios Hadjisolomou, Dennis Nickson, Malene Lue Kessing, Peter J. Hemming, Anna Strhan, Joanna Malone, Sarah Neal, Kate Summers, Daniel Edmiston, Ben Baumberg Geiger, Jo Ingold, Lisa Scullion, Robert de Vries, David Young

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 17/09/2026

“I could see how, with the right resource and the right kind of evidence base, it would be possible to really max out on social change.” Labour MP for Colchester and University of Essex professor Pam Cox is in conversation with Michaela Benson in our September magazine. buff.ly/2AkuTts #Sociology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 17/09/2026

Our latest #OpenAccess book reviews, by Olga Doletskaya, Panos Theodoropoulos, Brooklyn Donnelly, Benjamin Schwarz, Xue Yu and Öykü İnal, explore topics including attitudes towards poetry, surrogacy and debt. #Skybrarian #AcademicSky #Sociology #BookReviews buff.ly/VSDWzaW

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 16/09/2026

Mathematics education in England and Wales puts pupils who lack social and cultural capital at a disadvantage, even closing off paths to future success. In September’s magazine issue, Sophie Harris shares her research into the inequality of the GCSE maths qualification. buff.ly/dHEgmgX #UKEd

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Rebecca Brennan @rebeccabrennan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Book launch tomorrow! Come down and hear @amit-singh.bsky.social discuss his new @princetonupress.bsky.social book Cancelled Futures at UCL. Discounted copies may be available for purchase, if you are quick... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...

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Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain

Join us in person to discuss the launch of Amit Singh's new book, Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain.

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 15/09/2026

🌟 The September 2026 issue of the Magazine is out now! Pam Cox MP connects sociology to social policy; how football mismanagement affects fans’ mental health; meet our award winners; is the GCSE maths exam fit for purpose? Plus, fiction, image-maker and book reviews. #Sociology buff.ly/IhJZTSh

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 11/09/2026

Our friends @conwayhall.bsky.social are hosting Fighting Social Atrophy, with researcher and writer @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social Exploring what the latest neuroscience tells us about social isolation, why we're spending more time alone, and what this could mean for society buff.ly/oDVa2A5

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 08/09/2026

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

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 03/09/2026

Last night, Angela Saini delivered our Public Lecture for 2026. In “Anatomy of a Myth: Why Human Classification Can’t Cure Health Disparities”, she challenged the audience to rethink the everyday practice of sorting people into categories of race, sex and gender. buff.ly/f5WxNBN #PublicSociology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 03/09/2026

🏆 The Sociological Review Foundation Public Sociology Awards 2026 – winners revealed! 🏆 Last night in London, we celebrated outstanding projects across four categories, recognising innovative work that demonstrates the relevance of sociology in everyday life. buff.ly/3oMJKGN #PublicSociology

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 03/09/2026

What a night! Our Public Lecture with Angela Saini was a brilliant success. Huge thanks to Angela, Karen O’Reilly, Lisa Dikomitis, Bolaji Balogun and our fantastic chair Mukti Jain Campion — and to everyone who joined us. We loved seeing it all come together!

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 01/09/2026

How does online advice contribute to intensive forms of parenting? Akane Kanai, Kate Mannell, Xinyu Zhao and Julian Sefton-Green on digital culture, claims to authority and expertise and ideas of what it means to be a 'good' parent today. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/TUhWRzS

Akane Kanai, Kate Mannell, Xinyu Zhao and Julian Sefton-Green

Is My Child Normal? Sciency Discourses in Online Parenting Advice Cultures

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261478383

The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 31/08/2026

A quick reminder: applications for Strictly Come Writing 2026 close on 10 September! Three days of dedicated writing time, expert facilitation and supportive connections at Gladstone’s Library in North Wales. 📅 11–13 November 2026 Find out more and apply: buff.ly/UQ0NqN4 #AcademicWriting

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 28/08/2026

Hear from our Events & Projects Manager, Danielle, @daniellelgalway.bsky.social on what she’s looking forward to Public Lecture with Angela Saini! - Angela’s lecture and our Public Sociology Awards & seeing everything come together. 2 September SOAS Gallery, London 🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/YxI4rmC

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 28/08/2026

How are maternal projects of respectability reshaped when social mobility fails to arrive? Sinyal Athamneh on Arab Palestinian motherhood, the work of Beverley Skeggs and Lauren Berlant and the concept of “dynamic optimism”. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/I7KuWYo

Sinyal Athamneh
Dynamic Optimism: Longitudinal Insights from Working-Class Arab Palestinian Mothers Between Value Sets
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261473123 The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 27/08/2026

“We’re working out the steps of the dance. We’re spending the time getting it right now, so we don’t fall flat on our face on Monday.” – Construction manager, UK Sarah Winkler-Reid on dance as a metaphor for understanding workplace dynamics. #OnlineFirst @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/Kuf6VdK

Sarah Winkler-Reid
Choreographing Subcontracting: Rhythm, Coordination, Improvisation and Labour on Construction Projects
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261469055 The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 26/08/2026

“I was not happy with myself, quite alone and then the realisation of what was happening kicked in, maybe I was no longer Muslim?” – Karim, 28 years old @lucypotter.bsky.social examines the identity transformation of apostate refugees. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/oO3YbNv

Lucy Elizabeth Potter
Conceptualising Identity Transformations of the Apostate Refugee through Un/Learning
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261465979
The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 26/08/2026

LAST CHANCE! Join us on 2 September for our Public Lecture with Angela Saini — plus our very first Public Sociology Awards. 📍 SOAS Gallery | 5.30–9pm Book now: buff.ly/6yYIFh8

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 25/08/2026

“Brexit wasn’t anything that caused friction. My friends and I, we have different opinions. Doesn’t stop me loving you as a person.” – Lara, Leave voter Mark Anthony Kaye takes a look at Brexit, everyday life and claims of a divided Britain. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/tsbprxF

Mark Anthony Kaye
Narrating Experiences of the Brexit Divide: Empathy, Tolerance and Avoidance
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261465972 The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 24/08/2026

Karen O’Reilly, Deputy Chair of our board of Trustees, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and highly experienced ethnographer, shares why she’s looking forward to our Public Lecture with Angela Saini. 📅 2 September | SOAS Gallery We’re just ONE WEEK away! 🎟️ Book your place: buff.ly/p2Jpni3

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 24/08/2026

Why do UK mental health services increasingly rely on trainee therapists working for free? Jennifer O’Neil and @mariya-ivancheva.bsky.social @strath-ioe.bsky.social on unpaid labour, “coerced voluntarism” and the Big Society programme. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/b6DDryH

Jennifer O’Neil and Mariya P. Ivancheva
Coerced Voluntarism: The Precarity and Insecurity of Free Labour of Trainee Counsellors in the UK
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261468136 The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 24/08/2026

How does the work of local food banks in Amsterdam go beyond providing meals? Jonathan Luger and Panagiota Kotsila on community food initiatives, relationships of trust and solidarity and the risks of institutionalising care practices. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/QQsXDI0

Jonathan Luger and Panagiota Kotsila
The Micropolitics of Care: Exploring Municipal Support for Community-Based Food Assistance Initiatives in Amsterdam Noord
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261468123 The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 21/08/2026

How are charitable appeals a distinctive mode of organising for social change? @profellenstu.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social explores fundraising for an MRI scanner, community identity in Shetland and the concept of “solvable problems”. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/0fGBdaZ

Ellen Stewart
Solvable Problems and the Politics of Public Things: A Charitable Appeal in the National Health Service in Shetland
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261476880
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 21/08/2026

📣 Final call! We’re looking for a new Trustee with marketing & communications expertise to join the Sociological Review Foundation Board. ⏰ Applications close Monday 24 August. Know someone who might be a great fit? Please share! Find out more: buff.ly/fh6oMPd

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 20/08/2026

Which podcasts do you enjoy? In the Sociological Review magazine, Alice Bloch, Executive Producer of the Uncommon Sense podcast, quizzes her colleagues and shares their recommendations for further compelling, engaging listening. Share your favourites in the comments. buff.ly/XREoAqa

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18/08/2026

How can menopause be reimagined beyond our current debates? Reimagining Menopause, edited by Shani Orgad, Belinda Steffan and Odessa Hamilton, is the latest in our Sociological Review Monograph series, and offers insight on gender and neoliberalism. ➡️ buff.ly/2D51Icf @journals.sagepub.com

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18/08/2026

“Four years learning to code, and the only algorithm I deal with assigns my next order.” – Rajesh, a Mumbai delivery rider with an engineering degree. Millions of India’s educated young people can’t find stable employment, writes Istikhar Ali in The Sociological Review magazine. buff.ly/MOOlrPA

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 14/08/2026

Tom Genillard, our trustee and Sociology Subject Advisor at Cambridge OCR, is looking forward to joining us for our Public Lecture with Angela Saini on 2 September 📍 SOAS Gallery, London 🎟️ Tickets available now: buff.ly/YWDjpSg

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 13/08/2026

Carol Rogerson, Editorial Manager of The Sociological Review magazine, has a little message for you ahead of our Public Lecture with Angela Saini. 📅 2 September 2026 📍 SOAS Gallery, London Come along for an evening of ideas, conversation and debate. 🎟️ Tickets are available now: buff.ly/YWDjpSg

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