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Thanks for reposting Graham - much appreciated 👍

Recalibrating Stigma Recalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r...

Thanks @the-polyphony.bsky.social for sharing your platform with us to give people a sense of what's in the new edited collection 'Recalibrating Stigma: sociologies of health and illness' Available as a free e-book or relatively inexpensive paperback 5/5

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Reproductive norms: stigma and disruptions in family-building In the final of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Caroline Law and Harriet Cooper explores how stigma operates in relation to reproductive norms.

Lastly Caroline Law and @harrietcooper.bsky.social pull together their respective analyses of male infertility and parenting disabled children to consider how stigma is involved in shaping and maintaining reproductive norms and idealised notions of family. 4/5

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Stigma’s changing face In the second of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Fay Dennis and Hannah Farrimond explore the contextually specific and contingent nature of stigma.

Then @hannahfarrimond.bsky.social & Fay Dennis combine analyses from their respective chapters in the book to explore what the examples of Long COVID and drug addition can tell us about how stigma emerges, affects people, gets disrupted, and mutates. 3/5

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What’s wrong with anti-stigma? In the first of our ‘Recalibrating Stigma’ mini-takeover, Oli Williams, Gareth M. Thomas, Amy Chandler, and Tanisha Spratt introduce the concept of anti-stigma.

The 1st post of the takeover is from me, Gareth, Amy, & Tanisha. It summarises the key arguments and concepts we put forward in the chapter we wrote for the book. In it we explain why both stigma and anti-stigma need to be better conceptualised and applied. 2/5

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Recalibrating Stigma Gareth Thomas, Tanisha Spratt, Oli Williams, and Amy Chandler reflect on the 2023 symposium: Recalibrating Stigma, Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness.

2 years ago @the-polyphony.bsky.social kindly invited me @gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social & Tanisha to write about the book we were putting together on stigma (see ⬇️). Now it's out @brisunipress.bsky.social they've let us do a mini-takeover! 1/5

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ME and ME-like symptoms affect approximately 1.35 million people in the UK.
Find out how @kacheston.bsky.social, from our Department of Sociology and @durhamimh.bsky.social, is collaborating with @actionforme.bsky.social to understand the impact of this condition: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Imagine having all the cultural and financial security of *the university of oxford* and being this pathetically weak. Extraordinary really.

😍What a pleasure it’s been share the floor with @gmthomas.bsky.social
@oliwilliams.bsky.social
@amychandler.bsky.social and Jen Remnant talking about stigma at @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social

Check out the book Recalibrating Stigma: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

Deadline approaching! 🗓️ Apply by Friday 18th July for our #DiscoveringLiveability Research Fellow role - just over a week left!

Was great seeing you in Edinburgh last week. Thanks again for making the effort/time to join us up there. I hope you find the book interesting/useful. Looking forward to seeing if/how it informs your own work.

Picked up a copy of Recalibrating Stigma after a fantastic launch event in Edinburgh last week. Very much looking forward to reading the chapters and drawing on the analysis in my own work. Great work @gmthomas.bsky.social, @oliwilliams.bsky.social, Tanisha Spratt and @amychandler.bsky.social.

It's a busy time on @d-liveability.bsky.social!

We are hiring a 12 month #postdoc Research Fellow to contribute to #qualitative analysis of suicide prevention policies + parliamentary debates:

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The Recalibrating Stigma book launch is happening *today* (19th June)! In London? Please along, it would be great to see you. All welcome.

Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Location: G08 Sir David Davies Lecture Theatre, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE

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This ambitious book offers new perspectives to stimulate and intensify conversations around #Stigma, and highlights the valuable contributions of #Sociological approaches to understanding #Health and #Illness.

Publishing #OpenAccess:

Thanks Veronica - it was a huge team effort and we're so pleased with how it's come together. Hoping it can start a few new conversations in the field. If you do get chance to read it, please do share your thoughts - all views welcome and appreciated.

Thanks Des. It's been a long time coming but it was a genuine pleasure putting this together with the others. Hoping it starts a few new conversations in the field.

Thanks Beki. We're really pleased with how the collection has come together. We were fortunate that so many brilliant researchers accepted our invite to contribute. I hope you get something from it. Please do share your thoughts - all views welcome.

Next week I'll be speaking at a workshop on Neurotechnically-Enabled Urbanism, at the Sheffield Uni urban institute. There's still space to attend (I think!) if you're nearby. www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

Great! Looking forward to seeing you there.

Reminder: launch event tomorrow (19th June) organised by @britsoci.bsky.social London MedSoc Study Group - thanks again @twiterney.bsky.social

Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Location: G08 Sir David Davies Lecture Theatre, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE

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@gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk @kingsnmpc.bsky.social @fshi.bsky.social @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social @dresmee.bsky.social
@crrdmu.bsky.social @hannahfarrimond.bsky.social
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A copy of the book 'Recalibrating Stigma: sociologies of health and illness' edited by Gareth M. Thomas, Oli Williams, Tanisha Spratt, and Amy Chandler. The front cover of the book depicts a person out at night, lit by the light from a lamppost and looking at posters pasted onto a brick wall that are in the style of the 'WANTED' posters famously associated with the Wild West era of American history. The word 'UNWANTED' has replaced the word 'WANTED'.

We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection.

It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

Recalibrating Stigma Recalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r...

Excited to read this!

Congratulations to @oliwilliams.bsky.social and colleagues for the publication of their new book: Recalibrating Stigma.

May be of interest to colleagues working in eating disorders and mental health more broadly.

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Well worth registering, for those in London on the 19th June!

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Really looking forward to the London launch of our new book and very grateful to @twiterney.bsky.social for hosting this within the BSA London MedSoc Study Group activities.

If you're in London, or willing to travel to London, it would be great to see you at this event - register via link below.

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In this final episode of the Listen to THIS podcast, @instagraham.bsky.social and @taralamont.bsky.social reflect on the insights shared on healthcare improvement – from clinical research to data science, critical care to anthropology, design and more.

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Weight-related bullying in schools: a review of school anti-bullying policies Weight is reported to be the most common target for bullying at school - far more common than other targets such as ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. Research suggests weight bias and stigma ...

Excited to see our new paper on weight-related bullying in schools published!
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