Ad Carter

If you’re doing the “trans men in women’s toilets” gotcha, 1) you’re making what was always a crap argument 2) you’re revealing that you haven’t read the UK Supreme Court judgment because it says trans men aren’t allowed in women’s spaces (because we look like men) OR men’s spaces

17.04.2025 07:53 — 👍 1940    🔁 554    💬 23    📌 32

New article, co-authored with Donald Simpson, about entrenched gendered and classed pathways into paid adult social care and childcare work in north-east England bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

27.03.2025 10:38 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

@ltowers728.bsky.social invading my safe space

28.11.2024 10:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Death, Dying and Bereavement: New Sociological Perspectives While death, dying and bereavement are universal life events, the social conditions under which death takes place are fundamental in shaping how it is experienced by the individual. Bringing together ...

📚NEW BOOK:

Death, Dying & Bereavement: New Sociological Perspectives

Sharon Mallon & Laura Towers (eds)

Published by Routledge as part of @britsoci.bsky.social #SociologicalFutures series

@uomsociology.bsky.social
www.routledge.com/Death-Dying-...

22.11.2024 10:47 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

For a version of this call for abstracts that can be read by assistive software please contact Ellie.tomsett@bcu.ac.uk

For a version of this call for abstracts that can be read by assistive software please contact Ellie.tomsett@bcu.ac.uk

A good excuse for my first post! Super happy to share a call for chapter abstracts for an edited collection on representations of adult children and their parents in TV comedy. Some excellent people on board already and we are looking for more. Take a look #comedystudies

19.11.2024 14:34 — 👍 5    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

What happens when the politics of #Brexit seep into our personal lives?

Katherine Davies and Adam Carter (University of Sheffield) look at mundane routines, family relationships, everyday racism and exhaustion.

Out now #OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/40vWL9i

04.11.2024 11:20 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Blue background with the University of Nottingham logo on the top left and British Academy logo on the top right, underneath which are the words in white: Words We Live By: A Guide to LGBTQ+ Language. Submit your own words. Underneath that is a white cloud, in front of which is a city scape in purple and blue with rainbows running through it, a bus featuring the words "discover our language" written on the side, and the large letters LGBTQ+ in purple.

Please share: whilst the Words We Live By glossary was written by young LGBTQ+ people in England, this project also involves collecting & archiving the words used by those outside of this group. Complete our quick online form to suggest words & definitions important to you! nott.ac/yourLGBTQwords

12.09.2024 05:46 — 👍 19    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 0

Laughing through Brexit: Family humour practices, political troubles and everyday life - Adam Carter, Katherine Davies, 2024 Humour has a well-established role in the public life of politics; however, its use within families affected by macro-level political events remains understudie...

New article from me and Dr Katherine Davies, on how people used humour to navigate Brexit tensions in their families. We explore the potentials and pitfalls of humour in managing everyday political tumult. Have a look and please RT (if you fancy). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

05.09.2024 13:41 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Laughter and humor are not healthy.

Research on the health effects of humor & laughter have not yielded any consistent evidence that laughter is a medicine -- let alone the best one. What is true that laughter reduces pain, but killing pain in itself is not healthy & may even be bad for you.

05.09.2024 09:26 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Laughing through life? | The University of Sheffield Player An exhibition of stories and portraits by social researcher Dr Adam Carter and artist Ivana Stefanova, exploring the role of humour in UK family life.

I've collaborated with artist Ivana Stefanova on an exhibition showcasing eight stories from my 'Laughing through Life?' study. It's about the complicated role of humour in families facing challenging times. Have a look if you fancy, and please share! player.sheffield.ac.uk/exhibits/lau...

05.08.2024 13:03 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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With thanks to the Leverhulme Trust for funding the thing @leverhulme.bsky.social and the Public Engagement Team at the University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social for their guidance. You can find the wonderful artist Ivana Stefanova on Instagram www.instagram.com/bubbble.wrap/

05.08.2024 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Laughing through life? | The University of Sheffield Player An exhibition of stories and portraits by social researcher Dr Adam Carter and artist Ivana Stefanova, exploring the role of humour in UK family life.

I've collaborated with artist Ivana Stefanova on an exhibition showcasing eight stories from my 'Laughing through Life?' study. It's about the complicated role of humour in families facing challenging times. Have a look if you fancy, and please share! player.sheffield.ac.uk/exhibits/lau...

05.08.2024 13:03 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Doubt, grief, guilt, joy – and ambivalence: what does it feel like to parent? And is sociological theory a useful guide through its messy realities?

Dive into PARENTING, our June magazine – out now. Guest editors: Charlie Rumby and Sevasti-Melissa Nolas.

thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...

11.06.2024 06:30 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2

Feminism and the Religious Significance of Laughing Bodies This book identifies the significance of the body through a feminist reconceptualisation of laughter as a means of insight. It positions itself within the emerging scholarship on religion and humour b...

Today is the #PublicationDay of my FIRST book: ‘Feminism and the Religious Significance of Laughing Bodies’ (Routledge) 🥳

Available at: www.routledge.com/Feminism-and...

03.06.2024 14:14 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I loved working on this paper and feel very proud of it.

29.02.2024 19:01 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0