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No woman’s land? Revisiting border zone denizens (2019)
Journal Article

This article presents empirical data from survey research into lesbian and queer masculinities in the United Kingdom, conducted in 2017, which garnered over two hundred responses. Dominant themes emerged which addressed the differences between the se... Read More about No woman’s land? Revisiting border zone denizens.

Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance (2018)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study sought to develop knowledge about understandings of sexuality and appearance by using a story completion task combined with an innovative visual methodology. Fifty-four (mainly female) particip... Read More about Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance.

Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls (2018)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Hannah Frith, Nikki Hayfield, Helen Malson, Naomi Moller, and Iduna Shah-Beckley came together at the University of the West of England (UWE) in July 2017 to discuss and s... Read More about Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls.

BBC The Big Questions (2019)
Other

Rachel Burden presents topical debate live from The Attenborough Centre at the University of Sussex in Brighton. Has social media ruined childhood? Is feminism in crisis?

Pitcairn political review: Issues and events, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 (2019)
Journal Article

The islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno (commonly known as Pitcairn) make up a single territory, the last remaining United Kingdom Overseas Territory (UKOTs) in the Pacific Ocean. But much of the period under review (1 July 2017–30 June 2... Read More about Pitcairn political review: Issues and events, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

The recognition of religion in public spaces (2019)
Book Chapter

In this chapter, I consider the ways in which religion is recognized in contemporary societies, and also to think how it should be recognized. I focus on just one aspect of this very large and complex topic – namely the recognition of religion speci... Read More about The recognition of religion in public spaces.

Deconstructing princess empowerment: A discourse analytic commentary on media representations of royal fashion (2019)
Journal Article

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Losing balance in an age of extremes (2019)
Journal Article

This article charts a course from the literature of the classical world through to a select number of classic texts in sociology by Marx, Weber and Bauman, and some more recent psychoanalytically informed studies, to offer a metaphor for the vicissit... Read More about Between Scylla and Charybdis: Losing balance in an age of extremes.

On Nietzsche and pregnancy; The beginning of the genesis of a new human being (2019)
Book Chapter

Luce Irigaray’s recent book To Be Born: Genesis of New a Human Being can be seen as a response to Friedrich Nietzsche’s well-known call for us to overcome humanity in its current form. Irigaray shares with Nietzsche the belief that to overcome the di... Read More about On Nietzsche and pregnancy; The beginning of the genesis of a new human being.

Hate Speech and Self-Restraint (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, The Author(s). In this article, my aim is to consider under what circumstances, and for what reasons, individuals may freely choose not to speak hatefully about others. Even if not threatened with legal sanction, why might they decide not to... Read More about Hate Speech and Self-Restraint.

Religious duties and equal opportunities in public space (2019)
Book Chapter

In a number of European states, laws and regulations of various kinds place limits on individuals’ ability to wear certain religious garments or to display certain religious symbols in public space. In this Chapter, I focus on how burqa bans fare wh... Read More about Religious duties and equal opportunities in public space.

The expression of religious identities and the control of public space (2018)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2018. To what extent may an historic nation impress its religious identity on the public space of its society? For example, does it have a right to ban the wearing of hijabs in schools, to insist on the display of crucifixes in school... Read More about The expression of religious identities and the control of public space.

Scientific inquiry, even with its limitations, should prevail over ideology (2015)
Journal Article

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors discuss the theories behind and evidence for the success of CoSA.

'Gotta Go Visit Family': Reconsidering the Relationship Between Tourism and Transnationalism (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. A comparative examination of two groups of highly skilled Global North migrants - US citizens (Americans) in London, Berlin, and Paris and French citizens in London - this paper explores the nature of these migrants'... Read More about 'Gotta Go Visit Family': Reconsidering the Relationship Between Tourism and Transnationalism.

Establishing a pragmatic path to greater autonomy and decolonization (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The British Overseas Territories, especially those in the Caribbean, are experiencing a period of significant uncertainty. There is the still unresolved issue of ‘Brexit’, and the likely impact on the territories in regard to trade, aid, and politica... Read More about Establishing a pragmatic path to greater autonomy and decolonization.

Deliver us from evil: The case for scepticism (2019)
Book Chapter

This chapter critically examines the philosophical arguments against the case for evil scepticism that I first outlined in my book, The Myth of Evil. It re-assesses and strengthens the case for scepticism by addressing some of the latest attempts to... Read More about Deliver us from evil: The case for scepticism.

Lived Experiences of Childfree Lesbians in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Exploration (2018)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2018. Evidence suggests that most lesbians remain childless, but little is known about the childfree lesbian experience. The current study qualitatively explores the experiences of five childfree lesbians. The results show that even f... Read More about Lived Experiences of Childfree Lesbians in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Exploration.

Researching race in a white space: Negotiating interviews at white-wedding shows in England (2018)
Book Chapter

Our research methods case focuses on how, as researchers, we negotiated the topic of race in recruiting participants and conducting interviews for a study about the cultural reproduction of Whiteness at wedding fairs in the United Kingdom. Here, we d... Read More about Researching race in a white space: Negotiating interviews at white-wedding shows in England.

Thematic Analysis (2018)
Book Chapter

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‘That’s their brand, their business’: How police officers are interpreting County Lines (2018)
Journal Article

A recent development in drug markets across England and Wales garnering increased attention is the phenomenon of ‘County Lines’. This involves drug supply groups migrating from major cities to smaller towns, and has become associated with a range of... Read More about ‘That’s their brand, their business’: How police officers are interpreting County Lines.