Chris Waugh
@thewaughreport.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology. Specializing in masculinity, sex work and gender based violence prevention. I paint small men for fun and study normal sized men for a living
What I've been working on for past year or so
‘Sex for rent’ is illegal in the UK… Why are thousands still affected?
Dr Chris Waugh from the Contemporary Intimacies, Genders and Sexualities research group shares insights from his ‘sex for rent’ research in The Conversation.
@thewaughreport.bsky.social
theconversation.com/sex-for-rent...
Dr Chris Waugh from the Contemporary Intimacies, Genders and Sexualities research group shares insights from his ‘sex for rent’ research in The Conversation.
@thewaughreport.bsky.social
theconversation.com/sex-for-rent...
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What I've been working on for past year or so
Oh look, it's almost a new academic year. What fun.
September 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Oh look, it's almost a new academic year. What fun.
I will never not feel stupid citing myself
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I will never not feel stupid citing myself
I'm at the Men and Masculinities in Transition Conference at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. I'll be presenting tomorrow, on structures of feeling, "inarticulate Masculinities" and men in the British Left.
June 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'm at the Men and Masculinities in Transition Conference at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. I'll be presenting tomorrow, on structures of feeling, "inarticulate Masculinities" and men in the British Left.
Reposted by Chris Waugh
The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
April 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
Excellent presentation by @ashleycollar.bsky.social at the @britsoci.bsky.social conference on commemoration, the Manchester bombings, and ideal victims and offenders.
April 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Excellent presentation by @ashleycollar.bsky.social at the @britsoci.bsky.social conference on commemoration, the Manchester bombings, and ideal victims and offenders.
Excellent paper by @aliciadenby.bsky.social at @britsoci.bsky.social conference on singleness, Manchester and the temporalities of space and place #britsoc25
April 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Excellent paper by @aliciadenby.bsky.social at @britsoci.bsky.social conference on singleness, Manchester and the temporalities of space and place #britsoc25
Reposted by Chris Waugh
This new article from @thewaughreport.bsky.social explores the affective and cultural dynamics of #Momentum, a left-wing movement formed to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party.
doi.org/10.1332/2631...
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/2631...
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social
Cultural politics and affective mobilisations: joy and exclusion within Momentum
This article explores the affective and cultural dynamics of Momentum, a left-wing movement formed to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. Drawing on affect theory, particularly…
doi.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This new article from @thewaughreport.bsky.social explores the affective and cultural dynamics of #Momentum, a left-wing movement formed to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party.
doi.org/10.1332/2631...
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/2631...
#EmoSoc @jonathangheaney.bsky.social
Some people go to metal festivals for fun. Some go to make friends. Me? I go because I need a new wardrobe
March 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Some people go to metal festivals for fun. Some go to make friends. Me? I go because I need a new wardrobe
Delighted to see my paper on masculinities, structures of feeling and the British left in the latest edition of Keywords, published by @r-williams-soc.bsky.social. My thanks to editorial board for their supportive and collegiate comments during the publishing process
February 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Delighted to see my paper on masculinities, structures of feeling and the British left in the latest edition of Keywords, published by @r-williams-soc.bsky.social. My thanks to editorial board for their supportive and collegiate comments during the publishing process
Preach
January 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Preach
I passed my driving test today, with no faults, just in time for the car crash of the liberal democratic order.
January 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I passed my driving test today, with no faults, just in time for the car crash of the liberal democratic order.
I did a thing. It's available in the Sage Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, available from all good institutional journal subscriptions or my ResearchGate.
January 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I did a thing. It's available in the Sage Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, available from all good institutional journal subscriptions or my ResearchGate.
In the grim darkness of my office, there is only war(hammer which I painted instead of marking this weekend don't come at me)
November 25, 2024 at 9:56 AM
In the grim darkness of my office, there is only war(hammer which I painted instead of marking this weekend don't come at me)