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Anthony K J Smith

@anthonykjsmith.bsky.social

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Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney and Lecturer at Curtin University. Researching HIV, PrEP, critical data studies, mpox, gender, sexuality. Sociologist & qualitative health researcher. A bit queer. He/him

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you, definitely agree!

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 12h

I and many people are still boycotting and, to be frank, judge people who continue publishing in it. While I understand the publishing landscape is a tough one, I strongly encourage publishing elsewhere. If not on principle, just to avoid negative impressions.

Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · 12h

Are people still boycotting Archives of Sexual Behavior?

The domain for the open letter seems to have lapsed, but this article covers it...

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Sexual Behavior Journal Under Fire Over Gender Dysphoria Paper

Critics blast paper about controversial theory, call for editor's removal

www.medpagetoday.com

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · 12h

Are people still boycotting Archives of Sexual Behavior?

The domain for the open letter seems to have lapsed, but this article covers it...

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Sexual Behavior Journal Under Fire Over Gender Dysphoria Paper

Critics blast paper about controversial theory, call for editor's removal

www.medpagetoday.com

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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 6d

I think pash/pashing is one of the best australian/nz words. lets all agree to start using it more

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 17d

"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."

What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression

I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...

cfe.torontomu.ca

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Jay @envinyon.bsky.social · Sep 1

very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Sep 1

Omg I think this like every day

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Aug 13

Legit tho! I guess I’ll just have to take generic white guy A names.

Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Aug 13

I just got Alex as a reply in an email! Wtf

Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Jul 24

Even without an unusual name spelling. I have had people *reply* to my email with ‘Hi Andrew’ a concerning number of times!

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Cristian Montenegro @crismontenegro.bsky.social · Jul 14

New article in Social Theory & Health, co-authored with
@judegreen.bsky.social, open access.

In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters.

Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · May 29

Aw yeah that’s heaps cool eh, I’m hell keen m8

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · May 27

Nah judge me

Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · May 27

I did it yesterday actually… but it was a meeting with 6 people, not 5!

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · May 27

Yeah and I’ll do it to you too, m8

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Mar 31

Oh my fucking god.

It looks like Israel murdered eight Palestine Red Crescent Society workers, a UN employee, and five civil defense staff.

They crushed up and buried entire ambulances and civil defense vehicles in the fucking mass grave.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/m...

Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN

The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...

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Martin Holt @martinxholt.bsky.social · Mar 17

New (open access paper): #mpox #vaccination coverage among Australian gay and bisexual men and non-binary people. 42% fully vaxxed. Lower vax levels among bi+, overseas born and in suburban/regional areas. @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social @curtisxchan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · Mar 15

This has RFK Jr's fingerprints all over it. I don't know what he really believes about HIV & AIDS, since he's all over the map, but at one point recently he suggested poppers were a more likely cause than the virus. 1/
www.fastcompany.com/91298370/fda...

The FDA is cracking down on 'poppers' producers

Double Scorpio, a popular brand of "poppers," has stopped operations after a search and seizure from the FDA, it said on Friday.

www.fastcompany.com

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Mar 6

Idk Ben pretty hot take, eh

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Mar 5

#OpenAccess in ANZ Journal of Survey. Pilot research to explore experiences of gay/bi men with anorectal surgery. We found poor experiences of aftercare related to sexual wellbeing / function, and opportunities for improvement to surgical education.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Feb 27

The @austhistassoc.bsky.social statement on UA's new definition of antisemitism:

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Feb 27

New #OpenAccess publication from our team in HIV Medicine, led by very talented PhD Candidate Simin Yu, examining how country of birth & migration status shape HIV care engagement among gay and bisexual men living with HIV in Australia (2019-2022).

Read here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social · Jan 20

Vibes-based methods

Something new from me: people are (still) using ‘vibes’ to talk about generative ambiguities and this says something interesting about social life and social research. Here I look across conceptual trends to consider why vibes are the vibe

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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thank you! And I’m a big fan of your work :-)