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My name is Alice May Jones. I'm an Irish woman living in Yorkshire, England. I am a university lecturer in Sociology. I have just finished my Sociology PhD at the University of Oxford. My teaching and research interests are sociological theory, feminist theory, women and society, crime and society, and theories of crime.

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My stance is a liberal one, and remains largely constant regardless of the issue. I’m feminist, pro-equality, pro-abortion, anti-war, anti-racism, anti-homophobia, and anti-discrimination.

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I'm a guest editor on NowPublic. I write mostly about issues concerning women and feminism, society and sociology, and crime and criminal justice. I manage the society channel on NowPublic: http://my.nowpublic.com/tag/Society

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My handle, 'generaldecay', is a lyric from a Smiths song called Stretch out and Wait. I've been a lifelong Smiths fan and all my online handles are Smiths lyrics.

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