It's Friday so why not take some time out to read our blog about the cultural and scientific history of ectogenesis. It traces the evolution of ectogenesis from babies in bottles to life-saving advances for extremely premature infants. tinyurl.com/mvkhrvkw

Elizabeth Sankey's WITCHES is extraordinary. An unflinching doc about the pop cultural and historical legacy of witches, juxtaposed with her own deeply personal exploration of motherhood and mental illness. Essential stuff. whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/def…

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Great to see WITCHES in this line-up 🥰 London Film Festival features focusing on themes of mothering and maternal challenges Elizabeth Sankey BFI MUBI theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/…

🎥 WITCHES, a powerful new documentary film by Elizabeth Sankey, examines the relationship between cinematic portrayals of witches and how we view women, motherhood, and mental health. Read more here: ow.ly/yHkl50TGrZC MUBI

As it's #WorldMentalHealthDay tomorrow, I'm again sharing the call for participants for our research on #WomenInSTEM & #MentalHealth Please do share in your networks 🙏 EDI Caucus

Stunning. If Cleverly campaign was lending votes potentially the biggest own goal in modern British politics. What happened to the spreadsheet.

Why did we study history if clearly no one is learning from it

Nina K. Fellows explores shifting portrayals of self-harm in Anglophone films and the clinical implications of such representation thepolyphony.org/2024/10/10/sel…

BAFTSS is coming to Warwick! Please see the CFP at the following link: sites.google.com/view/baftss-20… Deadline 16th December

On my way to the Reproduction and Speculative Cultures Conference at Lancaster University! My first postpartum paper and it’s about pregnancy and partrution and #WomenMakeSF

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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

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