I wrote about what I’d been reading, for the The Guardian. Now: editing’s important. I’m happy to be edited and I welcome it. But isn’t it funny how it’s always the same word that gets edited out? theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

Wooohoooooo 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 so relieved 🙏 congratulations Sadiq Khan

The Rafah border crossing remains open, please donate before it's too late.🙏🏻 Apparently they'll be charging us 10k per person and we can barely afford evacuating one person, please help share my campaign. gofund.me/eeb31c16

it is one of the biggest, easiest myths in politics to spread the false idea that sex education sexualises children. it sounds true because most of us are smart & sensitive people, terrified of kids being vulnerable to harm. but it's this myth that's hurting them instead 1/

Why do we normalise illegal parking? Why do we prioritise public space for private car ownership above everything else? Why don’t we have segregated cycling infrastructure? HOW CAN WE MAKE CYCLING SAFE?

A crowdfunding page has been set up for the family of Alam Makial, who tragically lost his life at Jacobs House, East London earlier today. Post embedded. Please reshare.

Feminist voting is voting against poverty. Reducing poverty will have the single biggest impact on women's lives.

📢JOB ALERT!! Are you a #quants labour market scholar interested in #FlexibleWorking #Wellbeing and #GenderInequalities? Come and join me at King's Business School as a post-doc working on the TransEuroWorkS to examine experimental survey data/ secondary data DEADLINE 30 JUNE

Good morning Twitter! I’m fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians by shaving alllllll of my lovely hair off in just over a week. 😬 Please help me to reach my fundraising target. I’m nearly there but it would be amazing to smash the target 🙏 justgiving.com/page/juleshead… #fundraising #help

Knowing there was a shortage of article reviewers during and after 2020, I decided to say yes to every article review request I felt qualified to do. I've now reviewed nearly a dozen and have some random insights to share, mostly for grad students and early career folks.

As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic. The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and

A short list of some of the things which (I quite agree) we could & should be talking about AS WELL as banning crossbows if we are serious about tackling male violence against anyone, including but not just MVAWG. 🧵

Domestic abuse is 38% higher when England lose If you are unsafe after the game tonight, call the Domestic Abuse Helpline 📞 0808 2000 247

I was prescribed Puberty Blockers a quarter of a century ago by the NHS's GIDS team. There are so many things I am able to do today that I could not have been able to do without them. I have never experienced a health complication from taking them. They. Saved. My. Life.

We are aware of social media posts about possible disorder in East Ham this evening. Currently there are no confirmed protests or planned disturbances. Police are monitoring and extra patrols are in place. Stay vigilant and report concerns to 999.

I made a bluesky social account. I’m .Julie, come and join me away from the hate mongerers

NEW: Today marks the release of a world-first study by Mitchell Institute mapping childcare access for 10 million children across nine countries. The study finds England to be one of the worst countries with 30% of people living in a 'childcare desert' 1/2 vu.edu.au/about-vu/news-…

I missed this last week - looking forward to catching up with this important lecture on paid & unpaid labour in mid life #care #labourmarket #gender