“The current laws and stigma that surround sex work are what create the supposed ‘risk’ for financial institutions.”

We spoke to the Financial Times about financial discrimination facing sex workers. Sex workers need full decriminalisation now.

ft.com/content/b122b1…

Basically the entire academic system is stacked to reward white men doing work that interests white men and maintains white male supremacy.

Carol and I became Godmammies today (4 godchildren for the price of 1!) It's made my year being asked, so thank you Dr Emily Cooper. We love you all so much ❤❤

Ive no hot takes on Iran & Israel. Just stomach churning knowledge that escalation inevitably means more ordinary people getting hurt.

Where are all the leaders? Why won’t anyone stop this? What’s the point in any of them when so many are dying?

This is not self-defense. This is mass murder!

This is not self-defense. This is terrorism.

This is not self-defense. This is genocide.

This is not self-defense, but rather a war against humanity itself in Gaza.

Just fucking terrifying

🚨🚨🚨 University of York Vice-Chancellor says half of all universities are cutting jobs and courses. What that means is that the prospectus you or your kids sign up for may be nothing like what you get. Are you happy with that? 🚨🚨🚨

During the summer we (a) do the research that gets measured in REF (b) supervise masters and PhD students (c) catch up with teaching prep (d) attend conferences. We aren’t spending three months on a beach and THE knows what culture war it’s stoking by doing this.

We're told pensions are 'unsustainable', the Post Office is 'unsustainable' and now that the NHS is 'unsustainable'. They were all entirely sustainable before the private sector starting looting the public sector.

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Academic colleagues who work in areas concerned with research methodologies have a duty to speak up here. The Cass Review's methods are horrendously flawed. Yet it is being passed off as an 'independent report' that should be taken seriously. Integrity matters.

As the Cass review is published, my thoughts are with the trans community.

Young trans people already face huge barriers to healthcare, including years-long waiting lists.

Their health and wellbeing should not be a front in a toxic culture war.

BU's Chris Schneider has been honoured by the Midwest Sociological Society for his book, “Defining Sexual Misconduct: Power, Media, and #MeToo ,” co-authored with Dr. Stacey Hannem. news.brandonu.ca/2024/04/08/bu-…

Research associate job at Strathclyde in my department, looking at intersectionality, children and young people in the criminal justice sector in Scotland jobs.ac.uk/job/DGX918/res…

Mr and Mrs Graham will surely enjoy their stay 🙄🙄🙄

Sitting in front of your undergrad laptop at 1am the night before your first human rights essay deadline, haven’t turned up or done any reading. Have a last think, deep breath, crack your knuckles and type…

On our way to Lanzarote for some much-needed RnR. 🌞🌞

Grinds my gears

Oh look, weaponized incompetence in academia.

Great piece on how academic women end up doing the ‘housework’ at universities. #AcademicChatter

kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

The well-documented effects of the Nordic model. Devastating for this community and shows the impact of these ill thought out laws