On Monday we hosted the second annual symposium on pregnancy loss comms at Survey of English Usage UCL, with Tommy's, Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡, The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust, ARCantenatal and clinicians from round the UK We discussed our findings on the impact of language in pregnancy loss care so far- report coming soon!

Very much enjoying #imean7 in Bristol so far! Currently listening to the wonderful Dr Federica Formato giving a plenary about inclusion and visibility in Italian grammar 💪

One of the more bizarre experiences I’ve had at an academic conference- the conference venue UWE Bristol is being turned into a set for an ITV hospital drama, so all the signs are fake and people covered in fake blood/in scrubs keep wandering past

Dr @bethmalory and Dr @louisenuttall from University College London are looking into the language used around pregnancy loss, and the impact it has, and would like to hear your thoughts. Have your say by filling out their survey: ow.ly/ctl250SpOXp

Low key undergraduate lecture flashbacks throughout Debbie Cameron’s fantastic talk on language around violence against women and girls at English Grammar Day at the British Library this afternoon

Unsurprising… theguardian.com/politics/artic…

The second day of our Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics is on the way, with participants from all over the world

Encouraging to see mainstream coverage of medical misogyny and obstetric violence. The new UK government will need to make similar strides once in office bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Amazing keynote by Tamarin Norwood on reproductive loss at Broadly Conceived Conference 2024 👏

Brilliant to catch up with Leah Hazard and listen to her great keynote and many other inspiring speakers on critical reproductive studies at the Broadly Conceived conference 👏👏👏 Tamarin Norwood Georgia Poplett Dr Beth Malory (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪 Rose Rowson

Women manage the finances of most homes, it's more than about time that one moved in to this home.

Dr Beth Malory (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪 and I are collecting responses to our survey into the language of pregnancy loss and its impact on those who experience such loss. redcap.link/r3sonqk7 All shares hugely appreciated!🙏

This was such a fantastic conference- well done and thank you to all at Broadly Conceived 👏

This study addresses such an important topic - anyone who's experienced pregnancy loss will know how important language can be in those painful moments. Please click the link to the survey if you can participate.

Sharing this important research questionnaire about Pregnancy loss terminology designed to help understand how language is being used around experiences of pregnancy loss, and the impact this language has. Pls share Dr Beth Malory (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪 Tommy's UCL redcap.slms.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=DXJ…

Proud of our PregnancyLossUCC colleague Marita Hennessy presenting her work Graphic Medicine Conference - “challenging stigma & illustrating realities of #miscarriage through #GraphicMedicine” More about HealthResearchBoard #RECURRENT project 👉🏻ucc.ie/en/pregnancylo… #GraphMed2024

Really cool afternoon with Danielle Orrell of MaREI on the beach learning about egg cases like this catshark one (I think!). Think I enjoyed it more than the kids and now want to be a marine biologist…never too late to retrain, right?!

Clinical language used after pregnancy loss adds to trauma, researchers warn pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-… Dr Beth Malory (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪 PulseToday

The language used in many healthcare settings to describe pregnancy loss can exacerbate the grief and trauma experienced by some individuals, according to a new report led by Dr Dr Beth Malory (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪 Survey of English Usage UCL UCL Arts & Humanities ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…