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me with all my academic friends

As women of colour we internalise & silence ourselves in the face of relentless stress and injustices & it is literally killing us. Being the only one to speak up is truly terrifying and it can feel like it is easier to stay silent, but our silence will not protect us from harms.

🎉 We just hit 40 rejections (as a lab) which means time for our second #Rejection party! Scaling it up to a meal out this time 😋. Kudos for all the hard work submitting papers, applying to grants, and failing all the way! Only by trying can you success ✨️✨️ #AcademicChatter

‘…academics still face a massive collective action problem: we want a new arrangement but each of us, individually, is strongly incentivised to stick with the status quo.’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Neena Jha Kyle Roys Caroline steel RCGP That’s a particular view, but physiotherapists have been seeing patients without the patient needing to have a doctor triage them since the 70s, so this isn’t new. There is no doubt we see a range of practice in all fields but to state the best physios can manage without a Dr is

Great to see our UK Renal Registry Annual Report data & our 4 UKKA Kidney Disparities reports (on sex, ethnicity, age & socioeconomic factors) being used to lay the foundations for such an important call to action. 🙌

We’re inviting women (afab) Internationally to complete this questionnaire & help us understand pelvic pain, pls share! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brunel/senso…

Our next Bath Pain Forum looks so good! Don’t forget to book your free ticket 🤩 PPA British Pain Society IASP Cass Macgregor

This is an important piece - please read it. "There is no universe, even in the most delusional context, where a list with 61 US titles could be considered the best books of the 21st century." Thank you Ainehi Edoro-Glines, Phd for voicing this. lithub.com/the-new-york-t…

Academia is cut throat. I don’t think I have that killer instinct. Is there room for plodding academics who just gently push their research along without screwing anyone over?

Thread on our new state of the science review on #LongCovid. Commissioned by The Lancet, peer-reviewed, coauthored with MANOJ SIVAN, Dr. Alice 💕 and Janko Nikolich. Link for free access is here kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2… (after 50 days that won’t work, then you’ll have to

The Lancet And here’s the lay summary of our #LongCovid paper on Independent SAGE Substack! open.substack.com/pub/independen…

A riot is not a protest. A racist is not an activist. A thug is not a patriot. Far right extremism is precisely that. Words matter. Why are some in the media refusing to use them accurately?

Some ponderings… a very short🧵

It didn’t start with gas chambers… #Belonging #LWithTheT #LGBTQ #Kindness

If you cannot name the thing that hurts you, it will continue to hurt you. It will hide in the cracks and shadows. Put it in the light. Say the uncomfortable thing that must be said. Racism is in the bones of this country.

For many NHS staff, the recent racist violence in this country will leave them feeling afraid and unwelcome. To those colleagues, our message is simple: you are welcome and you are valuable members of our community. Reach out for support if you need it. england.nhs.uk/supporting-our…

A few weeks ago my dear colleague @sabenaj and I published this editorial The Lancet proposing that staff and learners in the #NHS should have explicit education in addressing hatred. Never has this been needed more. Amanda Pritchard Professor Chris Whitty thelancet.com/journals/lance…