One of the things I’m currently in the US to do is look at a physical copy of one of my key texts - which until now, I’ve only been able to access through the Internet Archive. The collapse of the IA would make that text 100% inaccessible to anyone without institutional backing

One organisational problem with a trans studies conference is that two thirds of us want to sit in the back third of the room

Very excited for the first symposium of the 'Queer Materialism' research network: 'Queer Theory, Marxism, and the Question of Labour'! Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo 14th-15th February 2025 For the CfP and more info, see here: nsuweb.org/circle-8-queer…

Protest and organising works! UCL Council has agreed to review UCL’s research partnerships that violate international law!

I’ll be one of the respondents at this on March 7th :)

I hate to ask like this, but if anyone knows any organisations with funding suitable for a PhD student finishing her thesis in literature/gender studies, please drop them below ⬇️ I’m not funded through AHRC or LAHP so can’t apply for the usual extensions :(

At the trans studies conference in Chicago I had an interesting conversation with a European colleague about what it would mean for the conference not to be held in America. Recent events strongly suggest that if such a conference is to be held again, we will have to find out

I’m loath to ask, but does anyone have a stable link for ‘Helicopter Story’? I read it when it came out but didn’t have the foresight to save it before everything happened and I would like to refer back to it directly