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A moment to think about trans kids

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · 10d

Episode 2 of The Educated Guess was filmed in front of a live audience at the EdPsy Festival, and now you can listen and watch the episode on Youtube, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Happy Birthday?! — Rolling for Initiative

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · 13d

She bent low, clasped her hands, and smiled.

I like to think of myself a rogueish corsair, a dragon rider, flying from place to place aboard the Rocinante, dashing and debonair. But when this lady wished me a happy birthday, which was in November, all I saw reflected back at me was... sympathy.

Our friends kindly gave us a voucher for a v-e-r-y swanky restaurant in London, so we made a day of it. We went to the aquarium, went to the Moulin Rouge musical, we laughed and rolled our way around ...

Trust to hope — Rolling for Initiative

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · 20d

'Mobility has to be the honourable mention. I’m good most of the time but when I’m hot or especially when a fever hits I walk like an adventurously bipedal stoat. Lifting my legs becomes less of a command and more of an enthusiastic hope, like offering prayers to Norse gods for the chance of rain.'

Many symptoms of MS are annoying. Numbness in the fingers, spasticity in the legs, the occasional bladder spasm that threatens to cause a small localised flood. Such symptoms are challenging to manage...

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · 21d

I would be more than happy to chat! Will DM you.

Are schools ready for the future?

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · 21d

I'm 6 years into MS now and the journey has been so frightening and I've felt so very unsafe, uncertain about the future. But through it all I've started to cherish the moment better, to cherish relationships, and this is one of those connections for which I can be really grateful.

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · 21d

I read your post. It's some of the kindest feedback I've received and I will treasure it. Thanks so much.

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · 23d

We started a new video podcast!! @edpsydan.bsky.social and I are hosts of the new podcast Educated Guess, where we talk about education, psychology, and society, and show just how much we have to learn. But fortunately we have educated guests to teach us.

Welcome to Educated Guess!!!

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Sep 8

'Now sure, he didn't give me his number. I was strong but I'd left attractive behind as soon as it started raining, and being this covered in mud with hair slick to my face, sexy was just a particularly strong option in scrabble.'

What matter wounds? — Rolling for Initiative

My journey with mobility challenges began 2 ½ years ago, when my last relapse changed my ‘couch to 5k’ into ‘mostly couch’ and the only ‘5 k' I was gaining tended to settle around my midriff. I used ...

Episode 48: Negative Transition Outcomes by Classroom Psychology

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Sep 3

'Unequivocally... those who underwent surgeries faced higher risks.' This week Cora goes up against an influencer to understand how a handful of studies show surprising outcomes from transition related healthcare, and we look at a systematic review to break the deadlock. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

'Unequivocally... those who underwent surgeries faced higher risks.' This week Cora goes toe-to-toe with an influencer to understand how a handful of studies show surprising outcomes from transition r...

The cost of visibility — Rolling for Initiative

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Aug 24

'Recently I’ve been making friends without telling them I'm trans. That’s what happened at jury service, why I’m pulling endless tissues out of the box like a children’s magician. For just a little while I experienced what it was like not to be openly trans in this world.

And I loved every moment.'

I arrived home from court today for the last time. Jury service has concluded. As I walked in the front door the emotion of what had happened hit me. Inside I felt an unexpected sense of loss, a sudde...

edpsy Festival of Educational Psychology 2025

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Aug 14

The EdPsy festival is just around the corner. You know who is headlining? No... not Oasis... me... I'm headlining.

But there are other, better, speakers. People like Keri Opai,
Bernard Coard, Jawad Shah, Sarah Gillborn, Anish Chhibber, Will Shield, Jen Daffin and many more.

Get your tickets!!!

Get tickets to edpsy Festival of Educational Psychology 2025, taking place 19/09/2025. RingCentral Events is your source for engaging events and experiences.

festival.edpsy.org.uk

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Aug 9

'When the Usher held out an arm to my ailing self, careful to ensure that I got out of the court safely, it wouldn’t have been prudent to refuse him and then faceplant in front of the stenographer.

I’m pretty sure you can be held in contempt for being a defiant asshat.'

Do I need help… maybe I do… — Rolling for Initiative

I’m terrible at knowing when I need help. Before I had my current wheelchair, The Rocinante, even before my first wheelchair, Firefly, I still regularly refused help I sorely needed. I once took a tra...

Episode 47: Gender Critical Radicalisation by Classroom Psychology

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Aug 6

'It's a fetish, Janet!' What are gender critical beliefs and how have they become so mainstream? We take a look at how framing trans exclusion as the protection of women influences public opinion. And we laugh at just how radical some of these beliefs have become. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

'It's a fetish, Janet!' What are gender critical beliefs and how have they become so mainstream? We take a look at how framing trans exclusion as the protection of women influences public opinion. And...

Episode 46: The effect of the puberty blocker ban by Classroom Psychology

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jul 16

The UK has released new statutory schools' guidance around keeping children safe and relationships and sex education and Cora reviews them both. They're an example of trans erasure, but don't worry, Cora totally keeps her cool... totally... It's Classroom Psychology!!!

The UK has released new schools guidance around keeping children safe and relationships and sex education and Cora reviews them both. They're an example of trans erasure, but don't worry, Cora totally...

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jun 29

I just read your book cover to cover. Sharing your story with such honesty and vulnerability is deeply moving. You remind us all that we are never alone.

I'm happy to join my kin in offering my support, such as it is.

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jun 25

Wait wait wait. So to avoid getting sued employers are going to just provide gender neutral facilities?

The court case is going to result in everyone peeing together?

Almost poetic in its irony.

Slow. Sar-cas-tic. Claps.

Episode 45: The largest trans health survey in the world by Classroom Psychology

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jun 18

'The transgender movement is the most violent domestic terror threat in the world' Cora takes on Donald Trump Jr. and we take a look at the largest survey ever conducted, released just this week, about the health and wellbeing of gender diverse folk. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

'The transgender movement is the most violent domestic terror threat in the world' Cora takes on Donald Trump Jr . and we take a look at the largest survey ever conducted, released just this week, abo...

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jun 7

I see you fellow spoonie. Solidarity.

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jun 7

Been recording my podcast for 2 years and I feel the same. Been doing voice training and at the same time disappointed in myself for succumbing to the internalised stigma.

Keep thinking of xmen: 'We shouldn't try to fit into society, society should aspire to be more like us, different, and proud'

Episode 44: Trans voices by Classroom Psychology

classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jun 6

SupremaCISt

Transition doesn't stop you making dad jokes, apparently.

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · Jun 4

For trans folk being legible in the world can sometimes involve a change to their voices. Cora has been working on her voice and we take a look at before... and after... Can trans voices change with training? You be the judge. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

For trans folk being legible in the world can sometimes involve a change to their voice. Cora has been working on her voice and we take a look at before... and after... Can trans voices change with tr...

‘Our last chance’ — Rolling for Initiative

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · May 31

‘This is our last chance’

If Ocrevus failed us there was no rescue mission, no plucky rebellion, no plan ‘B’.

I opened the MRI results clumsily. I gasped.

The MS is in remission.

We’ve been on a journey to this point. When my first neurologist sat me down I’d been experiencing nerve pain for around a year, my eyes pulled off their target with every pulse of pain.  An MRI...

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classroompsych.bsky.social @classroompsych.bsky.social · May 30

Also recommend her second book 'Love in exile' - it is iiiincredible.