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Evelien Geerts
@egeertsphd.bsky.social
Lecturer/Assistant Prof in Gender, Women’s Studies & Philosophy at UCC. Posthumanities Hub, Eco- & Bioart Lab & Posthumanism Research Institute affiliate. PhD UC Santa Cruz.🦄
https://linktr.ee/egeerts
Meme queen, cat crazy & neurospicy. She/they.
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It’s out! My essay on #altright #memes & #microspectropolitics was published in an exquisite edited volume on #queerdeathstudies. Thanks to the fantastic editorial team!
Go check it out here (or DM me for a copy): shorturl.at/7FNfd
@uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
Do attend this week’s UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures Festival of Social Science 2025! You can find an overview of the social & research events here: www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures Festival of Social Science 2025 | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
www.ucc.ie
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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"I found so many victims for Cazador here. The kind of people no-one would miss."

#bg3 #baldursgate3 #astarion #bg3vp #virtualphotography
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Anniversary: Happy 18th birthday to the Mass Effect universe
a robot is standing in a kitchen in front of a water cooler
ALT: a robot is standing in a kitchen in front of a water cooler
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Mass Effect is 18! It's an adult now!
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the word wat is visible
Alt: WAT
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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This is an amazing opportunity for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher. Here @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social we’re keen to support at least one applicant. It’s a 4-year award incorporating a PhD studentship and experience at co-supervision. @francemodern.bsky.social @frenchstudies.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Such a fantastic handbook!
BIG NEWS! The Routledge International Handbook of Queer Death Studies, eds. Nina Lykke, Tara Mehrabi, and Marietta Radomska is finally out! 63 chapters and 73 contributors.
You can order - or better, ask your local library to order - this behemoth of a book via: www.routledge.com/9781032504384
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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The Trump administration is implementing its widely-telegraphed plan to shutter the Education Department.
Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department
The department will shift responsibilities for several of its core functions to other federal agencies.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What a lovely talk by Dr Kevin Guyan (@kevinguyan.bsky.social) earlier today as part of the Political Technologies seminar series at UCC! More about Dr Guyan’s work here: kevinguyan.com

@oliverjdavis.bsky.social
@maybenansi.bsky.social
@frenchdeptucc.bsky.social
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Happening now! With @kevinguyan.bsky.social
Feel welcome to attend the online seminar by our next Political Technologies cluster speaker, Dr Kevin Guyan, and that on Tuesday 18/11 from 4-5PM. For more details, see the poster below!
@oliverjdavis.bsky.social @maybenansi.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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📌 Next stop on the Rainbow Trap book tour: MANCHESTER!

Keen to connect with others in Manchester interested in LGBTQ data!

📅 Tues 25 Nov 2025 | 1.30pm – 3.00pm
📍 University of Manchester
👋 All welcome

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rainbow-tr...

#LGBTQ #data #queer #gender #sexuality #Manchester
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Still a big fan of this free online Coursera course on "Feminism & Social Justice" by em. prof. Bettina Aptheker (that I was a Teaching Assistant for at one point while at UCSC). Do go check it out! www.coursera.org/learn/femini...
Feminism and Social Justice
Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz.
www.coursera.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Feel welcome to attend the online seminar by our next Political Technologies cluster speaker, Dr Kevin Guyan, and that on Tuesday 18/11 from 4-5PM. For more details, see the poster below!
@oliverjdavis.bsky.social @maybenansi.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This was such a great talk by (and event with) Prof Elizabeth Bernstein (Barnard College) - co-hosted by @radhumslab.bsky.social, @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social & ISS21's Genders, Sexualities, and Families cluster at @ucc.ie
www.ucc.ie/en/iss21/new...
Biopolitics, Geopolitics and Ideals of Recovery in the Second Trump Regime | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
www.ucc.ie
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I’m on my way and delighted to be a keynote speaker at this wonderful feminist conference- feminism as radical Hope in these turbulent times #ISS21 #Collective Social Futures @lexnetwork.bsky.social
#LEXJointConference begins tomorrow. It’s evidence of the power of feminist mobilisation together #VAWGRN #CSEL #FRAN Thrilled to have @maggieoneill.bsky.social & #AishaGill as our keynote speakers
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s out! My essay on #altright #memes & #microspectropolitics was published in an exquisite edited volume on #queerdeathstudies. Thanks to the fantastic editorial team!
Go check it out here (or DM me for a copy): shorturl.at/7FNfd
@uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tomorrow! Come join us!
Looking forward to this RHL, @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social & ISS21 event with Prof Elizabeth Bernstein!
October 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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By the Power Vested in Me is here!

Through the story of the fight over same-sex marriage in the United States and France, this book sheds new light on the contested power of experts to influence high-stakes democratic debates.

Get your copy wherever books are sold or here: tinyurl.com/37t88xme
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By the Power Vested in Me | Columbia University Press
In both the United States and France, each side of the legal battle over same-sex marriage and parenthood relied heavily on experts. Despite the similarity o... | CUP
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May 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There is still some time to register for this event w Prof Elizabeth Bernstein next Tuesday! More details below.
Looking forward to this RHL, @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social & ISS21 event with Prof Elizabeth Bernstein!
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Call for applications : France Excellence Research Residency 2026 💡

📢 Deadline extended 📢

Researchers in Ireland: ready to take your research to France?

➡️ Apply here: ie.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/relations...
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Was lovely to see everyone, including Prof @maggieoneill.bsky.social (ISS21) & ISS21 GSF cluster directors Dr @gemakloppe.bsky.social & Dr Fiachra Ó Suilleabháin
Yesterday afternoon, ISS21 Genders, Sexualities & Families Research Cluster in collaboration with @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social held a 🫖Tea, Meet & Greet for postgrad students, postdocs, and visiting researchers ☕️
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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📢ICYMI📢

Arab Women and the Question of the Nation - Roundtable with Dr Raad Khair Allah and Dr Sara Ababneh.

With @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, The Alwaleed Centre, and LLC's Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.

13 Nov, 1pm-2.30pm, CMB.

Register here: www.gender.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/...
Arab Women and the Question of the Nation | GENDER.ED
GENDER.ED is a cross-University hub for gender and sexualities studies from an interdisciplinary perspective
www.gender.ed.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Here are some actual photos of actual protesters taken by actual people in Detroit yesterday.
October 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM