Fran Amery
@franamery.bsky.social
I research topics that make everyone feel very comfortable like periods, transphobia and abortion
co-convenor @reacpolrn.bsky.social (she/her)
co-convenor @reacpolrn.bsky.social (she/her)
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Fran Amery
@franamery.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Fran Amery
researchportal.bath.ac.uk
Been meaning to do a 'hi new followers' thread for a few weeks now. I'm a feminist researcher, (loosely) in the field of politics, interested in reproductive politics, feminist debates and how feminist ideas get appropriate for reactionary ends.
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To be absolutely clear on this, one of our volunteers received a letter from a cabinet minister acknowledging the contents of the Discord leaks, including comments talking about serious abuse. The government knows exactly who they are including in these consultations.
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
To be absolutely clear on this, one of our volunteers received a letter from a cabinet minister acknowledging the contents of the Discord leaks, including comments talking about serious abuse. The government knows exactly who they are including in these consultations.
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Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
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Real questions in the puberty blocker study:
How happy are you with your nose? Would like like to change it by surgery?
How happy are you with your shoulders? Would like to change them by surgery?
How happy are you with your hips? Would like to change them by surgery?
Continued...
How happy are you with your nose? Would like like to change it by surgery?
How happy are you with your shoulders? Would like to change them by surgery?
How happy are you with your hips? Would like to change them by surgery?
Continued...
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Real questions in the puberty blocker study:
How happy are you with your nose? Would like like to change it by surgery?
How happy are you with your shoulders? Would like to change them by surgery?
How happy are you with your hips? Would like to change them by surgery?
Continued...
How happy are you with your nose? Would like like to change it by surgery?
How happy are you with your shoulders? Would like to change them by surgery?
How happy are you with your hips? Would like to change them by surgery?
Continued...
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The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
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They're using Utrecht to see if there's an improvement in "gender distress"
Utrecht scale due to how it is rated only shows an "improvement" if the kid stops being trans because it asks questions like "I feel bad when people address me as my assigned sex"
Utrecht scale due to how it is rated only shows an "improvement" if the kid stops being trans because it asks questions like "I feel bad when people address me as my assigned sex"
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
They're using Utrecht to see if there's an improvement in "gender distress"
Utrecht scale due to how it is rated only shows an "improvement" if the kid stops being trans because it asks questions like "I feel bad when people address me as my assigned sex"
Utrecht scale due to how it is rated only shows an "improvement" if the kid stops being trans because it asks questions like "I feel bad when people address me as my assigned sex"
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Remember this when you see scare headlines about the high rate of minors seeing “porn” online: They’re either not seeing it on porn sites or what they’re seeing isn’t actually porn.
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Remember this when you see scare headlines about the high rate of minors seeing “porn” online: They’re either not seeing it on porn sites or what they’re seeing isn’t actually porn.
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
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💥 TAKE ACTION 💥
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
Tell the BBC to stop attacking trans people
The BBC is in shock after rightwing groups have claimed the broadcaster is against Donald Trump and “pro-trans”. But the reality is very different. A recent YouGov survey found that 70% of trans peopl...
action.goodlawproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
💥 TAKE ACTION 💥
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
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Countering the trend towards fascism can take many shapes and forms but it cannot take the form of a blind faith support in the status quo and mainstream elite as has been argued for too long
Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
Article: In the fight against fascism, the middle ground is not an option (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon discusses the rise of fascism in the UK in the wake of yet another extreme right protest.
reacpol.net
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Countering the trend towards fascism can take many shapes and forms but it cannot take the form of a blind faith support in the status quo and mainstream elite as has been argued for too long
Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
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"There are many many more of us than you!"
A handful of fascists turned up in Bristol again. They were outnumbered massively again.
We are the people, they are the tiny fascist minority that has our mainstream media and politicians' attention
A handful of fascists turned up in Bristol again. They were outnumbered massively again.
We are the people, they are the tiny fascist minority that has our mainstream media and politicians' attention
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"There are many many more of us than you!"
A handful of fascists turned up in Bristol again. They were outnumbered massively again.
We are the people, they are the tiny fascist minority that has our mainstream media and politicians' attention
A handful of fascists turned up in Bristol again. They were outnumbered massively again.
We are the people, they are the tiny fascist minority that has our mainstream media and politicians' attention
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Seeing a lot of people I frankly thought better of misunderstanding this. It means case by case re. the service provider not the individuals using the service. This is how the Equality Act has worked for years - with providers having to justify exclusion as proportionate.
NEW:
While remaining a neutral party to the case, Bridget Phillipson's lawyers have told the High Court they don't think the EHRC's proposed blanket bathroom ban is the right reading of the law
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While remaining a neutral party to the case, Bridget Phillipson's lawyers have told the High Court they don't think the EHRC's proposed blanket bathroom ban is the right reading of the law
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Seeing a lot of people I frankly thought better of misunderstanding this. It means case by case re. the service provider not the individuals using the service. This is how the Equality Act has worked for years - with providers having to justify exclusion as proportionate.
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📣 New blog 📣
'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
reacpol.net/white-femini...
'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
reacpol.net/white-femini...
Article: White feminism and femonationalism in Germany (Victoria Scheyer) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Victoria Scheyer explores the role of white feminism in the mainstreaming of reactionary politics in Germany.
reacpol.net
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📣 New blog 📣
'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
reacpol.net/white-femini...
'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
reacpol.net/white-femini...
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Thinking about Brianna Ghey while reading this article on screen time and bullying. Labour are using her name to push for a crackdown on phone use among teens.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
Developmental Effects of Screen Time on Gender Diverse Student’s Experiences of Bullying Victimization
We used a large state-wide sample of adolescent students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades (N = 58,689) to examine the predictive value of screen time on bullying victimization, as well as its interact...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thinking about Brianna Ghey while reading this article on screen time and bullying. Labour are using her name to push for a crackdown on phone use among teens.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
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Do you think Trump threatining to sue BBC for $1bn is crazy? Then, you should hear how much time in prison the regime in Turkey seeks for Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned presidential candidate of the opposition: 2,352 years!
Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000-year jail term for Istanbul mayor Imamoglu in graft case reut.rs/4qOAVZD
Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000-year jail term for Istanbul mayor Imamoglu in graft case
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a potential prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who has been jailed since March pending trial on corruption charges that he and his main opposition party deny.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Do you think Trump threatining to sue BBC for $1bn is crazy? Then, you should hear how much time in prison the regime in Turkey seeks for Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned presidential candidate of the opposition: 2,352 years!
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
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The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework doi.org/10.1080/1356...
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework
The study of far-right parties and politics is one of the most high-profile research areas in political science and related disciplines. Far-right parties have been the subject of vast amounts of v...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework doi.org/10.1080/1356...
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
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I’m lucky to teach a wonderful group of postgrads studying gender & politics at Bath 💫
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m lucky to teach a wonderful group of postgrads studying gender & politics at Bath 💫
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
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In Oct 2023, an FOI revealed an actual wait at my nearest clinic (Exeter) of 17yrs & 3mos, a fact that stunned everyone I told. In one year, that's grown to THIRTY-ONE YEARS.
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In Oct 2023, an FOI revealed an actual wait at my nearest clinic (Exeter) of 17yrs & 3mos, a fact that stunned everyone I told. In one year, that's grown to THIRTY-ONE YEARS.
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
'I went on dates with 14 far-right misogynists and was surprised when they all turned out to be far-right misogynists.'
Just to save you the read!
Just to save you the read!
This is a good piece but god almighty is it sad, sad, sad
One app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right dating
There’s no question that we’re living — and looking for love — in contentious times, where extreme political ideologies have all but divided parts of the dating pool. Or have they?
www.cosmopolitan.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
'I went on dates with 14 far-right misogynists and was surprised when they all turned out to be far-right misogynists.'
Just to save you the read!
Just to save you the read!
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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Must read for anyone who cares about HE
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Must read for anyone who cares about HE
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
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Two teenagers were radicalized by the transphobic political climate into seeing a 15 year old girl as less than human. They killed the girl, and then the girl's grieving mother chose to embark on a moral panic crusade against "self-harm", acquitting the actual perpetrators of her daughter's demise.
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Two teenagers were radicalized by the transphobic political climate into seeing a 15 year old girl as less than human. They killed the girl, and then the girl's grieving mother chose to embark on a moral panic crusade against "self-harm", acquitting the actual perpetrators of her daughter's demise.
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Esther Ghey: "It was just that constant pressure of social media and wanting to get those likes. One of the hardest things was learning about what Brianna was accessing online that was encouraging her to self-harm and develop an eating disorder.”
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Most of us have pathologically useless parents who don't care to learn about protecting us properly, but this dogshit really takes the cake.
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Esther Ghey: "It was just that constant pressure of social media and wanting to get those likes. One of the hardest things was learning about what Brianna was accessing online that was encouraging her to self-harm and develop an eating disorder.”
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
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🚨 Joint Statement
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🚨 Joint Statement
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)