Looking forward to taking part in #StorytellingForJustice in 2 weeks time - if anyone else in the northern hemisphere fancies doing an all-nighter in the digital realm (the other papers look amazing, worth it!) registration is here & free: shorturl.at/9SPt5

Obstetric violence is such a horrible, disturbing and heartbreaking thing to read about. Would love to know if Briance terms this as being “examined internally” and if she recalls it through any sensorial descriptions?

He is not just attacking ‘diversity initiatives’. He is being racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic -
all these- clearly implying that a diverse workforce is not as capable or efficient as that made of white heterosexual men. He is disgusting.

Arboreal cryptid. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

had a video flash up on IG of an influencer trying on a pinstripe denim co-ord (can you guess where this is going?), her excited take: “it’s giving cool girl”

*me mentally* it’s giving concentration camp

was honestly expecting something more nsfw (“raw, next question” could have been interesting) vm.tiktok.com/ZGdA6GeNu/

Today‘s theme in Media 2.0 was media audiences; talking with students about being a ‘subscriber’/‘consumer’/‘fan’ on social media and one talked about how she feels it’s shaped her vocabulary. I asked for an example, she blusters for a moment & and a guy from the back shouts “rizz”. Props props 🫰

not too cringe! search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3...

ICYMI: Last month @rewirenewsgroup.com published a comprehensive guide to protecting your reproductive health during the next Trump administration, including how to stock up on birth control and abortion pills, and how to protect your digital privacy rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/12/16/h...

You could write this in a movie but people would say it was too dark and unrealistic

UCL is hiring a Jewish Collections Project Cataloguer
Fixed-term/full-time
Closing Date 24 Jan

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

My new book looks at many aspects of sexual consent, and many kinds of time.

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-legal-t...
#temporalities #consent #LawAndTime

Colleagues! I am putting together a small panel for a Challenging Research Network meeting on the theme of hope - could you or someone you know share some insights on doing such research (broadly defined) & holding hope close? Is hope a helpful lens for such work? Please reply/DM me names, TIA 🌱

Colleagues! I am putting together a small panel for a Challenging Research Network meeting on the theme of hope - could you or someone you know share some insights on doing such research (broadly defined) & holding hope close? Is hope a helpful lens for such work? Please reply/DM me names, TIA 🌱

Excellent article about the rift between Holocaust scholars. This rift also unfurles into personal attacks, censorship and has a far reaching impact on the interpretation of the past.

Klaus (2019) is my favourite Christmas film - it is perfect and I love it, no notes! 🎄🎁✨

(Honourable mentions for The Polar Express (2004) and The Santa Clause (1994)).

thank you!

Shame has changed sides

@dirkmoses.bsky.social I would also love to read the full piece please - my email is [email protected]

Snippet

“Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide in Gaza?” by Mari Cohen who interviewed everyone in the field for this extensive and exacting analysis of the political and conceptual crisis highlighted and accentuated over the past 13 months. jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...

Brain: Colours

Art brain: Rothko

Academic brain: A Very Short Introduction

I never knew any of these stories from my home county! Both of my parents are from the Wirral, grandparents Glasgow/Bolton/Warwickshire (big on internal UK-based migration my family!) but I can’t believe I’ve missed such rich Salopian witchy folklore ✨🌿

thank you @g0blinegg.bsky.social!