Ria Cheyne
@riacheyne.bsky.social
Liverpool-based academic. Disability, medical humanities, genre fiction, neurodiversity, accessibility and inclusion in HE.
#DisabilityStudies #MedHums
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
#DisabilityStudies #MedHums
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
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Ria Cheyne
@riacheyne.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello Bluesky! I'm a Liverpool-based academic w/interests in neurodiversity, representations of disability, genre fiction, 20th/21st C lit and more. I identify as a Disability Studies scholar, literature scholar or medical humanities scholar depending on the time of day...
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This is fascinating and absolutely worth reading if you're interested in writing, publishing, or AI.
This is an incredible read about how one editor at a Toronto publication uncovered the fact that a prospective freelancer was a fraud who's been getting AI-generated articles published across the globe.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is fascinating and absolutely worth reading if you're interested in writing, publishing, or AI.
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Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
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“I'm honoured to be your ancestor”: remembering Alice Wong in her own words.
Alice's writing changed the way I see myself and our future. Here are the ones that touched me most:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/hono...
Alice's writing changed the way I see myself and our future. Here are the ones that touched me most:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/hono...
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“I'm honoured to be your ancestor”: remembering Alice Wong in her own words.
Alice's writing changed the way I see myself and our future. Here are the ones that touched me most:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/hono...
Alice's writing changed the way I see myself and our future. Here are the ones that touched me most:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/hono...
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Calling all creative writers, both published and unpublished.
First prize is £1500, including publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology.
Enter your short story of up to 4000 words until 31 Jan 2026, with low income entries available on a limited basis every month.
First prize is £1500, including publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology.
Enter your short story of up to 4000 words until 31 Jan 2026, with low income entries available on a limited basis every month.
We’re open for submissions!
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Calling all creative writers, both published and unpublished.
First prize is £1500, including publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology.
Enter your short story of up to 4000 words until 31 Jan 2026, with low income entries available on a limited basis every month.
First prize is £1500, including publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology.
Enter your short story of up to 4000 words until 31 Jan 2026, with low income entries available on a limited basis every month.
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This was fantastic and incredibly informative. Thank you @drbevans.bsky.social and team for this work. I will be downlaoding , reflecting, and sharing the guidance with my HoD: exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This was fantastic and incredibly informative. Thank you @drbevans.bsky.social and team for this work. I will be downlaoding , reflecting, and sharing the guidance with my HoD: exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/
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A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
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I have a birthday coming up and a Christmas and I never know what to ask for, so inspired by @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social please link me to your art and craft and other offerings
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I have a birthday coming up and a Christmas and I never know what to ask for, so inspired by @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social please link me to your art and craft and other offerings
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This one's going on the reading list too: on "how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival collections that document their history and struggles," using Manchester’s Disabled People’s Archive as a case study. In the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Who Owns Our History? Archiving the Disabled People’s Movement
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c...
www.scienceopen.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This one's going on the reading list too: on "how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival collections that document their history and struggles," using Manchester’s Disabled People’s Archive as a case study. In the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
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Excellent article on energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI)/energy impairment in the new International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Excellent article on energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI)/energy impairment in the new International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
This is fascinating and absolutely worth reading if you're interested in writing, publishing, or AI.
This is an incredible read about how one editor at a Toronto publication uncovered the fact that a prospective freelancer was a fraud who's been getting AI-generated articles published across the globe.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is fascinating and absolutely worth reading if you're interested in writing, publishing, or AI.
This one's going on the reading list too: on "how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival collections that document their history and struggles," using Manchester’s Disabled People’s Archive as a case study. In the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Who Owns Our History? Archiving the Disabled People’s Movement
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540329e135">This article examines how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival
c...
www.scienceopen.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This one's going on the reading list too: on "how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival collections that document their history and struggles," using Manchester’s Disabled People’s Archive as a case study. In the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Excellent article on energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI)/energy impairment in the new International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Excellent article on energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI)/energy impairment in the new International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
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🚨 Just one week left to send in abstracts for the Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman". Don't miss the chance!
📣 Important update regarding this CfP: the submission deadline for our Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman" has been extended until 30 November 2025!
🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
#RomanceResearch
🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
#RomanceResearch
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🚨 Just one week left to send in abstracts for the Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman". Don't miss the chance!
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Why not start next week off with a discussion about the future critically engaged directions for #TouretteSyndrome #research? The event features the wonderful Rena Zito, Danni Phoenix-Kane, Dan Whittaker and Diana Beljaars (and your's truly!)
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research - Durham University
www.dur.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Why not start next week off with a discussion about the future critically engaged directions for #TouretteSyndrome #research? The event features the wonderful Rena Zito, Danni Phoenix-Kane, Dan Whittaker and Diana Beljaars (and your's truly!)
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Finally, on 11th December, we are organising an online symposium in honour of Anita's legacy that celebrates and extends the work of Indian Disability Studies, inspired by Anita Ghai’s scholarship, activism, and imagination. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
Disability Matters Online Symposia 2025: Honouring the Legacy of Professor Anita Ghai
An online symposium from India on 11th December, 2025.
sheffield.ac.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Finally, on 11th December, we are organising an online symposium in honour of Anita's legacy that celebrates and extends the work of Indian Disability Studies, inspired by Anita Ghai’s scholarship, activism, and imagination. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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"Crip guts, stomas, and the violence of ‘returning to normal’: a feminist queer crip approach to the gut" by Órla Murray
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Crip guts, stomas, and the violence of ‘returning to normal’: a feminist queer crip approach to the gut - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Crip guts, stomas, and the violence of ‘returning to normal’: a feminist queer crip approach to the gut
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Crip guts, stomas, and the violence of ‘returning to normal’: a feminist queer crip approach to the gut" by Órla Murray
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Blast from the past here! Lived in Shetland for 2 years when I was a kid.
One particularly stormy trip I was pitched off the top bunk in our cabin, thudding on to the floor. Woke up my sister, panicked my parents.
I was absolutely fine - didn't even wake up and no memory of it happening 😴
One particularly stormy trip I was pitched off the top bunk in our cabin, thudding on to the floor. Woke up my sister, panicked my parents.
I was absolutely fine - didn't even wake up and no memory of it happening 😴
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Blast from the past here! Lived in Shetland for 2 years when I was a kid.
One particularly stormy trip I was pitched off the top bunk in our cabin, thudding on to the floor. Woke up my sister, panicked my parents.
I was absolutely fine - didn't even wake up and no memory of it happening 😴
One particularly stormy trip I was pitched off the top bunk in our cabin, thudding on to the floor. Woke up my sister, panicked my parents.
I was absolutely fine - didn't even wake up and no memory of it happening 😴
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This is on Monday. Do join us if you can and are interested in more inclusive academic workplaces
Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is on Monday. Do join us if you can and are interested in more inclusive academic workplaces
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Also real talk from Robert MacIntosh of EDICa about the ways in which being at a lower-ranked/less prestigious institution constrains your access to funding. We all know it, but powerful to say it so bluntly in this context 👏
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Also real talk from Robert MacIntosh of EDICa about the ways in which being at a lower-ranked/less prestigious institution constrains your access to funding. We all know it, but powerful to say it so bluntly in this context 👏
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Lots of amazing stuff at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium today. Especially liked the provocations from PI Kate Sang, who talked about the need to take a critical lens to the EDI work we're doing and the need to make sure "we aren't just helping institutions 'badge' themselves as inclusive."
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Lots of amazing stuff at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium today. Especially liked the provocations from PI Kate Sang, who talked about the need to take a critical lens to the EDI work we're doing and the need to make sure "we aren't just helping institutions 'badge' themselves as inclusive."
More real talk from James Richards if EDICa at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium today: EDI as messy, not a 'nice' subject. People who want to make a difference need to get their hands dirty.
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
More real talk from James Richards if EDICa at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium today: EDI as messy, not a 'nice' subject. People who want to make a difference need to get their hands dirty.
Lots of amazing stuff at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium today. Especially liked the provocations from PI Kate Sang, who talked about the need to take a critical lens to the EDI work we're doing and the need to make sure "we aren't just helping institutions 'badge' themselves as inclusive."
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Lots of amazing stuff at the @edicaucus.bsky.social symposium today. Especially liked the provocations from PI Kate Sang, who talked about the need to take a critical lens to the EDI work we're doing and the need to make sure "we aren't just helping institutions 'badge' themselves as inclusive."
Excited to talk about our project on neurodivergent archive accessibility at this today! And to meet the lovely people from our funder @edicaucus.bsky.social in person 👍
Tomorrow is the big day for us - EDICa's Symposium on 'what "works" in creating equitable and accessible careers in research & innovation'. Not too late to sign up to join on zoom.
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#BSL is provided, captions provided, slides in advance, breaks throughout.
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#BSL is provided, captions provided, slides in advance, breaks throughout.
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Excited to talk about our project on neurodivergent archive accessibility at this today! And to meet the lovely people from our funder @edicaucus.bsky.social in person 👍
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"What does it mean to be information literate for an autistic person in the academic library workplace" An online presentation by @ahaire.bsky.social given on 20/1/25 for @nlisn.bsky.social
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
Amelia Haire presenting her research on autistic workplace information literacy.
YouTube video by NLISN
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"What does it mean to be information literate for an autistic person in the academic library workplace" An online presentation by @ahaire.bsky.social given on 20/1/25 for @nlisn.bsky.social
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUl...
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
#Autism
#Neurodiverse
#Neurodiversity