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C.J. Griffin

@cjgriffin.bsky.social

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a semi-lucid, sputtering, cataleptic converser for consumer-grade hypercognition | un jour je serai de retour près de toi | an attendant of rats.

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Roxanne Douglas @roxannedouglas.bsky.social · Sep 3

Exciting WIWL developments; the network is active and waiting for you to join in!

Women in World-Literature @womeninworld-lit.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you're not on the mailing list yet you might not have seen our website was recently launched!

Take a gander here: tinyurl.com/WIWLWeb

Women in World-Literature

From each according to her ability, to each according to her need

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 30

📺 Missed our recent FOIA research methods workshop? You can now stream the full recording, including contributions from Aiden Clarkson, Kevin Walby & Hannah Richards.

Stream here: buff.ly/aX3VI3r

#SPINEvents #FOIA #OpenAccess

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 23

👋 Please give a warm SPIN welcome to Susannah Lee, a 2025 SPIN Fellow this summer working with SPIN and the Gender Research Centre to explore gender, power, and secrecy in the context of the current challenges in UK and US politics.

Meet the network: buff.ly/clcQe2t

#SPINNetwork #SecrecyResearch

members Archive - SPIN

Community Building, Gender, Power and Resistance, Stealth and Obfuscation

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C.J. Griffin @cjgriffin.bsky.social · Jun 18

Stimulating and interesting essay, esp. how secrecy informs the narrative reconstitution and replenishment of American exceptionalism across time; a 20C redux of manifest destiny is (re)produced via secrecy.

Well worth reading!

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 18

📝 SPIN is delighted to share an essay by Politics & IR student Shae Miles: The Age of Innocence and Ignorance: Exploring the ‘silencing of the past’ in US foreign policy. This was written as part of Shae's excellent work on the University of Bristol's US Foreign Policy unit.

Read: buff.ly/lXhvUsp

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Roxanne Douglas @roxannedouglas.bsky.social · Jun 11

Getting ready to protest Warwick’s reactionary exclusion of trans people from public life on campus - trans rights all day every day 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️✊

A cardboard sign, painted as the trans pride flag (blue, pink, and white stripes) with black writing that says “My friends aren’t a ‘debate’”

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 11

⏳ Just one week to go until SPIN is at BISA 2025 in Belfast! Please join us for our panel exploring the interconnections of secrecy and international politics. See details of SPIN's panel: buff.ly/bvqdFhE

#SPINatBISA #SecrecyResearch #BISA2025

SPIN at the BISA 2025 50th Anniversary Conference - SPIN

SPIN is pleased to share that our panel, Secrecy and the (re)making of the global (dis)order, has been accepted for inclusion...

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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · Jun 9

🗂️ Final reminder to register for our FOIA Research Methods Masterclass—this Wednesday, 12 June, 2–4pm BST, online!
Register here: buff.ly/eDwsPBB

#SPINEvents #FOIA #ResearchMethods

SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of FOIA

Free virtual SPIN Research Methods Masterclass: Navigating the challenges of Freedom of Information Access (FOIA).

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Roxanne Douglas @roxannedouglas.bsky.social · May 7

Shareable poster for 'Women in World-Literature: Climate, Crisis, and Contagion'! A low/ free admission cost, hybrid conference, 19th -20th June!
Register at tinyurl.com/WIWL2Register
Follow @womeninworld-lit.bsky.social for updates and more

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · Apr 24

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Apr 16

I know there are many trans and non-binary people who will be feeling deeply worried today, caught in the midst of a media storm as they try to simply live their lives. Please know that I stand with you - today, tomorrow and always.

My statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling today:

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wint @dril.bsky.social · Mar 26

im all set to graduate Columbia University majoring in " Cowardice " , with a minor in "Kissing Fucking Ass" a nd "Prostrating myself "

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Feli @vogelkasper.bsky.social · Dec 1

I am happy to report that Elektra did not expire from the lack of attention while I was out of town yesterday.

A black and white rat hanging in a humans hand. Her feet are spread out and her hands rest on the humans palm.

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Erin Kidd @thebabygoat.bsky.social · Nov 17

Rats enjoying fine art 🖼️ 🐀
#ratsky #pasta #artsky #rodent #art #rats

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