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jeniharden.bsky.social @jeniharden.bsky.social · Sep 6

📢 Our new paper taking a critical look at how post-abortion contraception is framed as a 'problem'.

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‘Problem representations’ in post-abortion contraception: a critical review of UK literature

Objective To critically review post-abortion contraception literature from the UK based on Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ (WPR) approach. Methods A systematic search of six electron...

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Ruth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social · Jul 27

A note from me on the significance of the recent move partially to decriminalise #abortion in England and Wales

Against a backdrop of rising prosecutions for ‘later’ pregnancy endings, #decrim in Northern Ireland through human rights mechanisms, and uneven commitment to decriminalisation as a whole

Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 21

British MPs recently decriminalised abortion-seekers. But this success occurred in a Bill that threatens to criminalise poverty and restrict protest rights.

RUTH FLETCHER explains on what a holistic legal approach to reproductive freedom ought to look like.

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks for having me, it was a really interesting day!

Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · May 28

Settling in to a day of thinking about reproductive rights, politics & activism hosted by @carolina-topini.bsky.social & @maudannebracke.bsky.social Looking forward to presenting our work on a feminist abortion framework this afternoon.

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Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · Apr 29

🎉 Tickets are now available for this year’s International Creative Research Methods Conference!
Don’t miss keynotes from @jacqpriego.bsky.social and @amltaylor66.bsky.social

Secure your spot 👉 creativeresearchmethods.com

#ICRMC

Creative Research Methods Conference 2025

The International Creative Research Methods Conference is an annual gathering for academics of all disciplines who are interested in using creative methods in their research.

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 29

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court of human rights over supreme court ruling

Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sex

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Apr 27

"While scholarship is rewarded individually, it cannot be practised alone; it is a shared collective endeavour or it is nothing. Redundancies in one place damage us all"
@academicdiary.bsky.social
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UK university redundancies: latest updates

As higher education institutions shed thousands of jobs, we track developments and bring together latest analysis with resources for affected staff and students

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · Apr 26

Just here feeling quietly heartbroken for Virginia Giuffre and her family, on news of her death by suicide. And quietly raging at all who get away with (men's) abuse of women and girls, and a society that doesn't care enough to stop it - but yeah, trans women in loos.

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'Deeply loving, wise, and funny': Virginia Giuffre, who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has died

"It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia," the family said in a statement.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Apr 25

Labour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l

Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 25

Dear @theguardian.com Please could you not refer to a pregnant person seeking abortion as 'the mother'. Thanks

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UK woman accused of illegal abortion did not look pregnant, friend tells court

Witness says nothing to indicate Nicola Packer was pregnant in weeks before she delivered foetus

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 22

📢 Dignity in Maternity Care: latest ep. of Sex, Research & Resistance (via @openuniversity.bsky.social) is now online.

What do we really mean when we talk about dignity? Who is entitled to it? Panel discussion feat. Lisa Käll, Shanthi Gunesekera, Sarah Hamed.

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E11 Part 1: Dignity in Maternity Care

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Apr 21

With its coverage in the last few days, the Telegraph has now passed 500 articles attacking trans people since I began tracking their print edition on 16 April 2024.

508 in 371 days.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Apr 16

The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people after a Supreme Court ruling defined sex as 'biological sex'

This is everything you need to know about the ruling 👇

Reporting by @jessothomson.co.uk 🧵🏳️‍⚧️

Screenshot of QueerAF website with headline: UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010

Byline of Jess O'Thomson: Writer, legal researcher, journalist. Pronouns they/she. Intersectionalities trans, disabled, nonbinary woman, queer, working class / low income

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Apr 16

If men want to rape us they do not need to “pretend” to be women to get into our toilets or our changing rooms. They can just…rape us, in those spaces or other public spaces or in our workplaces or our homes, and they can be statistically pretty certain that they will never face punishment for this.

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 11

Where do I sign? 🦆

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 7

4. Support professional development including effective guidance for health professionals

5. Offer pain relief as standard to reduce the burden of self-advocacy

6. Record data on procedure pain to inform healthcare improvements.

#genderpaingap #procedurepain #SRHR

Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 7

We also make 6 recommendations to inform future research & practice & support equity in healthcare provision:

1. Provide clear information on pain to enable informed decision-making and consent

2. Don't downplay/ignore procedure pain

3. Prioritise diversity & inclusion in written/verbal info

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 7

➡️ Negative and judgmental attitudes were as big a problem as pain itself
➡️ Gender norms and power dynamics had a silencing effect
➡️ Negative perceptions of health professionals follow from painful experiences
➡️ Self-advocacy is challenging and should not be necessary in this context

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Apr 7

📢 New publication: Our interim report from phase 1 of the Gender Pain Gap in Sexual & Reproductive Health project is now available here: doi.org/10.21954/ou....

In it we highlight 4 key findings...

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Mar 28

Brilliant episode - well worth a listen 👇

Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre @quahrc.bsky.social · Mar 19

Episode 2 of our podcast series on #Neurodiversity and #QualitativeResearch is out today with Dr Monique Botha: why is the funding agenda for autism research so far from what the communities concerned want?

#CommunityResearch #ResearchMethods #Neurodivergent

www.quahrc.co.uk/resources/ne...

Neurodiversity Matters: Monique Botha on funding priorities and community justice | QUAHRC

This month, Sohail interviews Dr Monique Botha about funding and priority setting, citational justice, emotion in research, and why letting community-led neurodivergence research out of its silo would...

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Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre @quahrc.bsky.social · Mar 19

Episode 2 of our podcast series on #Neurodiversity and #QualitativeResearch is out today with Dr Monique Botha: why is the funding agenda for autism research so far from what the communities concerned want?

#CommunityResearch #ResearchMethods #Neurodivergent

www.quahrc.co.uk/resources/ne...

Neurodiversity Matters: Monique Botha on funding priorities and community justice | QUAHRC

This month, Sohail interviews Dr Monique Botha about funding and priority setting, citational justice, emotion in research, and why letting community-led neurodivergence research out of its silo would...

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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · Mar 25

My article 'What is a good death? A critical discourse policy analysis' is now in the BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (Vol 14 Issue e3) [but online first a few years ago] spcare.bmj.com/content/14/e...

What is a good death? A critical discourse policy analysis

Objective The concept of a good death is a motivating factor for end of life care policy; this article examines what English end-of-life care (EOLC) policy defines as a good death. Methods Critical d...

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Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · Mar 25

🥳 Thank you @alcs.co.uk! 👏

ALCS @alcs.co.uk · Mar 24

Happy #ALCSDay to our members! We’re so proud to have once again paid more money, to more members than ever before.

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · Mar 19

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · Mar 17

Independent SAGE @independentsage.bsky.social - so important during the pandemic - has de-retired with this report on "Why we must defend science, social science and medicine from attacks on diversity"

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