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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 25d

‘Zurawski v. Texas’ is more than a film—it’s a powerful window into the real-life consequences of abortion bans and what happens when politicians force their way into the most personal moments of people’s lives.

Head to the link www.ZurawskivTexas.com to watch.

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · Aug 25

Neue Saison des
GENDER SALON München
Kommt rum, hört zu, sprecht mit

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taz @taz.de · Aug 22

Im Spiel „Relooted“ planen Schwarze Raubzüge in westlichen Museen, um Artefakte zurückzustehlen. Entwickler Ben Myres über digitale Restitution.

Spiel gegen Kolonialismus: „Rassismus lässt sich nicht mit einem Videospiel beenden“

Im Spiel „Relooted“ planen Schwarze Raubzüge in westlichen Museen, um Artefakte zurückzustehlen. Entwickler Ben Myres über digitale Restitution.

taz.de

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Diego León-Villagrá @dlv.bsky.social · Jul 24

Am 21. August um 19 Uhr im Lichthaus Kino Weimar: Filmabend („Unrest“, 2017) und Gespräch zu ME/CFS mit meinen Kolleginnen Jasmin Degeling und Lilli Hallmann – die auch im ME/CFS-Netzwerk Thüringen aktiv ist – sowie Bruno Kolterer, Facharzt für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin. Einritt frei!

Das Plakat zur Veranstaltung: Eine abstrakte Körperdarstellung vor rosa Hintergrund, mit den oben angeführten Details zur Veranstaltung und dem Titel: „We cannot ignore ME/CFS“.

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 14

Stellungnahme zur Causa „Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf“

Knapp 300 Rechtswissenschaftler:innen, darunter zahlreiche Professor:innen und ehemalige Richter:innen des BVerfG, kritisieren den Umgang mit Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf.

Die gesamte Stellungnahme gibt es hier:

verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...

Zitat: „Dieser Umgang ist geeignet, die Kandidatin, die beteiligten Institutionen und mittelfristig über den Verfall der angemessenen Umgangskultur die gesamte demokratische Ordnung zu beschädigen.“

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Teresa Bücker @teresabuecker.bsky.social · Jul 13

Wie viel Einfluss aus dem Netzwerk fundamentalistischer Abtreibungsgegner entstehen kann, sieht man gut, wenn man die Aufruhr und Menge der Berichterstattung jetzt vergleicht mit April 2024, als der Bericht der Kommission zu §218 StBG erschien – und danach die Ampel monatelang nichts tat.

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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · Jul 7

Wow - an important read for #academicsky #scisky #medsky, about a study on professional social media activity by female scientists vs male, performed using @altmetric.com data from 2013-2018 (so, pre-Bluesky)

Summary: news.umich.edu/fewer-women-...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fewer women amplify their scientific voices online

A new University of Michigan study finds that women are about 28% less likely than men to promote their scientific papers on X (formerly Twitter)—a seemingly minor digital decision that could have big...

news.umich.edu

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · Jul 4

Looking for a weekend read? Rebecca Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE is now available on Netgalley. If you loved dwelling in the west coast forests of ARBOREALITY but wanted more of their dark history and their technological future, THE OTHER SHORE is a trip you shouldn't miss.

www.netgalley.com/ca...

Screenshot from the netgalley download page for Rebecca Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE (short story collection)

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Julia Böcker @flamboyanti.bsky.social · Jun 16

Got it, great, thank you.

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · Jun 16

#CfP: Emotions & Society Special Issue

Masculinities and Emotions: Changing Times and Contexts.

Guest editors: @rpatulny.bsky.social and Fiona McQueen

Abstracts (200-300 words) to the editors by *JULY 15th*

Details below!

@bupjournals.bsky.social
#Emosoc #sociology

Background to the call
It is a prescient irony, given the stubborn conception that men ‘don’t express feelings’, that the contemporary bonds, behaviours and excesses of masculinity are so deeply immersed in emotion. It has long been recognised that that men’s conflicts are steeped in emotional experiences and dynamics of shame, irritability and anger (Men’s Project and Flood 2024). Similarly, hegemonic and toxic acts often stem from emotions such as pride and fear (Connell and Messerschmidt 2005). Traditional masculinities have also been implicated in men’s desires and struggles to master their own and other’s emotions, whether this be in the context of emotional control (Barrett & Bliss-Moreau, 2009), couple relationships (McQueen, 2017) or emotional flooding (Malik et al 2020). Other works have advanced the study of masculine emotion beyond these dynamics. Some have pointed out that emotional suppression leaves a stark legacy for many men, making them more susceptible to distress and suicide (River and Flood 2021).
More recent studies have focussed on the presence and role of more positive emotions in men’s lives. ‘Inclusive’ masculine acts are often steeped in care, respect and love (Anderson 2018, Elliott 2019). National surveys reveal that while men’s ‘primary’ (surface) emotions confirm to hegemonic stereotypes of male emotion (e.g. confidence), their ‘secondary’ emotions are commonly care based and oriented towards families (Patulny et al 2017). Other studies point to the important role of emotions such as pride, fun and confidence in the formation of homosocial bonds (Messner 2013) and focus on men’s capacity to consider emotional reflexively, rather than reject it in favour of ‘rationality’ (Holmes 2015).
Yet these studies touch on only a handful of the many issues now surfacing around men, masculinities and emotions. Thoughtful consideration of the many ways in which masculinities and emotions are interlinked and reinforce each other is missing in many co…

• Multiple masculinities and feelings
• Masculine emotional regimes
• Collective emotions and men’s movements
• Theorising masculinity and emotion
• How men manage and hide emotions
• Men's social isolation and loneliness
• Men’s emotions, women’s outcomes
• Queer masculinities and emotions
• Boyhood feelings
• Older men and emotional precocity
• Father’s feelings
• Changing families, intimacies and masculinities
• Men’s emotional performances in online spaces
• Working Class Men and their emotions
• Migrant masculinities and emotion
• Emotions in the manosphere

Information for contributors
If you are interested in this call for papers, please submit your abstract (200-300 words) no later than 15 July 2025 to the Guest Editors Roger Patulny (rpatulny@hkbu.edu.hk) and Fiona McQueen (f.mcqueen@napier.ac.uk).
We will inform authors by 1st September whether we would like them to submit a full paper. Full papers will be due for submission by 1st December 2025 and will undergo the journal’s standard double-anonymous peer review process. Please see our instructions for authors for guidance on preparing your submission.

Timeline
• 15 July 2025: Deadline for submitting abstracts to Guest Editors
• 15 August 2025: Feedback and decision on the acceptance of proposals
• 1 December 2025: Deadline for submitting full draft papers for review
• November 2026 Publication of the Special Issue

Literature
Anderson, E., & McCormack, M. (2018). Inclusive masculinity theory: Overview, reflection and refinement. Journal of Gender Studies, 27(5), 547–561.
Barrett, L. F., & Bliss-Moreau, E. (2009). She’s emotional. He’s having a bad day: Attributional explanations for emotion stereotypes. American Psychological Association, 9(5), 649–658

Connell, R. W. and J. W. Messerschmidt (2005). “Hegemonic Masculinity: Rethinking the Concept.” Gender & Society 19: 6: 829–859.
de Boise, S., & Hearn, J. (2017). Are men getting more emotional? Critical sociological perspectives on men, masculinities and emotions. The Sociological Review, 65(4), 779-796.
Elliott, K (2019) Negotiations between progressive and ‘traditional’ expressions of masculinity among young Australian men Journal of Sociology, Vol. 55(1) 108–123
Holmes, M. (2015). Men’s emotions: Heteromasculinity, emotional reflexivity, and intimate relationships. Men and Masculinities, 18(2), 176–192
Malik J, Heyman RE, Smith Slep AM. (2020) Emotional flooding in response to negative affect in couple conflicts: Individual differences and correlates. J Fam Psychol. Mar;34(2):145-154.
McQueen, F. (2017). Male emotionality: ‘boys don’t cry’ versus ‘it’s good to talk.’ NORMA, 12(3–4), 205–219.
Men’s Project & Flood, M. (2024). The Man Box 2024: Re-examining what it means to be a man in Australia. Melbourne: Jesuit Social Services.
Messner, M. (2013). Reflections on Communication and Sport: On Men and Masculinities. Communication & Sport, 1(1-2), 113-124.
Patulny R, Smith, V, Soh, K. (2017) ‘Generalising Men’s affective experience.’ International Journal for Masculinity Studies (NORMA), 12(3), 220-239.
Roberts S & Wescott S (2024) To quell the problem, we must name the problem: the role of social media ‘manfluencers’ in boys’ sexist behaviours in school settings, Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 41:2, 125-128.

River J, Flood M. Masculinities, emotions and men's suicide. Sociol Health Illn. 2021 May;43(4):910-927. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13257

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Julia Böcker @flamboyanti.bsky.social · Jun 16

I‘d like to share this with a friend who is not at Bluesky. Is there any link for the Cfp please?

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · Jun 6

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews

Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Böcker @flamboyanti.bsky.social · May 24

i really appreciate having learned about this text about refusing research as ‚decolonial’ method static1.squarespace.com/static/55774...
also Outsider Within/ Black Feminist Thought by Hill Collins was eye opening to me

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Alf Frommer @alffrommer.bsky.social · May 16

Das wichtigste zuerst: Klimaschutz weg!

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Philosophy of Grief and Loss at York @griefyork.bsky.social · May 4

✨Announcing Picturing Grief: a collaborative project with
Projecting Grief✨

Projecting Grief have produced a series of images to raise awareness of our Grief Survey: a rich searchable database of first-person testimonies of grief. (1/2)

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Tomás Criado @tscriado.bsky.social · Apr 30

“No object or living being is fragile in itself. What matters is when, why, and by whom it is considered and treated as fragile: through which mode of attention, by which gestures and instruments, according to which collectives, in which situation, and among which interdependencies.” (p. 253)

🔥🔥🔥

Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair

An original essay collection that explores the generative dimensions of fragility, which can help reveal new life-affirming politics and ethics.At a time w

direct.mit.edu

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Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft @annekreft.bsky.social · Apr 8

Großer Artikel zu Gisèle Pelicot und ihrer Aufforderung: „Die Scham muss die Seite wechseln“. Auch ich wurde für den Artikel interviewt, der gleichermaßen deprimiert und Mut macht. Die Perspektiven der beiden Betroffenen sind besonders eindrucksvoll. Zu finden hier: wr-magazin.de/themen/die-m...

Titelseite des Magazins des Weißen Rings. Auf diesen ist eine künstlerische Reproduktion des Gesichts von Gisèle Pelicot und der Titel des Artikels zu sehen

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Sabine @lesebine15.bsky.social · Mar 11

„Mein drittes Leben“ von Daniela Krien hat mich als tiefgehende Geschichte über Trauerbewältigung außerordentlich berührt. Die Autorin „findet Worte für das, wofür es eigentlich keine Worte gibt!“ (Zitat aus einem Insta-Kommentar)
#buchsky #booksky #meindrittesleben

Es ist das Buch „Mein drittes Leben“ von Daniela Krien zu sehen, allerdings in der Ausgabe der Büchergilde Gutenberg. Dort sind auf dem Cover drei Zitronen auf einem blauen Hintergrund abgebildet. Das Buch liegt zusammen mit drei Zitronen auf einem runden Untersetzer.

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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · Mar 11

Bernd Winkler ist Förster. Im Podcast erzählt er, warum er sich in Kiefernwäldern wohler fühlt als unter Fichten. Und ob der deutsche Wald noch zu retten ist.

Bernd Winkler: "Wo viele Kiefern wachsen, wohnen meist sympathische Menschen"

Bernd Winkler ist Förster. Im Podcast erzählt er, warum er sich in Kiefernwäldern wohler fühlt als unter Fichten. Und ob der deutsche Wald noch zu retten ist.

www.zeit.de

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Rishita "Department of Error" Nandagiri @rishie.bsky.social · Mar 5

what’s your favourite ‘here’s why critical social science matters’ paper? i’m in a space of attempting to show students (& some colleagues) why critical (feminist, ‘decolonial’) social science is of value, that ‘method’ matters, it’s not the same as opinion work […] #AcademicSky

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Cambridge Reproduction @cam-repro.bsky.social · Feb 28

Places going fast for our free @cambridgefestival.bsky.social events!

See all our upcoming events here and book your place 📅✅
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cambridge-...

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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Feb 25

Was @teresabuecker.bsky.social sagt.

""Und noch mal liebe Grüße an die FDP-Abgeordneten, die meinten, sie wollten §218 StGB „nach der Wahl“ angehen, statt ihr Mandat dann für reproduktive Freiheit zu nutzen, wenn sie noch konnten. Die Angriffe auf Schwangerschaftsabbrüche, die kommen werden, die desolate Versorgungslage, gehen auf euch", bringt es Teresa Bücker auf den Punkt.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 15

This excellent interactive tutorial on misleading data visualizations explores the idea of a "counter chart" — the graph you draw in response to refute a misleading claims

flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

Defense Against Dishonest Charts

This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.

flowingdata.com

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · Feb 14

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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Christina Clemm @clemm.bsky.social · Feb 10

CDU und FDP wollen keine Entkriminalisierung von Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen. Merkt Euch das.
Mir müssen das Patriarchat abschaffen, hilft ja nix.

Legalisierung von Abtreibungen vorerst gescheitert

Das Vorhaben, Abtreibungen in den ersten zwölf Wochen einer Schwangerschaft zu legalisieren, ist vorerst gescheitert. Der Bundestag wird über einen entsprechenden Antrag vor der Wahl nicht mehr abstim...

www.tagesschau.de

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