Sophie Fuggle
@fuggbug.bsky.social
James Barrow Professor of French and Head of Department of Languages, Cultures and Film @liverpooluni.bsky.social
Co-founder http://ilesmondes.wordpress.com
To be found somewhere between the prison and the beach.
Co-founder http://ilesmondes.wordpress.com
To be found somewhere between the prison and the beach.
Blue skies over Goose Fair!
September 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Blue skies over Goose Fair!
Reading Vidocq while putting a load of laundry on
August 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reading Vidocq while putting a load of laundry on
Between the Roman prison and the pool!
July 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Between the Roman prison and the pool!
After almost a year in Liverpool we finally made it to the beach!
July 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
After almost a year in Liverpool we finally made it to the beach!
Dreyfus’ spectacles from his time on Devil’s Island
June 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Dreyfus’ spectacles from his time on Devil’s Island
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/07/TRAC... by my excellent friend Samuel Tracol
Au « temps béni » du bagne de Cayenne
En kiosques // par Samuel Tracol (juillet 2025)
www.monde-diplomatique.fr
June 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/07/TRAC... by my excellent friend Samuel Tracol
New club med spotted in Provence!
June 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
New club med spotted in Provence!
Little trip to Paris to work on a chapter of my book looking at the clinical-carceral gaze so seems fitting to be staying round the corner from rue Charcot - the gaze to end all gazes
June 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Little trip to Paris to work on a chapter of my book looking at the clinical-carceral gaze so seems fitting to be staying round the corner from rue Charcot - the gaze to end all gazes
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"Prisons all over the United States are withholding books from prisoners, but not because they contain contraband. Books are becoming harder to receive based on their content."
By My Prison’s Standards, the Bible Would Be a Banned Book
Today, more than 50,000 books are banned in prison. At Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, the book ban is getting to be ridiculous.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Prisons all over the United States are withholding books from prisoners, but not because they contain contraband. Books are becoming harder to receive based on their content."
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"In my old neighborhood, $300 could get you drugs, alcohol, tattoos, even a used handgun. Feeling guilty for disappointing my family by going to prison, there was no way I’d burden them by asking for money for textbooks."
How I Became a Scholar Behind Bars
I earned three degrees and am now using my education to build up at-risk youth.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"In my old neighborhood, $300 could get you drugs, alcohol, tattoos, even a used handgun. Feeling guilty for disappointing my family by going to prison, there was no way I’d burden them by asking for money for textbooks."
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"[B]est of all, though, is the food. Fans go all out, with buddies pooling their resources for weeks to collect ingredients from the canteen. Some turn to the black market for onions, cheese or spices stolen from the kitchen — whatever it takes to build a meal ... Nachos are a perennial favorite."
"Prison Journalism Project writers in Pennsylvania and Missouri submitted dispatches on the Super Bowl’s significance. As one writer said of watching the game: 'It makes me feel … normal.'"
Watching the Super Bowl From Prison
Writers in Missouri and Pennsylvania reflect on watching their state’s teams — the Chiefs and Eagles — in the Super Bowl from prison.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"[B]est of all, though, is the food. Fans go all out, with buddies pooling their resources for weeks to collect ingredients from the canteen. Some turn to the black market for onions, cheese or spices stolen from the kitchen — whatever it takes to build a meal ... Nachos are a perennial favorite."
Reposted by Sophie Fuggle
After Writing About Prison Censorship, I Got Blocked From Messaging My Sources
After Writing About Prison Censorship, I Got Blocked From Messaging My Sources
Censorship in prisons has expanded as a few private companies have increasingly monopolized prison communications.
truthout.org
January 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
After Writing About Prison Censorship, I Got Blocked From Messaging My Sources
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‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires.
‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires.
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📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Contributions are invited (in various forms/media) to Islands Symposium - Island narratives of kinship, place, and the weather. 3-4 April 2025, at Ceòlas (South Uist) and online.
DL for proposals 15 Jan.
For further details, visit bit.ly/3DKqO3W
Contributions are invited (in various forms/media) to Islands Symposium - Island narratives of kinship, place, and the weather. 3-4 April 2025, at Ceòlas (South Uist) and online.
DL for proposals 15 Jan.
For further details, visit bit.ly/3DKqO3W
Call for papers – Islands symposium
We invite contributions (in various forms/media) to a symposium which considers Islands as sites of geo-embodied knowledge mediated through experiential engagements with weather. Click here for Isl…
bit.ly
January 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Contributions are invited (in various forms/media) to Islands Symposium - Island narratives of kinship, place, and the weather. 3-4 April 2025, at Ceòlas (South Uist) and online.
DL for proposals 15 Jan.
For further details, visit bit.ly/3DKqO3W
Contributions are invited (in various forms/media) to Islands Symposium - Island narratives of kinship, place, and the weather. 3-4 April 2025, at Ceòlas (South Uist) and online.
DL for proposals 15 Jan.
For further details, visit bit.ly/3DKqO3W
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French humour.
Vaut mieux en rire, qu'en ... Rire !
Vaut mieux en rire, qu'en ... Rire !
January 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
French humour.
Vaut mieux en rire, qu'en ... Rire !
Vaut mieux en rire, qu'en ... Rire !
First swim of 2025 and there’s nobody else here…
January 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
First swim of 2025 and there’s nobody else here…
district 7 going all out with the karaoke tonight
January 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
district 7 going all out with the karaoke tonight
Spotted in HCMC - a birthday cake for Serge Gainsbourg
December 26, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Spotted in HCMC - a birthday cake for Serge Gainsbourg
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All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
December 24, 2024 at 11:53 AM
All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
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🔴 Language Barriers Harm Health Care in Prison
🔴 Language Barriers Harm Health Care in Prison
Plus: Six short essays on holidays after prison.
mailchi.mp
December 23, 2024 at 4:01 AM
🔴 Language Barriers Harm Health Care in Prison
checking out of a hotel and somebody actually came
to reception to pick up a fax
to reception to pick up a fax
December 23, 2024 at 4:50 AM
checking out of a hotel and somebody actually came
to reception to pick up a fax
to reception to pick up a fax
Today in HCMC am reminded of @arohelmet.bsky.social ‘s point that only the streets named after
doctors kept their French names after Vietnamese independence
doctors kept their French names after Vietnamese independence
December 22, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Today in HCMC am reminded of @arohelmet.bsky.social ‘s point that only the streets named after
doctors kept their French names after Vietnamese independence
doctors kept their French names after Vietnamese independence
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Congratulations to Bilbao’s House of the Basque Language, Euskararen Etxea, on winning the Council of Europe Museum Prize 🏆
The prize honours museums that make ‘significant contribution to the understanding of European cultural heritage’.
The prize honours museums that make ‘significant contribution to the understanding of European cultural heritage’.
Bilbao’s House of the Basque Language wins Council of Europe Museum Prize - Museums Association
Prize honours museums that make ‘significant contribution to the understanding of European cultural heritage’
www.museumsassociation.org
December 17, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Congratulations to Bilbao’s House of the Basque Language, Euskararen Etxea, on winning the Council of Europe Museum Prize 🏆
The prize honours museums that make ‘significant contribution to the understanding of European cultural heritage’.
The prize honours museums that make ‘significant contribution to the understanding of European cultural heritage’.