Jenny Lewin-Jones
@jennylewinjones.bsky.social
Sociology university teacher with a love of language(s)
University of Worcester, UK
University of Worcester, UK
Latest addition to my Sociology of Emotions module reading list for students: 'Come what may' by @lucygobag.bsky.social. It's full of experience and examples, with much to say on social structures, norms, agency etc.. And it is beautifully written - once started, I just had to keep reading!
July 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Latest addition to my Sociology of Emotions module reading list for students: 'Come what may' by @lucygobag.bsky.social. It's full of experience and examples, with much to say on social structures, norms, agency etc.. And it is beautifully written - once started, I just had to keep reading!
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Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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An interesting analysis of gender and dialogue in movies, incl. a Disney subset.
Gender is just one characteristic that comes into play on our screens. In a recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast ep, @brynnquick.bsky.social and I discussed accents and how they can shape how we see the world
Gender is just one characteristic that comes into play on our screens. In a recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast ep, @brynnquick.bsky.social and I discussed accents and how they can shape how we see the world
May 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
An interesting analysis of gender and dialogue in movies, incl. a Disney subset.
Gender is just one characteristic that comes into play on our screens. In a recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast ep, @brynnquick.bsky.social and I discussed accents and how they can shape how we see the world
Gender is just one characteristic that comes into play on our screens. In a recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast ep, @brynnquick.bsky.social and I discussed accents and how they can shape how we see the world
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This argument is about more than naming rights – it reminds us of the extent to which maps don’t reflect but instead create and shape the world.
geographical.co.uk/news/digital...
geographical.co.uk/news/digital...
Digital cartography on trial: Mexico sues Google for ‘Gulf of America’ label
Mexico sues Google over renaming the Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’, raising concerns about digital sovereignty and cartographic power
geographical.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This argument is about more than naming rights – it reminds us of the extent to which maps don’t reflect but instead create and shape the world.
geographical.co.uk/news/digital...
geographical.co.uk/news/digital...
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Did you know this about English & Media Centre? It's not a commercial organisation - it's an educational charity, with a tiny staff, offering as much as it can for free, doing loads of advocacy for the subject & offering a very wide range of support for teachers!
May 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Did you know this about English & Media Centre? It's not a commercial organisation - it's an educational charity, with a tiny staff, offering as much as it can for free, doing loads of advocacy for the subject & offering a very wide range of support for teachers!
Well worth reading this piece by Libby Farrier-Cave. Includes this point on assessment: "Instead of focusing on how students write about knowledge, we should be assessing how they apply it"
NEW on Wonkhe: Conversations about generative AI are framed in terms of misconduct. But for Libby Farrier-Cave, the deeper issue is a crisis of confidence buff.ly/MLZBPUG
May 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Well worth reading this piece by Libby Farrier-Cave. Includes this point on assessment: "Instead of focusing on how students write about knowledge, we should be assessing how they apply it"
Interesting insights by John Gledhill about the language of peace-making :
"If the words we use not only reflect our understanding of issues but also shape understandings, then replacing discussion of peace “agreements” with talk of peace “deals” matters a lot"
theconversation.com/language-of-...
"If the words we use not only reflect our understanding of issues but also shape understandings, then replacing discussion of peace “agreements” with talk of peace “deals” matters a lot"
theconversation.com/language-of-...
Language of peace: why talk of ‘making deals’ rather than ‘reaching agreements’ is not helpful
The language of peacemaking is critical to the success of a settlement.
theconversation.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Interesting insights by John Gledhill about the language of peace-making :
"If the words we use not only reflect our understanding of issues but also shape understandings, then replacing discussion of peace “agreements” with talk of peace “deals” matters a lot"
theconversation.com/language-of-...
"If the words we use not only reflect our understanding of issues but also shape understandings, then replacing discussion of peace “agreements” with talk of peace “deals” matters a lot"
theconversation.com/language-of-...
Looking forward to Word of Mouth with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social discussing misunderstandings in digital online communication e.g. oldies not 'getting' a new usage. My own moment of confusion was when I first encountered 'drop' in the meaning of 'become available'.
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Looking forward to Word of Mouth with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social discussing misunderstandings in digital online communication e.g. oldies not 'getting' a new usage. My own moment of confusion was when I first encountered 'drop' in the meaning of 'become available'.
Interesting episode of #Sociology podcast Thinking Allowed, on 'Motherhood'.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thinking Allowed - Motherhood - BBC Sounds
The politics of motherhood and US mums on the sharp end of the law.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Interesting episode of #Sociology podcast Thinking Allowed, on 'Motherhood'.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Great piece by @francesryan.bsky.social. Her new book is already on order for our uni library and my #Sociology students are looking forward to reading it
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘I’m still sick. I’m still disabled. But I’m proud of my body’: Frances Ryan’s manifesto for disabled women
Women with disabilities are the biggest minority group in the world, but are still shut out of society. In an extract from her new book, the writer reveals how that is changing – and what more needs t...
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Great piece by @francesryan.bsky.social. Her new book is already on order for our uni library and my #Sociology students are looking forward to reading it
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Telling the difference between real and AI generated news images is getting harder #VisualSociology #DigitalSociology
theconversation.com/can-you-tell...
theconversation.com/can-you-tell...
Can you tell the difference between real and fake news photos? Take the quiz to find out
As the tide of AI ‘slop’ rises, it’s more important than ever to hone your reality-checking skills.
theconversation.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Telling the difference between real and AI generated news images is getting harder #VisualSociology #DigitalSociology
theconversation.com/can-you-tell...
theconversation.com/can-you-tell...
Words added to the Oxford English Dictionary, filling lexical gaps in English
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gigil, alamak among new words in Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has added new untranslatable words from South East Asia.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Words added to the Oxford English Dictionary, filling lexical gaps in English
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"It’s a reminder that language rules are often more flexible than we think, shaped by real-world use rather than textbook guidelines"
Fascinating research by Daniel Guarin
theconversation.com/spanish-spea...
Fascinating research by Daniel Guarin
theconversation.com/spanish-spea...
Spanish speakers in Philadelphia break traditional rules of formal and informal speech in signs around town
It’s all about what they want you to do.
theconversation.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"It’s a reminder that language rules are often more flexible than we think, shaped by real-world use rather than textbook guidelines"
Fascinating research by Daniel Guarin
theconversation.com/spanish-spea...
Fascinating research by Daniel Guarin
theconversation.com/spanish-spea...
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We titled our 2021 @britishacademy.bsky.social review of the societal effects of the pandemic ‘the Covid Decade’ as we argued that the pandemic would have long term effects - particularly in exacerbating existing inequalities
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/m...
UK faces 'Covid decade' due to damage done by pandemic, says report
British Academy review calls for major policy changes to reverse rise in deprivation and ill health
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We titled our 2021 @britishacademy.bsky.social review of the societal effects of the pandemic ‘the Covid Decade’ as we argued that the pandemic would have long term effects - particularly in exacerbating existing inequalities
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/m...
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I’m quoted on the front page of the Observer today. They are looking back at the effects of the pandemic five years on. I say that it is primarily a story of inequalities. The poorest, disabled, young people have suffered the fallout, but this is easy to overlook
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
March 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I’m quoted on the front page of the Observer today. They are looking back at the effects of the pandemic five years on. I say that it is primarily a story of inequalities. The poorest, disabled, young people have suffered the fallout, but this is easy to overlook
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
I learnt the word 'exochoronym' from this article: a name for a region not used in the region itself #NameStudies #Onomastics
‘The word “decipherment” is in a sense a misnomer. Ancient scripts are not ciphers. They were not designed to be unintelligible to outsiders or intentionally deceive.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Stevenson · Beyond Mesopotamia: Linear Elamite Deciphered
Decipherment has attracted more than its fair share of formidable scholars, enthusiastic amateurs and crackpots, all...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I learnt the word 'exochoronym' from this article: a name for a region not used in the region itself #NameStudies #Onomastics
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‘Multilingualism was so ordinary in 14th-century England that not everyone would have had a reliable sense of the boundaries between the country’s different languages.’
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher · What a spalage! Mis languages est bons
With contemporary English including more than eighty thousand terms of French origin, Georges Clemenceau might have had...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
‘Multilingualism was so ordinary in 14th-century England that not everyone would have had a reliable sense of the boundaries between the country’s different languages.’
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The imagery of climate change is oversimplifying climate vulnerability.
What climate vulnerability actually looks like
The imagery of climate change is oversimplifying climate vulnerability.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The imagery of climate change is oversimplifying climate vulnerability.
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A moment that changed me: I was 16, gay and bullied for it. Then my father wrote to the Guardian …
A moment that changed me: I was 16, gay and bullied for it. Then my father wrote to the Guardian …
Britain in the 90s seemed to see homosexuality as something shameful. My father told the world how proud he was of me
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A moment that changed me: I was 16, gay and bullied for it. Then my father wrote to the Guardian …
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Climate change is an environmental issue – but it’s not only an environmental issue.
It affects our health, and the economy. It impacts food, water, and resources. It contributes to geopolitical instability and even conflict.
Here are the Canadian scientists who study this.
It affects our health, and the economy. It impacts food, water, and resources. It contributes to geopolitical instability and even conflict.
Here are the Canadian scientists who study this.
March 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Climate change is an environmental issue – but it’s not only an environmental issue.
It affects our health, and the economy. It impacts food, water, and resources. It contributes to geopolitical instability and even conflict.
Here are the Canadian scientists who study this.
It affects our health, and the economy. It impacts food, water, and resources. It contributes to geopolitical instability and even conflict.
Here are the Canadian scientists who study this.
"Designers need to “fundamentally rethink our relationship with the natural world”, according to the curator of a new exhibition which argues the needs of nature and animals should be considered when creating homes, buildings and products"
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
London exhibition explores design based on needs of nature and animals
Curator of Design Museum show says ‘human-centric’ approach to design needs overhaul amid climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"Designers need to “fundamentally rethink our relationship with the natural world”, according to the curator of a new exhibition which argues the needs of nature and animals should be considered when creating homes, buildings and products"
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...