Dr. Megan A Armstrong (she/her)
@meganannarms.bsky.social
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Lecturer in International Politics @NclPolitics. Interested in gender, security, critical pedagogies, and pop culture (mostly zombies). Overuser of exclamation points. Neurodivergent.
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From the article: "Donald Trump followed Hegseth’s call to embrace the virtues of lethality as a doctrine with a suggestion...that the gathering of officers and senior enlisted advisers should consider targeting US cities and civilian populations as a training exercise."

This is really scary stuff.
Trump defends troops in US cities after Hegseth decries military DEI efforts
President and defense chief delivered pair of incendiary speeches to a crowd of hundreds of generals and admirals
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Publication alert! This paper is a reflection on a pilot study exploring the experiences of neurodivergent students in higher ed. I talk about navigating the power dynamics of participatory action research, and share some thoughts on the neurodiversity model

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The call for papers and panels for #ECPG26 is now open! There's a very exciting academic program in place for conference which you can find here: ecpr.eu/Events/343

Come join us at @nclpolitics.bsky.social 😀 Deadline for proposals is 7 November!
European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle University, 15-17 June 2026
European Consortium for Political Research
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📌 Save the date for #ECPG26! 📌
✨ The European Conference on #Politics and #Gender
📍 Newcastle, UK
📆 15–17 June 2026
☑️ Organised by @ecprgender.bsky.social
🏛️ Hosted by @nclpolitics.bsky.social

Local team @‪maarja.bsky.social, @meganannarms.bsky.social‬, Jemima Repo & Alison Phipps
Save the date for the ECPG 2026!
European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), Newcastle University, 15–17 June 2026.
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[stares at much of the UK]
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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25 years of the WPS agenda 🤦‍♀️
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i wondered why they left the women out of this picture! Perhaps they were all sitting at the other end of the table?
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Starting to think about pulling together a proposal for a critical pedagogy workshop for this (broadly around the politics of pedagogy, solidarity, access and inclusivity)- please get in touch if you'd be interested 😊 www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
BISA-ISA Joint International Conference 2025, Newcastle
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Here’s our Politics at Newcastle starter pack for new followers!

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