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Wendy Dossett

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Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Chester. Addiction Recovery Spirituality, Buddhism, Religious Education/Religion & Worldviews. Poetry, Cymru, Kingfishers, Corncrakes, Curlew, Coastguarding. She/her. www.wedossett.com

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Nov 18

If you want to join an *Addiction Recovery Research & Advocacy Starter Pack* please let me know.
For the kind of linkages that were so productive on the other platform we need recovery community members, activists, professionals & academics all to be here.
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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · 9d

Whatever else you could say about Starmer's speech - forgtting that the women DID bring football home is surely a massive gaff.

Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · 9d

John is depressed as it is, and he’s now planning to watch Starmer’s speech. I think I need to stage some kind of intervention.

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 11d

"And that was how the Wittgensteinian dynastic wars began!"

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · 12d

Deleted my account with academia-dot-edu. New privacy policy is the last straw. It can sell all of your words, your profile picture, anything you post on it. I should have come off it a long time ago, like lots of people did, when it started to monetise the competition for citations.

Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · 12d

This is awful news. Perhaps this a minority point given the horrific wider implications, but Texas Tech has been a beacon of hope for people in recovery from addiction seeking access to HE. Now it is actively erasing part of that community. #TexasTech

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 12d

Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.

Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities

Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.

www.texastribune.org

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · 15d

Subtly downgrade a band

Moist Leg

The Second Mrs. de ShinyGoth👻 @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 17d

subtly downgrade a band

They Probably Aren't Giants

Dan Nye @ohhidannye.bsky.social · 17d

subtly downgrade a band

The Tragically Shoulder

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · Aug 25

Art is sexy.

I mean, really fucking sexy. Historically fucking hot. And all forms of art

"AI" is yet another attempt for uncreative, unsexy people to try to scream they are indeed sexy by screaming they know what sexy is therefore. While being sold by grifters. And fucking up a lot.

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Aug 12

“Universities are perceived straightforwardly as places for people to gain a qualification for their career and personal advancement — completely ignoring their role as a public good and as the linchpin of civilised society.” unherd.com/2025/08/can-...

Welsh universities are ailing

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Aug 8

Grateful for the opportunity to add my name to this list of writers calling for a boycott. I remember the consumer boycott of South Africa towards the end of Apartheid. History shows that made a small difference. Thx @horatioclare.bsky.social for organising this. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott

More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid

www.theguardian.com

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jul 30

Another one? If only there were other books with great stories written by women that could ve adapted for tv ….

I love it by the way but really?

Phil Edwards - Live for Films @liveforfilms.bsky.social · Jul 30

Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice has started production. Details here bit.ly/3UDLgbK

#PrideandPrejudice #TV #Netflix #EmmaCorrin #OliviaColman #JackLowden #RufusSewell #book #JaneAusten

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jul 29

People who aren’t mothers also weep. And people who are mothers, sadly, do not weep. Motherhood does not make anyone uniquely compassionate, empathetic or invested in children.
We should all weep. And then organise.

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Jul 25

As a mother - as a human - I find it very difficult to look at these photos and not weep. “Rates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Médecins Sans Frontières’ Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Severe malnutrition in under-5s has tripled at Gaza City clinic, charity reports

Charity says number of people needing care for malnutrition has quadrupled and blames Israeli ‘policy of starvation’

www.theguardian.com

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · Jul 25

We're huge fans of The White Chip at @swkplay.bsky.social.

Our latest issue (recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...) features playwright @seandaniels.bsky.social, lead actor Ed Coleman and a poetic response from @wedossett.bsky.social.

Book to see the play here
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thrilled to have my poetic response to the play The White Chip in the latest issue of Performing Recovery. Go and see the play at @swkplay.bsky.social if you can! @performingrecovery.bsky.social

Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · Jul 9

Issue 11 is here for the UK premiere of The White Chip at @swkplay.bsky.social.
Featuring @seandaniels.bsky.social, @wedossett.bsky.social, Outside Edge, @suitwolves.bsky.social, @mazonoace.bsky.social, @leonclowes.bsky.social, Recovered 1440
Read free online: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

Issue 11 of Performing Recovery.

Partnering with The White Chip, a new comedy about addiction recovery playing at the Southwalk Playhouse Borough. Featuring interviews with Ed Coleman, Sean Daniels, a

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · Jul 6

‘long walks in nature can cure rare diseases’ grifters = every bit as bad as ‘don’t get chemotherapy, drink juice’ grifters

Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · Jul 6

It’s amazing what people get away with

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

observer.co.uk

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Jul 4

that's some vintage antisemitism holy shit

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jul 4

"No death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker. And in some cases, shylocks and bad people."

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · Jul 4

A meagre contribution by me to this week's #poemsabout on the theme of #burnitdown. Nonetheless, I feel it's not wholly out of place, what with the weather recently.

Heatwave

The sun, it seems, is angry
at us all; and like children,
we turn away our faces,

try to appear repentant –
protest that we know nothing
of how the world got broken.

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you so much - Rose was really something. I’m doing much better thank you!

Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jul 2

Message to the handful of people who’ve said they’re planning to read ‘Touch’ in due course: This is advanced warning that I’ll be taking it off my blog in the next few days so that I can submit it in comps, but if you wanted to read it just let me know.

www.wedossett.com/posts/touch

CW - Dementia

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 2

Dalai Lama says there will be search for his successor after his death, ending years of speculation

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader releases video statement in run-up to 90th birthday celebrations The Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role. Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday, the Nobel peace prize-winning spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism said in a recorded statement that the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognised as per past Buddhist traditions. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jun 28

Beautiful Malcolm Edwards painting of a glas y dorlan/kingfisher at Ffin y Parc Gallery in Llandudno.

Wall - painted gold, with statue and painting above it.

Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you so much Elizabeth! It means so much to hear that line spoke to you.
Yes - I'm well on the mend now - thanks for asking. Seems my body has developed a very shouty voice in my 50s - insisting I stop pushing so hard. But thankfully, once again, all's well. I'm lucky.

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jun 28

I recently had to wait in A&E for 30 hours before I could be admitted to a ward. (All's well now).
While there, I met an extraordinary woman, and wrote this short piece. Hope you like it.
CW: Dementia
www.wedossett.com/post/touch
#autofiction #creativenonfiction #dementia #fundthenhs

Touch

On my 30 hour wait in A&E. CW: Dementia

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jun 26

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Jun 26

Funniest thing I ever did was gaslit the whole field into thinking there was such a thing as a Leverhulme Prize and that I had won it. Still laughing at that bit, if I do say so myself.

Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jun 24

Angry poetry I get! But sorry about the reasons for anger. Wish I could write to prompts. Can do it with prose, but yet to grasp it with poetry. International open mic sounds very interesting! I might look into that!

Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · Jun 24

These book bans! 😱

Brendan Quinn @bfquinn.bsky.social · Jun 23

How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers."

Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...

‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America

The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.

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