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A flagship journal in my field uses AI in the editorial process! Yes, & they even give this vacuous (described below) feedback when they reject papers. I tried pushing back and was told I'm being emotional (sexism red flag) because I can't deal with rejection (lemme laugh for a few minutes).

Our dept is hiring!

Our dept is hiring!

@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility" They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

Some reading and viewing for Nakba Day: our Interventions series on the Palestinian genocide antipodeonline.org/2024/03/01/i... and the 2024 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture—“Where is Palestine? Singapore on the Med, Spaceships, and the Mount of Olives” antipodeonline.org/2024/08/14/2...

How you know you're working in the proper sciency part of the university

People will always find ways to have an abortion, all bans do is entrench inequality in access

From 1965 to 1985, maternal mortality fell sharply across Europe. Romania was the exception, its rates increased by almost 150%. This was due to the President's political decision to ban abortion. When he was overthrown and executed in 1989, the abortion law was liberalized immediately.

Liverpool has the best sunsets

Privacy International and Women on Web have developed a guide to digital privacy for Sexual and Reproductive Justice Activists. As reproductive data is increasingly collected and policed, this resource provides advice on protecting your online privacy. 👉 privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...

Liverpool has the best sunsets

The Lonely Alphabet of Brave, Anonymous Women I’ve written in @irishtimes.com about women to whom we owe a great debt, but their names are never known. They fought for legal change, often at great personal cost, in anonymised cases - X, C, A, B, MZ, & many more. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

aaarrggh. Another example of law not being equal to access. #knowyourrights

Malta abortion news: Woman handed three-year suspended sentence after court finds her guilty of inducing her own abortion using medication in early 2024. This is the second suspended sentence in the past year. #decriminalise www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_a...

Malta abortion news: Woman handed three-year suspended sentence after court finds her guilty of inducing her own abortion using medication in early 2024. This is the second suspended sentence in the past year. #decriminalise www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_a...

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, SIGNS put together a collection of resources on abortion & reproductive justice. For #WHM, amid ongoing anti-abortion campaigns & systematic sexual control of bodies, we hope it can inspire feminist thought, discourse, & resistance. signsjournal.org/abortion-res...

Act Now 'installed this poster on the site of the George Mitchell statue to honour all women in NI who have experienced violence,and to remind all our institutions, whether gov., academic or religious, that those who commit such crimes should have no place to hide.' www.actnowni.org/lets-talk-ab...

'An Iranian academic living in Belfast has said her people "don't want to have a dictatorship" and would like to have their "own choices" regarding new leadership of their country. Her comments were made at an International Women's Day rally in Belfast' www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

A misty hike and a beautiful book of poetry about abortion experiences for International Working Women's Day #IWD26

A misty hike and a beautiful book of poetry about abortion experiences for International Working Women's Day #IWD26

Well worth a listen

Justice for Izabela! A Polish court has sentenced three doctors to prison over the 2021 death of Izabela from sepsis during a 22-week miscarriage, after doctors refused to help. "This was a case involving extraordinary negligence, a pure disregard for the most basic and fundamental medical duties."

Between 2009 and 2023, campaigners in El Salvador secured the release of dozens of women imprisoned for abortion-related charges, miscarriages, stillbirths and obstetric emergencies. But now, under the country’s "state of emergency" imposed by dictator Nayib Bukele, progress is unravelling.

Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones

📢Lectureship in Politics and Public Administration Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social 3-year fixed-term £47,389 - £59,966 pa Help teach + develop the new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24 #academicsky

Good news from the European Commission. While they did not approve a new fund for abortion, they expanded use of an existing fund, which can also help cover travel costs. The My Voice My Choice campaign is pleased, saying their priority was always “getting results for women, not the legal form."

There are fears that the European Commission could, this week, reject the initiative aimed at guaranteeing access to safe abortion across the EU. The ‘My Voice, My Choice’ campaign is mounting a last-ditch lobbying effort.

Inspiring exhibition in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on birth scrolls - used for protection and as a girdle during birth. Also embroidery by liverpool artist Tabitha Moses - I've taken embroidery classes with Tabitha and her work on reproductive experience and loss is awesome

Inspiring exhibition in the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on birth scrolls - used for protection and as a girdle during birth. Also embroidery by liverpool artist Tabitha Moses - I've taken embroidery classes with Tabitha and her work on reproductive experience and loss is awesome

Booking now open for #IWD2026 event to launch #Activism100+Toolkit, a co-produced resource created by the @ukri.org #AHRC funded network #womensgrassrootsactivsm. 🗓️ 10 March 2026 ⏰ 5.30pm -7pm (online) @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

A story as old as time. Man doesn't have the career he thinks he deserves and decides the problem is women and the 'feminisation' of the workplace. Its all so predictable and boring. The bit on childless women did give me a good laugh tho.

This is a brilliant interview. Love this phrase - 'I like my sovereignty'.https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/14/tracey-emin-interview-tate-modern-regrets-smoking?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1771049992

Download it also to read how Maja Gergoric and I argue that abortion is the core Croatian anti-gender issue and how it was used in the institutionalization of Croatian anti-gender movement!

Who takes notes and does the dishes for the revolution is a political matter. Look around you at your organizing meetings. If women are always the ones keeping minutes, assign a man. If women are always volunteering to get shit going, assign some men.

Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.

Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here: bsky.app/profile/ciar... Prints also available (currently on sale): www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Interview with Diane Munday on ongoing need for full decriminalisation of abortion www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Happy new year! Some good advice from The Guardian here www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Sunday Sofa Activism 🛋️ Design Reclaim the Agenda's International Women’s Day 2026 poster! The theme for 2026 is ‘Strength in Solidarity. Open to ages 12-25, deadline 31 January 2026. Learn more: www.reclaimtheagenda.com/iwd-poster-c...

⚡ Our @ccindle-eu.bsky.social book on ‘Anti-Gender Politics in Europe: A Literature Review of Seven Countries and the EU’ is out open access! Eds Elżbieta Korolczuk Andrea Krizsan⚡ We worked at the chapter on Spain with @ilheenk.bsky.social & @pcaravantes.bsky.social Access 👉 ccindle.org/ebooks/

The abortion pill is a revolution 'A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack' msmagazine.com/2025/12/14/g...

The abortion pill is a revolution 'A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack' msmagazine.com/2025/12/14/g...

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

#OnThisDay, 11 Dec 1983, tens of thousands of women take part in 'reflect the base' at Greenham Common, UK. They encircle the 9 mile fence of the nuclear missile base, tearing it down in at least one place. Hundreds of women are arrested. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️ 1/2

Stockholm in mezzotint, a copper plate etching technique