Laura Butler
@laurabutler.bsky.social
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Editor-in-chief of the Bristol Tab | Staff writer at the New Feminist Magazine
Bristol unis failing personal tutor system is worsening student mental health. Read more here:
thetab.com/2025/05/07/b...
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Bristol University’s failing personal tutor system is worsening student mental health
In a uni with a history of mental health crisis, why do they slack on personal tutors?
https://thetab.com/2025/05/07/bristol-universitys-failing-personal-tutor-system-is-worsening-student-mental-health
7 months ago
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When students go on uni society trips they expect to be safe. Today I looked at why safety regulations failed my fellow student and friend Jack Lees following his death at a Bristol swimming uni trip. Please share and stay curious.
thetab.com/2025/04/07/i...
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In Conversation with the SU: Safety concerns after student dies on Bristol Uni swimming trip
No safety brief given, no lifeguard or floatation devices available, no evidence of a site-specific risk assessment
https://thetab.com/2025/04/07/in-conversation-with-the-su-safety-concerns-after-student-dies-on-bristol-uni-swimming-trip
8 months ago
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reposted by
Laura Butler
The Bristol Cable
10 months ago
Against a backdrop of chronic underreporting of sexual assaults, thousands of self-administered rape test kits have been distributed across Bristol. But are users, already coping with trauma, being given the clarity they need? Story by
@laurabutler.bsky.social
bit.ly/40IhyVI
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Self-swab test kits: do they help rape & sexual violence survivors?
Thousands of self-swab rape test kits have been distributed across Bristol. Are they helping survivors of sexual violence get justice?
https://bit.ly/40IhyVI
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Big day for me - my first article with
@thebristolcable.bsky.social
on self swab rape kits at Bristol uni from a company called Enough. I’m hoping it will help to quell the misinformation and show users the limitations, ultimately helping survivors of rape.
thebristolcable.org/2025/01/self...
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Self-swab test kits: do they help rape & sexual violence survivors?
Thousands of self-swab rape test kits have been distributed across Bristol. Are they helping survivors of sexual violence get justice?
https://thebristolcable.org/2025/01/self-swab-test-kits-enough-rape-sexual-violence-survivors-criminal-justice/
10 months ago
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Today on graduation protests
@bristoluni.bsky.social
Both protests - one for Palestine and one for climate change - are calling on the uni to invest in humanity's future. It is interesting to see the links between defence and fossil fuel partnerships.
thetab.com/2025/01/27/g...
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Graduation day marked by Palestine solidarity protests and calls for fossil fuel divestment
January graduation has seen a call for divestment from arms and fossil fuel companies
https://thetab.com/2025/01/27/graduation-day-marked-by-palestine-solidarity-protests-and-calls-for-fossil-fuel-divestment
10 months ago
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Last week I got to speak with Rachel Thomas about her new graphic novel ‘Shrink’. We talked about the medical and social implications of living in a fat body and the use of ‘graphic medicine’
thenewfeminist.co.uk/2024/11/auth...
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Author of 'Shrink' tells us how her graphic novel challenges everything you know about fat bodies - The New Feminist
We spoke to the creator of Shrink about fatphobia, medical bias, and making fat bodies the heroes of their own stories.
https://thenewfeminist.co.uk/2024/11/author-of-shrink-tells-us-how-her-graphic-novel-challenges-everything-you-know-about-fat-bodies/
about 1 year ago
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My newest piece on international student Marie who is being forced to use attendance monitoring app by the University of Bristol which is owned by Israeli developer or risk a cancelled visa. Their boycott is in solidarity with Palestine.
thetab.com/2024/11/18/i...
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International student must end pro-Palestine check-in app boycott or risk cancelled visa
Marie was boycotting the app made by Israeli developer in solidarity with Palestine
https://thetab.com/2024/11/18/international-student-must-end-pro-palestine-check-in-app-boycott-or-risk-cancelled-visa
about 1 year ago
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