Former British soldier accused of murdering Kenyan woman appears in court

The official response of @DefenceHQ @BritishArmy to the Jaysley Beck case appears to be “we will put more women on court martial boards”. This has absolutely no relevance to that case and just gives the impression they are desperately scrambling for something to say

Army officer admits sexual assault of teenager Jaysley Beck before she took her own life

Family of Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by UK soldiers criticise defence secretary

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip. It is not a threat. It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people. Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

How is this happening simultaneously, I feel like I’m going more insane every day

If you are not concerned by the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation because you think it doesn’t impact you, you are wrong. This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today

I have a new article out today in Signs, co-authored with Phoebe Martin, titled ‘You Are Not Alone: Feminist Memorialisation and the Present Tense of Gender-Based Violence in the Monument Quilt.’ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The second article in a planned special issue that I am co-editing on gender and memorialisation is out! Audrey Reeves and Hannah Gignoux explore how museums in the US and UK curate the memory of conflict-related sexual violence. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I recently co-authored & circulated (with @polphilpod.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric. Over 100 of my UK-based colleagues signed it. Read the whole thing here: www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

Keir Starmer's net favourability rating has dropped 12pts in a month to -46, his lowest level ever, including a 34pt drop among Labour voters All Britons: -46 net rating (down 12 from 13-14 Apr) By 2024 vote Labour: -5 (down 34) Lib Dem: -13 (down 12) Conservative: -76 (up 1) Reform: -94 (down 5)

CFP: Join us for The Art of Politics - a workshop on the aesthetics of repression, resistance & reparation, co-convened by Melissa Chacón, @sara-de-jong.bsky.social, @drharrietgray.bsky.social & me for the inaugural BISA/ISA workshop. All details below 👇 www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

I’m so privileged to be at a conference on ‘Remembering comfort women’ at SOAS today, learning about the politics of remembering wartime sexual violence from some fascinating scholars and discussions.

I’m late to this, but I’ve just realised that the first article from a brilliant SI I’m editing in the Journal of Gender Studies has been published! Katie Stone’s compelling work on how museums can mobilize memories of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) for progressive social ends,

Ended. Up. Ended. Up. endedup

Female defence workers say sexual harassment not addressed after MoD allegations

New article, "Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death During the COVID-19 Pandemic", with @mjbayly.bsky.social and @dryunahan.bsky.social, out today in ISQ : academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

‘This is not a problem of the past’: Jaysley Beck’s death shows toxic misogyny persists in the armed forces

Speaking for the first time after the death of Jaysley Beck, 19, a fellow recruit says harassment of women is widespread and hard to report as the men close ranks

Our thoughts are with all those who loved Jaysley Beck We run specialist independent support for service men, women & their families who are experiencing domestic or sexual violence- regardless of where you are based #EnoughIsEnough #ArmedServices www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘A piece of meat in a tank of sharks': Friend of Jaysley Beck describes misogyny in Army www.itv.com/news/2025-02...

This week a Coroner is investigating the circumstances of teenage soldier Jaysley Beck’s death. We’ve already heard a lot of evidence about the alarming behaviours of her immediate boss and an allegation of sexual assault that was not investigated.

The forces can be a lonely place for anyone experiencing sexual harassment or assault and it’s important to get outside support. Please contact our lovely friends at: @SaluteHerUK @AuroraNewDawn @Forewarned_AWAW @WaceMorgan @BoltBurdonKemp @CRINwire @ForcesWatch @ForcesLaw

2x funded MA scholarships for Palestinian students at the University of Sussex. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

Before we hurtle to the next stage of Gaza’s calamity, we owe it to them, and ourselves, whatever our politics, to pause and open ourselves up to the fullness of the little lives that were snatched away. Goodbye to the children of Gaza. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of the real problems is that too many people conveniently believe the opposite of diversity is merit, and the opposite of inclusion is high standards. Yeah, that’s just not the case. (See: Pete Hegseth among countless others.)

🚨 What does it mean to undertake feminist research on conflict, violence & peace? We reflect on dilemmas and how to make friends w/ uncertainty in @millennjournal.bsky.social 🚺 @drmmartind.bsky.social @priscyll.bsky.social @marieberry.bsky.social NancyTapias journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🙋‍♂️I've got an article in the new issue of Millennium: Journal of International Studies. It's about the intimate relationship between liberalism and war and you can find it published open access through the link below.

I have been involved - in collaboration with some fantastic activists who have all created memorials across the USA commemorating sexual violence - in making a toolkit for planning and designing SV memorials. It can be downloaded for free here: gbv-memorials.org.uk/resource/a-t...

I am so honoured to be PI on one of the 11 new AHRC-funded projects focused on ending GBV using creative, participatory approaches. I'm working with Mexican non-profit organisation La Casa Mandarina to explore how ARTivism can create new knowledge about how people navigate everyday vulnerability

Apply to our MA in Gender and Politics!! It’s a really exciting postgraduate programme, exploring the complex relations between gender and politics from many angles (e.g., political theory, political economy, public policy, and IR). www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr... @drharrietgray.bsky.social

Interested in #criticalmilitarystudies and #LGBTQ ? Read two recent articles by @elinberg.bsky.social and myself on how the Swedish Armed Forces use #pride and #queerness to justify re-armament and promote specific notions of Swedishness at home and abroad! A 🧵

We are launching a new MA in Gender and Politics at Department of Politics and International Relations (UoY). It’s an exciting programme, exploring the relation between politics and gender from many angles. Please, spread the word! www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Powerful reporting on sexual violence in the British military: ‘It was a hunting ground’ #MST www.theguardian.com/society/2023...

New article out in The Conversation: ‘No one would ever speak up again: servicewomen feel military culture stops them from reporting sexual assault’ theconversation.com/no-one-would...

I have a new paper out in the RUSI journal, co-authored with Nicola Lester and Emma Norton of the Centre for Military Justice: Servicewomen’s experiences of the Aftermath of Sexual Assault in the British Military: Blame, Shame, and Betrayal www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fence sitters may want to pay attention! “The UN Special Procedures at the Human Rights Council releases a genocide warning. “We remain convinced that the Palestinian people are at grave risk of genocide,” Israel’s allies also bear responsibility and must act now” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Another day, another story about how toxic British military culture is for women. Militarism is underpinned by patriarchy and misogyny. amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...