“All of this can seem intimidating. You feel like an imposter.” – Racially minoritised museum staff member @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social @roaa-ali.bsky.social‬ @uomsociology.bsky.social‬ on the heritage industry, institutional whiteness and the limits of inclusion. #OpenAccess buff.ly/NtDEu6L

📢 Fresh off the press! The Endurance of Whiteness in a Museum by me & @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social out now @thesociologicalreview.org We examine how whiteness persists in the UK’s CCIs, focusing on limits of decolonisation and anti-racism in museums. 🔗 buff.ly/NtDEu6L #OpenAccess #RaceAndCulture

⏰ Reminder! Happening this Thursday: The making of pragmatist feminism in Arab American women’s cultural productions 🗓️ 19 June 2025 🕐 1–2:30pm (UK) 📍 Manchester & online Exploring #ArabAmerican #Feminism, #Theatre, #CCIs. 🔗https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:g1y7-m8h9ru3v-2zen9c

📢 Giving a talk soon! The making of pragmatist feminism in Arab American women’s cultural productions 🗓️ Thurs 19 June 2025 🕐 1–2.30pm (UK) 📍 Manchester/online Hosted by @ethnicityuk.bsky.social events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... 👀 Join if you're into #ArabAmerican #Feminism #Theatre #CCIs

The UK’s Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) passed a BDS resolution today. 📣 It took an amazing group a lot work, but the vote was overwhelmingly in favour.

📺Recording now available of our latest seminar: 📌‘Unhelpful & redundant’? Identity, inequality & the BAME controversy 🗣Brett St Louis @uomsoss.bsky.social youtu.be/_QHx9wIXJFw

🚨 New blog: ‘Diversity Caused the Crash’: The Racism Disguised in Meritocratic Discourse. Trump may have moved on to destabilising the world stage, but the racial logic that shapes his administration is alive and well. Full post: preview.collateral-journal.com/index.php?co... #racism #Trump

🗣Racial health equity & the question of Black (non?)being: Exploring the uses of Afropessimism in approaches to anti-racist health promotion - Tanisha Spratt (KCL) 📆1-2.30pm Thurs 15 May 2025 (hybrid) events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... @uomsoss.bsky.social @basssocial.bsky.social

"The frantic rush to turn our memories into a personalized Miyazaki greeting card is [..] even more pointedly a testament to our love for ourselves, and seemingly no copyright concern nor sanctity-of-art instinct can stop us from fulfilling it." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Hello Bluesky community👋 I finally made it here. I research & write on diversity and ethnic inequality in CCIs. An open-access article I co-authored with the brilliant Bridget Byrne @culsoc.bsky.social might be a good intro to my work: The Trouble with Diversity: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...