Coming in November from @brisunipress.bsky.social, In the Aftermath of Empire explores the impact of British imperialism on gender and sexuality law in four jurisdictions. Please tell your libraries to pre-order! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/in-the-after...

Such a nice day at work today. Hearing @kevinguyan.bsky.social talk about his work for a GLINTS event; catching up with some of my favourite colleagues; meeting new colleagues for interesting research & teaching plans; & being called out on my fashion choices /dressing smart by @kenglish.bsky.social

My work Outlook added Text Predictions. When you type “Hi” it suggests the name of a person in a ‘to’ line. I had to turn it off because every time I sign off an email it suggests Heather as my name. I don’t even have any colleagues called Heather. Kinda miss Microsoft Clippy. Probably knew my name.

'Early findings from the first National Disabled Staff Survey (NDSS), completed by 837 disabled staff across 127 institutions in 2025, expose deep structural barriers that undermine wellbeing, career progression, and retention.' 1/2

My excellent academic pal @carolineleicht.bsky.social (former colleague now working elsewhere) has students working on zine assessments for a queer & feminist class. It will be submitted & they will share them in a zine party(omg!). So I just submitted to one because that’s true academic friendship.

Call for book chapters: abstracts by 16th March 2026 Rethinking queer ageing: The significance of geo-temporal contexts. Edited by Linn Sandberg, Rebeka Põldsam and Rebecca L. Jones (me!) Academic understandings of LGBTQ+ ageing are dominated by Anglo-American contexts, which means that [...]

Sociology of class lectureship @uomsociology.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL973/l...

Our @sgsss.bsky.social Advanced Training is here! Help me and @drfigtree.bsky.social reach the PhD researchers looking for creative tools, supportive practices, and new ways of imagining scholarly life. Apply by 10/03/26: forms.gle/GD7ixJ4JDvpx... @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

@uofgussp.bsky.social has a fab community of participatory researchers. Now advertising for RA w participatory methods experience to join us and work across two of our large grants: @healthmod.bsky.social and @changingrealities.bsky.social

Rest / Free time / Leisure & #Disability If you know UK-based Disabled People's Organisations or other community groups / collectives that are currently interested in exploring the topics mentioned above from a 'political' perspective, please recommend! #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityRights

📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender. doi.org/10.1111/tran... The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.

Ok because I’m a nerd who keeps everything have 5 essay titles I wrote in uni (only ones I titled myself) across multiple subjects: 1. The impossibility of ending 2. “More than a woman, more than a man” and other “words that don’t fit”: exploring transgender in Hedwig & the Angry Inch and Trumpet 🧵1

Ok 5 classes I took in university (across different degrees, universities & subjects but in some kind of chronological order): 1. Meaning and Representation 2. Writing and Identity 3. Epic 4. The Cultural Politics of Gender and Race 5. Equality and Human Rights Stirling had the best course titles.

My partner (who’s an AHP) is on a course at work today. He has just messaged me: “So this course is about outcome measures but it looks like it’s mainly quantitative. I would’ve thought healthcare would want to look at qualitive too”. I am so proud. But also expect he is going to be disappointed.

I’ve been writing a very silly creative submission for a feminist law journal about the FWS Supreme Court judgement. It might never see the light of day and it might not be funny. But I really recommend making jokes in the face of the rolling back of trans rights. If nothing else I had a nice time.

We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope by making a quilt that will stretch over 50m long 🎨 Make your own patch 👇 goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...

Super excited to share the cover of my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals! Jacob’s Transition Goals is about an 8 year old transgender boy who starts playing football for his local boys team. It’s a joyful story that I wish I’d been able to read when I was a trans kid. Out April 21st! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

These tactics – which mirror the anti-trans politics of the Trump administration – is about changing something within trans people rather than changing the signage on toilets and changing rooms. Read here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/0958... #data #trans #gender #queer #research #LGBTQ #UK

Time is weird. I’m tired. I’m going to bed. When I wake up the year will be new and I may or may not still be tired. May your tomorrows be better than your yesterdays.

NEW Tressa Burke of Glasgow Disability Alliance turned down MBE over ‘scapegoating’ of people with disabilities www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Annnnnnd breathe. My out of office is on. I will be doing no more work for the rest of the year. In fact until the 12th of January. If anyone needs me I’m sorry I’m far too busy eating chocolate. Pictures of your pets are alway welcome though.

Pleased to be interviewed for this much needed piece on the rising transphobia in higher education. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trans-s... (Archive link: archive.is/oYqXS)

It’s my last campus day before Christmas (will still be at work next week but from home). Please enjoy my excellent rainbow Christmas shirt.

I’ve been coughing and losing my voice for months (currently unexplained but I don’t have an infection). We’ve reached the point where lovely students are emailing me with home remedies because they are concerned. These are some of the joys of teaching. Not the coughing. We’d all like that to stop.

Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

Happy BSA @britsoci.bsky.social abstract decision day to all who celebrate. Don’t know where I’ll work in April. Do know I’ll be in Manchester for BSA conference. That in itself feels like a comment on where sociology is as a discipline. Excited for conversations with colleagues old & new in April.

Can anyone point me to any public health campaigns (ideally video) from during Covid19 which in some way say "stay apart to stay safe" or similar messaging? I know the UK ones, but I want an example from further afield (reposts appreciated)

Ready to merge sociology with art? Applications to the 2026 cycle of the Image-Maker in Residence series are now open! We seek to commission four online residencies that showcase experimental methodologies and ways to disseminate research beyond plain text. APPLY NOW – buff.ly/TD5raNw

Qualitative research isn't a consolation prize for when we can't get 'real' numbers. It's a different way of knowing; one that captures complexity, context, and meaning that statistics alone cannot provide.

An excellent resource from one of my favourite colleagues. And students on our Media Research Methods course get to hear from @kenglish.bsky.social with their lecture on questionnaires and surveys next week! (Please don’t ask me about numbers. Kirstie Ken is here for numbers. I only do words).

Have been included in a collection of online resources for teaching research methods produced by the @ncrm.ac.uk . www.ncrm.ac.uk/documents/Th...

Today I had a work meeting and there was a dog. There is no happier Harvey than a Harvey with a pet friend. Please introduce me to your pets. Will travel for pet friendship.

This is an excellent paper and brilliant contribution to queer/crip temporality scholarship. It’s also a really important confrontation with some of ways UKHE harms us. As a disabled academic it was at times a difficult read(in a good way I think). I’ll definitely read it again. Thanks for your work

A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor (Self Esteem) arrived in the post today. This is the very first page which says “trans women are women. Kindly shut this book if you think that is up for debate.” This will be great.

On Tuesday we launched the new Glasgow Lab for Intersex, Non-binary & Trans Studies! Thank you to everyone who came to the launch event & my fellow co-directors. It was a great evening & the first of what Iam sure will be many fantastic GLINTS events.

This just arrived in the post. So that’s my weekend sorted. I actually think I might reread book 2 first. I think this follows on immediately and I don’t remember it as well as I could. It did come out 6 years ago. Anyone else thinking the same? Anyway I have high hopes for this.

Thanks to everyone who came to the GLINTS launch yesterday. Great to see so many academics, students & supporters. Excited for the possibilities of this new space. Thanks to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & co-directors not on here

In a couple of months it’ll be 30 months before the end of my 30s. I like music & chocolate. So I’m thinking I might commit to once a month having a nice bar of chocolate & listening to a full album I like for 30 months. I have some in mind but recommendations for chocolate very welcome (albums too)

Actually former university I have changed my name with not only do I not want an email in my deadname I also don’t want an invite to an alumni street party, SU club night, silent disco & alumni TED talks. The stuff of actual nightmares.

We're starting a new 'ArtsLab' (research network) in trans studies at Glasgow! It's very exciting and I hope that in time we can become a real centre for research in this field. Find out more - including details of our upcoming launch event - on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art...

This is really exciting to see - GLINTS launches this month @uofglasgow.bsky.social and will provide a multi-disciplinary, cross-College space for academics and research students working in trans studies.

Lucy Pickering and I first talked about research ethics nearly 30 years ago. Now we’re launching a call for chapters on experiences of ethics review. Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 More here 👉 helenkara.com/2025/10/08/e... #ResearchEthics #CallforChapters #EthicsReview

Interdisciplinarity is fun because it’s something job ads in humanities HE say they want but it often feels like it actively disqualifies you (in the sense of having degrees in, and published in leading journals of, multiple distinct disciplines). Everyone believes you’re not in their discipline.

Just got my Covid and flu vaccines. The eligibility for Covid jabs has been reduced (by both NHS Scotland and NHS England) but loads of people can still get the flu jab. It was super quick and not busy at all. Get jabs pals. It’s way cooler than getting sick.

The new Idlewild album came out today. It’s pretty good. Excited to give it a proper listen over the weekend. These are all the opinions I have on albums that came out today.

If you are a @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff or student interested in intersex, non-binary and trans studies join us for our GLINTS launch event later this month on October 21st: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glints-lau... also enjoy this image of some our publications (books and zines!) from our stall.

Yesterday I had a fab time meeting folk from @uofglasgow.bsky.social ArtsLabs & talking about our new Glasgow Lab for Intersex Non-binary & Trans Studies co-organised with colleagues inc @uofgsociology.bsky.social. Thanks to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social

My partner just told me about tattie scone nachos & I was unimpressed. Tattie scones on crisps is too much potato! Turns out tattie scones are instead of crisps. Now I’m on board. Anyway that’s our level of culinary delights if anyone has eat out recommendations for Edinburgh for his birthday in Nov