My grandmother, who pretty much raised me when my mum was hospitalised during my childhood, had a large heart attack last night and has fluid in her lungs. Please pray for a gentle passage and for peace for those of us she leaves behind.

OUT NOW: Stop calling it “AI psychosis” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Just dropped my baby off for her first night with her dad. Co-parenting is hard.

OUT NOW: Stop calling it “AI psychosis” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Article is currently in press, but here’s the accepted manuscript for my comment piece ‘Stop calling it “AI Psychosis”, to appear in AI & SOCIETY www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Comment piece accepted in AI & Society 😀

Minor revisions for a Curmudgeon Corner piece in AI & Society ☺️

View of the weekend

OUT NOW: Encyclopaedia entry on Corpus Linguistics and Political Discourse, currently in the Reference Module for Social Sciences but to be published in the third edition of the International Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Number of job rejections without interview in the past five weeks: 15. Grateful for the one organisation that took a chance and offered me two interviews. Fingers crossed.

On a more positive note, I’ve had two abstracts for conferences accepted lately. I’ll be presenting on representations of ”AI psychosis“ in an online digital magazine at a CDA conference on AI in Warwick and at a BAAL Health and Science SIG online webinar ☺️

My little girl has been poorly and it’s so sad. :(

So, so pleased to have progressed to a second stage interview for a non-academic job I really want! Please cross fingers for me 😀

Excited to see that our TikTok paper has its first proper citation (i.e. one that isn't self-cited) in this systematic review in JMIR Mental Health on problematic smartphone use and screen time in non-clinical samples with ED psychopathology: mental.jmir.org/2026/1/e88572/

I think I’ve reached the end of the road with academia. Sad to say and hard to accept but my reality is I can’t be as mobile as I need to be and I’m just not a good fit for the many jobs I’ve applied for coming out of maternity leave. Time to move on.

Really fascinating linguistic post on peptides and the wellness industry that makes reference to our paper on TikTok and ED content in relation to a metaphor I'm fascinated by at the moment: 'down the rabbit hole'. makingsciencepublic.com/2026/03/06/p...

Very comprehensive and insightful new entry on Language in Brexit Discourses by @veronikakoller.bsky.social which makes reference to findings from my book Constructing Brexit Britain! www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Welcome to CRAL! We research how language is used, taught, and learnt in a whole range of authentic contexts in the world around us. 🌏 Stay tuned to find out more about exciting projects and events! #uoncral #languagelearning #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #linguistics

Confs: Discourses of Crisis: Language, Communication and Culture in Times of Polycrisis

Daughter has started trying to crawl. Where did my baby go?! 🥹

Even *if* machines could do these jobs better than humans, why would we want them to? If we outsource intellectual curiosity and critical thinking to machines, what is left of the human? As one of my students frequently tells me, “unbridled convenience rots the soul”

At least the day started with some good news: Major revisions on a paper I had thought would be rejected! It took three months to find reviewers for it and it was my first writing endeavour while on maternity leave, so I’ll take it 😀

My daughter woke me up at 4am this morning so apologies in advance to people I have meetings with today 😴

OUT NOW: Encyclopaedia entry on Political Discourse for the International Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Thanks to you, we are one of the UK's biggest funders of eating disorders research.💚 However, research into these serious illnesses is still far too underfunded, receiving just 1% of all mental health research funding. See how you can support our work: bit.ly/3OZiPFC #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek

Delighted to have been an academic project lead on this animation addressing eating disorders from the perspective of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds edifyresearch.co.uk/resources/56...

Their words remind us that we need different perspectives and new voices to broaden our understanding of eating disorders.

Eating disorders can affect anybody, from any age, sex, gender, and background. Yet limiting stereotypes still exist about who can be affected by eating disorders. #eatingdisordersawarenessweek #EDAW youtu.be/JBmOI8xKAc8?...

Can’t say I’ve ever had an altmetric score of 115 before! It’s testament to how important the research on TikTok algorithms and eating disorder content really is #eatingdisordersawarenessweek #EDAW

Happy to share a journalistic version of our article on how people with #eatingdisorders experience #algorithms on social media. How social media draws vulnerable users back to eating disorder content – new research theconversation.com/how-social-m...

Important piece in The Conversation by @paula-saukko.bsky.social which makes reference to our article in Journal of Eating Disorders about vulnerable young people finding themselves in spirals of eating disorder content on TikTok - in part due to algorithms. theconversation.com/how-social-m...

Today I’m preparing my chair notes for the Social Media & Eating Disorders workshop with Beat taking place tomorrow. I’m chairing the final two sessions on online communities (problems, perspectives and possibilities) and final reflections. www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-informat...

As part of #EatingDisorders Awareness Week, we're inviting everyone to our film screening by four EDIFY artists-in-residents as they share artistic translations of eating disorder experience and research Register now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/commu...

Delighted to have been an academic project lead on this animation addressing eating disorders from the perspective of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds edifyresearch.co.uk/resources/56...

Daffodils in the vase and sun in the sky. What a beautiful day. ☀️

📢New chapter: Emotion talk in UK parliamentary debates on migration I look at the rhetorical use of explicit references to pride & gratitude, shame & regret, fear & tolerance Free to download: www.peterlang.com/document/147...

Last year I received funding as PI for a co-production project called Empowering Recovery. In collaboration with Beat and some wonderful experts by experience, we co-produced digital resources for posting and scrolling with purpose when facing ED content: edifyresearch.co.uk/resources/53...

Well, surpassing 200 citations is pretty cool.

It's #EDAW2026! Read our paper on young people's views on TikTok algorithms and eating disorder content... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Newly published Gold Open Access book-Representing Migration: discursive&methodological perspectives. A result of great teamwork as part of the RECRI project @Jaume I University. Very happy to have contributed a chapter with P.Johnson on migrant advocacy narratives www.peterlang.com/document/147...

This is wonderful! One for the Beginnings of English lot at University of Nottingham - I learnt Old English there and can just about manage most of it with difficulty as it's been about 8 years since I read OE. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Sign up here: www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-informat...

Eating Disorders Awareness Week starts on Monday. On Thursday, as part of EDAW, I’ll chairing a session at the CPD-certified social media and eating disorders workshop organised by EDIFY and Beat. I’ll be talking about co-production and also about key reflections and opportunities in this area.

Baby now reading: Goblin Market.

Going through the break up of an 8 year relationship while 6 months postpartum is just really, really tough. Not much else to say, really.

Would you like to apply for the Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships at Tampere University with me as your PI and join our masterclass to prepare your app? Get in touch with me (or another prospective supervisor from @pluraltampere.bsky.social) by 27.4. www.tuni.fi/en/research/...

OUT NOW in Language Teaching: our conference report on our 2024 BAAL/CUP Seminar on linguistic approaches to short-form social media www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Softcover book has arrived! We much prefer it to the hardback.

View of the day.