Concerns are growing that social media emphasises negative experiences of hormonal contraception – but using social media does not necessarily mean a rejection of medical information, say @kristina-s.bsky.social and Lily Roberts @uofgsociology.bsky.social‬ tinyurl.com/mr2v8aa3

In October, I wrote about how Trump’s potential presidency could impact reproductive rights in Scotland. Never did I think it would be as explicit as the US veep spouting fear mongering, nonsensical lies about Scotland’s buffer zones. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

‼️new paper klaxon‼️ An absolutely brilliant thread on this paper & the importance of thinking about what we cede for short-term ‘feminist’ wins- esp. poignant in this particular political moment. It’s also a GREAT thread on persevering through academic bullshittery. Read the thread, read the paper 👇🏾

"It was a bit barbaric" Following a Parliamentary report on the poor state of healthcare in the UK @kristina-s.bsky.social argues that Scottish contraceptive coil users deserve better in The Herald Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2487...

I’m going to use my first post on Bluesky to share an event happening on 26th February in Glasgow, a screening of my film @freedomtorunfilm.bsky.social a film based response to the issues raised by my PhD research. Free but ticketed event. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freedom-to...

BUILD YOUR OWN POWER Look at this incredible gig we are running in Glasgow for the Transfem Electrolysis Project! We are using it to help fund affordable community healthcare providers. Tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/645050/

Honoured to have a co-authored article (with the brilliant David Abbott & Ned Coleman-Fountain) in this issue on gender & sexuality in personal assistance/self led social care. Content warning for homophobia transphobia & abuse in the text. Read here bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

'Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture ' One-day symposium 21st May 2025 @lborouniversity.bsky.social Keynote: Professor Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths): ‘Top Girls No More? Gender After Neoliberalism and the New Far Right' Deadline for abstracts 22 January shorturl.at/EH6e5

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📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!

The genocide in Palestine did not start in 2023, and it will not end with a ceasefire in an apartheid settler colony. Still, I hope it will save some lives. The fight for true liberation continues — Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

Newest issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social out today - link below. If you think academic publishing needs to change & you work on public health, do consider publishing in, & otherwise supporting, this journal as they forge a new path, away from commercial publishers. It can't be easy but amazing to see

UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study Britons 39% worse off than Dutch equivalent due to housing costs 44% higher than western European average www.theguardian.com/business/202...

New article from Isaac Hoff & I exploring the cost of living crisis (COLC) as an example of a media 'keyphrase' which obscures the longer term, systematic problems which produce the crisis, and which promotes short-term ineffectual solutions from politicians. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

If you're thinking more about what the criminalization of abortion and pregnancy is going to look like moving forward, we invite you to check out this resource and start making the connections between the criminalization of reproductive, sexual and gender-based care and policing and criminalization.

As the temperatures plummet, we'd like to remind you that you don’t need to have a reason to come to GWL to spend time & keep warm – just come in, make yourself comfortable & let staff know if you need any help. We may not be able to meet all your needs but here’s what we can offer:

Our article on pain in medication abortion is currently free to read in #BMJSRH. We look at the issues that arise when pain is worse than expected, and the confusion that can come from comparisons with 'period pain'. srh.bmj.com/content/51/1...

Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal. Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion. Submission deadline is 13 January. buff.ly/4izyRjO Keffiyeh artwork: buff.ly/41uSBir

Hi Bluesky! I wrote for @pillowtalkscot.bsky.social on the pain experienced during coil (IUD) fittings, removal and use, and the changes to reproductive healthcare contraceptive users in Scotland would like to see 1/2 pillowtalkscotland.substack.com/p/contracept...

The report on our first year of the SRJ Scotland project - including the collaborative workshop in Glasgow in May - is now available here: oro.open.ac.uk/101754/ We v much hope this is the start of a wider conversation through 2025 and beyond. @ingridkyoung.bsky.social @julier282.bsky.social

What angers me about much of the reporting is it's framed as "choosing to have a hysterectomy" - wtaf? more reporting from India: Purnima Sah, BehanBox (2022): shorturl.at/9AcSu Patralekha Chatterjee, the Lacent (2019): shorturl.at/inhVo Devyani Nighoskar, Al Jazeera (2019): shorturl.at/U8TFb 1/

Comma's Basma Ghalayini joins Sami Hermez at Edinburgh's #RadicalBookFair, seeking to untangle how Palestinian narratives are framed, rejected or passed on in the world. 🗓️Nov 21 (7:30-8:30pm) 🎫https://lighthousebookshop.com/events/to-tell-our-stories-the-journeys-of-palestinian-narrative-rbf-2024

New peer-reviewed article from the Trans Pregnancy Project, free to read, download, and share! We look at how men and non-binary individuals carrying a baby often seem to be perceived as fat rather than pregnant, and explore what this means for the intelligibility of gendered bodies.

📢Applications now open for a *FUNDED* PhD studentship to develop an abortion pain scale as part of the Gender Pain Gap project. Closes 31st Jan 2025. Get in touch if you'd like to discuss. wels.open.ac.uk/research/res...

A couple of our upcoming events - next Friday 22 Nov we are collaborating with the Scottish Queer International Film Festival and Pillow Talk on Making Masculinities, a short film screening and discussion event at the CCA in #Glasgow www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/making...