Really powerful thread here:

This sounds AMAZING

Our edited volume _Sick Jokes_ is officially on the @manchesterup.bsky.social website!! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187970/

Are you a museum, library, gallery, archive or heritage organisation looking to fund a substantial, collaborative project with at least one community group? Apply for a Spaces, Places & Belonging Community Hub Project Grant by 12 June 2026: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/3)

Our first knowledge exchange workshop on Cripping Knowledge Exchange with speakers Dr Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, Dr Daniel P Jones, and Khairani Barokka took place on 26th March. Watch the recording and read the blog by Turana Abdullayeva here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Your job shouldn't be your whole life #Academia

[at space coven] Andy Weir: beep boop submitted for the approval of the space coven, i call this the story of the martian Weir: it is a story about the cold triumph of science, with no distracting theme or motif Weir: only science Weir: beep boop

Your job shouldn't be your whole life #Academia

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Reposting this feature article we wrote about the legendary Harlow, an icon of Trans Joy and a testament to the importance of community and allyship for all queer people: share.inquirer.com/kPwMRH

There are some romance novelists who try very hard to write completely apolitical books, which you can tell because everyone is white and straight and lives in small town US and votes the same way ahahaha you think that's not a political statement

Here's the latest list of new publications on popular romance fiction. It's literally an A-Z this month (Allan to Zhang), with items on YA romance, Black romance, defining "tropes", translation, illness, readers and more.

It's the last day of the Trans Rights Readathon! Have you checked out the fundraiser auction? www.32auctions.com/organization... I did just check it out because I have an item up for bidding in there, and oh my good god.

I've got a new academic book out today! Audio Erotica, by me and Athena Bellas, looks at the rise of erotic audio content directed primarily towards women, focusing on four major apps. It's expensive, obviously, but if you work in a university, I'd love if you asked your library to buy it!

New article in Oral History by me, Sarah Mason & @livideehistory.bsky.social based on our experiences of research with Irish women: ‘Out in the open:reflections on researcher well-being and emotional honesty in oral histories of trauma’. DM if you don’t have access! Thanks @oralhistsoc.bsky.social.

Delighted to announce our first research talk at the Byzantine Disability Hub! A fascinating lecture by Prof. Glenn Peers that connects Freaks (1932) with Byzantine ‘healing’ imagery to offer a rethinking of disability, representation, and embodiment. 🗓 9 April 2026 ⏰ 6pm GMT / 1pm EST Online

This is the most Orkney story ever:

This has come up a bunch in the last few weeks in discussions with past and prospective clients (and check out our interview with @susandrjonesarts.bsky.social where Susan mentions it). Transcription support can be an accessibility tool for researchers, as well as a tool for accelerating research

"At 19, she begins college. She learns she is bad at math and will never be a marine biologist (calculus required). Two years pass, and 24,000 spawn are reabsorbed back into her body."

Team building exercise

Online team bonding

Last week on Wonkhe: Brianah Carter and Kathleen M. Quinlan find that the everyday labour of navigating predominantly white spaces shapes how Black British students see themselves – and their education

Ok step one is to make them look less delicious

Sometimes authors write characters who do not express that author’s experiences and opinions

That the patriarchy is a bad thing, apparently.

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Stewardess: is there a doctor on the plane?? Me: I’m a doctor of literature! Stewardess: Me: this situation is reminiscent of an online joke format from the late 2010s, but the “doctor on a plane” joke extends back significantly further to anxieties around air travel and the meaning of a titular-

The words 'a new DfE consultation on DSA' elicit an immediate eyeroll, deep sigh, and distinct state of déjà vu. Will I respond to the consultation? Probably. Is there any point? Probably not. wonkhe.com/blogs/dfe-pr...

The dismal tide accelerates, sweeping from Coventry through Sheffield Hallam to London South Bank. 1/2

When Danny received his diagnosis & a truly awful ed psych told me not to be optimistic about his future, an older (male) colleague at work told me I should think about giving up my career. My whole working life has involved caring responsibilities, & yes academia continues to be inhospitable

Congrats to the new Centre for Medical Humanities at Otago which is having its launch event right now. At a time when it is very difficult to start new academic endeavours, a lot of mahi has gone into getting the new Centre off the ground.

Has anyone considered just Not Ask your doctor if just Not is right for you

Oh, that's cool. A book I'm in (Gothic Dreams and Nightmares) has been longlisted for an IGA prize!

Every reader has a favorite romance trope but they are rarely studied by scholars... Or at least it was so. Our new multi-authored Note, "Defining the Trope in Romance Fiction", synthesizes ideas and discussions on this topic. Follow the link to read: doi.org/10.70138/ECM... #RomanceResearch

Ooh definitely one for the reading list!

✨Times ticking! Get your ideas in now ✨

Some of the top/most interesting papers in this month's neurodivergence research, rounded up for discussion, by me. Enjoy!

This is a great free resource Cervical screening for Trans+ Autistic people: A tool for self advocacy By Georgia Rivers and @kmunday.bsky.social heyzine.com/flip-book/0a...

Under-staffing is an accessibility issue.

Hang it in the Louvre. Or the home, office or classroom. artologica.etsy.com

Thank you so much to those of you who came along to Tuesday night's panel discussion on Transcription for Racial Justice, and even bigger thanks to our three fantastic panellists, @elisney.bsky.social, @divyampersaud.com and @wardasworld.bsky.social >

When I got my PhD one of my advisors told me to always negotiate for as much money as possible because I would ultimately be doing so much invisible/unpaid race labor compared to my white peers. I’ve been thinking about that warning a lot this week. I heard it then. I understand it now.

The recording and transcript from the UNSW online symposium on emotional labour for disabled people is now available: www.unsw.edu.au/edi/diversit...

If you've been looking for a neurodiversity-affirming space to share your work on music and neurodivergence, our network’s first conference is accepting abstract submissions. I’d love to read what you’re working on! Deadline is April 13: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

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Reiterating how much I appreciate this annual act of public service by @romgothsam.bsky.social.

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i have exciting newssss Rowling: there'ss a new harry potter out King: a new harry potter?!?!?! King: OMGG I AM SO EXCITED! Poe: steve, no! Poe: we discussed this Poe: you know what the harry potter profits are used for King: i King: yes of course King: King: but

Here are my reflections on the #CopimConference - thanks again for the bursary to attend 🥰

“What would a neuroqueer pedagogy be?” Find out in @ombretarragnat.bsky.social 's new article (in French) referencing the Neuroqueer Learning Spaces project & Cavendish Space work I have been developing with @stimpunks.org genre-en-cours.education/b8e876ff-236...