PhD life = stationery life. I didn’t make the rules!

Here’s my heads up: if you’re intending on submitting a PhD proposal with the hope of funding, in the UK that’s usually due around Christmas…. Now (not a week before the deadline) is when to start having those conversations with potential supervisors! It’s not too soon!

Make sure you’re signed up to the @feministtheology.bsky.social mailing list to get the link for this event - it promises to be a brilliant panel on an essential subject! mailchi.mp/a5e743737064...

"Incredible Women: Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Gender Bias" 📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams 📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests. 🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!

I’m pleased to announce I will be a panellist next week - Weds 17 September, 18:30 BST, for a 1 hour webinar on the reasons why women’s pain is ignored, dismissed or denied (based on Eilidh Galbraith’s research). If you are a medic, or are a woman who knows pain, do join us for the discussion!

Low key hope that the winners of the #tfl #strikes are both the workers and the Londoners that decide they can cycle to work!

Although it's rarely expressed in outright terms, people often use a very simple heuristic when solving fashion problems: they wish to look rich, which is often disguised as "respectable." I will show you why this rarely leads to good outfits. 🧵

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Next week is going to be awesome. Please note that Cultivating a Feminist Preaching Imagination will be at 7:30pm BST and not 7pm. Apologies to those in Aus/NZ for the early morning - yes, it is 16th Sept (corrected flyer below).

Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public? Yeah, me neither. #ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP

Massive hi and welcome to those joining us after #bntc2025 Below is an outline of our upcoming online events for Sept-Nov. We figured we would recirculate for everyone, since we all start new diaries in Sept, or maybe that's just me...

I've had similar reservations about this text. faithtides.ca/the-first-na...

Delighted to see so many people getting something from @karenod.bsky.social's Survival Find out more and order your copy here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Just reading this by @karenod.bsky.social , find myself feeling affirmed, it's very permission giving, and a gift to anyone awakening and learning to live post trauma....thank you Karen

If you’re thinking of PhD or Professional Doctorate study, check out the brilliant ecumenical range of supervisors @westcotthousecam.bsky.social for all kinds of projects! PhDs can start in Sept, Jan and April - get in touch for more info! #study #theology #doctorate #phd

Our next Associate Supervisor introduction this week is Revd Dr Benjamin Aldous, Principal Officer for Mission and Evangelism at Church Together in England (CTE). Ben’s areas of research include mission, ecumenism, Asian and intercultural theologies, amongst others: buff.ly/vXPwXsc

Oh! Okay, y’all! 🙏💙 I made another color version, and will have them in a week or so, if you’d like to order one: riverriverbooks.org/store/Read-W...

For *reasons* the required movie watching on a theology writing retreat are: Prince of Egypt Hot Fuzz Alien The Eras Tour I don’t make the rules!

Led by Dr Flo O’Taylor, Associate Lecturer at Westcott House and featuring lectures taught by a range of specialists in the field, our short course in Christian Spirituality East & West introduces its traditions, exploring themes such as desert spirituality, monasticism, icons & more buff.ly/B1WcNT0

Oh no! It’s the time of year where I become convinced that particular kinds of planners and notebooks will completely change my personality and make me a better person… help!

Dr Rebecca Watson's our second Associate Supervisor being introduced this week. Tutor in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Director of Studies at ERMC, Rebecca’s areas of expertise span Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the Psalms, the relation between biblical and Canaanite religion, & more: buff.ly/JtAgEqr

Okay, this is perhaps not the best way to organise such things but I've gone through the usual list of people. If any of you bluesky CofE clergy have PTO in the Diocese of London and are free on Sun 31st Aug in the morning please get in touch? I'm trying to find cover for two services. ✝️ #CofEPeeps

Is it OK to post jobs here? Hoping so, as we're recruting 7 3-year Research Fellowships as part of a new Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Slavery in War. (More details below). Please share widely, and apply! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

this is too real

People who develop CPTSD in adulthood (yes, it happens-- a lot) are most often victims of coercive control & systematic deception by people or organizations they trusted. Coming to terms w/ that kind of trauma involves processing grief, disbelief, & shame.

Biblical scholar oriented friends; I inherited an out-dated course on Women and the Bible. Crowdsourcing your your favorite things (readings, units, learning activities, written assignments etc.) for undergrads on the subject of gender, wo/men, trans and queer approaches, and the bible?

AAR collaborative reseach grants stimulate cooperative research among scholars who focus on collaborative interdisciplinary work with scholars outside the field of religion. Apply by September 22, 6 PM ET: aarweb.org/award/collab...

AAR individual research grants provide support for important aspects of research, such as fieldwork or travel to archives and libraries. Apply by September 22, 6 PM ET: aarweb.org/award/resear...

@aarweb.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.

Looking for a new challenge, or perhaps seeking to build on or deepen your understanding of Christian Spirituality & Theology? Registration for our 2025/26 short courses is open. We offer a range of modules, taught as part of our ARU MAs, but which are open to everyone. More details: buff.ly/tC38R3N

NT job opening: Trinity College Theological School in Melbourne, Australia, is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Biblical Studies (New Testament) commencing February 2026. trinity.currentjobs.co/job/lecturer...

My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show… #skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky

Our summer sale continues - check out these and others on our website to enjoy reductions on theology across our lists Cc @revdwillrm.bsky.social @jennstraw.bsky.social @evepoole.bsky.social @drkatiecross.bsky.social @karenod.bsky.social 📚

If you wanted the simpler "flyer"... (apologies, I didn't get it finished until later on). Do sign up to our community if you haven't already and want to join us at any of the listed events.

Oh we’ve got a fun few months coming up in the @feministtheology.bsky.social Sign up to the mailing list to get links to these events and more! mailchi.mp/a5e743737064... #feminist #womanist #theology #community #christianity

So many fab speakers at @feministtheology.bsky.social this autumn! Join the mailing list: mailchi.mp/a5e743737064... #feminist #womanist #theology #christian #church #community

'Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research [led by Sam Rickman, LSE] has found.' 1/2

Art by Darren Cullen | www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/single-post/...

Welcome to those of you just linking up with us on here! Reminder that the SUAW session is on this afternoon 2pm-4pm (UK time but open to all FTN): check our latest email for the link. If you want to join our community and haven't yet done so, please use mailchi.mp/a5e743737064... to request info.

Been silent for a while due to terrible bout of Covid & the brain-fog it’s giving me But I’m thinking clearly enough to know this is going into my Wisdom literature-slides

Grief after Miscarriage and Abortion: A Pro-Choice Response Bertha Alvarez Manninen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just a reminder that if you haven’t already joined the Feminist Theology Network and want to be part of a supportive, inclusive, vibrant place for feminist & womanist research, you can do so here mailchi.mp/a5e743737064... @feministtheology.bsky.social #feminist #theology #womanist #community

Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.

Hey America, you ok? You've barely touched your CHECKS AND MOTHERFUCKING BALANCES

If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.

🟣 Today is #EctopicPregnancyAwarenessDay & we want to share that Ectopic Pregnancy Ireland & the PLRG have collaborated on a new resource that we will be publishing in September @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Oana Sânziana Marian, @rionacotter.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social #NotJustAStatistic

We’re editing a book on reproductive justice in Latin America and invite extended abstracts (800 words) by Nov 30, 2025. More info: tinyurl.com/2298h4c5

Me: [submits something to a publisher] The boy: oh great, now you can relax over the summer Me: [trying not to make eye contact with the 4 other things I thought I could finish this summer] ummmm… sure?

Can you help me spread the word? I’m hiring: FOUR part-time freelance roles Across TWO jobshares, 1 x sales & marketing, 1 x admin & operations All to support my disabled-majority intersectional UK-based social enterprise Deadline: 5pm Friday 1 August I’m excited to hear from you!