Correlation is not causation.

“The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.” — William Zinsser #WritingSky #AcademicSky

On #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, and as attacks escalate and mis/dis-information spreads, a reminder: this starter pack can help get you started in finding some excellent Bluesky accounts sharing data & information on sexual and reproductive health. go.bsky.app/6WuJVjj

Abortion should be safely accesible if/when/how people want them #SafeAbortion

Gracias a Flor Halfón en el Primera Mañana de @cenital.com de hoy por traer este valiosísimo artículo de @revistamu.bsky.social de 2022 en donde se discute el concepto de femicidios territoriales para ligar estas tramas de violencia #NiUnaMenos lavaca.org/mu177/la-tra...

Abuela, hija, nieto: tres generaciones y un mensaje 👇

Tristeza. Dolor. Furia, mucha furia. Justicia para Morena, Brenda y Lara #NiUnaMenos. www.pagina12.com.ar/860562-el-tr...

Heading to the World Health Summit in Berlin in October? I'll be popping up to give the keynote at this excellent side event organised by @medico.de - do come along www.plattformglobalegesundheit.de/defending-th...

The point is not only to make parents, families, and people feel guilty; the *main* point is to make *women* *be* guilty. This whole shebang is deeply tied to the Trump's administration efforts to return women to their 'proper' roles in hearth and home and to police their bodies and their choices.

Hey students 👀 We have three awards recognizing those who are studying quantitative/computational geography and spatial studies. Whether you’re an undergraduate, a master’s student, or a PhD candidate, there’s at least one award given to these students annually. Learn more and apply by October 15! 👇

Access to safe abortion is a matter of health, rights, and equality. The UK has made the top 10, but at 73% we're a whole 21% behind the leader! Where does your country stand? 🗺️ 🔗 Check the @epfsrr.bsky.social Abortion Atlas to find out: www.epfweb.org/node/1156 #abortionatlas

Great to speak to @theguardian.com's Rhiannon Cosslett about men, children, and fertility tl;dr: I think any notion of a fertility 'crisis' is a load of inflammatory, unscientific nonsense 1/3 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @qmul.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

The @redpolitologas.bsky.social #NoSinMujeres (Network of Women Political Scientists) will be the topic of the next seminar of the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) at Princeton University. More than happy to share the floor with Julieta Suarez-Cao. @gvagrad.bsky.social

📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.

Check out the feminist theory section call for the next European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), to be held at Newcastle University 15-17 June 2026—Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment. Please share widely and join us in Newcastle! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

🌍📢 Call for Papers!! Urban Studies seeks submissions for a special issue on Climate Urbanism, Resilience & Justice — exploring how cities confront the climate crisis, risk, & inequality. @urbanstudiesjournal.com @acuto.bsky.social  www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/callforpaper...

For two weeks beginning Sunday 28th September 2025, Alliance for Choice will be hosting an Abortion Information Pop-Up at the new PS2 space in Rosemary Street Belfast in partnership with Ulster University. (1/3)

What a wonderful launch of @cordyf.bsky.social's book! Now available (for purchase AND free via Open Access!) on this link: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/magic-misopr...

La lucha sirve 👊🏽

Si los senadores no ratifican las leyes en qué plaza los colgamos?

This is happening two days from now, sign up if you haven’t yet!

Toda la evidencia LAMENTABLEMENTE parece apuntar en esta dirección 🫠

📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣 🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation. 🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...

On Thursday, Sept. 18th, I'll have the honour of joining @cordyf.bsky.social in the launch of her new book 'Magic Misoprostol: Reproductive Justice and Abortion Liberation in Latin America'! Do come along, it's free (and online!):

One incentive to celebrate my birthday in this hemisphere is that it's technically still summer... where's the summer?! I second this motion. Anyway... happy birthday to us!

Woohoo! Congratulations on Sick Of It being shortlisted @profsophieharman.bsky.social !

Are you on our newsletter mailing list yet? 👀 Register here for quarterly updates about global abortion issues 🌎 👉 www.saafund.org/register Check out our latest newsletter here: mailchi.mp/saafund.org/... #ReproSky #Abortion #Repro

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply! PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Our Annual International Conference wrapped a week ago! 💡 To see what happened when 2,100 geographers from around the world gathered together, have a look at our latest news: http://bit.ly/3I3WIuB. We’re already getting excited for next year! #RGSIBG25 📷: Neill Bell-Shaw

Angela Rayner's position was untenable once she was found to have breached the ministerial code; she had to resign. But, as a working-class woman in high office surrounded by wealthy men, she had a symbolic importance that makes her resignation a real loss to British politics

🏛️Join my academic team at UCL. Still time to apply for: * Lecturer Humanities Data Science * ✅Full time ✅Open ended ✅In lovely London 💂‍♀️ ✅Closes 15 Sept. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOI089/l...

Ley de emergencia en Discapacidad, adentro. ♥️💪💪♥️💪♥️

Are you working on documentation, policy, or advocacy around gender‑related violence? Pre‑register for the English edition of the virtual course Data & Feminicide: Theory & Practice, organised by Data Against Feminicide and ILDA, with support from IDRC. 👉 datoscontrafeminicidio.net/course

I am absolutely thrilled that the inaugural Special Issue GeoHumanities Journal call for Abstracts has just gone live here: www.aag.org/journal/geoh... GeoHumanities 2028 Special Issue: Critical GeoHumanities: Solidarities, Humanitarianism, Scholarship-Activism and Creative Political Engagements.

Postdoctoral Researcher #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 Background in Middle Eastern studies, Asian studies, East European studies, African studies, or Latin American studies 🏫 Charles University ⌛ Tuesday 30 September buff.ly/tW5wph8

En este reel te mostramos cómo podes usar el motor de búsqueda de la Plataforma de Estudios sobre Movilización y Protesta Social. Datos únicos sobre las tendencias y características de la protesta social en Argentina entre 1983 y 2020.

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

I love conferences only because I get to meet all my amazing academic friends like @mtslep.bsky.social !

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

I used to live tweet conferences in The Other Place, and I wish I’d done it for @rgsibg.bsky.social here on Bluesky… but alas, here are some impressions from the past three days at the University of Birmingham #RGSIBG25

Have you had the chance to take a look at our EDITOR'S CHOICE collection? 👀 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit... All papers are now available ✨FREE ACCESS✨ until the end of October.

Un río, una autopista o las vías del tren: el cine nos ayuda a entender cómo las diferencias socioeconómicas se expresan en el territorio. ✍️ Federico Poore

Looking forward to co-hosting a double session on Geographies of Trans Creativity this afternoon with Ed Kiely and Ezgi Yilmaz. RGS-IBG 2025 Birmingham, 14:40-18:30, Muirhead Building, Room 122

Are you a geographer researching issues of public relevance? Join us for The GJ's 'Meet the Editors' event at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference! 13:10, Wednesday 27 August, Muirhead Room 113 Ft.: @beckcollins.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social @trivikrama.bsky.social Paul Milbourne

Tomorrow morning at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference, we are hosting a panel on “What is, can be, and must be critical geography,” organized as part of @acme-geography.bsky.social 1/3 #geosky #RGSIBG2025 #ACMEJournal #CriticalGeography

Attending the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference and curious about the Political Geography Research Group? We're sponsoring more than 30 sessions this year, and having a friendly lunchtime social on Friday 29th - all welcome to join! More info: polgrg.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/t... #RGSIBG25

Research fellowships "A region on the move: Accelerated human mobilities and multiple circulations in Latin America and the Caribbean" CALAS Maria Sibylla Merian Center. calas.lat/en/convocato... If you are interested in migration and/or mobilities, check this fellowship.

If you are a trans academic, or an academic who feels you cannot apply for these fellowships because they are trans-exclusionary, you should consider writing to Newnham College to let them know.

🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social. 💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations. 👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y