You bet!

Any recommendations for recent readable books/articles on feminist approaches to sex, for a young woman? I've already recommended my go-to uk.jkp.com/products/how... but am looking for something where the feminism is more explicit. A lot of the popular books I'm finding are quite binary about [...]

Also about #LGBTQ #GlobalDevelopment #InternationalDevelopment #Decolonisation #Co-production #ParticipatoryMethods #Rubin #Reflexivity #HistoricalContext #GeopoliticalLocation #OnlineAndDistanceLearning #ODL #EducationalDesign and many other things.

New open-access article from me, thinking about how we design sex ed about contested topics, and reflecting critically on 20 years of teaching about sexual and reproductive health and rights. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#BisexualVisibilityMonth reminds us visibility isn’t just coming out. It’s being seen at every age, in every body, in every identity. In BWQ's Aging Issue, Jaxx Davis shares how disability, queerness & age shaped their unapologetic bisexuality. www.biwomenquarterly.com/aging-is-mak...

@sexedforbiguys.bsky.social @biprideuk.bsky.social @bicon.bsky.social

I have finally got round to reading this article www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... about crip time and being an academic with an energy limiting condition. It feels as if it was written especially for me. Thank you @drbevans.bsky.social and the other authors.

Men are often underrepresented in research about bisexuality, pansexuality and related sexual identities, so it's great to see this PhD study looking for life writing contributions from bi+men. You can write in English, Swedish or Polish and find out more here www.biarkiv.se

Pope Hot Cross Bun Bread VII I'm not sure whether my gender or my unseasonal consumption of hot cross buns is the greater barrier to my election.

Have you ever faced redundancy? Our new guide: 'Redundancy Support for Over 50s – A Guide for Union Reps' with unionlearn from the TUC engages with both employers and with members over 50 who are experiencing redundancy.

I am thinking more about airport special assistance, in the light of conversations about care & in/inter/dependence at @enas-agestudies.bsky.social Recognising the reality of everyone's interdependence is critical. But at an airport the environment is so controlled and so fatigue-unfriendly [cont.d]

I love Spanish trains! So fast, so comfortable. I don't understand the ticket pricing system - I've twice got tickets significantly cheaper than my travelling companions despite them booking in advance and me buying at the station just before travelling, but it's a total bargain for my prices!

I have just spotted that Maricel is the figure in the photo I took in the cloister at La Seu Vella last night.Thanks so much Maricel and team for a great conference.

Summary of Bulgarian ageing policy shifts. 1950s sounds like UK policy for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems - large fairly self-sufficient institutions in the countryside. But only for men. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social

Aha, found @kassymbekova.bsky.social here. Thank you for such a brilliant paper!

Fantastic theoretically-sophisticated and emotionally complex paper from Botakoz Kassymbekova (Zürich uni) about ageing after hunger in Kazakhstan and Ukraine. A conference highlight for me. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social

These studentships are with several academics in the school, including me and @angelikipapadaki.bsky.social and cover these topics: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care Understanding the landscape, sustainability and impact of Meals on Wheels services in the UK

Yes! @socbarb.bsky.social's manifesto for her plenary. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social

I also love this use by @nicoledalmer.bsky.social of floorplans to make things more concrete, to enable young people to imagine tech in their later life. Really interesting findings too @enas-agestudies.bsky.social

I love this idea for a serious game. And not just for the rhyme in the name in French!

And the award for the most comfortable lecture theatre chairs goes to ... the University of Lleida @enas-agestudies.bsky.social So comfortable! I could sleep here (but will not, due to intellectual stimulation)

Ooh, my picture has been flagged for 'adult content'! I don't think it is, it's just cartoons of naked women in a not sexualised way. Maybe the fact I said 'sex shop' in the tweet as well set off the alarms?

'Ages of women' cartoon in a sex shop window in Lleida. I always find these fascinating for normative ideas about ageing and gender. They were really popular in the 18th and 19th century but I've not seen many modern ones that are not jokey. I don't think this one is jokey? But I may be misreading

I'm happy that my #LongCovid #CFS is okayish enough for me to attend a conference in Spain but noting #CripTax /crip inconveniences: 1) inaccessible station meant I had to get someone to carry my bag over the bridge 2) getting from the train station to the airport will tire me [cont.d]

On my way!

These look like really useful resources to support LGBTQ+ people doing research fieldwork, especially now. I haven't had a chance to watch the clips yet but the third flyer in particular is a great summary of key issues.

Great talk about many interesting things but including the tension between recognising inequality #100BlackWomenProfessorsNow and claiming the right to speak as an unmarked scholar #OUTalks @openuniversity.bsky.social

Recently promoted Professor @AzumahCarol is one of only 74 Black women professors in the UK - from more than 24,000. Read about her career, and her experience with the 100 Black Women Professors Now programme: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/e... #IfNotNowWHEN #100BWPN

Four countries that have successfully reversed democratic decline in recent years

Looking forward to this lots.

It's exactly four months to go, so what better date to open bookings for BiCon 2025? When: Friday 25th July - Sunday 27th July Where: Nottingham Girls' High School, Arboretum Street, Nottingham NG1 4JB More details, and a link to book, at 2025.bicon.org.uk

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

It is good that this Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research has been published. It is awful that it has to be published: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢 Their assessment also found... 1/3

Aha, the brilliant @elizabethascroft.bsky.social who is one of the hosts/creators/presiding geniuses of this podcast, and also a speaker on this episode, has joined Bluesky. Follow her SRHR, sex ed, global development and creative methods people!

In the Vagina Museum, a forest of menopause stories is blooming. We ask our visitors "what does a good menopause look like to you?". Every card contains a story, an experience, a hope, a wish or an intention as our visitors start a journey in reimagining menopause...

We have hit our target! The Vagina Museum is saved! This #WomensHistoryMonth, together we prevented the Vagina Museum from becoming a footnote in women's history. Instead, we made women's history. This community prevailed against overwhelming forces... in a single day. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

SRHR folk, sex educators, feminists, queer folk, anti-racist folk, spoonies, please consider donating to this brilliant, inclusive, intersectional small museum. Gerontologists too! (One of the current exhibitions is on menopause).

The government should not be balancing the books off the backs of the poorest. 📢 They should be asking those who make an income from their wealth, to pay tax at a similar level to those in work. Read more from @alfie-stirling.bsky.social: www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view... 2/2

The government is reportedly planning at least £6 billion a year in cuts to benefits for people with a disability or long-term health condition. These cuts risk pushing people already experiencing hardship and ill health even closer to the brink. 🔽 1/2

Two great new podcast episodes on youth sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in rural and island communities (Scottish Hebrides and Western Isles, Aruba, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago) where 'everyone knows everyone' open.spotify.com/show/1PdaQub...

This survey about meanings and forms of family for LGBTQ+ people allows plenty of space for self-definitions & free responses, whilst also being quite quick to fill in - a rare and welcome combination! The researcher is particularly looking to recruit more older people as respondents. Please reskeet

Mood: trying to set aside many deep anxieties and be more like my cat.

This week's midday talk was our most popular yet, on impostor participants in #QualitativeResearch. If you missed it, the recording is now up on our website www.quahrc.co.uk/training-sem... #ResearchMethods Join our mailing list to hear about future talks: www.quahrc.co.uk/join-our-mai...

I know very little about Van Morrison but strongly agree. Start your learning materials with the compelling stuff not the administrative throat-clearing (but do put that somewhere easy to find, maybe right after the juicy stuff. Which maybe makes it the quieter 2nd track rather than throat-clearing)

Oh joy! An opportunity to do just this. Reviewer 1: perfect as is! Reviewer 2: [minor useful suggestions to improve] Reviewer 3: [more challenging but valid comments]. Reviewer 4: this paper is reflexive and therefore biased and invalid. Thanks again @ginnybraun.bsky.social & @vicclarke.bsky.social

While some people like to vocally claim that the rights of cis lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people are “threatened” by trans rights, it’s worth reminding folks that the vast majority of us support trans and non-binary people in our communities. Our lives, like our rights, are secured together.

Full programme for our Spring Festival now live. 9 - 12 April in venues across CMK: 18 events with author talks, #childrensbooks, #writingworkshops and more. Spread the word! Details/tickets: mklitfest.org #literaturefestival #creativewriting #novels #miltonkeynes

LGBT+ History Month has taken place in the UK every February since 2005. The first ever LGBT+ History Month took place in America in October 1994, but February was chosen as the UK's LGBT+ History Month because Section 28 was repealed in England and Wales in February 2003. #LGBTHM2025

Want to refresh your online teaching skills or gain new ones? The free, updated @openuniversity.bsky.social MOOC "The Online Educator" relaunches tomorrow, 8 Feb! Join international educators from all stages of education to enhance your online teaching. 3hrs/wk, 4 wks. www.open.edu/openlearncre...