@meghanetinsley.bsky.social comments on the importance of representation in memorials in this article about delays to a proposed Muslim war memorial by @weronikas.bsky.social in @hyphenonline.com @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social hyphenonline.com/2025/11/05/m...

well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What are your favourite interdisciplinary journals that invite submissions outside the conventional article format? I’m thinking of poetry, reflection pieces, even visual art. @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Friendly reminder at Anchorage airport security to leave these everyday items at home. #Murrica

The @greenparty.org.uk internal election results have given me a renewed sense of hope. With @zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social & a strongly trans-inclusive, pro-Palestine GPEx, the Greens are creating space in party politics to fight the far right.

Not “an American city.” A city. Any city. It shouldn’t be normal for armed US military to engage in law enforcement in any city, anywhere. But much of the outrage taking hold right now treats the US empire-state as exceptional.

Kudos to the vegan society for curating this brilliant exhibition on the past, present and future of veganism 🌱! The exhibition is a great way to learn about veganism and also teach your kids about it. The exhibition ends on August 23rd. #vegan #govegan #vegangreens #vegangreensuk

I’m in there. A billionaire at Meta stole six publications from me, including the first article I ever published as a PhD student. I’ve just added my name to the potential lawsuit.

It’s 2 weeks since my 40th birthday, and I’ve made the pleasant discovery that it’s now slightly harder for mansplainers to dismiss me with ‘In MY day, young lady . . .’ I can talk about ‘my day’, too, mate. And capitalism has always been the problem.

‘The removal of statues is not a symbol of decolonization, but an act of it.’ theintercept.com/2025/08/08/t...

Congrats to our colleagues Andreja Zevnik, @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @meghanetinsley.bsky.social for winning the BISA 2025 EDI Prize Their Decolonial Praxis project is transforming how we think about equity, knowledge & collaboration in international studies 🔗Read more below:

I actively discourage my students from postgrad study in the US. Even if they get a visa, they’ll face surveillance on campus. This isn’t to excuse the UK (where pro-Pal speech is also under attack), but to dispel illusions about the US as a land of opportunity. www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-chan...

Delighted to have received my contributor copy of The Routledge Handbook of the History of Paris since 1789! Gemma King and I have a chapter about a particularly ambivalent postcolonial ruin. It was a pleasure to work with @kory-ory.bsky.social @amandasvincent.bsky.social & Erin-Marie Legacey.

It feels a bit surreal to be writing about the contestation of statues in Martinique inside the Bibliothèque Schoelcher, directly across the street from Joséphine’s broken plinth.

This is what happened when I used an English-language AI tool to transcribe a French-language interview. The good news is that I don't think AI will be taking over the world any time soon. The bad news is that I might be having a stroke. 😂

Heading back to Manchester after a wonderful week of fieldwork and workshops on decolonial praxis at the University of Ghana.

I am begging people to acknowledge the fact that US foreign aid and “humanitarianism” has coexisted with a decades long bipartisan (!!) track record of destroying democracies and propping up dictators and authoritarians across the globe. The “aligning” did not begin with Trump and Elon Musk.

When ex- @labouruk.bsky.social voters say ‘they’re all the same’, this is what they’re talking about. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I just received Miguel Montalva Barba’s new book from @brisunipress.bsky.social. Looking forward to this timely read from the Decolonisation and Social Worlds series. @alimeghji.bsky.social @jairofunez.bsky.social

Really enjoyed listening to Ajmal Hussain present his research on memory, belonging, and (not) being ‘left behind’ in Stoke-on-Trent. Looking forward to reading his book! @ethnicityuk.bsky.social

My new hobby is jumping on US citizens who complain about needing a ‘visa’ to visit the UK. 1. ETA is absolutely nothing like applying for a UK tourist visa. 2. The US has required the equivalent for 15 years. 3. Passport privilege is alive and well. 4. #abolishborders

Closing Monday: expressions of interest in ‘Sociology in the Times of Genocide’, a spevial section of @sociologicalreview.bsky.social thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

What is apparently a ‘distant era’ for the NYT is literally every day in Palestine.

The government is pressing on with eVisas for non-EU migrants despite not completing an equality impact assessment Campaigners warn the switch to eVisas could cause problems for older residents and those lack reliable internet access By me, for the Observer: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

'Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his extremist far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France' Great piece by @aurelmondon.bsky.social theconversation.com/jean-marie-l...

Thorough (positive) review of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right by David Renton - really pleased he found the book useful! @antoniavaughan.bsky.social @meghanetinsley.bsky.social @joanbraune.bsky.social livesrunning.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/m...

SEMINAR 📌Leaving being ‘left behind’: itineraries of operation & resistance in a post-industrial English city 🗣Dr Ajmal Hussain 📆1-2.30pm, Thurs 16 January 2025 (hybrid - all welcome) @uomsociology.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leaving-be...

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A timely read in France and Britain alike, as Starmer continues to cosy up to Farage.

CfP from @sociologicalreview.bsky.social: In the face of the genocide in Gaza, how can we mobilise our sociological imaginations to “envision radical alternatives” and work towards “the future we wish to see”? thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

Today, the @britsoci.bsky.social Postcolonial and Decolonial Study Group is in Edinburgh to host ‘Palestine calling: How do we respond? Sociology in a time of genocide’. Participants will discuss history, pedagogy, and activism on and off our campuses. We’ll theorise for the sake of organising.

If antiracism is to survive the attacks on it – and build foundations that will last beyond feel-good vibes – it needs to be more than ANTI something. What is the future that it is FOR? Join the conversation with John Solomos ↓ @baggieyiannis.bsky.social See more: www.politybooks.com/...

Yep. Once the veil lifts, you realise how much you’d normalised that fear. I’m still anxious about health insurance and gun violence whenever I visit the US, but now I’m conscious of it. And knowing that these are deliberate, totally avoidable policy choices makes me really, really angry.

Fascinating piece on fetishising and rewriting the past. theconversation.com/what-the-not...

It really surprises me whenever a uni admissions office asks the applicant (rather than the referee) to upload a reference letter. Doesn't that make the letter less trustworthy? I'd never write a negative letter for a student, but I still think of references as confidential.

Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵

On workplace day of action, Manchester students, staff, and community members unite to call for an end to the scholasticide in Gaza. @umucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social

Looking forward to reading this!

The #manchester @greenparty.org.uk made history today by passing the divestment motion! The #GMPF will now be urged to divest from #fossilfuels & #arms companies! This was a huge effort that mobilized several hundred residents to email their Councillors to say to #divest ! #politics #climatechange

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This is my PhD alma mater. I chose BU because it was one of the very few US depts that created institutional space for postcolonial sociology. Many grad union organisers also came from this dept. Critical thought & labour rights are linked, despite BU's attempt to pit them against each other.

#manchester residents please take a minute to email your Councillors bit.ly/gmpfdivestemail and ask them not to fund climate destruction and wars 🙏🏼 #gmpf #divest #bds #politics

Hello again, sky people! I’ve been quiet for a few months, but in light of recent events, I’m giving this place another try. I do miss what academic bird place used to be. I hope to create space here for postcolonial memory politics and liberatory social science. Also veganism. And cats.

Mancs on Bluesky, I need your help! My parents are coming tomorrow, with dreams of Christmas markets and festive cheer. . . but the markets are closing today. Where can I take them that's Christmasy (and, ideally, warm & dry)? So far I have Alty Christmas Market and Manchester Craft & Design Centre.

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New book review! My nephew hasn’t started talking yet, but I think I can safely say that he likes my book. The cat on the windowsill is reserving judgement, though.

Ever more invasive, ever more hostile. Visa monitoring continues at the University of Manchester. mancunion.com/2023/11/27/s...

It was fun chatting with Chantelle about what statues mean, and why toppling them isn't 'erasing history'. Have a listen to this episode of Surviving Society about the research Gary Younge, Chloe Peacock, Ruth Ramsden-Karelse, Sadia Habib & I conducted for CoDE! open.spotify.com/show/4MktUtJ...

I was delighted to nominate Vicky Blake for General Secretary, and I'm looking forward to voting for her!

Calling antiwar protests on Remembrance Day 'disrespectful' is 0% new and 100% on brand. State-led commemorations of war are all about taking control of national memory and delegitimising counter-memories. They're also about delegitimising dissent in the present. This isn't 1/