My paper on experts and trespassers that is part of a special issue 'Gatekeeping in science' edited by Eric Winsberg @ewinsberg.bsky.social and Katherine Dormandy is now out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.” The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there. jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...

“Snow leopards are found in just 12 countries across Central and South Asia. India is home to one of the world's largest populations, with a nationwide survey in 2023 - the first comprehensive count ever carried out in the country - estimating more than 700 animals” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“…at its core, (global health) history remains predominantly about flows of goods, services, and strategies along well-trod, north-south pathways" Randall Packard

Study of Apple Trees at Eragny https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16565

The Pine Trees of Louveciennes https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15030

Meadow at Bazincourt https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16617

Spring Morning, Cloudy, Eragny https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16911

Surveying recent research on changing culture and social norms in developing countries and proposing a simple framework to interpret these changes, from Eliana La Ferrara and David H. Yanagizawa-Drott www.nber.org/papers/w34784

Journal metrics: impact factor, cite score, and downloads on the rise, processing time shrinking, and an acceptance rate that does not make you lose the will to submit. #philsky #philpsy

"…[a] a superb study, which provides many exciting avenues for future scholarship." — AJS REVIEW #SundayReview #ReadUP tinyurl.com/38766n93 #JewishStudies #JewishMysticism #Kabbalah #Religion

The 3rd most downloaded APA article of 2025 dives deep into a big challenge for #qualitative researchers: #peerreview feedback that doesn’t align with their values and methodology. Check out the study in Qualitative Psychology: https://bit.ly/3NIXcbY @vicclarke.bsky.social @ginnybraun.bsky.social

Here's the Call for Papers on the journal website with details of the submission process, submission guidelines etc.: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... @ginnybraun.bsky.social @eileenjoy.bsky.social

My friend George has a new paper out in Synthese examining the distinctive badness of epistemic injustices committed against friends: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

For Matthew Fulkerson what makes it difficult to scientifically investigate #pain is the problem of psychological integration: doi.org/10.1080/0951...#pain#vol39issue2 #openaccess #philsky #philpsy 17/20

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.

'The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not. The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information.'

Investors' Undervaluation of Women’s Health Mirrors America's Devaluation of Women’s Bodies - Feminist Majority Foundation feminist.org/news/investo...

Few things more indicative of the liberal coalition’s learned helplessness

My short article on ‘ontological friction’ is out now! Super grateful to @evasurawy.bsky.social for the incredible support

I also think some people need to learn the difference between someone obviously pretending they support a thing and actually supporting a thing.

Annie James introduces the concept of ‘ontological friction’ to explore the medical and lived complexity of a form of menstrual pain. thepolyphony.org/2026/02/02/o...

Want to read some rad queer philosophy, in the form of short snazzy personal essays? Check out the most recent issue of the APA Studies in LGBTQ+ Philosophy, cheekily titled "Make philosophy queer again!" which I've edited! 1/

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

“Any person who keeps working is not a failure. They may not be great writers, but if they apply the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labour, they’ll eventually make some kind of career for themselves as writers.” — Ray Bradbury #WritingSky #AcademicSky

Affordable access to person-centered reproductive health care—including contraception—is crucial to bodily autonomy for all. #ReproRights101

I'm really excited to finally be able to share this after months of work - our new Project EPIC report on the epistemic determinants of health. With over 20 contributors, we make the case for incorporating this new framework into existing determinants of health models: bci-hub.org/documents/ep...

Support sought and offered online for miscarriage: content analysis of a Facebook miscarriage support group Sophie Callen & Melissa Oxlad www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What did #Hinduism look like 100 years ago? New in paperback HINDI HINDU HISTORIES dives into early 20C North India through 4 remarkable figures—a woman Ayurvedic doctor, a globe-trotting ascetic, an anticaste feminist, and a Hindu communist. #NewBookTuesday #ReadUP tinyurl.com/32ftshwm

Save 70% on White, Yellow, Blue, Red and Green. This series presents beautifully illustrated visual and cultural histories of the evolving roles and significance of colors in art, fashion, literature, religion, science, and everyday life across the millennia. press.princeton.edu/series/the-h...

Please register for our hybrid conference Oct. 16–19 on "Feminist Accountability and Transformative Justice"! Grad student & independent rates are very low if you register before Oct 6! The great abolitionist thinker Beth E. Richie will be our keynote. Info here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

In this study, Tamnes et al. explore the complex relationship between illbeing - including mental and behavioural disorders - and mental wellbeing.

..@ruipei.bsky.social et al. find that undergrads who perceive peers as empathic show better well-being but underestimate their peers' empathy. Simple interventions that reduced this perception gap boosted social behavior and connection.

A personal note: This paper was a long journey! We first submitted it in March 2023, and after a long and rigorous review process, it's finally seeing the light of day in September 2025. A testament to persistence! Huge thanks to the patient editors & reviewers at @femmediastudies.bsky.social

From the Archive: Andrew Barry, 'Pharmaceutical Matters: The Invention of Informed Materials' - argues that molecules should not be viewed as discrete objects, but as constituted in their relations to complex informational and material environments. (2005) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

On #NationalMushroomDay in the US, save 70% on Michael J. Hathaway's What a Mushroom Lives For! Discover how the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

'Kemi Badenoch has pledged to end “rip-off” degrees such as English, anthropology and psychology because, in her view, they provide weak job prospects. (Let’s ignore for the moment the £125bn that the creative industries are worth annually to the UK, or the 2.4 million people employed.)'

Nature Health will launch in 2026! We welcome submissions across the health sciences, including biomedical research, but also social and environmental sciences, including qualitative and mixed methods research. #health #medicine #publichealth Check out our website: go.nature.com/3Ylz5mc

Announcing Nature Health. Covering public, global and population health, Nature Health is now open for submissions. Find out more about the journal and it’s scope: https://go.nature.com/3Ylz5mc @naturehealth.bsky.social

📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology & Social Science Research Institute are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Reproductive Ecology Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations. 🔗

Minister for Health establishes Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority www.gov.ie/en/departmen... @roinnslainte.bsky.social

I agree with @benburgis.bsky.social's critique of the critique. I can be pretty analytic philosophy sceptical (see e.g. sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-...) but sometimes people just kinda flail in critiques, they basically just make stuff up about it. benburgis.substack.com/p/if-you-wan...

I’m excited to share my new homepage: www.regina-mueller.com It brings together my work - from medical and digital ethics to feminist perspectives. Take a look and let me know what you think! #Philosophy #Ethics #MedicalEthics #DigitalEthics #FeministEthics #Research

Physical activity identity is key to understand physical activity - but we don't yet understand how to strengthen it. This systematic review identified nine antecedents of physical activity antecedents, and discuss them in depth. Full text here: doi.org/p49m

Exploring the Abortion Stigma Hierarchy in Reproductive Healthcare Rikki Roscoe & Rachael Hernandez www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How can the ambiguity arising from discontinuity of our self and our illness lead to misunderstanding and alienation? Today's post is by Jodie Russell (University of Birmingham) on her recent paper “Prescriptive ‘selves’ and self-illness ambiguity”. #philsky #philpsy imperfectcognitions....

Check out the newest issue of #PractingAnthropology on Team Science: Integrating Anthropological Knowledge into Health Science Research with Guest Editors Gemmae M. Fix, Robin T. Higashi, and Dinorah Martinez Tyson at www.tandfonline.com/...#PractingAnthropology#SfAA #TeamScience

In this episode of the VOICES FROM THE PERIPHERY podcast, author Manu Bhagavan speaks on the theme of Forensic History: Erasure and the Writing of Women’s Biography on Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. buff.ly/6TslCBQ #India #ForensicAccounting #ForensicAnalysis #ForensicAnthropology

"Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty" #Free2DownloadAndRead www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month #BreastCancer is the most common cancer among women globally and represents approximately a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year. Breast cancer is highly curable if detected in its early stages and adequate treatment is provided.