Please: if you have Indefinite Leave to Remain and are eligible for citizenship, apply now. In 2015, I went through a terrible divorce. I was on a marriage visa, and my ex reported me as illegally in the UK in order to get me deported. It was VERY scary. Your rights can disappear in a flash.

who knew?

Also the e-book version of my book Invisible Labours is always free! :)

Let me elaborate my disagreement with @zackpolanski.bsky.social in a 🧵. The scenes on our streets are not "the consequences of decades of austerity" but of centuries of racism propagated by the British ruling classes to rationalise the social order they have constructed at home and abroad.

Share your skills and experience with someone beginning their career in #deathstudies. We are still looking for mentors for the ASDS Early Career Mentoring scheme. Find out more and apply by 22 September. deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ @ddd17-2025.bsky.social

We hope you are able to join us for two new (free!) online events this autumn. The first is next Wednesday 17 September with Rolando Nooks from Compassionate Reprieve. Find out more and register here. deathandsociety.org/online-event... #deathstudies #criminialjustice #deathtech #grief

The Association for the Study of Death and Society @asdsdeath.bsky.social usefully record their online talk series, so my talk on: 'Death situated in life: Personhood, pregnancy loss, and the politics of death' is available here: deathandsociety.org/online-event...

Diana Wynne Jones is the best.

Child mortality used to be 50%. As recently as 1950, 25% of children died globally. Now it’s 4% globally, and 0.3% in some rich countries. A large part of that is better public health and vaccines. Republicans are trying to take us back to the past. ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...

If you have published anything, please consider doing this. The window is closing and you should get your details registered now for a chance at a settlement. The form works wherever in the world you are based.

With news of a reported settlement with Anthropic I went back to check the class action form and it now allows authors outside the US to input their address, so it may be worth adding your known pirated titles (from the LibGen pirate database) www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

More than 20 people have died on Wednesday in a torrential spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, where downpours have swept away entire villages over the last week, killing more than 400. u.afp.com/SQuv

Slightly diminish a band: Orange Squash

Mood

Do you have experience of ✴️ HINDU ✴️ SIKH ✴️ MUSLIM ✴️ AFRO-CARIBBEAN ✴️ Or other UK minority funeral practices? It’s so important to recruit diverse interview samples for research studies, and at the moment I’m simply not getting that right. I’d love your help to do better.

This is on my desk waiting for August reading! :)

Do you work for a bereavement service? If so, pls take a look at this v. short survey for a project we are running to support the analysis of qualitative client feedback data. Open until 31 July. There'll also be a focus group on 17 Sept - see flyer. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cardiff/be...

Tomorrow ⬇️

Happy to see this out in one of my fave journals - led by @crismontenegro.bsky.social We unpack distinct contributions of PPIE & qual sociology, suggest why they are at times conflated, and why they shouldn't be.

Mood for the days ahead.

Missed our conference opening plenary with @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and @johnmacartney.bsky.social? You can now watch it here ⬇️ www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/mo...

Stark stats from survey of UK research institutions: - 48% choosing not to bid for some funding/join collaborations - 44% reducing internal funding schemes - 41% restricting applications for certain funders/grants And these numbers have gone up quickly 1/4

Excellent points about the integrity basis of qualitative research and its poor fit with LLM "AI". Much also applies to the sort of standardised checklists of 'research quality' I'm currently filling in for publication...

Thank you to Carol Kingdon for a thoughtful review of Invisible Labours! and to @pregnancylossie.bsky.social for pointing it out. :)

I see that yet again nothing has been learned from the annual “putting mid-career funding deadlines in school holidays is not great, especially for women” debate.

👀 TODAY at 12 - lunchtime online talks: ‘Reproductive Politics & Pregnancy Loss'. Me, Ruth Graham, Ella Dyer, hosted by BSA Human Reproduction Study Group. forms.office.com/e/2tXXXj59cy @britsoci.bsky.social @bsaecf.bsky.social @spspa-uofexeter.bsky.social

What role do online algorithms play in women's experiences of grief and remembrance after miscarriage? Good question. Let's find out... #miscarriage #algorithms #socialmedia #onlinesafety

👀 THIS FRIDAY - lunchtime online talks: ‘Reproductive Politics & Pregnancy Loss'. Me, Ruth Graham, Ella Dyer, hosted by BSA Human Reproduction Study Group. Friday 20 June 2025, 12:00-13:00 (BST) forms.office.com/e/2tXXXj59cy @britsoci.bsky.social @bsaecf.bsky.social @spspa-uofexeter.bsky.social

Really exciting to finally have a hard copy of this thoughtful, rigorous and thought-provoking piece of scholarship. Highly recommended summer (or any other time of year!) reading for anyone interested in borders, migration and/or reproductive justice. Congratulations @drglonergan.bsky.social

Interesting to see that the limit for ERC Consolidator Grants is going up to 15 years post-PhD!

Despite my best efforts, we are back here… if anyone is looking for a socio-legal / medical law researcher do let me know! Particularly interested in all things #childbirth, #obstetricviolence #reproductivetechnology and #consent but absolutely not fussy at this stage 📚

My wife Karen has curated a small exhibition of work by comedians performing at this year's Exeter Comedy Festival. It's upstairs at Exeter Picturehouse and it's great. Featuring: Spencer Jones, Joanna Neary, Emma Hughes, Olaf Falafel, Bec Hill, Will Adamsdale, Kev Mud and a nepo husband (me).

This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays

open.spotify.com/episode/02kZ... #podsky

On International Women’s Health Day, we're highlighting this #OpenAccess FREE to read title in #MedicalAnthropology and #GenderStudies INVISIBLE LABOURS: The Reproductive Politics of Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss in England by Aimee Louise Middlemiss (@almiddlemiss.bsky.social): bit.ly/3wj2vGl

On International Women’s Health Day, @berghahnbooks.bsky.social have this #OpenAccess FREE to read title in #MedicalAnthropology and #GenderStudies INVISIBLE LABOURS: The Reproductive Politics of Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss in England by @almiddlemiss.bsky.social bit.ly/3wj2vGl

THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly. This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here. Please read and share! 0/11

Delighted to see myself and Dr Deirdre Duffy's @dnduffy.bsky.social article out. This is important research we carried out for the review of the Termination of Pregnancy legislation in Ireland.

“I’m struggling by making this choice. I’m sacrificing things that I could do if I just put my kids in day care.” – Olive, Canada @patriciahamilton.bsky.social & Charlotte Faircloth @tcru-ucl.bsky.social on how Black mothers invest in their children’s development. #OnlineFirst buff.ly/AptYdDY

At a time when the criminal justice system is closer than ever to complete collapse, those electronic books people have made the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller #StoriesOfTheLawAndHowIt’sBroken a Kindle Monthly Deal - an absurd 99p. Read. Learn. Get freaking furious. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075...

‪REMINDER #WHAI2025 is open for Registration until Fri 16 May. Theme is Women & Loss. We are almost at capacity so don't miss out! Book Here 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s @judybolger.bsky.social #History #Skystorians #GenderHist #IrishStudies #Speirgorm

Keir Starmer unveiled Labour's immigration white paper, while using a very divisive language that scapegoats migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum. Solidarity with everyone who is now worried, anxious and scared. Remember that you are not alone - many of us fighting for migration justice.

Thank you @martinmckee.bsky.social for your evidence today at #covidinquiry. Made clear we haven't fixed failings to respond to next pandemic 👇 That's why we urging Chair to call Pat McFadden MP to update us on Govt response to recommendations on preparedness. Need action now! @cbffjuk.bsky.social

It was notable that the concerns in South Korea were already high enough in December 2019 for them to be going through the recommendations from lessons learnt from MERS pandemic. PPE manufacturing, test development, isolation facilities, comms strategies rolled out in Jan. 🇬🇧 Gov not even listening

I don’t have a lot of capacity to deal with this but I just found out the sixth edition of the Disability Studies Reader is out. Four years ago a bunch of disability studies scholars, activists & artists protested our inclusion in this textbook. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

If you still haven't registered... all the details are here. See you on Wednesday. deathandsociety.org/etn/death-si...

Thank you Stephanie Pearce and OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying for a thought provoking review of my book 'Invisible Labours' on the politics of pregnancy loss @berghahnbooks.bsky.social. And thank you @pregnancylossie.bsky.social for sharing!

We're looking forward to hearing from Aimee Middlemiss next Weds on personhood, pregnancy loss and the politics of death for the third in our series of free, online #deathstudies events. Book here. deathandsociety.org/etn/death-si...

'Elite universities making contextual offers can have a “significant” impact on widening participation and, while there is still an awarding gap compared to their peers, there is little evidence of these students being “set up to fail”, according to a new study.' 1/2