Been on about race & discrimination for a while now. Or rather, attempting to theorise it in my work. You know what breaks the heart the most — it’s the lived experience accounts. This one below is from a Black woman lawyer in France & what she had to endure as psychological damage due to racism.

👇🏻https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas

THIS 👉 c.org/yzqFx4qvpX

The r/teachers subreddit is full of stories about lists of teachers who criticized Charlie Kirk (many listings without evidence) and harassment campaigns to get them fired. Free speech and open debate my ass. It’s the same as it always was—another way to destroy education

A must read for teachers and education providers re: the glorification of AI for classrooms etc. 👉🏻 codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

M. C. Escher (1898-1972), “Puddle” (1952), woodcut in colours, on Japan paper, 32.3 x 24 cm (image).

When you strip away humanity

“#famine is the last calamity hitting the people of #Gaza Hell in all shapes. “Never Again” has deliberately become again. This will haunt us." Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

having thought about this for three days, my current status is: what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.

Vous avez dit judéo-chrétien ? France Culture va plus loin avec l'Invitée des Matins d'été de @juliegacon.bsky.social : Sophie Bessis Excellent éclairage à écouter

What radicalised you ? Le marché du travail et mon père.

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Although not exactly a #ModWrite, today I'm taking online modules offered by the Education Training Foundation in preparation for my PGCE course in Further Ed 🤓

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces. #JournalismIsNotACrime

Pls sign the petition to protest France's unfounded decision to suspend evacuation of Gaza students. France has enforced collective punishment. Students from Gaza & Palestine should be welcomed in our universities as we witnessed demolition of theirs. Add your voice. framaforms.org/arret-des-ev...

In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ils n'écoutent pas les sondages. Ils n'écoutent pas les scientifiques. Ils n'écoutent pas les manifs. Ils n'écoutent pas les élections législatives. Ils n'écoutent pas les pétitions. Ils n'écoutent pas les conventions citoyennes. Ils n'écoutent pas la Justice. Ça a un nom tout ça.

Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

This #ModWrite I took some notes on Maria Lugones’ 1987 paper “Playfulness, ‘World’-Travelling, and Loving Perception” - thinking of Woolf, Beauvoir, Arendt, Ahmed. I needed and am very grateful for the humaneness of her crystal-clear prose ☀️

Today’s #ModWrite will be spent there 👇🏻 A necessary & exciting conference, beautifully conceived by @marinerouch.bsky.social for @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥 A thousands ‘brava!’ and thanks for all this important, dedicated work ✨

Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

Breaking news: The Trump administration is planning a major increase of deportations to Guantánamo, including citizens of Britain, France and other allies. Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.

The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.

MASS LOBBY AGAINST EHRC GUIDANCE Trans+ people and allies - join us in Parliament on the 25th June Register and find more information on our website: transsolidarityalliance.com

The government has already responded to this in its usual doublespeak manner, but the petition is still live and could do with a fair few signatures to get to the parliamentary debate level. Does anyone know 13,000 people they could persuade to take a minute to sign it?

Just signed. UK citizens and residents, please do so too 👇🏻 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them. Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure. grant-watch.us/nih-data.html @rcmedphys.bsky.social

Samuel Fitoussi, chroniqueur au Figaro et investisseur, après un livre "antiwoke", publie l'essai "Pourquoi les intellectuels se trompent", encensé sur de nombreux plateaux télé et radio. L'enjeu va bien au-delà des supposés "intellectuels". Ce livre est non seulement problématique mais dangereux🧵

The government is trying to get rid of special education plans in mainstream schools. Petition to retain assessment and support for SEN kids here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

So I'm pleased to share a livestream link for 'No: The Art and Activism of Complaining,' which I will be giving at QM next week. For those who can be there in person, sorry Bluebell won't be in pup. I would love meet & sign books & share killjoy solidarity. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sara-ahmed...

Working on my paper for the upcoming international Woolf conference this #ModWrite - excited but scared; scared but excited! 🤓 Anyone else freaking out a little re going back to in-person conferencing since before covid...? 🙈

"Gaza's erased future." A crime against humanity. "The destruction of schools, universities, hospitals, factories and roads — Israel's conduct of its war in Gaza aims to deprive residents of any prospects for the future, pushing them to abandon their land." www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

📣 BREAKING NEWS: Harvard sues Trump administration over foreign student ban, calling move unconstitutional and a threat to academic freedom. “Harvard is not Harvard without its international students,” the university writes. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

BURN THE AI MACHINES, HIRE PEOPLE WITH IDEAS

Just started 🔥

People who are still shouting that Israel is not committing genocide must be clapping their hands over their ears every time an Israeli minister steps onto a podium because

Looking forward to chairing two beautiful panels there soon ✨

'The sea, and Homer – it’s love that moves all things.' - Osip Mandelstam, trans. Robert Tracy.

Le programme de notre conférence 2025 est en ligne ! "Renouer avec la pensée radicale de Beauvoir. Conversations critiques, interdisciplinaires et internationales" 📍 16-19 juin-ZOOM. Communications et foire aux livres virtuelle. Inscriptions ouvertes : beauvoir.weebly.com/2025-confere...

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

This #ModWrite I’ll be re-reading & editing a creative piece in-progress for submission of some extracts to a journal (hopefully) - and also recharging in the sun with Maggie Nelson’s “On Freedom” ⛅️

People who never read books now in charge of books.

Hi BlueSky! I'm an independent researcher currently working on articles and book chapters expanding on my PhD on Virginia Woolf & Lacanian Psychoanalysis, a sometimes translator and interpret - and will soon be making the transition to English teacher training in Further Education 🌱

If you’re looking for ways to support vulnerable students in our current moment, please join us tomorrow for our next @modernlanguage.bsky.social Strategy Session. These informal convenings are spaces of mutual support and resource-sharing for members. 6 May 4:30pm ET. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...