The Call for Papers for SLSA2026 is now live! This year, alongside @sandraduffy.bsky.social, and @maxmorris.bsky.social, I will be running a current topic on "Law in the Culture Wars". If you have a paper idea, please feel free to get in touch with us! www.sussex.ac.uk/collaborate/...

Really proud of Oxford Green friends at the counter demonstration today. #RefugeesWelcome

I just signed the petition calling for the Green Party to refuse to platform organisations that want to undermine trans rights at official Party events. Will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

One of our health and safety officers, Jill Millar, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Jill explains that cuts to time for assessment are being driven by a desire for financial savings. As a result, both the student experience and staff wellbeing will suffer.

Yesterday the UN declared that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Today Keir Starmer rolls out the red carpet for Trump - Israel's biggest ally and a cheerleader for its atrocities. Shameful.

New semester, new frumpy jumper 👾🌈💖

Judith Butler's response to their name being turned over to the federal government by UC Berkeley as part of a Trump administration antisemitism investigation is well worth reading: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Our branch secretary, @stuartwhigham.bsky.social, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Stuart outlines the impact that wider cuts to workload tariffs will have on our Associate Lecturer colleagues.

The research is crystal clear that the children of LGBTQ+ parents do as well (if not better) than those raised by cis straight parents. The only reason that the children of single parents (with a single income) struggle is because of inadequate state support or investment in childcare and education.

No one is safe: Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’ UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

It's an odd time to be preparing to teach two and a half critical courses on gender and sexuality studies this semester. Unsure how long I'd be employable for in some places claiming to champion "free speech". Also wish I had nearly as much influence to "indoctrinate" students as is being claimed! 😅

Our campaigns officer, Ma​ïa Pal, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Successive cuts to research time undermine the research-led teaching which is the essence of a University education.

Well that might just be the fastest and most flattering peer review I've ever received! 🤩 Drawing on unpublished data from my book to explore identity and respectability politics in queer/sex work social movements. 🏳️‍🌈 If anyone wanted to publicly review my book I can probably get you a free copy? 📖

Very pleased that mine and @apowelllaw.bsky.social and @maxmorris.bsky.social proposal was selected for the SLSA Current Topics - and to Alex in particular for generating the idea that we worked out! Looking forward to it.

I spoke to @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #TUC25 about the relationship he wants to see between trade unions and the Green Party.

We are balloting for industrial action at Oxford Brookes. 🚨🚨 REMINDER to all members to return your ballots in the post 🚨🚨

Logged onto twitter dot com to promote my book after ten months of abstinence/liberation from it and oh my goodness how nothing has changed! Good on those who have stuck with it and continue to relish debating bigots but I prefer the novelty and thoughtfulness here over the daily two minutes hate. 😅

So so proud of @maxmorris.bsky.social! As one of a very small number of people who have had a chance to read this, ahead of publication, it is a critical and captivating book, and also very accessibly written (for academic work, that is). Happy reading 📚🍾🤩

This week I received some physical copies of my first book, 'Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era'. It explores the overlaps between #SexWork and #LGBTQ+ studies through a queer socialist feminist perspective. 📚☂️🏳️‍🌈 www.routledge.com/Not-Sex-Work...

Incredibly proud of my friend and co-councillor @rosierawle.bsky.social for being re-elected to this role! Rosie is one of the most hardworking and principled people I know. Her expertise will be invaluable to the incoming Green Party Executive for building support and stopping the far-right. 🤩

Massive congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social, @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social as the new leadership team of the Green Party! 💚 Now we have an unapologetically anti-fascist, eco-socialist, pacifistic, and media savvy political party ready to meet the moment. Join us. ⬇️

As of today my book is available for pre-order and you can read a preview of the first few pages to get a sense for the direction I'm taking (see screenshots of the introduction below). Applying a 'queer socialist feminist lens' to sex and work in the digital era. 📲 www.routledge.com/Not-Sex-Work...

As of today my book is available for pre-order and you can read a preview of the first few pages to get a sense for the direction I'm taking (see screenshots of the introduction below). Applying a 'queer socialist feminist lens' to sex and work in the digital era. 📲 www.routledge.com/Not-Sex-Work...

Asylum Welcome is coordinating an open letter from residents, representatives and organisations in Oxfordshire to stand against the growing hostility towards migrants and people seeking asylum. I am proud to have signed my name. Please consider signing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

Sun on the beach and fun on the campsite this bank holiday weekend! ☀️🏖️🍦🏕️🔥🍔

This summer we decided to do a holiday from home (or "staycation") to sample many of the touristy things that we never usually get to in Oxford. Good for the environment, local economy, and personal bank balance! Also learned a lot about culture and history (and ghosts) right on our doorstep. 😎🍰🏛️🌳🚌👻

Very sad to be losing Alex as a direct colleague at Brookes but also incredibly proud of him for joining Warwick's prestigious law school. Also glad he's staying in Oxford (for at least one obvious reason)! 💕

I binge watched What It Feels Like for a Girl on BBC iPlayer over the weekend and it took me right back to secretly watching Queer as Folk on 4oD as a teenager. Amazing performances, soundtrack, and storytelling. This is the kind of complex representation queer, non-binary, and trans people deserve.

Oxford city centre was bustling this weekend but there are so many pretty places to chill in. 🌳

Glad the Welfare Bill was watered down by rebels, but the continued refrain of ministers that disabled people must "get back to work" is oppressive. There is an urgent need to prevent bullying, discrimination and harassment *before* you force us into unsafe workplaces: www.tuc.org.uk/news/number-...

Thank you Cllr Max Morris! @maxmorris.bsky.social #BackZack

I'll also be backing Rachel Millward for Deputy Leader of the Green Party. Our leadership team needs her exceptional ability to communicate the party's values, building on decades of fundraising and media expertise. This will be necessary for us to confront far-right myths and win over the public.

It probably surprises no one that I'm endorsing Zack Polanski to be the next leader of the Green Party. Our leadership team needs to be offering a bold left-wing alternative to the status quo. That's why I added my name to his campaign early on as a councillor: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Had a wonderful time at Oxford Pride (in a personal capacity as political parties were rightly banned for failing trans people). 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Glad to share that I have a new job title of Senior Lecturer in Criminology *and* Sociology as I've been asked to lead modules such as Gender and Society and Sociology of Health and Illness next year. I also like to think that this better reflects my research background and disciplinary promiscuity.

I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, Not Sex Work, will be published as part of Routledge's Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale series in August. If you are interested in the intersection of #SexWork and #Queer studies, add this to your reading list! 📖 www.routledge.com/Not-Sex-Work...

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I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, Not Sex Work, will be published as part of Routledge's Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale series in August. If you are interested in the intersection of #SexWork and #Queer studies, add this to your reading list! 📖 www.routledge.com/Not-Sex-Work...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Trans Liberation Now Conference - June 21st @ KCL Join @networkgender.bsky.social and over two dozen academics, lawyers, and activists to talk/strategize all things trans rights. Keynotes: @katymontgomerie.com and Joylon Maugham of @goodlawproject.org Sign up: tinyurl.com/kz9h86uc

My colleague Pete Harris will be in conversation with Jackson Katz on June 10th at a wonderful venue in East Oxford. His new book How You Can Make a Difference asks: 'why we have failed so badly to end men’s violence against women and what can we actually do about it?' urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Obviously the Guardian is complicit in this happening, but I think many complacent liberals have been shocked into realising what they were bothsidesing all along, and this article highlights important stuff including solidarity between disabled and trans people. No "clash of rights" discourse here.

Greetings all… please see and share the statement by Global Majority Greens (formerly Greens of Colour)… let’s amplify the conversation and deepen engagement around issues of racial justice in the UK … Thanks #RacialJustice #immigration #KierStammer

I’m in Oxford tomorrow to talk about doing creative queer legal work. Given current political hostilities, we must think critically and creatively about how we work with/against law to better support communities. You can join online at 4pm (UK time): url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q5qACX7Dju... 🌈🎓

There is still time to register for this exciting (free) event!!!

This event is happening at 4pm tomorrow! Please follow the link below to register, whether joining in person or online. At a time when the legal rights and social inclusion of LGBTQ+ people are being contested, critical perspectives and creative methods such as Sen's are more important than ever. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

There's less than one week to go until this public lecture by @senthorun.bsky.social. Looking forward to learning more about the @queerjudgments.bsky.social project including how we can use creative and queer methods to reinterpret legal cases. Further details here: www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke...

There's less than one week to go until this public lecture by @senthorun.bsky.social. Looking forward to learning more about the @queerjudgments.bsky.social project including how we can use creative and queer methods to reinterpret legal cases. Further details here: www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke...

Nearly at 700 names now. Keep signing! Keep sharing!

Hello friends, I’ll be back in the UK next week and am very excited to be presenting a public lecture in Oxford on Thursday 15th May about doing creative queer legal work. Come along if you’re around/interested! RSVP here: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/AEOUCpRYOh... 🌈🎓

Out on the doors of East Oxford today supporting @greenpartyemma.bsky.social @emilykerr36.bsky.social for Oxfordshire County Council today. Two amazing candidates who will make phenomenal County Councillors!