Want to do a PhD in Psychology at Durham? I'm looking to supervise candidates interested in researching #PMDD and/or #neurodivergence - drop me a message to chat or discuss ideas!

Next week! Dr Helena Tucker and I will be delivering a 3 hour training session on PMDD for @cosrtlearn.bsky.social. We will be discussing how PMDD affects couples, and practical suggestions for supporting clients. Info and tickets here: www.cosrtlearn.org.uk/product/16-o...

"With dismay we witness our university leadership making soulless choices that hollow out our institutions from within and erode the critical and self-reflective fabric of academia". [from Guest et al., 'Against the Uncritical Adoption of "AI" Technologies in Academia']

Starting now: @drmbothapsych.bsky.social 's public lecture on autism, dehumanisation and the problems in autism research. Very excited to listen to this after the first year of being colleagues @durham-university.bsky.social

Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️

me to my students: LLMs are like your worst ex. They will LIE to you with the most serene, most confident face one of my students, quietly: I hate that guy so much

The EHRC guidance is unworkable for business. Signatories include Ben & Jerry's, Lush, Lucy & Yak and hundreds of large and small businesses across the country www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Next week! Come and join us (well...me!) to chat all things sex and gender teaching in Psychology. Registration is FREE! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a89d52... #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy

Next week! Come and join us (well...me!) to chat all things sex and gender teaching in Psychology. Registration is FREE! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a89d52... #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy

A PhD-level expert isn’t someone who can answer any question off the top of their head. A PhD-level expert is someone who will stare at some piece of information, say, “that doesn’t seem right,” and then spend enormous amounts of time obsessively hunting down every piece of information they can…

Last push for responses to the below survey! The form will close at the end of the day. #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy

🧠 Calling UK Psychology educators! I'm developing a webinar on how we teach sex and gender in UG Psychology programmes — and I’d love your input. The goal? To share current approaches, inclusive strategies, and tackle challenges 📋 Got 5 mins? Fill out this short survey: forms.office.com/e/3AHkbEaNJG

🧠 Calling UK Psychology educators! I'm developing a webinar on how we teach sex and gender in UG Psychology programmes — and I’d love your input. The goal? To share current approaches, inclusive strategies, and tackle challenges 📋 Got 5 mins? Fill out this short survey: forms.office.com/e/3AHkbEaNJG

TW: harm to children. My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review. It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban. Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...

DuBois, Trujillo, & McCarthy released ed. vol on sex/gender entanglement across fields including developmental biology, neuroscience, health equity, transgender health, cancer research, & more. Looks to be some rigorous interdisciplinary work on sex/gender to date. Fully downloadable.

A common claim in #EvoPsych is that the persistence of psychological sex differences in gender-egalitarian* countries shows that the differences are innate. I've argued that ignores the highly-gender-unequal media environment. Now @larawood.bsky.social has proved me right! #EHBEA #HBES

🚨New publication... Children's films contain innacurate gender stereotypes and these corresespond to children's (and adult's) implicit and explicit gendered associations. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Read thread for more details...

Unsure how to collect gender, sex and sexuality data following the UK Supreme Court ruling? 📝 New writing on how a biology-first approach to diversity data WILL NOT WORK and how we can defend inclusive approaches. kevinguyan.com/2025/05/27/d...

Lady Hale gets it: "There's nothing in that judgment that says that you can’t have gender neutral loos" www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...

🚨New open access book! To promote informed applications in research, policy, medicine, and public health, the Ernst Strüngmann Forum convened scholars from diverse fields to examine a widely held assumption that sex and gender are conceptually separate. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp

There are now over 2000 UK academic signatories to our open letter in support of trans rights & inclusion, along with hundreds of other UK educators & international supporters. It's heartening to see such support from colleagues for our trans siblings. #NotInOurName docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Some photos from today's rally in support of trans rights here in Durham #UnionswiththeT

New article in The Conversation about my recent work on PMDD and relationships! theconversation.com/premenstrual...

New publication alert! 🚨 My first paper on #PMDD is out in PLoS One today! In collaboration with @iapmdglobal.bsky.social, we looked at the impact PMDD has on those with the condition and on their partners, who often fall into an informal, familial caregiver role. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

📢 Still time to apply for our MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience @durhampsych.bsky.social ! 👉 durham.ac.uk/study/course... 🧠 Join a top Psychology department and kickstart your Neuroscience career. 🔍 Wide range of research groups: durham.ac.uk/departments/... 📩 DM me for any question

New publication alert! 🚨 My first paper on #PMDD is out in PLoS One today! In collaboration with @iapmdglobal.bsky.social, we looked at the impact PMDD has on those with the condition and on their partners, who often fall into an informal, familial caregiver role. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

The UK supreme court today ruled that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to biological sex. Trump's Executive Order 14168, issued on 20 January, similarly proclaims to be ‘Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’. Judith Butler: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

Some of our extremely tuned-in and smart students have launched a petition against the staff cost cuts announced by our senior management. If you're a Durham student, we hope you'll consider signing! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Participants needed! 📣 My dissertation student is running an interview study that aims to find out more about what it's like to be both #ADHD and #PMDD - as there is next to no research out there on this! Click below for more info: qualtricsxmzn93vbtyk.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance

It has come to my attention that I do not, in fact, own a cat; I own a soot sprite.

Last push for participants for this study on #ADHD and #PMDD!

This site includes the "clear guidance" that Trump's EO 14168 mandated should be produced within 30 days to expand on the definition of sex in that order. This is what the policies of the US Government will be based on. Let's take a walk through...

Last call for participants for this study! Thank you to everyone who has taken part so far 🏳️‍🌈 qualtricsxmqdmwn2cfr.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Last push for participants for this study too! For this one, we need a few more cisgender men to take part. You'll be asked to complete a short series of questionnaires and possibly invited to interview. Link: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

It's just extremely clear by now that being a billionaire turns you into a fascist and that fascist billionaires will use their money to promote more fascism. Any system that allows billionaires to exist will go this way.

Last push for participants for this study too! For this one, we need a few more cisgender men to take part. You'll be asked to complete a short series of questionnaires and possibly invited to interview. Link: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Last push for participants for our study of sex/gender differences in cognition- we desperately need more autistic men and neurotypical men to take part. You will need a computer/laptop with a keyboard to complete the study. www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.2/surv...

Students whose universities demand quicker feedback-turnaround by staff are barely (if any) more satisfied with their feedback. Who would guess it? My new paper 🙃 doi.org/10.1080/0260...

Some end-of-week and end-of-January softness, it's now 5 years since I adopted the floofiest baby to ever exist

The history of fascism provides valuable insights into assaults on education. (Wannabe) Authoritarians long understood the power of student movements in shaping democratic change. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Participants needed! 📣 My dissertation student is running an interview study that aims to find out more about what it's like to be both #ADHD and #PMDD - as there is next to no research out there on this! Click below for more info: qualtricsxmzn93vbtyk.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Super excited to announce the launch of the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab, a new data initiative at the University of Edinburgh exploring how data is reshaping the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK and around the world. 📊 gensexdatalab.com

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.