From the article: "Donald Trump followed Hegseth’s call to embrace the virtues of lethality as a doctrine with a suggestion...that the gathering of officers and senior enlisted advisers should consider targeting US cities and civilian populations as a training exercise." This is really scary stuff.

🌟Submissions open: "Anti-Racist Feminist Politics: Thinking with Backlash, Creating New Worlds" at ECPG 2026 🌟 ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Organised by @drashleec.bsky.social Akwugo Emejulu, Leah Bassel & me @ecprgender.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social @psa-race.bsky.social @bsarace.bsky.social

Publication alert! This paper is a reflection on a pilot study exploring the experiences of neurodivergent students in higher ed. I talk about navigating the power dynamics of participatory action research, and share some thoughts on the neurodiversity model journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The call for papers and panels for #ECPG26 is now open! There's a very exciting academic program in place for conference which you can find here: ecpr.eu/Events/343 Come join us at @nclpolitics.bsky.social 😀 Deadline for proposals is 7 November!

Just out today! The goal of this piece was to suggest how we can make sense of and respond to the current security and defence moment (spoilers: it's all gendered)

📌 Save the date for #ECPG26! 📌 ✨ The European Conference on #Politics and #Gender 📍 Newcastle, UK 📆 15–17 June 2026 ☑️ Organised by @ecprgender.bsky.social‬ 🏛️ Hosted by @nclpolitics.bsky.social‬ Local team @‪maarja.bsky.social, @meganannarms.bsky.social‬, Jemima Repo & Alison Phipps

Trying to write anything about gender and security during this administration has been a wild ride

[stares at much of the UK]

25 years of the WPS agenda 🤦‍♀️

Starting to think about pulling together a proposal for a critical pedagogy workshop for this (broadly around the politics of pedagogy, solidarity, access and inclusivity)- please get in touch if you'd be interested 😊 www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

I'm finally making the move from the Other Place, so to introduce myself to Bluesky here is my most recent (and personal favourite) article. Hope you like zombies! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Here’s our Politics at Newcastle starter pack for new followers! Follow for research on gender, security, culture, status, and political psychology 👇 go.bsky.app/LsJJUZ2