My article on the bizarre situation in the Church of England in The Conversation theconversation.com/first-woman-...

I understand the BBC won’t broadcast Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury. How often do the BBC end up on the wrong end of events?

Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ

Second time I’ve complained to the BBC for its awful reporting in Gaza. Making it sound like people are causing trouble trying to get food and that’s why they get shot. No. They are being deliberately starved and killed wilfully. It’s genocide not a war.

Palestine Action member tells BBC plan to ban group 'absurd'

My blog on 'logocide' and the Church of England. I mean, 'equal' means allowing women into leadership positions and the priesthood. How hard can it be? Any other interpretation is just killing the meaning of the word. www.womenandthechurch.org/blog/a-case-...

Introducing The Researchers from The Interdisciplinary Witch Research Group 🧙‍♀️ First up is Dr Sharon Jagger @drsharonjagger.bsky.social whose research interests include Goddess spirituality, feminism & witchcraft. More info can be found on the following link blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’

‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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I’m in Sheffield with my talk on witchcraft and feminism in May. Join me! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

Hamdan Ballal was forcibly disappeared by Israeli soldiers after having been assaulted by Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians in Susyia, a village in the occupied West Bank. He has now been released, but those who carried out the attacks must be held accountable.

No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid. Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces. People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.

stopthecutspetition.org.uk Sign the petition to stop the devastating cuts to higher education

The day before #internationalwomensday the UK papers lead with shock about violent misogyny...like we've only just noticed it. Women's Day was founded to fight oppression and I fear it has lost its edge. Women still need to find their political voice. Please Do NOT say 'Happy Women's Day' tomorrow.

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My new book now has a discount code and is available as an ebook. www.routledge.com/Women-Priest....

Anyone with a research interest in witches and witchcraft, please see our call for papers for a conference at York St. John in June 2025. We'd love to have you! blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

I see Mandelson is kissing the ring. This is hugely depressing

'Research by the Sutton Trust [which we couldn't be bothered to link here] found that middle-class graduates made...use of internships as stepping stones into sectors such as finance or IT, even in cases where the internships paid nothing or below the minimum wage as required by legislation.' 1/2

Met police accused of stopping pro-Palestine marches outside BBC HQ

Farage distances himself from Musk on Robinson www.bbc.com/news/article...

Another push on the boycotting - found xigxag as alternative to audible for audio books. All Amazon memberships now cancelled! (Including Goodreads - I’m now on Storygraph for my reading lists) #bds #boycott #ethicalconsumer

Merry Christmas to all

Owen Jones speaking to Rami Jarra on the context and aftermath of the fall of Assad regime. Very important information. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Today's university in crisis is Keele, which is focusing its redundancies in Arts and Humanities. Given the regional and local implications, yet another act of HE vandalism. Happy Christmas, eh. ☹️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

How Facebook and Instagram restricted news in Palestinian Territories - BBC report

Our government is sleepwalking into climate catastrophe. My piece for @theguardian.com on another broken pledge slipping under the radar. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

WASPI women have been totally let down by Labour Government. Total betrayal of the values of equality that Labour was supposed to stand for.

Some thoughts on the David Tudor abuse case in the Church of England - and the lessons we still never learn shared-conversations.com/2024/12/17/d...

Union members have threatened strike action after Coventry University announced plans to make nearly 100 academics redundant and to transfer others to a subsidiary company. Juliette Rowsell reports bit.ly/4ghVhVv

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund

Video shows thousands of cars jamming roads to Damascus as displaced people return to the capital after hearing the Assad regime had been overthrown by the opposition.

Can you see what's going to hit universities in 2025 now? Now that it's obvious? www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-...

At least 44,664 Palestinians have been killed and 105,976 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s Health Ministry says. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/y5lfzx

Is David Lammy aware of this??

It’s a dark day for research in Aotearoa New Zealand and the ramifications for the country are huge. Minister Judith Collins has just announced our blue-skies funder will no longer fund humanities & social science research and that 50% of what is funded must have economic benefit.

Another day, another university in crisis. This time it's Canterbury Christ Church, to lose say 400 jobs and over a quarter of posts. The reality of what is happening in UK Higher Education - and even worse, what is about to happen - is crushing. I'm so sorry. www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/n...

Loopholes in the law are allowing “dark money” to infiltrate UK politics, with almost £1 in every £10 donated to parties and politicians coming from unknown or dubious sources... Labour has previously committed to protect democracy by reforming the UK’s political finance laws... #bbcpm

'The chemistry department was rated the fourth best in the UK in The Guardian's University Guide 2024.' Sir David Behan, OfS chair, has advised universities not to duplicate courses taught at nearby institutions. Be careful what you wish for OfS.

As part of my social media rebellion I have moved my library from goodreads to storygraph. An easy process that shifts a tiny bit of power from Bezos to a platform founded by a black woman.

Welcome to our new Bluesky page! 🎉 In case you haven't already seen it 👀 our latest issue was recently released! The issue's articles include Alex Fry and @drsharonjagger.bsky.social's "What Shapes Ambivalence towards ‘Feminism’ amongst the Clergy?" which explores responses...

This article on universities' finance makes very clear: *Govt and regulator don't really know what's going on *The stats they do have are very poor *Unis have a structural incentive to play down problems. I leave it to you to speculate about how that will play out. wonkhe.com/blogs/the-re...

📣 Join us on Monday Dec. 2 at 11am ET/6pm Palestine with @srseikaly.bsky.social and Raz Segal to discuss his recent article published in the Journal of Palestine Studies. Register: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...

My Oxford Bibliography on early Christianity and slavery is out! I hope it’s a helpful resource to get an overview of the field as it continues to grow. www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...