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I wrote this with @kathbrowne.bsky.social about the last research project I worked on, Beyond Opposition

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Please share widely! I'm seeking to interview people about their experiences of Irish Higher Education Institutions when they disclosed, reported, or did not disclose sexual violence and harassment. More information and sign up here: borg.ie/current-proj... Please spread the word!!

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Always listen to Alex de Waal

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I found this entire thread amusing and chuckle-inducing....

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I have to be honest. Bluesky is fine and all. But I miss what Twitter used to be. 😔

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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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A must read from @cballantine.bsky.social

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Carol Ballantine says she worries about parents like her trying to make sense of gender in an ever-more polarised context. www.thejournal.ie/readme/trans...

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Don’t we want kids to play sports?

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Hear me out…. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...

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This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

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The Dublin Small Press Fair (2025) is now open to applications from publishers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, experimental literature, literary journals, artists’ books, zines, chapbooks, broadsides, and more! dublinsmallpressfair.com

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This marvellous essay about 2 v different rulings on trans identities has something for all my followers. Queer scholars will enjoy the postcolonial analysis of the UKSC ruling. Irish trans rights supporters will welcome the analysis of implications here.

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Thanks to my friend Harriet for pointing out that the women went to Christ's tomb and saw he was not there, the angels showed up to describe what happened, & the women then told the apostles, who dismissed them. A Biblical account of women not being believed.

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This is a devastating piece from the refugee camps in Chad. A detail that stood out is that Chad, a country far less affluent than any in Europe, welcomes refugees in such numbers and allows them to work, settle and access land. Poverty and justice can - with will - co-exist.

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This is a terrific piece, unbelievably I had never explicitly connected the Irish apology gene to this aspect of institutionalised Catholicism.

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Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral. Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law. 📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...

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We remember what happens when we allow stigma, fear & conservatism to dictate our policies & we won’t be going back Friendship, community, family, & love-will always win ❤️ Thank you @irishtimes.com for publishing our letter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #freesafelegallocal

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My Sexual Orientation Is Spring - Kyla Jamieson We change time, make the days longer. I start to forget the pact I made with unhappiness, take myself to the ocean, say I just need to catch the last few minutes of light. This is how spring is love, the way it pulls us towards pleasure.

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My friends are among the things I’m most grateful for

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Truth 👇🏼

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I’ve spent this week talking about divisions and how they can deepen marginalisation and exclusion… this report is fascinating and inspiring in that context.

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I have never heard a los campesinos song, don’t know if I’d like them. But this article captures the joy and exuberance of art made for love in spite of money. Waiting for @enthusiasticeunuch.bsky.social to weigh in with local expertise

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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

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Finished Vertigo by Joanna Walsh. A short story collection of practically perfect unity and wholeness. A woman retreating from her marriage. Hyper perception of herself and her surroundings. Flawless. Immersive. Crystal clarity but a gentle ebb of longing for something just beyond view.

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