remembermyhat.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing at the Open University, UK (she/her). Also often tweeting and retweeting about: academic writing | SRHR and sex ed | creative methods | Long Covid/Chronic Fatigue
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It's a horribly common name!
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Wrong person tagged, I think. I'm not a lib dem (am a trans ally though).
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That seesaw from passivity to activity is affective work, so tiring. Independence is limited for everyone in a highly regulated context like an airport, but more feels better. So I do understand why 'independence' is so important as people age, however much I also want to problematise it.
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are frequent. Today I got taken to the wrong gate - only a short distance from the right one, so not a problem for me - but I had to mentally shift a gear from 'I am passively waiting on the special assistance benches' to 'hang on, we should be boarding by now, I need to take the initiative' [contd]
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that I am made mostly dependent. Sometimes I experience that as helpful care: staff are usually lovely & I appreciate the reduced cognitive load of navigating the systems. But it's always anxiety-provoking too because it's not personalised care and feels so inflexible. And mistakes/problems [cont'd]
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That picture doesn't look as if we are open to ducks though. The poor creature is shut out from the common room trying to get in!
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Actually, linking to yesterday's thread about conferencing while chronically ill, comfortable chairs which support my body, especially my head, is really helping to make this more accessible to me. I'm still struggling, and having to miss out both formal and informal bits, but I'd be missing more.
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It does!
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In the UK you wouldn't get these things together. Nor the cartoon. Is Catalonia more sex positive?
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With my scholar of sexuality hat on, rather than my gerontologist hat (I am both and the intersection of both, I contain multitudes) I was interested in this shop. I'm calling it a sex shop because there were dildos in the window but there were also mooncups and what looked like feminist literature
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Bah, a lot of queuing & faffing to get a fast train ticket, get through train station security and now queuing for the platforms. There was a good 'take a ticket to buy a ticket' system at the ticket office, which meant I could sit til my turn, but I'm sitting on the floor now shaking with tiredness
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Since I seem to be liveblogging this (a concept so ancient my autocorrect doesn't recognise it as a word) I am now on the suburban train so should be okay to catch the fast train in an hour. Because this is not my first rodeo, I brought an iced coffee and am using the caffeine and sugar to power me.
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And because my Spanish is rubbish and my helper's English not great, we miscommunicated and I have had to walk a tiring amount.
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Forgot a way airport special assistance is often annoying - they insist on one size fits all so I'm having to wait for a lift to get out the plane when I could perfectly well walk down the steps, meaning I am getting stressed about making my train connection.
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For me, it's worth it because I enjoy conferences, especially this one. And I can take the financial hit for the costs I can't get covered by my uni. But I didn't really understand this before I got ill, despite many disabled friends. What do you know, personal experience makes a difference!
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... although it's only 15 mins walk 6) I'm probably going to be too tired to attend the opening ceremony and theatre performance this evening 7) I had to stay in a more expensive hotel, closer to the conference venue so I can rest mid-day 8) I have to stay an extra night after the conference ends
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3) airport special assistance is usually great IME but sometimes awful, and it's done differently each time = adds stress and uncertainty 4) getting from the airport to the conference town is going to be exhausting (train change, baggage, cognitive load) 5) I will need to get a taxi to my hotel[...]
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Have you seen, @alisonbucklered.bsky.social @oucsgd.bsky.social and @ougradsch.bsky.social are on here too?
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That one made me laugh!
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The government should not be balancing the books off the backs of the poorest. 📢
They should be asking those who make an income from their wealth, to pay tax at a similar level to those in work.
Read more from @alfie-stirling.bsky.social: www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view... 2/2