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Queer, bi, plant science prof (She/她/elle). I enjoy growing plants, lifting weights and trying to learn Chinese (普通话). Left leaning politics. Work related stuff is over on LinkedIn (alex-jones-553a8818) passing chat with mostly IRL friends here.
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Looking for a good explainer of the current SC/ESRC situation that I can pass on to local businesses who want to know that they aren't doing anything 'illegal' by allowing trans people to use the right loos? Ideally something by a lawyer, aimed at businesses, rather than for a trans audience.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Biologist here. Sex is a spectrum. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

The @GoodLawProject have set up a fund to start the process of legally fighting the rollback of trans rights in the UK goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4 If you can afford it please donate, and please share.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Trans people and allies, here's an urgent letter to Parliament you may wish to co-sign. ***Deadline is 7pm tonight*** Details and links in thread. 🧵

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Today is UN Chinese Language Day (联合国中文日) —a celebration of the Chinese language’s beauty, complexity, and cultural power. 🌏 April 20 was chosen to honor Cangjie, the legendary figure said to have created Chinese characters nearly 5,000 years ago. Language lives. 中文 thrives. ✨ #ChineseLanguageDay

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

I've been learning Mandarin for one year! So please indulge me as I use this thread to share my thoughts and experience so far on: 'is Duo enough?', what are graded readers?, a professor joined an undergraduate class, video lessons, is 50+ too old to learn? #Duolingo #language #中文 #udemy #duchinese

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

I hope to make it to the Leamington protest (3pm) against the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act that undermines hard-won trans rights (despite some of the words of the judges). It looks like their decision will have a devastating impact in the NHS, prisons and everywhere in the UK.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Compilation of Protests Against the Supreme Court whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

submitted 14 days ago • 15 comments

Apparently 'hard Labour ' is a real political strategy of the UK Labour party and not a cruel punishment. Am I the only one who missed this?

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Here are some useful comments from a barrister friend on the SC Equality act ruling. I agree the next steps should be political. I feel that a lot of the value of a GRC has been lost so it is interesting to see he still thinks otherwise. I know GRC was not great anyway.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

As a cis woman who has endured violence I totally understand the fear that motivates exclusionary women's groups. The problem is not trans women who suffer even more abuse than us. The problem is abusers who are predominantly cis male and they don't give a damn what they wear (gen. not fem. clothes)

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Stand with your trans pals today – the shit they have to put up with simply for trying to live their lives will go on irrespective of today’s decision. As long as there are demented bigot billionaires bankrolling campaigns against them, they need all of our support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

All I can say is that biological sex is not binary. It's not as simple as XX Vs XY it really isn't. This is a flawed judgement. Helping people (here cis women) should be about behaviour of individuals not on a genetic or hormonal benchmark.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Oh no! What a terrible insensitive devisive ruling from the supreme court re biological sex. Gutted.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

The Supreme Court sided with FWS. But it didn’t hear from a single trans person. This ruling sets a dangerous precedent and erases trans women from protections. It puts trans rights back 20 years. We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 15 days ago • 40 comments

"You boy! What tariff is it today?"

submitted 22 days ago • 76 comments

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

submitted 23 days ago • 15 comments

Another leg day in Amalfi. My watch tells me I've burnt 690 active calories, 15k steps, 106 intensity minutes, and 143 floors climbed in just today. Every day is leg day in Amalfi.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!

submitted 26 days ago • 12 comments

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submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Recently promoted Professor @AzumahCarol is one of only 74 Black women professors in the UK - from more than 24,000. Read about her career, and her experience with the 100 Black Women Professors Now programme: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/e... #IfNotNowWHEN #100BWPN

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

“…The viral outrage disseminated on social media actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of debilitating fear and anger, endlessly reacting to our oppressors instead of organizing against them.”

submitted 31 days ago • 16 comments

I don't often remember to post here, but it's Trans Day of Visibility, so here I am being visible! #TransDayOfVisibility

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating today! We wish you a wonderful Eid al-Fitr from all of us at Praxis 💛

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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