Hazel Godfrey
@drhazelgodfrey.bsky.social
She/her | Science, education and lived experience of pain, and many other aspects of the mind | Writing weaving academic and personal experience of chronic pain at pinchesofpain.com
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As a reward for supporting @siouxsiew.bsky.social I've donated 6 signed copies of #TheCovidResponse. And if you want to know how important Siouxsie's case was for academic freedom in Aotearoa, I've written a piece for the NZSR on what I think it means: ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/article...
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
As a reward for supporting @siouxsiew.bsky.social I've donated 6 signed copies of #TheCovidResponse. And if you want to know how important Siouxsie's case was for academic freedom in Aotearoa, I've written a piece for the NZSR on what I think it means: ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/article...
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At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
New, old, percolating writing about pain, suffering and stigma pinchesofpain.com/2025/10/17/y...
“You hurt too much”: pain, suffering, and stigma
Ngā mihi nui, thank you very much, to family, friends, and colleagues who have read and responded to this piece over the last three years. Ngā mihi nui to the students of SCIS 314 whose feedback an…
pinchesofpain.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New, old, percolating writing about pain, suffering and stigma pinchesofpain.com/2025/10/17/y...
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Big shakeup for NZ’s research funding – Expert Reaction
Big shakeup for NZ's research funding - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
The Government will consolidate decision-making for New Zealand's science research funding as part of its new science system strategy. Research Funding New Zealand will be a new independent board that...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
October 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Big shakeup for NZ’s research funding – Expert Reaction
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Another way government austerity is failing healthcare and the NZ people. Underfunded Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ is cutting access to the Cochrane Library, a gold standard source of information to support health decision-making. NZers use it 246 times per day. #nzpol
tinyurl.com/3jya8hkd
tinyurl.com/3jya8hkd
The Cochrane library is a global source of independent health evidence for everyone – why is NZ restricting access?
New Zealanders download Cochrane Library health reviews daily. Restricting access is a step back to when medical knowledge was held tightly by professionals.
tinyurl.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Another way government austerity is failing healthcare and the NZ people. Underfunded Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ is cutting access to the Cochrane Library, a gold standard source of information to support health decision-making. NZers use it 246 times per day. #nzpol
tinyurl.com/3jya8hkd
tinyurl.com/3jya8hkd
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“Children have a human right to a quality education that equips them for effective participation in a strong democracy — not one that simply shapes them into cogs for the economic machine.” — Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn.
Preparing our kids for the real world? | E-Tangata
“Children have a human right to a quality education that equips them for effective participation in a strong democracy — not one that simply shapes them into cogs for the economic machine.” — Catheri...
e-tangata.co.nz
August 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Children have a human right to a quality education that equips them for effective participation in a strong democracy — not one that simply shapes them into cogs for the economic machine.” — Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn.
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This doesn’t surprise me. I know so many around me going down with illnesses!
Wear a mask people. I reckon this is why I haven’t gotten sick
Wear a mask people. I reckon this is why I haven’t gotten sick
Oh THAT'S not good...
Flutracking for 2025 is on its way to get higher than we've seen since 2022
Flutracking for 2025 is on its way to get higher than we've seen since 2022
August 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This doesn’t surprise me. I know so many around me going down with illnesses!
Wear a mask people. I reckon this is why I haven’t gotten sick
Wear a mask people. I reckon this is why I haven’t gotten sick
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“We will no longer be tasked with local service design and delivery. Instead, our job will be to ‘engage’ and ’advise’. These changes take us from active partners to passive recipients.” — Louisa Wall on changes to Pae Ora law.
Māori voices silenced in health, again | E-Tangata
“We will no longer be tasked with local service design and delivery. Instead, our job will be to ‘engage’ and ’advise’. These changes take us from active partners to passive recipients.” — Louisa Wal...
e-tangata.co.nz
August 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“We will no longer be tasked with local service design and delivery. Instead, our job will be to ‘engage’ and ’advise’. These changes take us from active partners to passive recipients.” — Louisa Wall on changes to Pae Ora law.
Kia ora Wellington based friends 😊
I’m posting to let you know about a research project I have underway with Octavia Calder Dawe, Eva Neely (both from the School of Health at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington) and Carmen Timu-Parata (NZ Breastfeeding Alliance). (1/3)
I’m posting to let you know about a research project I have underway with Octavia Calder Dawe, Eva Neely (both from the School of Health at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington) and Carmen Timu-Parata (NZ Breastfeeding Alliance). (1/3)
July 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Kia ora Wellington based friends 😊
I’m posting to let you know about a research project I have underway with Octavia Calder Dawe, Eva Neely (both from the School of Health at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington) and Carmen Timu-Parata (NZ Breastfeeding Alliance). (1/3)
I’m posting to let you know about a research project I have underway with Octavia Calder Dawe, Eva Neely (both from the School of Health at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington) and Carmen Timu-Parata (NZ Breastfeeding Alliance). (1/3)
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The Kāpiti Coast has its own writers' festival on 9-10 August - check it out!
Bookmark Kāpiti
Bookmark Kāpiti celebrates the people, stories and places of Kāpiti. 9 and 10 August 2025
bookmarkapiti.nz
June 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The Kāpiti Coast has its own writers' festival on 9-10 August - check it out!
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Wow -- I didn't realize we've been added to Spotify, too! If that's how you roll, here's the link:
open.spotify.com/show/0s6hEHu...
* Audio distribution for indies like us takes a while and it's a crapshoot with major retailers. Corporate publishers get the real access, priority lane, tools, etc.
open.spotify.com/show/0s6hEHu...
* Audio distribution for indies like us takes a while and it's a crapshoot with major retailers. Corporate publishers get the real access, priority lane, tools, etc.
May 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Wow -- I didn't realize we've been added to Spotify, too! If that's how you roll, here's the link:
open.spotify.com/show/0s6hEHu...
* Audio distribution for indies like us takes a while and it's a crapshoot with major retailers. Corporate publishers get the real access, priority lane, tools, etc.
open.spotify.com/show/0s6hEHu...
* Audio distribution for indies like us takes a while and it's a crapshoot with major retailers. Corporate publishers get the real access, priority lane, tools, etc.
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tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
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"Both #LongCovid and #MECFS are under-recognised, not because they are rare, but because clinicians lack the tools and training to adequately detect the systemic dysfunction they reflect"
@drannanz.bsky.social on how New Zealand’s Long Covid blind spot has now reached crisis levels
#pwME 🇳🇿
@drannanz.bsky.social on how New Zealand’s Long Covid blind spot has now reached crisis levels
#pwME 🇳🇿
NZ's Long Covid blind spot nothing short of a crisis
Analysis: Post-infection syndromes like Long Covid are nothing new – but pandemic-scale waves of a novel virus exposed just how ill-prepared we are to handle them.
newsroom.co.nz
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Both #LongCovid and #MECFS are under-recognised, not because they are rare, but because clinicians lack the tools and training to adequately detect the systemic dysfunction they reflect"
@drannanz.bsky.social on how New Zealand’s Long Covid blind spot has now reached crisis levels
#pwME 🇳🇿
@drannanz.bsky.social on how New Zealand’s Long Covid blind spot has now reached crisis levels
#pwME 🇳🇿
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"I don't know anyone with Long Covid"
"It's a liberal disease"
"It's the vaccine"
We've all heard the excuses. The truth is more than 400 million people are suffering from Long Covid, and the stigma and denial associated with the condition makes it hard for people to realize they have it:
"It's a liberal disease"
"It's the vaccine"
We've all heard the excuses. The truth is more than 400 million people are suffering from Long Covid, and the stigma and denial associated with the condition makes it hard for people to realize they have it:
I Don't Know Anyone With Long Covid
Yes. You do. It might even be you. Let's take a look at why people don't realize, or can't admit, that they're dealing with Long Covid.
www.disabledginger.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"I don't know anyone with Long Covid"
"It's a liberal disease"
"It's the vaccine"
We've all heard the excuses. The truth is more than 400 million people are suffering from Long Covid, and the stigma and denial associated with the condition makes it hard for people to realize they have it:
"It's a liberal disease"
"It's the vaccine"
We've all heard the excuses. The truth is more than 400 million people are suffering from Long Covid, and the stigma and denial associated with the condition makes it hard for people to realize they have it:
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Good reporting from the spinoff, making an important point: specific language like "people with a cervix" is good for everyone. Not every woman - or cis woman - has the same body parts or needs the same type of care. Being specific about the bodies we talk about is good.
A deeply frustrating line-by-line reading of Casey Costello’s letter to Health NZ
Does the associate minister of health know that sex and gender are two different things? Her letter suggests no.
thespinoff.co.nz
April 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Good reporting from the spinoff, making an important point: specific language like "people with a cervix" is good for everyone. Not every woman - or cis woman - has the same body parts or needs the same type of care. Being specific about the bodies we talk about is good.
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Governments like to boast that “data-driven” policies are the best way to make fair, efficient decisions. They collect statistics, set targets and adjust strategies to suit 🧪🧵
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Governments like to boast that “data-driven” policies are the best way to make fair, efficient decisions. They collect statistics, set targets and adjust strategies to suit 🧪🧵
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Out this week @cogscisociety.bsky.social! @samhforbes.bsky.social & I ”urge extreme caution in the use of LLMs in classrooms lest we further normalize: pupils losing their privacy, reducing contact between learner and educator, deskilling teachers & polluting the environment”
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models
Huettig and Christiansen in an earlier issue argue that large language models (LLMs) are beneficial to address declining cognitive skills, such as literacy, through combating imbalances in educationa...
doi.org
April 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Out this week @cogscisociety.bsky.social! @samhforbes.bsky.social & I ”urge extreme caution in the use of LLMs in classrooms lest we further normalize: pupils losing their privacy, reducing contact between learner and educator, deskilling teachers & polluting the environment”
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
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The government disposed of all the gynae doctors in Whakatane. It pays travel costs for people who want to give birth, but those who don’t want to give birth have to find their own way to get where they can get the health care they need.
#nzpol #abortion 1/3
#nzpol #abortion 1/3
Abortion care quietly shelved amid staff shortage
Abortion care at Whakatāne Hospital has been quietly shelved, with patients told they will likely have to travel more than an hour to Tauranga to get the treatment they need
www.nzdoctor.co.nz
April 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It's one month until submission time for the Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social on benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching, which Snita Ahir-Knight and I are co-guest editing.
Submissions due 25th April!!!
Submissions due 25th April!!!
I'm delighted to be co-guest editing a Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social with Snita Ahir-Knight.
The Special Issue will focus on the benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching.
Full paper submissions are due 25 April 2025. (1/4)
The Special Issue will focus on the benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching.
Full paper submissions are due 25 April 2025. (1/4)
Benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education
think.taylorandfrancis.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's one month until submission time for the Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social on benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching, which Snita Ahir-Knight and I are co-guest editing.
Submissions due 25th April!!!
Submissions due 25th April!!!
I'll take this chance to share what Snita Ahir-Knight are up to again 😊
I'm delighted to be co-guest editing a Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social with Snita.
With the Special Issue we will curate a range of perspectives on integrating lived experience in teaching.
I'm delighted to be co-guest editing a Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social with Snita.
With the Special Issue we will curate a range of perspectives on integrating lived experience in teaching.
Please share - call for papers
Benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education
Special Issue Editors: Snita Ahir-Knight & @drhazelgodfrey.bsky.social
Manuscripts: 25 April 2025
→ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#LivedExperience #HigherEd #Universities
Benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education
Special Issue Editors: Snita Ahir-Knight & @drhazelgodfrey.bsky.social
Manuscripts: 25 April 2025
→ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#LivedExperience #HigherEd #Universities
March 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'll take this chance to share what Snita Ahir-Knight are up to again 😊
I'm delighted to be co-guest editing a Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social with Snita.
With the Special Issue we will curate a range of perspectives on integrating lived experience in teaching.
I'm delighted to be co-guest editing a Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social with Snita.
With the Special Issue we will curate a range of perspectives on integrating lived experience in teaching.
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Beyond humbled for #KindnessInScience & @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social to feature in @nature.com Careers with @climateadam.bsky.social.
For more see @aisrayne.bsky.social et al. in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social here: bit.ly/3XpnD8V
🎨 @jobailey.bsky.social
For more see @aisrayne.bsky.social et al. in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social here: bit.ly/3XpnD8V
🎨 @jobailey.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Beyond humbled for #KindnessInScience & @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social to feature in @nature.com Careers with @climateadam.bsky.social.
For more see @aisrayne.bsky.social et al. in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social here: bit.ly/3XpnD8V
🎨 @jobailey.bsky.social
For more see @aisrayne.bsky.social et al. in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social here: bit.ly/3XpnD8V
🎨 @jobailey.bsky.social
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"many people want to move on from the early pandemic years, and there is a temptation to minimise Covid's threat now the emergency response has passed.
But it deserves a proportionate response that draws on the rich evidence we now have.....l"
But it deserves a proportionate response that draws on the rich evidence we now have.....l"
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Analysis: On Friday it is five years since Covid-19 was first reported in New Zealand, and it continues to remain Aotearoa's most harmful disease demanding a strong response.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"many people want to move on from the early pandemic years, and there is a temptation to minimise Covid's threat now the emergency response has passed.
But it deserves a proportionate response that draws on the rich evidence we now have.....l"
But it deserves a proportionate response that draws on the rich evidence we now have.....l"
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If you support your library having Pride events and inclusive titles in their collection TELL THEM.
If you appreciate the all gender toilets or the generally safe space they provide tell them that too.
Don’t let the Destiny faithful be them only voices your library hears.
If you appreciate the all gender toilets or the generally safe space they provide tell them that too.
Don’t let the Destiny faithful be them only voices your library hears.
February 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If you support your library having Pride events and inclusive titles in their collection TELL THEM.
If you appreciate the all gender toilets or the generally safe space they provide tell them that too.
Don’t let the Destiny faithful be them only voices your library hears.
If you appreciate the all gender toilets or the generally safe space they provide tell them that too.
Don’t let the Destiny faithful be them only voices your library hears.
I'm delighted to be co-guest editing a Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social with Snita Ahir-Knight.
The Special Issue will focus on the benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching.
Full paper submissions are due 25 April 2025. (1/4)
The Special Issue will focus on the benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching.
Full paper submissions are due 25 April 2025. (1/4)
Benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education
think.taylorandfrancis.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I'm delighted to be co-guest editing a Special Issue of @herdjournal.bsky.social with Snita Ahir-Knight.
The Special Issue will focus on the benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching.
Full paper submissions are due 25 April 2025. (1/4)
The Special Issue will focus on the benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education teaching.
Full paper submissions are due 25 April 2025. (1/4)