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Dr Marie Allitt

@marieallitt.bsky.social

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Researcher, Writer, (Over)Thinker. Medical Humanities. Life-writing. Chronic illness. Disability. Mental health. Healthcare spaces. she/her. Views own Live in Scotland

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · Nov 4

(To pin) You can download my book *Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War: Geographies of Care* for free (open access) here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-medical...
Paperback coming Feb 2025

Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War

edinburghuniversitypress.com

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1h

You’re not a celeb mate! #CelebrityTraitors

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1h

So sorry, Cath. Thinking of you and colleagues. It’s all so needless and cruel

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 2h

Hopefully that was just book 1, and the subsequent ones will be, well, I think the best we can hope for is odourless

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 3h

Gangrene, sorry

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 19h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 4h

I’m also available for private online tutoring. English and History KS3 to degree level. £30/hr
Also available for Geography up to A-Level/Highers

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Hello, I'm Marie. I am passionate about teaching and learning. I love stories that show us different parts of the world, from different times, and that challenge and help us to understand ourselve...

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 7h

I have experience editing to lots of different style guides, so very happy working to yours & your publisher’s specifications.

Quick turnaround possible

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 7h

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 9h

Absolutely! They are amazing in a crisis. It’s the aftercare that it falls down
(Had to redo this post as autocorrect kept changing to aren’t amazing 🙄)

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 11h

I really don’t like this sudden use of ‘diagnosis’ instead of answer, understanding, assessment, identification, interpretation etc, outside of a medical context

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, in this case pies are awards, funding, jobs, opportunities etc

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

They aren’t saying A Level English!!! They’re saying A Level standard! It’s all bollocks anyway but they aren’t saying migrants have to do A Level English!!!!!

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t mean the existing a levels - which are not language learning anyway - they mean of the a level level which they’re only using because that’s what people will understand. It’s nonsense anyway

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

They aren’t saying A Level English!!! They’re saying A Level standard! It’s all bollocks anyway but they aren’t saying migrants have to do A Level English!!!!!

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

So who’s teaching and testing this, because you’ve repeatedly argued that an English degree is not valuable and you are actively destroying universities??

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

Dreadful vertigo day 😵‍💫

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

Marie used to be a man’s name. Didn’t know about Phillip - so cool

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

Academia is a system where it sees someone has 10 pies and gives them 10 more, while the person with no pies continues to go without

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been reading a dystopian novel, and one of the most unsettling things is *braces self* that there are no grammar rules, and *sniffs* long words are banned 😭😭😭

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

It also reveals complete misunderstanding of the LLM

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

Too many people who can’t write are given publishing deals, often just because of their existing status

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 1d

I am surprised, and I don’t say this lightly, disgusted to see her do this, because I’ve always felt she’s prided herself on the rigour of her systematic reviews. For me, it throws everything into doubt as it undermines all research integrity

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 2d

How to lose my remaining respect for their work in one fell swoop

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve really had to hold back saying something!!

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Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 2d

Reading Animal Farm in 2025 is…very on the nose

Dr Marie Allitt @marieallitt.bsky.social · 2d

I just discovered this too. My sympathies