Matilda Fitzmaurice
@matildaf.bsky.social
Bi. Geographer & lecturer: int. climate politics, (non)reproduction and the Anthropocene. UCU NEC LGBTQ+ rep (HE), 25/26 Equality Chair
UCU Commons, queerness, food, ABBA. Vera enthusiast.
My views. She/her
Website: https://linktr.ee/matildafitzmaurice
UCU Commons, queerness, food, ABBA. Vera enthusiast.
My views. She/her
Website: https://linktr.ee/matildafitzmaurice
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Matilda Fitzmaurice
@matildaf.bsky.social
· Aug 12
so this came out yesterday! First article from my PhD. Long slog but it was worth it. academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
Whiteness as Epistemological Orientation in International Climate Change Discourses
Abstract. This article argues that in contingent and context-specific ways, international climate change discourses reproduce whiteness as a form of signif
academic.oup.com
Bumping this for mid-August reading - I put so much into framing the argument in just the right way, and it's indebted to so many wonderful scholars: Geoff Mann, Joel Wainwright, Stuart Hall, Meera Sabaratnam, Polly Pallister-Wilkins, Ida Danewid and many others
Politics lesson one: don't organise with people you can't stand, and who can't stand you
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Politics lesson one: don't organise with people you can't stand, and who can't stand you
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I've counted literature for eight different socialist/communist factions and parties at Your Party conference so far. Plus Zarah Sultana rally leaflets.
No leaflets for Your Party itself yet...
These were nearly all under one chair, at one event.
No leaflets for Your Party itself yet...
These were nearly all under one chair, at one event.
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I've counted literature for eight different socialist/communist factions and parties at Your Party conference so far. Plus Zarah Sultana rally leaflets.
No leaflets for Your Party itself yet...
These were nearly all under one chair, at one event.
No leaflets for Your Party itself yet...
These were nearly all under one chair, at one event.
typed 'Your Party' into search and one of the first suggestions was 'our party wall'
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
typed 'Your Party' into search and one of the first suggestions was 'our party wall'
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Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
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What do UK graduates do? Lots of information in this annual report.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
graduatemarkettrends.cdn.prismic.io
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What do UK graduates do? Lots of information in this annual report.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
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This year @decrimnow.bsky.social researched the reasons why sex workers in England and Wales are currently entering and remaining in the industry.
Read the full report by here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d...
#16DaysOfActivism #SexWorkIsWork
Read the full report by here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d...
#16DaysOfActivism #SexWorkIsWork
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This year @decrimnow.bsky.social researched the reasons why sex workers in England and Wales are currently entering and remaining in the industry.
Read the full report by here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d...
#16DaysOfActivism #SexWorkIsWork
Read the full report by here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d...
#16DaysOfActivism #SexWorkIsWork
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An extraordinary thing, this.
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An extraordinary thing, this.
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
I had a sneaking suspicion that they'd bottle it. Turns out my sneaking suspicion was right.
we reported after Rayner's departure that employment rights bill would be watered down, and ministers denied it over and over again:
here is the first new major compromise:
www.ft.com/content/3391...
here is the first new major compromise:
www.ft.com/content/3391...
Labour retreats on ‘day one’ rights for workers
Government has softened its package of measures to boost employment rights
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I had a sneaking suspicion that they'd bottle it. Turns out my sneaking suspicion was right.
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So excited about this. We worked hard to get off Substack (fash!) and have everything in one place. Hats off to our excellent techy members.
If you were already subscribed to our Substack, you will be automatically ported over to Ghost, so nothing should change. But let us know if any issues.
If you were already subscribed to our Substack, you will be automatically ported over to Ghost, so nothing should change. But let us know if any issues.
Exciting news! We have transitioned off Substack and Wordpress and onto Ghost for both our website and newsletter. We're delighted to be on an open platform for our newsletter, which comes out every other Wednesday. You can check out our shiny new site via the same URL: ucucommons.org
UCU Commons
Thoughts, stories and ideas.
ucucommons.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So excited about this. We worked hard to get off Substack (fash!) and have everything in one place. Hats off to our excellent techy members.
If you were already subscribed to our Substack, you will be automatically ported over to Ghost, so nothing should change. But let us know if any issues.
If you were already subscribed to our Substack, you will be automatically ported over to Ghost, so nothing should change. But let us know if any issues.
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If you were subscribed to our Substack, your subscription should have been neatly ported over (but do ping us if there any issues). If you're not subscribed to our newsletter yet, why not do so now? Just hit the Subscribe button on our home page.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you were subscribed to our Substack, your subscription should have been neatly ported over (but do ping us if there any issues). If you're not subscribed to our newsletter yet, why not do so now? Just hit the Subscribe button on our home page.
ucucommons.org
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Very glad not to be on Substack any more! And having both the website and the newsletter in Ghost will make life so much easier.
Exciting news! We have transitioned off Substack and Wordpress and onto Ghost for both our website and newsletter. We're delighted to be on an open platform for our newsletter, which comes out every other Wednesday. You can check out our shiny new site via the same URL: ucucommons.org
UCU Commons
Thoughts, stories and ideas.
ucucommons.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Very glad not to be on Substack any more! And having both the website and the newsletter in Ghost will make life so much easier.
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The removal of individual institutions’ student number caps was a disaster.
'Bols and Maguire trace the current financial problems higher education institutions are facing back to the government’s decision to remove the limit on student numbers in 2015-16 and deregulate student recruitment, while maintaining caps on tuition fees, thus limiting universities’ income.' 2/3
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The removal of individual institutions’ student number caps was a disaster.
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Look, LLM use in academia isn't just students. You need to be speaking clearly with your collaborators about your writing standards from the beginning. Make people say out loud that they don't write their own articles anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Look, LLM use in academia isn't just students. You need to be speaking clearly with your collaborators about your writing standards from the beginning. Make people say out loud that they don't write their own articles anymore.
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It bears repeating: some women are simply better than other women at sport.
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It bears repeating: some women are simply better than other women at sport.
It's a great series, which is exactly the reason the Telegraph hates it.
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It's a great series, which is exactly the reason the Telegraph hates it.
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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best summary I've read of COP, noting the increasing militarisation of the event - to protect fossil fuel interests.
“Why are military emissions still not on the agenda here?”
@militaryemissions.org reflects on #COP30, the little that it achieved for the global climate, and on the growing public pressure for #military and conflict GHG emissions to be addressed, somehow. ceobs.org/remind-us-wh...
@militaryemissions.org reflects on #COP30, the little that it achieved for the global climate, and on the growing public pressure for #military and conflict GHG emissions to be addressed, somehow. ceobs.org/remind-us-wh...
Remind us. Who was the Amazon COP for? - CEOBS
COP30: what it achieved, where it failed, what comes next and the ever growing profile of military and conflict Greenhouse Gas emissions.
ceobs.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
best summary I've read of COP, noting the increasing militarisation of the event - to protect fossil fuel interests.
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“Labour said education would drive economic growth.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“Labour said education would drive economic growth.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
Yesterday we saw nothing for FE, and a dog’s dinner for HE.
With 15,000 HE jobs at risk and staff leaving FE, we don’t have the mechanisms needed to deliver growth.” @drjogrady.bsky.social yesterday.
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Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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Do I know anyone who's had a commentary published in response to their work? It would be really helpful to ask some questions about the process. DMs open, or those of you who know my human alter ego should feel free to use other means of contact.
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Do I know anyone who's had a commentary published in response to their work? It would be really helpful to ask some questions about the process. DMs open, or those of you who know my human alter ego should feel free to use other means of contact.
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Worth bearing in mind here that we conducted the survey two years ago - much has changed and as the report acknowledges, the figure is now likely much higher.
Read more here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...
Read more here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Worth bearing in mind here that we conducted the survey two years ago - much has changed and as the report acknowledges, the figure is now likely much higher.
Read more here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...
Read more here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...
No it fucking doesn't
Adolescence lasts to 32, say brain scientists
Adolescence lasts to 32, say brain scientists
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
No it fucking doesn't
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If journalists & MPs wonder how uni finances are so leaky: have a look at all that public money going to commercial consultancies
Just at QMUL
agencies: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
recruitment: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
data
ranking www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/paym...
Just at QMUL
agencies: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
recruitment: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
data
ranking www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/paym...
June 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If journalists & MPs wonder how uni finances are so leaky: have a look at all that public money going to commercial consultancies
Just at QMUL
agencies: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
recruitment: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
data
ranking www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/paym...
Just at QMUL
agencies: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
recruitment: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recr...
data
ranking www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/paym...
This is a truly shocking decision
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is a truly shocking decision
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Cycling to the local community garden to collect some apple juice... and spotted a random chunk of Hadrian's Wall outside Kwik Fit. Unexpected encounters with bits of Roman archaeology in everyday locations is one of my favourite #TinyJoys of living in this area.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Cycling to the local community garden to collect some apple juice... and spotted a random chunk of Hadrian's Wall outside Kwik Fit. Unexpected encounters with bits of Roman archaeology in everyday locations is one of my favourite #TinyJoys of living in this area.