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DISAFFECTED: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF UNFEELING @DukePress | @phdivaspodcast | Associate Professor | BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker | Co-Director @qUCL.bsky.social | rhymes w fine

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libankerdc.bsky.social
You’re Welcome for your favorite lazy Sunday read:

“What happened to the New York that was run by predators, for predators?”
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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marcusjdl.bsky.social
Sonia Sodha left wing? Jokers. She is not a trained journalist. She is literally further evidence that the British establishment’s idea of diversity is “more clueless privately educated people, but make them Black and Asian”. Her “writing” is crap.
hleehurley.com Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 1d
The Sunday Telegraph featuring 'left-wing' Sonia Sodha.

Sodha currently writes for The Times, or was until the end of October.
Corporation captured by minority ideology, says Left-wing writer The Sunday Telegraph9 Nov 2025By Aaron Newbury Sonia Sodha said that the BBC ‘is not representing the views of the British public’ THE BBC has been “captured by a minority ideology” on gender that does not represent the views of the British public, a Left-wing writer has said. Sonia Sodha, who has written for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, said The Telegraph’s recent revelations of apparent bias at the BBC were “pretty strong”, adding that recent reports were a concern “not just to people on the Right, like Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage”, but also the Left. On Friday, The Telegraph revealed the BBC’s “gender and identity correspondent” tried to stop coverage of a campaigning organisation that was trying to protect single-sex spaces for women. Ms Sodha, a former adviser to Ed Milliband, said she was a “constructive friend of the BBC”, but said she was con- cerned about the broadcaster’s behaviour, in particular that of its Editorial Complaints Unit (ECU). It emerged this week that the ECU upheld a number of complaints against presenter Martine Croxall after she refused to refer to pregnant women as “pregnant people” during a news broadcast, in which she also appeared to roll her eyes. It was reported on Friday that the BBC’s own staff were amongst those complaining against Croxall. Ms Sodha said: “So I am a friend of the BBC, I like to think of myself as a constructive friend. I am a believer in public service broadcasting. So it’s not just people on the Right like Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage that are worried about this. I think if you look at an issue like sex and gender, I am a journalist who has written about it a lot from a Leftwing perspective. I do think that the accusations of bias are pretty strong.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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philippaeast.bsky.social
Heads up 😅

Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc

📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++

Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨 Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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musicologyduck.bsky.social
the pet food bank near me has been having to close early from running out of food, so if this is your lane this is another way to help
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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valoisdubins.bsky.social
Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:

Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.

Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.

Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
hleehurley.com Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 1d
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
These trans lies are grotesque. I’d rather be locked up than pay the licence fee The Daily Telegraph6 Nov 2025By Suzanne Moore THE BBC is under fire for its coverage of a “doctored” Donald Trump speech and the tendency of BBC Arabic to minimise Israeli suffering. On contentious subjects such as slavery, colonialism and the Irish famine, eminent academics claim there has been a rewriting of history. Such accusations of a lack of balance (or indeed a complete absence of debate on disputed issues) come as little surprise to me. For I have long watched as the BBC deliberately attempts to “gaslight” its audience on the complex issue of transgender rights. Gaslighting means the creation of a false narrative, and the manipulation of someone else’s perception of reality. On trans issues, by misinforming viewers or ignoring stories that did not fit its pro-trans agenda, this is exactly what the BBC has done. The leaked memo speaks of “unintended editorial bias”, but this is a very neutral way of describing what has been going on. Activists within the corporation ran the LGBT desk, which is used by all of the BBC’S news programmes. This small group of people were committed to “a pro-trans agenda” and “keeping other perspectives off air”.
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?

“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
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November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
xineyaophd.bsky.social
Yeah I guess I’m kinda simple in some ways — I always marvel at the dehumidifier whenever I empty it out
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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mitpress.bsky.social
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.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.

Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gender Passport Ruling Isn’t About ID (Gift Article)
And it defeats the basic purpose of the document.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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plashingvole.bsky.social
They f*ck you up, your OVC
They mean to and they do
They kill you with their weird ideas
And add some extra, to screw you.

But they were buttered up in their turn
By consultants in sharp suits,
Whose plans all make me churn
And woe betide any kid who really wants to learn.
plashingvole.bsky.social Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 3d
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
A satirical poem about universities. All Staff Assembly Unlike other universities We do not have an emergency However, we must continue To take action with urgency Don't let there be rupture In trust over the new role families This is not a restructure There are always some redundancies We do not work with arms companies We work with engineering firm subsidiaries Who produce dual use technologies That kill people Some of us are paid very differently But this is very good for the university You see, the disparities in our salaries Are contributions to Diversity
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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titachico.bsky.social
HELLO, BLUESKY!

In 2021, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published our fantastic symposium, ANTIRACISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY.

It's worth a re-read. (Also I am sharing for the updated urls, as they've redesigned their site.)

READ/SHARE/READ AGAIN!

lareviewofbooks.org/feature/anti...
🙌🙌🙌
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“Antiracism in the Contemporary University,” a Symposium | Los Angeles Review of Books
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November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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vijayiyer.bsky.social
monstrous, monumental evil
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
Waiting at the DMV reading about how Cornell caved and the 6th circuit actually used the ludicrous phrase “biological pronouns.” Truly what fresh hell—
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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phileil.bsky.social
Quite a headline.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
xineyaophd.bsky.social
Del Toro’s Frankenstein is exactly the kind of Frankenstein I thought del Toro would make

I mean that mostly in a positive sense
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
xineyaophd.bsky.social
Oxfam Research Report published Oct 29 2025

Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Europeans are Locking the World into a Climate Disaster

www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Europeans are Locking the World into a Climate Disaster | Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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nathankhensley.bsky.social
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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hystericalblkns.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🏆 BAAS Awards 2026 🏆

The BAAS Awards are back & accepting submissions! Click through the link to see available awards...

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Deadline: 17th December
2026 BAAS Awards NOW OPEN! - British Association for American Studies
Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research awards supporting the development of American studies in Britain. The 2026 awards are now open for…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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arsavium.bsky.social
Book is really real.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
Save 50% on #NewBook Indigenomicon by Jodi Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social, which brings video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. buff.ly/FBknSYW
Cover of Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession by Jodi Byrd. The cover art features a stylized, pixelated landscape that transitions into a painted forest scene. A river runs along the bottom, where a figure sits in a canoe. In the background, a wooden palisade, tall trees, and two stork-like birds in flight are depicted.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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rhondawilsonmhn.bsky.social
Q: Is there enough LGBTQI+ content in pre-registration mental health nursing curriculum within comprehensive nursing education?
A: NO.
Congratultions Mark Hopwood on your first PhD studies publication
Read our review here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Integration of Gender and Sexuality Content Within Pre‐Registration Mental Health Nursing Curriculum: An Integrative Literature Review
This review explored the evidence regarding the integration of gender and sexuality content in preregistration Mental Health Nursing (MHN) curriculum, and any factors influencing content inclusion or....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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philippaeast.bsky.social
TransActual have put together these handy FAQs to respond to MPs (or anyone else) who is still struggling to get their head round why the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice would be so devastating for the trans community.
Feel free to share, download, print, whatever!
transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...
FAQs in Response to the Draft EHRC Code of Practice and Supreme Court Ruling We are calling for the EHRC’s “bathroom ban” to be scrapped, and the Code re-written to allow for trans inclusion in single sex services according to lived gender. Below are some common questions that might be raised by MPs (or others), and possible responses you can give to explain why this is needed. QUESTION “The Supreme Court ruling only affects those few thousand trans people who have Gender Recognition Certificates (GRCs). Otherwise, trans people retain all the rights and protections they have always had under the Equality Act 2010.” RESPONSE The Supreme Court ruling disapplies the effect of a GRC to the entirety of the Equality Act 2010. This means that there no longer exists any mechanism whatsoever for trans people to be legally recognised in their acquired gender under the UK’s most significant piece of equalities legislation. This not only affects those trans people who currently hold a GRC, but also the potentially hundreds of thousands of trans people who would wish to obtain a GRC in the future. For this reason, ILGA-Europe removed all legal gender recognition points from the UK this year, meaning that the UK now sits at an all-time low on the ILGA-Europe Rainbow map. There are many reasons why trans people do not apply, or have not yet applied for a GRC. Many report that the UK’s medicalised process for legal gender recognition remains humiliating, invasive and inaccessible for many. In this, the UK is out of step with international best practice, which recommends a model based on self-determination RESPONSE The Supreme Court ruling, as interpreted by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), does not just affect those with a GRC, but all those with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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ceaubin.com
Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social) absolutely suplexing the Platner tattoo apologists in the NYT today.

My professional life is spent thinking about what makes Americans so quick to shove overt Nazi stuff to the side in favor of political expedience - she gets this exactly right.
NYT Header: A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats' Greatest Weakness It is also a cop-out that can sound like political pragmatism: The idea that we simply must learn to overlook bad behavior as mere human foibles. Who among us, it is implied, has not said or done or etched a hateful symbol of exclusion and oppression into our minds or bodies? If Democrats are to win back the “working class” that they have lost to Trump, they have to look beyond silly things like Nazi iconography or a little casual racism or a soupçon of sexism and anything else that the “woke” left of the party cares about. I find it hard to imagine that we would be having this conversation at all were Platner anything other than a fit middle-aged white guy who dresses like a stock photo of a “real man.” Our culture is built to eternally forgive men, generally, and white men of means, especially, for their mistakes. Every single time, they were young and immature and it would be a shame to hold them accountable for anything they did wrong. The rest of us just need to be strong-armed into the forgiving and forgetting portion of the program. That is how you get to the place I found myself this week, reading apologia for a hateful symbol pretending to be sound, hard-nosed political analysis.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
xineyaophd.bsky.social
Sharing this piece on the Australia's Special Envoy's report on antisemitism co-written by my new colleague Andrew Dean

sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/ancie...
Ancient Hate, New Remedies | Sydney Review of Books
Andrew Dean and Marc Mierowsky scrutinise the data and proposals in the Special Envoy’s report on antisemitism. How representative of the Jewish community in Australia is the report? And why has it se...
sydneyreviewofbooks.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM