Ceiren Bell
@ceirenbell.bsky.social
What fresh hell is this?
Animator, lecturer and convener at @mediacomgold
|| Working Class academic || All opinions/ likes/ comments/ reposts my own
Animator, lecturer and convener at @mediacomgold
|| Working Class academic || All opinions/ likes/ comments/ reposts my own
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1/ 5 Today is the first of @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Media Forum series, laid on by @mediacomgold.bsky.social. #journalism #media #communications
Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
1/ 5 Today is the first of @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Media Forum series, laid on by @mediacomgold.bsky.social. #journalism #media #communications
Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Hi @knowyourmeme.bsky.social! So not only is your page happy spreading race hate misinformation, you're also OK with rape threats! Nice to know. Would be cute if you could actually moderate your posts and perhaps remove the references to my sexual assault? Thanks awfully!
August 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hi @knowyourmeme.bsky.social! So not only is your page happy spreading race hate misinformation, you're also OK with rape threats! Nice to know. Would be cute if you could actually moderate your posts and perhaps remove the references to my sexual assault? Thanks awfully!
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Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
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1/Thought provoking & persuasive piece by @drjengunter.bsky.social that the term HRT should be replaced by HT (hormone therapy) or MHT (menopause hormone therapy), shedding 'replacement' and with it the suggestion menopause is a disease. UK very attached to HRT vajenda.substack.com/p/menopause-...
Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT) and Hormone Therapy (HT) are the Terms Women Deserve
HRT Is Outdated, Misleading, and Long Overdue for Retirement
vajenda.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
1/Thought provoking & persuasive piece by @drjengunter.bsky.social that the term HRT should be replaced by HT (hormone therapy) or MHT (menopause hormone therapy), shedding 'replacement' and with it the suggestion menopause is a disease. UK very attached to HRT vajenda.substack.com/p/menopause-...
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Symposium: Transmedia True Crime in the Algorithmic Era
11th June 5-7:30pm
@tanyah.bsky.social on Luigi Mangione @memorieschild.bsky.social on AI true crime
& Dr Michael Goddard on true crime on YouTube
READ MORE: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
11th June 5-7:30pm
@tanyah.bsky.social on Luigi Mangione @memorieschild.bsky.social on AI true crime
& Dr Michael Goddard on true crime on YouTube
READ MORE: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
June 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Symposium: Transmedia True Crime in the Algorithmic Era
11th June 5-7:30pm
@tanyah.bsky.social on Luigi Mangione @memorieschild.bsky.social on AI true crime
& Dr Michael Goddard on true crime on YouTube
READ MORE: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
11th June 5-7:30pm
@tanyah.bsky.social on Luigi Mangione @memorieschild.bsky.social on AI true crime
& Dr Michael Goddard on true crime on YouTube
READ MORE: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
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RIP Costa Gazidis (Dr Gazi). My dad, who wrote this obituary, was in a cell next to him when they were both arrested in 1964 (it might have been at the time this sketch was done by a cellmate, Paul Trewhela).
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Obituary: Costa Gazidis, anti-apartheid activist driven by a belief in humanity
Costa Gazidis was a community doctor, political prisoner, Aids campaigner, fiercely independent anti-racist and socialist who found his political home in the Pan Africanist Congress.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
March 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
RIP Costa Gazidis (Dr Gazi). My dad, who wrote this obituary, was in a cell next to him when they were both arrested in 1964 (it might have been at the time this sketch was done by a cellmate, Paul Trewhela).
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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Join us for a guest lecture by Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social on Authoritarian Feminism, the Broligarchy & Left Feminist Alternatives! This Thursday, hosted by the Gender & Sexuality Research Cluster @camsociology.bsky.social
📆 6 March, 5-6pm
📍Seminar Room, Department of Sociology, Cambridge
📆 6 March, 5-6pm
📍Seminar Room, Department of Sociology, Cambridge
March 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Join us for a guest lecture by Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social on Authoritarian Feminism, the Broligarchy & Left Feminist Alternatives! This Thursday, hosted by the Gender & Sexuality Research Cluster @camsociology.bsky.social
📆 6 March, 5-6pm
📍Seminar Room, Department of Sociology, Cambridge
📆 6 March, 5-6pm
📍Seminar Room, Department of Sociology, Cambridge
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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
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A new paper co-authored by Goldsmiths' @kat-hig.bsky.social explores our preoccupation with stories about women who lie, scam and cheat.
As Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar hits our screens, she talks to British Vogue about why we can't get enough of con women www.vogue.co.uk/article/why-...
As Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar hits our screens, she talks to British Vogue about why we can't get enough of con women www.vogue.co.uk/article/why-...
Why Are Con Women So Much More Fascinating Than Con Men?
“What is it about these women that makes us unable to look away?”
www.vogue.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A new paper co-authored by Goldsmiths' @kat-hig.bsky.social explores our preoccupation with stories about women who lie, scam and cheat.
As Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar hits our screens, she talks to British Vogue about why we can't get enough of con women www.vogue.co.uk/article/why-...
As Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar hits our screens, she talks to British Vogue about why we can't get enough of con women www.vogue.co.uk/article/why-...
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What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025?
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
February 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025?
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series.
📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025
🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB
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This great film on Sylvia Wynter is by my brilliant @mediacomgold.bsky.social colleague Marcela Pizzaro - do also check out the films on Fanon and Du Bois.
Amazing that @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social has a lovely little documentary about Sylvia Wynter. I wish it had gotten into the concepts a bit more, but still v charming. I’m impressed a news site would commission this 🫶✨
aje.io/vkxgyf
aje.io/vkxgyf
Sylvia Wynter: Beyond man
Radical philosopher, Sylvia Wynter calls on us to rethink the very notion of what it is to be human.
aje.io
February 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This great film on Sylvia Wynter is by my brilliant @mediacomgold.bsky.social colleague Marcela Pizzaro - do also check out the films on Fanon and Du Bois.
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#Trump’s actions on #USAID – whimsical, petulant, cruel – were unsurprising. What was a surprise is his sudden interest in racial justice, or at least his attempt to champion the cause of anyone other than himself. www.rashmee.com/musk-y-odour...
Musk-y odour of Trump’s actions over South Africa
Buried deep within a bizarre series of weekend events asDonald Trump and Elon Musk eviscerated the 63-year-old US Agency for International Development: the US president’s attack on South Africa. Mr Tr...
www.rashmee.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#Trump’s actions on #USAID – whimsical, petulant, cruel – were unsurprising. What was a surprise is his sudden interest in racial justice, or at least his attempt to champion the cause of anyone other than himself. www.rashmee.com/musk-y-odour...
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MA Audio, Radio and Podcasting students graduating recently.
@mediacomgold.bsky.social graduates specialising in Audio are well regarded by industry and have roles at production houses like @bbcstudios.bsky.social, @bbcsounds.bsky.social & Goalhanger!
Want to join them? Head to gold.ac.uk.
@mediacomgold.bsky.social graduates specialising in Audio are well regarded by industry and have roles at production houses like @bbcstudios.bsky.social, @bbcsounds.bsky.social & Goalhanger!
Want to join them? Head to gold.ac.uk.
January 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
MA Audio, Radio and Podcasting students graduating recently.
@mediacomgold.bsky.social graduates specialising in Audio are well regarded by industry and have roles at production houses like @bbcstudios.bsky.social, @bbcsounds.bsky.social & Goalhanger!
Want to join them? Head to gold.ac.uk.
@mediacomgold.bsky.social graduates specialising in Audio are well regarded by industry and have roles at production houses like @bbcstudios.bsky.social, @bbcsounds.bsky.social & Goalhanger!
Want to join them? Head to gold.ac.uk.
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Join us on Thursday 30 Jan at 6pm in the Students Union Lounge for
TRUMP: HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE DO WE GO?
MA Political Communications students, Dr Jacob Mukherjee, Professor Catherine Rottenberg and Guardian US editor Chris Michael will be speaking as part of this participatory discussion.
TRUMP: HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE DO WE GO?
MA Political Communications students, Dr Jacob Mukherjee, Professor Catherine Rottenberg and Guardian US editor Chris Michael will be speaking as part of this participatory discussion.
January 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Join us on Thursday 30 Jan at 6pm in the Students Union Lounge for
TRUMP: HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE DO WE GO?
MA Political Communications students, Dr Jacob Mukherjee, Professor Catherine Rottenberg and Guardian US editor Chris Michael will be speaking as part of this participatory discussion.
TRUMP: HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE DO WE GO?
MA Political Communications students, Dr Jacob Mukherjee, Professor Catherine Rottenberg and Guardian US editor Chris Michael will be speaking as part of this participatory discussion.
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Corbyn and McDonnell agree to police interview after pro-Palestine march
Corbyn and McDonnell agree to police interview after pro-Palestine march
Former Labour leader and former shadow chancellor due to be interviewed under caution following protest in London
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have agreed to be interviewed under caution by police after a pro-Palestine march in central London on…
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Corbyn and McDonnell agree to police interview after pro-Palestine march
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The Rio Cinema, Dalston is screening 🎥 BABYMOTHER on 13 Feb. This classic film was the 1st ever Black British musical, + directed by Prof Julian Henriques, who'll be there live for a Q&A! www.riocinema.org.uk/checkout/sho...
Julian convenes our MA in Cultural Studies: www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-cultur...
Julian convenes our MA in Cultural Studies: www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-cultur...
Babymother + Q&A - February 13, 6:00 pm
263268 - Babymother + Q&A - Screen 1 - February 13, 6:00 pm
www.riocinema.org.uk
January 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Rio Cinema, Dalston is screening 🎥 BABYMOTHER on 13 Feb. This classic film was the 1st ever Black British musical, + directed by Prof Julian Henriques, who'll be there live for a Q&A! www.riocinema.org.uk/checkout/sho...
Julian convenes our MA in Cultural Studies: www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-cultur...
Julian convenes our MA in Cultural Studies: www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-cultur...
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Cloning Adorno and torturing him with Jazz
January 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Cloning Adorno and torturing him with Jazz
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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Reading about how communist east Berlin made unbreakable drinking glasses that were discontinued under capitalism because unbreakable glass doesn’t make money. And now the remaining unbreakable glasses are very expensive because there’s only a few left and they are fetishised by hipsters
January 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reading about how communist east Berlin made unbreakable drinking glasses that were discontinued under capitalism because unbreakable glass doesn’t make money. And now the remaining unbreakable glasses are very expensive because there’s only a few left and they are fetishised by hipsters
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How can the documentary process be a helping one - rather than harmful?
Christina is an award-winning freelance audio producer & artist working creatively in the field of documentary.
An online masterclass from multitrack.uk
Friday 13th Dec 4pm-5.30pm.
Pay what you can
shorturl.at/osjCf
Christina is an award-winning freelance audio producer & artist working creatively in the field of documentary.
An online masterclass from multitrack.uk
Friday 13th Dec 4pm-5.30pm.
Pay what you can
shorturl.at/osjCf
December 10, 2024 at 9:41 AM
How can the documentary process be a helping one - rather than harmful?
Christina is an award-winning freelance audio producer & artist working creatively in the field of documentary.
An online masterclass from multitrack.uk
Friday 13th Dec 4pm-5.30pm.
Pay what you can
shorturl.at/osjCf
Christina is an award-winning freelance audio producer & artist working creatively in the field of documentary.
An online masterclass from multitrack.uk
Friday 13th Dec 4pm-5.30pm.
Pay what you can
shorturl.at/osjCf