Caitlin MacKinlay (she/they)
@cmxckinlay.bsky.social
Geographer, PhD-ing @ Durham University. Interested in queering carceral geography.
Prone to posts about Parks and Rec.
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Prone to posts about Parks and Rec.
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20.11.2025
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
20.11.2025
Today I co-hosted @geogdurham.bsky.social’s first event for the newly founded Queer and Trans Thematic Group. We shared questions, insights and potential opportunities for using queer and trans theorising within our own research and produced some wonderful collaborative mind maps (as shown below)!
October 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today I co-hosted @geogdurham.bsky.social’s first event for the newly founded Queer and Trans Thematic Group. We shared questions, insights and potential opportunities for using queer and trans theorising within our own research and produced some wonderful collaborative mind maps (as shown below)!
looking through riot grrrl zines to prep for my zine making workshop and found this gem
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
looking through riot grrrl zines to prep for my zine making workshop and found this gem
Being tourists in Roma 🇮🇹
September 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Being tourists in Roma 🇮🇹
One cancelled train later…I’m finally en route to Birmingham for the RGS AC2025 !
August 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
One cancelled train later…I’m finally en route to Birmingham for the RGS AC2025 !
Queer writing retreat (day one) ✅
August 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Queer writing retreat (day one) ✅
Picked up the mug I decorated! 🕺
August 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Picked up the mug I decorated! 🕺
I am honoured to be a finalist in the DCAD (Durham Centre for Academic Development) 2025 poster competition!
My entry outlines the aims and intentions for my PhD research, grounding the importance of research surrounding queer experiences of prison spaces.
My entry outlines the aims and intentions for my PhD research, grounding the importance of research surrounding queer experiences of prison spaces.
June 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I am honoured to be a finalist in the DCAD (Durham Centre for Academic Development) 2025 poster competition!
My entry outlines the aims and intentions for my PhD research, grounding the importance of research surrounding queer experiences of prison spaces.
My entry outlines the aims and intentions for my PhD research, grounding the importance of research surrounding queer experiences of prison spaces.
Join us at the @carceralgeography.bsky.social 'Creating in Confinement' workshop at Birmingham University!
We will examine how creative practice and research fosters new knowledge in carceral settings.
Follow the link to learn how to register: carceralgeographies.co.uk/creating-in-...
We will examine how creative practice and research fosters new knowledge in carceral settings.
Follow the link to learn how to register: carceralgeographies.co.uk/creating-in-...
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Join us at the @carceralgeography.bsky.social 'Creating in Confinement' workshop at Birmingham University!
We will examine how creative practice and research fosters new knowledge in carceral settings.
Follow the link to learn how to register: carceralgeographies.co.uk/creating-in-...
We will examine how creative practice and research fosters new knowledge in carceral settings.
Follow the link to learn how to register: carceralgeographies.co.uk/creating-in-...
Started engaging with ‘male’ gym oriented TikTok content and suddenly my algorithm is showing me misogynistic posts…
June 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Started engaging with ‘male’ gym oriented TikTok content and suddenly my algorithm is showing me misogynistic posts…
The Carceral Geography Working Group (CGWG) are honoring the work of our international network at our August "Creating in Confinement" workshop.
If you have published/edited a book, article, or creative work over the last academic year, let us know by sumbitting sugestions using the link below!
If you have published/edited a book, article, or creative work over the last academic year, let us know by sumbitting sugestions using the link below!
June 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Carceral Geography Working Group (CGWG) are honoring the work of our international network at our August "Creating in Confinement" workshop.
If you have published/edited a book, article, or creative work over the last academic year, let us know by sumbitting sugestions using the link below!
If you have published/edited a book, article, or creative work over the last academic year, let us know by sumbitting sugestions using the link below!
Spent yesterday afternoon scouring the Baltic’s zine library. Some fantastic pieces and great inspiration for my work!
May 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Spent yesterday afternoon scouring the Baltic’s zine library. Some fantastic pieces and great inspiration for my work!
Thrilled to have been able to present my reflections on research ethics within carceral scholarship at the @rgsibg.bsky.social’s mid-term conference this week!
April 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Thrilled to have been able to present my reflections on research ethics within carceral scholarship at the @rgsibg.bsky.social’s mid-term conference this week!
Quick visit to see my girlfriend. Of course I forced her to look around the prison.
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Quick visit to see my girlfriend. Of course I forced her to look around the prison.
Plagued with yet another illness, all in time for my important deadlines
April 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Plagued with yet another illness, all in time for my important deadlines
Queerest tattoo yet ‼️
March 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Queerest tattoo yet ‼️
Thrilled to have been participating in @durhamimh.bsky.social ‘Queer Methodologies’ PhD School this week! Some wonderful discussion about queerness in the academy and some great fun experimenting with different methods.
March 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thrilled to have been participating in @durhamimh.bsky.social ‘Queer Methodologies’ PhD School this week! Some wonderful discussion about queerness in the academy and some great fun experimenting with different methods.
📢 Call for abstracts!
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG 2025.
Accepting abstracts for in-person and online presentations. Feel free to get in touch with any questions or abstracts!
@rgsibg.bsky.social
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG 2025.
Accepting abstracts for in-person and online presentations. Feel free to get in touch with any questions or abstracts!
@rgsibg.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
📢 Call for abstracts!
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG 2025.
Accepting abstracts for in-person and online presentations. Feel free to get in touch with any questions or abstracts!
@rgsibg.bsky.social
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG 2025.
Accepting abstracts for in-person and online presentations. Feel free to get in touch with any questions or abstracts!
@rgsibg.bsky.social
📢 Call for abstracts!
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
@rgsibg.bsky.social
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
@rgsibg.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📢 Call for abstracts!
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
@rgsibg.bsky.social
'Creating Carceral Atmospheres: Affect, Embodiment and Enclosure' at the RGS-IBG AC2025.
Please get in touch with any abstracts or questions! 😄
@rgsibg.bsky.social