As well, I actually had conversations about disability whilst there. So we can learn from each other. I gave people at the globe contacts to organisations for disabled creatives for advice and help. This makes it clear this advice was never sought or even considered

The idea “every aspect of the support for disabled people” must “help people get into work” is deeply grim from Labour. Benefits and the NHS don’t exist to turn disabled people into economic productively units. They are to help us live well. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

#WritingAmbience as I tackle Ovid once more. Hope Actaeon’s hounds in the middle aren’t an omen, though 🫣

#LoveLancaster

It was my one-year viva-versary yesterday 😀 Wonderful Daphne very much continues to be a post-PhD presence, I’m happy to report. 🎉

Today is the last day of #nye A wonderful experience, shared with a truly exceptional cast and crew. Something, as a disabled actor, who would not be here without the NHS, I’ll be forever grateful to National Theatre & Wales Millennium Centre for the gift of Herbert. (And his pillow)

Wonder why Farage wouldn’t want people studying, oh, I don’t know, history?

University authorities are the true snowflakes, not gen Z protesters, writes Priyamvada Gopal ©. Read her takedown of this year’s crackdowns of peaceful protests. (From the archive) prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/free-…

Massive solidarity with professional service staff at my university - 400 jobs, lives, homes on the line - and I've no idea how the university will continue to function without them

Extract from Stuart Hall's 'Cultural Identity and Diaspora' (1990). Access the essay for free until 30th July and join us next week for Reading the Crisis with Gail Lewis, Roderick Ferguson and Aasiya Lodhi: stuarthallfoundation.org/events/reading… 📅 Tues 23 July 🕠 5.30pm - 7pm BST 📍 Online

Those are studies of prepubertal children who aren’t candidates for gender-affirming medical interventions under any medical guidelines. They don’t apply to adolescents considering blockers or hormones. Also, Kristina Olson from Princeton analyzed those studies and found most of

Can JK Rowling just leave trans people alone for 5 minutes? Jesus Christ. Get a hobby or something.

There was very little that was quiet about it, frankly. Strange how 'difficult decisions' often go in the direction of the most traditional/conservative views of academic fields. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

They are not protestors - they are rioters. They are not patriots - they are terrorists. They are not 'ordinary folk' - they are extremists.

A very stately procession up the Lune today 🦢

This is beyond farcical. For months all we've heard is stop the boats, stop immigration, from Lab and Tories. Then we've had a reform UK surge and race riots as a result. Seriously. Can we talk about something else? Like the corrupt media? PPE fraud? Our broken FPTP system?

📣🚨This sounds amazing! An actual *series*.

This is incredibly disappointing from Pink News. A LGBTQ+ news outlet refusing to report of important issues facing our trans siblings because they fear it’s too “contentious” for their brand partners. You’re either for all of us, or none of us.

Queer history MA axed in ‘bittersweet’ end to Goldsmiths dispute Unique course denied reprieve as staff say loss of 67 colleagues means averting further cuts is ‘no victory’, writes Juliette Rowsell bit.ly/3MaWRem

Interested in doing a PhD in queer, trans and/or disability studies? Or know someone that is? Feel free to get in touch. tigslater.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/int…