Aine Bennett
@ainebennett.bsky.social
PhD researcher at Royal Holloway working on sexualities and asylum in the UK and France (she/her) ainebennett.uk
Very excited to be a new co-convenor of GIRWG! Stay tuned for our plans for the year
BISA Gendering IR Working Group@girwgbisa.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe @mybisa.bsky.social Gendering IR Working Group is now on Bluesky (and LinkedIn)! 🥳 Follow us here for updates and upcoming events.
Yesterday morning I woke up from a being chased dream where the only escape was on the ferry to "dissertation island" (no joke) but I couldn't get on the ferry... In unrelated news, today I submitted my PhD thesis
Keep in mind that when we talk about family reunification routes, they only apply when someone has been granted refugee status. That means this government is saying, "we know you have fled persecution. We know your family remains at risk therefore. We are going to ensure you cannot see them again".
This is a 5-year postdoc position! One for the queer STS / medical humanities and other scholars out there. What a cool opportunity
The Love Tank CIC@thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 12mo agoExciting new post-doc fellow post just announced at University of Edinburgh - working alongside The Love Tank on the new Medicine Without Doctors collaboration. Closing date 02 Oct 2025. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Proud of the work we've done on this report and hope it's useful for people in the youth sector!
PIR at Royal Holloway@rhulpir.bsky.social · last yr.Kaat Smets, @jamessloam.bsky.social and @ainebennett.bsky.social are today launching their report "Pathways to Participation for Marginalised Young People" in collaboration with Partnership for Young London and the Pan-London CiCC hollodec.github.io/images/ssia_...
Important that you keep any protests against this quiet and discreet, so that nobody notices.
Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’
Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ experts call an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza
theguardian.com
Reading this immediately after receiving another rejection At a recent conference, everyone else I spoke to who's on the market this year talked about it being harder than other years Glad 10 years of higher education are paying off!
Charlie Lynch@charlielynch.bsky.social · last yr.Friend was round last night depressed and despondent to be rejected from job interview. Bars and shops full of frustrated workers with postgrad degrees. Potential unfulfilled in dismal economy. Downward mobility. At least we have political leadership committed to sorting this out, eh?
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Trans Feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement in Britain, c. 1970–1980
The history of the British women's liberation movement (WLM) is a growing field of study, but it has had little to say about trans participants in the movement. Drawing on feminist and LGBT+ archives...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In the Linen Hall library finishing prep for this roundtable and panel I am very excited to be on tomorrow at #BISA2025 If you're also in Belfast, come and join us! 🌈🎓
"diverted" is when the 75 bus goes through an alternative route due to roadworks, not when a boat is seized in international waters
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.BREAKING: A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry says.
An academic in our department gave a "trans-sceptical" talk on campus today. We have written an open letter to the Principal and University Secretary expressing our opposition to transphobia on our campus - we hope others in the RHUL community will sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter to Julie Saunders, Vice Chancellor and Principal and Andrew Boggs, University Secretary, about the hosting of a talk on "Trans-scepticism"
Please note: Dr Gascoigne is an active member of teaching staff. We have therefore allowed the option for anonymous signatures. We would encourage initials for those who are comfortable, or otherwise ...
docs.google.com
An academic in our department gave a "trans-sceptical" talk on campus today. We have written an open letter to the Principal and University Secretary expressing our opposition to transphobia on our campus - we hope others in the RHUL community will sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter to Julie Saunders, Vice Chancellor and Principal and Andrew Boggs, University Secretary, about the hosting of a talk on "Trans-scepticism"
Please note: Dr Gascoigne is an active member of teaching staff. We have therefore allowed the option for anonymous signatures. We would encourage initials for those who are comfortable, or otherwise ...
docs.google.com
Today! Oxford people, see you there!
naoise murphy@naoisemurphy.bsky.social · last yr.Looking forward to hosting some absolutely brilliant thinkers next week in Oxford, on a topic that only seems to get more and more urgent. All welcome - please share with comrades and friends! www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/why-cr...
This has gone some way towards dissuading me from my (I hope) most reactionary opinion that you should have to pass a cycling proficiency test before renting a lime bike...
Dan Hancox@danhancox.bsky.social · last yr.New Substack from me, about why the most annoying cyclists on the road are actually helping make everyone safer open.substack.com/pub/danhanco...
Just going to slowly introduce some of my research to BlueSky. I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes - Volume 50 Issue 1
cambridge.org
I have just signed the open letter "Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia" in response to the recent hateful and harmful Supreme Court ruling I hope others will too: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia
We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...
docs.google.com
Trans women are women and no court judgement can change that. Without wanting to diminish the negative effect that legal oppression has on trans lives, there is no reason why lawyers and judges are qualified to make this argument over actual experts in the field.
regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.
“Research into sexuality and gender is vital for identifying social, cultural, and medical needs of populations, and addressing inequalities across populations.” It’s good to see editors of academic journals refuse to comply with increasing state censorship of sexuality and gender scholarship. 🌈🎓
Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research
Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)
tandfonline.com
I have signed this statement "Against the Repression of Academic Freedom in the United States and its Disproportionate Impact on Racialized Peoples" and strongly encourage fellow academics to do so too: twailr.com/statement-ag... Thank you to the organisers for bringing this together
Statement against the Repression of Academic Freedom in the United States and its Disproportionate Impact on Racialized Peoples
Please fill out the Google Form hyperlinked in the statement to add your name as a signatory to this statement.
twailr.com
The unspeakable evil of this settler colonial genocide 💔 www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
At least 326 killed as Israel unleashes wave of attacks on Gaza
Israeli assaults across Gaza resume, effectively shattering the fragile ceasefire with Hamas.
aljazeera.com
For the @theguardian.com I wrote about the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil & Trump's exploitation of anti-Palestinian racism to descend the nation into authoritarianism, with the full collaboration of academia. No one is free until Palestine is free. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is using Mahmoud Khalil to test his mass deportation plan | Heba Gowayed
The Palestinian student’s arrest at Columbia University is a harbinger of what’s to come on college campuses
theguardian.com
Along with @jesshardie.bsky.social I wrote for @truthout.org about the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, and how universities are sowing their own demise, and that of the country's by continuing to suppress pro-Palestine campus movements. truthout.org/articles/as-...
As ICE Jails Palestinian Protester, Universities Must Commit to Academic Freedom
Universities may sow their own demise if they continue to aid the suppression of pro-Palestine campus movements.
truthout.org
Couldn't recommend Henry's newsletter more - saves you ever scrolling mindlessly through hundreds of meh films again, and comes with thoughtful and political commentary on the state of cinema!
Henry Roberts@henryroberts.bsky.social · last yr.I'm really pleased Channel 4 are streaming No Other Land, the documentary on the West Bank that won the Oscar last night. I included it in my newsletter this morning, in which I recommend the best global/old/queer films available on our public service streamers www.channel4.com/programmes/n...
