Some news: my memoir, Little Oases, will be published in March! 🥳 It's about what mothering my identical twins taught me, an Irish feminist sociologist, about gender and sex. Preorders and shares very welcome! @eoinpurcell.bsky.social fullsetbooks.com/products/lit...

Little Oases. Carol Ballantine book, published by Full Set

Carol Ballantine book, Little Oases: A memoir, draws on Carol's personal and academic expertise to explore questions about gender identity in childhood as she raises her twins. Published by Full Set.

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The world is gone mad….

Awesome view from Artemis II this morning.

Friends and colleagues in Irish academia! The wonderful Dr Mary McGill has asked me to circulate her @researchireland.ie - funded survey on Exploring experiences of gender-based online abuse among female academics in Ireland - please do share! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Seen on that other site...😆 What's really in the Epstein files!

Really enjoyed working on this podcast, and learned a lot from this episode. @shanedbergin.bsky.social interviews Alexa McDermot, an autistic researcher looking at the experiences of autistic women in Ireland. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4ENw... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

If you’re defending kidnapping a five year old, you’re losing

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Desperate times, desperate measures. #badgeographyjoke

(Via @jimacosta.bsky.social).

Night, night…

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas.

Calling Early Career Researchers, the ESAI ECR Award details for #esai2026 are now live. Applicants should submit a 4,000-5,000 word paper by the 6th of March 2026. Applicants must have an abstract accepted for an ECR slot at the conference. All details available here: esai.ie/esai-early-c...

There’s still time to submit an abstract! Closing date later this month - 29th November! #CfP #esai2026

ESAI@esai-irl.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Call for Papers 📣 ESAI Conference 2026 #esai2026 will take place from 28-30 May in the University of Galway @universityofgalway.bsky.social The conference marks the 50th anniversary of the ‘Meeting of Scholars’. #CfP closes on 29th November! All details on our website: esai.ie/esai-confere...

Call for papers #esai2026 is out now Call closes on 29th November

ESAI@esai-irl.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Call for Papers 📣 ESAI Conference 2026 #esai2026 will take place from 28-30 May in the University of Galway @universityofgalway.bsky.social The conference marks the 50th anniversary of the ‘Meeting of Scholars’. #CfP closes on 29th November! All details on our website: esai.ie/esai-confere...

There are some evenings where my bed beckons…

Thinking of Sarah Clancy.

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others. Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla: “People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.” 1/3

Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say. Thinking of Sarah Clancy - all eyes on the flotilla #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6832196

Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say

The Global Sumud Flotilla is now just 45km from Gaza, but over a dozen Israeli warships are approaching.

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Call for Papers 📣 ESAI Conference 2026 #esai2026 will take place from 28-30 May in the University of Galway @universityofgalway.bsky.social The conference marks the 50th anniversary of the ‘Meeting of Scholars’. #CfP closes on 29th November! All details on our website: esai.ie/esai-confere...

Shocking!

Maya Media@mayamedia.bsky.social · last yr.

Palestinian child in state of shock after being pulled from the rubble.

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

The begonias are planted!

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

End the genocide!

Mary Robinson: Let the Madleen reach Gaza. Let this small ship carry the weight of global conscience. Let it land in peace.

vimeo.com/1078253372/d.... I could have been a movie star but I gave it all up for ESAI…

ESAI 2025

This is "ESAI 2025" by StationHouse Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Research tells us that the institutional response to disclosures, reports and complaints is often experienced as further abuse and violence. The HEA is showing real leadership commissioning this qualitative study and I'm honoured to be conducting it. Sharing will give us richer, more diverse data

Excited to be starting interviews on reporting SGBV in Irish Higher Education Institutions. You may see yourself in the study and consider taking part. Or you may be involved in networks that include survivors (I assure you, you are). Please read, like, share! 1/2 borg.ie/current-proj...