Steph Wright

@estefwright.bsky.social

Historian of modern Spain in Lancaster. Interests: gender, sexual violence, #dishist, mental health, medical humanities. Currently working on the history of thalidomide in Spain.

This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1

Ash@queerash.bsky.social · 2w ago

Elaine in this article "can't remember the last time she used her oven" but also spends £200 a month on petrol (so driving probably ~50 miles a day?) (she's also a professional old person; she was on Good Morning Britain last year, and then also at the Nov budget, and the year before lmao)

. @manchesterup.bsky.social are having a site-wide sale, meaning you can get my book for £15, and a whole host of other great titles too. C'mon, you know a heatwave is the perfect time read about the fight for equality by women in public service jobs! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146632/

Manchester University Press - Gender, rhetoric and regulation

Gender, rhetoric and regulation - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Gender, rhetoric and regulation by Helen Glew

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'Turner, a professor at Swansea University, shows that while public and political attitudes to disability have remained poor, disabled people have challenged them at every stage, wresting progress out of even the most unpromising circumstances.' 1/2 #Skystorians

Disability by David Turner review – a revelatory new history

This study of the struggle for rights includes incredible personal stories that we should all be more familiar with

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8 días de huelga llevan los trabajadores del Reina Sofía: 20% de despidos para sustituirlos por una contrata. Cero repercusión en los medios. Vamos a darles un poco de cariño, aldea!

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“Westminster needs to wake up…” An important statement from the RHS today on the unfolding situation in UKHE.

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Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 3mo ago

The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

'Despite all their difficulties, universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP – more than aircraft manufacturing and legal services combined'. 1/2

The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial

Editorial: Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge

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