me: “[mutual friend] is into E. P. Thompson” gf: “eepy Thompson?”
Chloe Wilcox
@sadpphicstanza.bsky.social
MA-ing in Romanticism @ York || Interested in PB Shelley; self-injury in Romantic lit; protest poetry || Comms fellow @bars.bsky.social Autistic, she/they 🛼
GC activists claimed "children are making irreversible choices and they do not understand the long-term consequences" and the institutional response was a) to ban puberty-blockers, which are entirely predicated on their reversability and b) to stop adults making choices about their lives right now
"would mean, for example, that Jewell would not be able to breastfeed in the future" this person is TWENTY NINE YEARS OLD and the BBC is scaremongering about their choice not to breastfeed a baby that they do not have and have given no indication of ever wanting to have
Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 2w agoI can’t put into words the fury this reporting fills me with. How more indignity must trans people be spoken be subjected to by our national broadcaster?
my girlfriend got a badge press and i have found my calling x
The first move was denying the bodily autonomy of trans children and now they're removing bodily autonomy from adults. Why should politicians decide what consenting, well-informed adults can do to their own bodies?
Cwiar Cymru@cwiar.org · 3w ago🚨 All gender-affirming surgeries have been cancelled by NHS Wales 🚨 Read the full statement:
NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 3w ago🚨🆕 @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com can reveal that the NHS has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of the Welsh Gender Service Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...
💻 BARS Digital Event Announcement: The Last Man Today 16 September 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm (UK time) Register here: uni-mainz-de.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
One of the best things about being Comms Officer for BARS is working alongside a wonderful Communications Fellow!! If you're interested in helping me run the BARS Blog and social media feeds for the next academic year (and receive a stipend for doing so!!!), please check out the link below ⤵️
British Association for Romantic Studies@bars.bsky.social · 3w ago🌟Call for Applications: BARS Communications Fellow 2026-27 to assist with the BARS Blog and social media 🌟 Deadline - Monday 14th September Details - www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6572
I presume Steven Pinker et al. will be signing the inevitable petition to protect this academic’s freedom?
Ozymandias shoulda made two monuments so he could have told people to look upon his works ye mighty and de spare
academia sucks but every once in a while a stranger's like, i benefited a lot from others' applications in the past so i'm happy to share mine with you now
fancy rebelling over single-sex space rules? boy do we have a letter for you to sign! (now on over 400 signatures)
Chloe Wilcox@sadpphicstanza.bsky.social · 4w agoOXFORD UNI STAFF & STUDENTS!!! Oxford has officially implemented the transphobic EHRC Code of Practice. PLEASE sign this open letter to commit to resisting it and supporting your trans colleagues, students, and peers. And please also share with Oxford acquaintances! www.oulgbtq.org/open-letter....
I’ve had so much fun in this role!!! It’s been such a lovely way to feel more involved in the Romanticist community (and Amy is a wonderful Comms Officer) <33
British Association for Romantic Studies@bars.bsky.social · 3w ago🌟Call for Applications: BARS Communications Fellow 2026-27 to assist with the BARS Blog and social media 🌟 Deadline - Monday 14th September Details - www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6572
I stand in solidarity with Professor Racist on account of, uh, academic… integrity. It’s vital that we continue the oldest of the academic traditions - being really fucking racist all of the time.
We currently have over 300 signatures!!
Chloe Wilcox@sadpphicstanza.bsky.social · 4w agoOXFORD UNI STAFF & STUDENTS!!! Oxford has officially implemented the transphobic EHRC Code of Practice. PLEASE sign this open letter to commit to resisting it and supporting your trans colleagues, students, and peers. And please also share with Oxford acquaintances! www.oulgbtq.org/open-letter....
OXFORD UNI STAFF & STUDENTS!!! Oxford has officially implemented the transphobic EHRC Code of Practice. PLEASE sign this open letter to commit to resisting it and supporting your trans colleagues, students, and peers. And please also share with Oxford acquaintances! www.oulgbtq.org/open-letter....
If you haven't already, can you please take a minute to sign this demand for a public inquiry into the role of the media in Prof. Arday's death? Thanks so much. Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project share.google/yglZz4Gw42RJ...
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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I think it's bad that the UK press can escalate what is essentially a workplace matter into national news ahead of the fucking country being on fire and then get away with hounding their victim until they die.
No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places
Terry Watkins@gerrygow.bsky.social · last mo.The alternative to this is people lying with impunity, with the media knowingly covering it up. It's an awful story. And the media will get a lot of the blame. But those who perpetuated the lies and shielded Arday from facing up to them deserve more of it.
I could continue this line of thinking but I fear it would be progesteronerous
Natalie Gray@natgrayy.es · last mo.Consolidate all the money and power to transfems and call it the estradioligarchy
All the metaphysical poets teaming up to fight crime? That's the Marvell Cinematic Universe
I’d recommend everyone watch this - it’s rather cheering to watch our media discover that an incompetent crank runs our national equality regulator
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · last mo.EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...
As the EHRC Code of Practice comes into force, we’ve compiled a new Oxford toilet guide highlighting unisex/gender-neutral provision. 38 facilities across the city for when you need to go. Read it here: oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-publi...
Oxford public toilets: Where to go when you need to go
We are all the Clarion – and, sometimes, we all need the loo. And especially if you're pregnant, have an unreliable postnatal pelvic floor, are looking after children, or just need to spend a penny wi...
oxfordclarion.uk
“We can always tell” at 2m30s: www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch... The head of the EHRC is an anti-science bigot. This interview would be hilariously bad if it wasn’t by one of the people responsible for trying to enforce segregation of a minority group in the UK.
EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules
We spoke to Mary Ann Stephenson, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
channel4.com
just got home from a lovely @bars.bsky.social conference!! this conference was my second time giving an in-person paper and wow it was so much less scary this time! little book haul courtesy of a book token from the exec as my comms fellow leaving present <33
judith butler is a dangerous author to use as a tool of procrastination. i keep telling myself i’ll read only 10 more pages of ‘bodies that matter’ and then write my BARS paper. (i’m reading at a pace of about 10 pages per hour).
i really need to stop wondering whether i could sew something and start asking myself whether i *should*