Avery Anapol
@averyanapol.bsky.social
Commissioning editor, politics + society @ The Conversation UK. Morning person. https://theconversation.com/uk/newsletters
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New piece in The Conversation by Rob McNeil and Peter Walsh from @migobs.bsky.social
The most radical part of Reform’s deportation plans theconversation.com/the-most-rad...
The most radical part of Reform’s deportation plans theconversation.com/the-most-rad...
The most radical part of Reform’s deportation plans
‘Operation Restoring Justice’ would face legal, logistical and diplomatic hurdles.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New piece in The Conversation by Rob McNeil and Peter Walsh from @migobs.bsky.social
The most radical part of Reform’s deportation plans theconversation.com/the-most-rad...
The most radical part of Reform’s deportation plans theconversation.com/the-most-rad...
"While I was lucky to walk away physically unscathed, I carried a different kind of wound: being part of a community that was treated with collective blame."
@neemabegum.bsky.social on her experience as a 7/7 survivor in @uk.theconversation.com:
theconversation.com/i-survived-t...
@neemabegum.bsky.social on her experience as a 7/7 survivor in @uk.theconversation.com:
theconversation.com/i-survived-t...
I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist
Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.
theconversation.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"While I was lucky to walk away physically unscathed, I carried a different kind of wound: being part of a community that was treated with collective blame."
@neemabegum.bsky.social on her experience as a 7/7 survivor in @uk.theconversation.com:
theconversation.com/i-survived-t...
@neemabegum.bsky.social on her experience as a 7/7 survivor in @uk.theconversation.com:
theconversation.com/i-survived-t...
Join us TOMORROW for a fascinating discussion!
@cumberlandlodge.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com @newcastleuni.bsky.social
@cumberlandlodge.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com @newcastleuni.bsky.social
The issues raised in #Adolescence are only part of the picture. What’s really going on with boys, girls, masculinity and politics? Join @uk.theconversation.com and @cumberlandlodge.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to discuss.
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/event/youth-...
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/event/youth-...
Youth, Masculinity and the Political Divide - Cumberland Lodge
Join The Conversation UK and Cumberland Lodge's Youth & Democracy project for a discussion on how young people are navigating these issues.
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk
July 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Join us TOMORROW for a fascinating discussion!
@cumberlandlodge.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com @newcastleuni.bsky.social
@cumberlandlodge.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com @newcastleuni.bsky.social
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Sharing a blog post by @rhulpir.bsky.social final year student @tayapanter.bsky.social on the % of MPs who are [active] on BlueSky v. X:
hollodec.github.io/2025/06/26/b...
Three key takeaways (1/n)
hollodec.github.io/2025/06/26/b...
Three key takeaways (1/n)
Right-wing MPs are more active on X/Twitter and less present on Bluesky
(This is a lightly edited version of an essay written by Taya Panter, a final year undergraduate in PIRP. Taya wrote the essay for Nick Allen’s Parliamentary Studies module.)
hollodec.github.io
June 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Sharing a blog post by @rhulpir.bsky.social final year student @tayapanter.bsky.social on the % of MPs who are [active] on BlueSky v. X:
hollodec.github.io/2025/06/26/b...
Three key takeaways (1/n)
hollodec.github.io/2025/06/26/b...
Three key takeaways (1/n)
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Join @michaeljrichardson.bsky.social and Sophie Lively for this panel discussion on Thursday 3 July at Newcastle University ⬇️
A conversation with young people and experts about the issues affecting young men and women.
Join us in Newcastle to discuss youth, masculinity and the political divide
A conversation with young people and experts about the issues affecting young men and women.
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June 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Join @michaeljrichardson.bsky.social and Sophie Lively for this panel discussion on Thursday 3 July at Newcastle University ⬇️
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For too long, victims of grooming gangs were dismissed, disbelieved, or blamed.
In my latest article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore how repeated system failures led us here and what must change now
theconversation.com/the-uk-faile...
@manmetuni.bsky.social
@icf-mcr.bsky.social
In my latest article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore how repeated system failures led us here and what must change now
theconversation.com/the-uk-faile...
@manmetuni.bsky.social
@icf-mcr.bsky.social
The UK failed grooming gang victims by not seeing ‘children as children’
A safeguarding expert explains why these reforms could change things.
theconversation.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For too long, victims of grooming gangs were dismissed, disbelieved, or blamed.
In my latest article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore how repeated system failures led us here and what must change now
theconversation.com/the-uk-faile...
@manmetuni.bsky.social
@icf-mcr.bsky.social
In my latest article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore how repeated system failures led us here and what must change now
theconversation.com/the-uk-faile...
@manmetuni.bsky.social
@icf-mcr.bsky.social
The issues raised in #Adolescence are only part of the picture. What’s really going on with boys, girls, masculinity and politics? Join @uk.theconversation.com and @cumberlandlodge.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to discuss.
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/event/youth-...
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/event/youth-...
Youth, Masculinity and the Political Divide - Cumberland Lodge
Join The Conversation UK and Cumberland Lodge's Youth & Democracy project for a discussion on how young people are navigating these issues.
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The issues raised in #Adolescence are only part of the picture. What’s really going on with boys, girls, masculinity and politics? Join @uk.theconversation.com and @cumberlandlodge.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to discuss.
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/event/youth-...
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/event/youth-...
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🎉 Everyone at The Conversation is delighted after we won Publisher Podcast of the Year 2025 last night. Here's what the judges said: "It’s been a real honour to watch their work grow in quality and depth each year, to the point they were placed in the top 3 of every category they entered this year"
Publisher Podcast Summit and Awards 2025 - Winners 2025
Publisher Podcast Summit and Awards 2025 - Winners 2025
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June 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🎉 Everyone at The Conversation is delighted after we won Publisher Podcast of the Year 2025 last night. Here's what the judges said: "It’s been a real honour to watch their work grow in quality and depth each year, to the point they were placed in the top 3 of every category they entered this year"
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"Starmer faces something of a paradox. In order to convince the public, he should probably go the whole hog; but doing so may well render his life at Westminster rather trickier than he would like it to be."
Starmer’s winter fuel allowance ‘U-turn’ sets him on a tricky path with backbenchers and voters
In order to convince the public, he should probably go the whole hog.
theconversation.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Starmer faces something of a paradox. In order to convince the public, he should probably go the whole hog; but doing so may well render his life at Westminster rather trickier than he would like it to be."
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For a report published today, @amnestyuk.bsky.social asked my colleague Lyle Barker and me to review the evidence about the state of the UK’s social security in relation to international human rights law.
I wrote this blogpost for @uk.theconversation.com about it. theconversation.com/the-uks-soci...
I wrote this blogpost for @uk.theconversation.com about it. theconversation.com/the-uks-soci...
The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards: new report
An expert looks at the evidence for a new report from Amnesty International.
theconversation.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
For a report published today, @amnestyuk.bsky.social asked my colleague Lyle Barker and me to review the evidence about the state of the UK’s social security in relation to international human rights law.
I wrote this blogpost for @uk.theconversation.com about it. theconversation.com/the-uks-soci...
I wrote this blogpost for @uk.theconversation.com about it. theconversation.com/the-uks-soci...
Thrilled that the Quarter Life Glow-up is shortlisted for two Publisher Newsletter Awards! Lots of great titles in there including from @uk.theconversation.com.
Check it out if you're looking to improve any aspect of your life:
theconversation.com/uk/join-quar...
Check it out if you're looking to improve any aspect of your life:
theconversation.com/uk/join-quar...
April 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thrilled that the Quarter Life Glow-up is shortlisted for two Publisher Newsletter Awards! Lots of great titles in there including from @uk.theconversation.com.
Check it out if you're looking to improve any aspect of your life:
theconversation.com/uk/join-quar...
Check it out if you're looking to improve any aspect of your life:
theconversation.com/uk/join-quar...
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Class privilege in UK journalism:
My piece in @theconversation.com following the publication today of our @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report "UK Journalists in the 2020s" (reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/uk-journalis...)
theconversation.com/new-survey-s...
My piece in @theconversation.com following the publication today of our @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report "UK Journalists in the 2020s" (reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/uk-journalis...)
theconversation.com/new-survey-s...
New survey shows the extent of class privilege in UK journalism
Only 9% of journalists working for national and transnational media come from a working class background.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Class privilege in UK journalism:
My piece in @theconversation.com following the publication today of our @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report "UK Journalists in the 2020s" (reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/uk-journalis...)
theconversation.com/new-survey-s...
My piece in @theconversation.com following the publication today of our @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report "UK Journalists in the 2020s" (reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/uk-journalis...)
theconversation.com/new-survey-s...
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Objectivity remains important for UK journalists - but less so than previously; and there is also a noticeable shift towards more activist roles.
My piece for @theconversation.com based on results from our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report, out today.
theconversation.com/young-uk-jou...
My piece for @theconversation.com based on results from our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report, out today.
theconversation.com/young-uk-jou...
Young UK journalists learn towards activist roles, away from objectivity – new survey
In 2015, 77% of respondents thought that ‘being a detached observer’ was ‘extremely’ or ‘very important’. In 2023, it was 69%.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Objectivity remains important for UK journalists - but less so than previously; and there is also a noticeable shift towards more activist roles.
My piece for @theconversation.com based on results from our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report, out today.
theconversation.com/young-uk-jou...
My piece for @theconversation.com based on results from our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report, out today.
theconversation.com/young-uk-jou...
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@daragh.bsky.social & me discuss human rights implications of 'new' UK protest laws in the context of expanding surveillance in @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/banning-face...
Banning face coverings, expanding facial recognition – how the UK government and police are eroding protest rights
Being identified was once only a possibility, now it is a near certainty.
theconversation.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@daragh.bsky.social & me discuss human rights implications of 'new' UK protest laws in the context of expanding surveillance in @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/banning-face...
Glad to see this @uk.theconversation.com piece by @mybcu.bsky.social linguistics expert Rob Lawson getting some attention in the Adolescence chatter. A useful guide to some of the misogynistic language of the manosphere:
theconversation.com/a-dictionary...
theconversation.com/a-dictionary...
A dictionary of the manosphere: five terms to understand the language of online male supremacists
Learning how online misogynists use language can help teachers and parents intervene in radicalisation.
theconversation.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Glad to see this @uk.theconversation.com piece by @mybcu.bsky.social linguistics expert Rob Lawson getting some attention in the Adolescence chatter. A useful guide to some of the misogynistic language of the manosphere:
theconversation.com/a-dictionary...
theconversation.com/a-dictionary...
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Incest porn? It's more common and harmful than you think.
My comment on the need to regulate this content and remove it online - as recommended in the Porn Review published today.
theconversation.com/why-incest-p...
My comment on the need to regulate this content and remove it online - as recommended in the Porn Review published today.
theconversation.com/why-incest-p...
Why incest porn is more common and harmful than you think
New proposals recognise role incest porn plays in normalising and trivialising child sexual abuse.
theconversation.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Incest porn? It's more common and harmful than you think.
My comment on the need to regulate this content and remove it online - as recommended in the Porn Review published today.
theconversation.com/why-incest-p...
My comment on the need to regulate this content and remove it online - as recommended in the Porn Review published today.
theconversation.com/why-incest-p...
"Young people’s disengagement is not necessarily a sign of apathy or anti-democratic tendencies ... Feeling unsupported by their political system makes young people feel vulnerable – especially in the face of a multitude of global crises."
theconversation.com/if-we-listen...
theconversation.com/if-we-listen...
If we listen to how gen Z really feel about democracy they might stop telling us they prefer authoritarianism
Young people want to get involved with politics – but they’re held back by a vast sense of distrust.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"Young people’s disengagement is not necessarily a sign of apathy or anti-democratic tendencies ... Feeling unsupported by their political system makes young people feel vulnerable – especially in the face of a multitude of global crises."
theconversation.com/if-we-listen...
theconversation.com/if-we-listen...
Ready for a change, a reset, or just looking to live a little better? Introducing the Quarter Life Glow-up - a new, six-week newsletter course from @uk.theconversation.com.
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January 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ready for a change, a reset, or just looking to live a little better? Introducing the Quarter Life Glow-up - a new, six-week newsletter course from @uk.theconversation.com.
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Zuckerberg claimed moderation changes on Meta platforms promote “free expression”. But some experts worry he will effectively allow a deluge of hate speech and lies to spread on Meta platforms.
👉 theconversation.com/the-dynamics...
👉 theconversation.com/the-dynamics...
January 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Zuckerberg claimed moderation changes on Meta platforms promote “free expression”. But some experts worry he will effectively allow a deluge of hate speech and lies to spread on Meta platforms.
👉 theconversation.com/the-dynamics...
👉 theconversation.com/the-dynamics...
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Photo of the Day, if not the Year.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
December 20, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Photo of the Day, if not the Year.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
Solidarity and admiration.
📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
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Check out our lovely new re-designed newsletter page. Now it's even easier to stay informed by signing up for one, or several, of our free newsletters... 😀 theconversation.com/uk/newsletters
November 27, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Check out our lovely new re-designed newsletter page. Now it's even easier to stay informed by signing up for one, or several, of our free newsletters... 😀 theconversation.com/uk/newsletters
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It's happening again! The CfP for Future of Journalism 2025 is out now! Link below - can't wait to see you all in sunny Cardiff in September!
The full CfP is here shorturl.at/BS7Z8
Future of Journalism 2025
Call for papers
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November 27, 2024 at 12:46 PM
It's happening again! The CfP for Future of Journalism 2025 is out now! Link below - can't wait to see you all in sunny Cardiff in September!
The Conversation UK (@uk.theconversation.com) has a flashy new newsletter sign-up page.
If you're not already signed up, you're missing out! Get award-winning analysis and news by experts right to your inbox.
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November 26, 2024 at 10:22 AM
The Conversation UK (@uk.theconversation.com) has a flashy new newsletter sign-up page.
If you're not already signed up, you're missing out! Get award-winning analysis and news by experts right to your inbox.
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Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to others
Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to others
Pelicot was victimised in her own home by her former husband.
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November 22, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to others
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What role did podcasts play in shaping the 2024 US president election?
I've got a new article on the topic in @uk.theconversation.com.
Big thanks to @averyanapol.bsky.social for reaching out with the opportunity and her excellent editorial eye.
theconversation.com/us-election-...
I've got a new article on the topic in @uk.theconversation.com.
Big thanks to @averyanapol.bsky.social for reaching out with the opportunity and her excellent editorial eye.
theconversation.com/us-election-...
US election shows how podcasts are shaping politics – and what the risks are
By appearing on their shows, Trump effectively secured their personal endorsement and a direct line to their loyal fanbases.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:35 PM
What role did podcasts play in shaping the 2024 US president election?
I've got a new article on the topic in @uk.theconversation.com.
Big thanks to @averyanapol.bsky.social for reaching out with the opportunity and her excellent editorial eye.
theconversation.com/us-election-...
I've got a new article on the topic in @uk.theconversation.com.
Big thanks to @averyanapol.bsky.social for reaching out with the opportunity and her excellent editorial eye.
theconversation.com/us-election-...