Dr Barbara Franchi
@barbarafranchi.bsky.social
Contemporary literature scholar, feminist, wannabe eco-criticist. Career Development Fellow in Postcolonial and World Literatures at Durham University. she/her
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Why didn't people save my child and donate? Is it possible that the reason is my child's skin color because it's black? I don't want to believe that. Time is running out, and my child is losing his life. I love him so much; I don't want him to die. 😭
Donation link 👇🏻
www.muslimgiving.org/mohmed0
🙏🏻
Donation link 👇🏻
www.muslimgiving.org/mohmed0
🙏🏻
Literally, my only child will die because I could not save his life
I beg and implore you to save Mohammed's life by donating or sharing the post.
He suffers from a painful cancerous tumor
Mohammed's condition is getting worse
I am a poor mother who is unable to save
www.muslimgiving.org/mohmed0
🙏🏻
I beg and implore you to save Mohammed's life by donating or sharing the post.
He suffers from a painful cancerous tumor
Mohammed's condition is getting worse
I am a poor mother who is unable to save
www.muslimgiving.org/mohmed0
🙏🏻
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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To all that object to us pointing out the fact that Israel is a goddamned apartheid state... now do you see it?
Israel’s parliament will be voting shortly on a law that would permit the death penalty for Palestinians only.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
To all that object to us pointing out the fact that Israel is a goddamned apartheid state... now do you see it?
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@barbarafranchi.bsky.social🙏🏻I beg you, please save my child's life.
Please donate or share the campaign pinned to my page.
Please donate or share the campaign pinned to my page.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 AM
@barbarafranchi.bsky.social🙏🏻I beg you, please save my child's life.
Please donate or share the campaign pinned to my page.
Please donate or share the campaign pinned to my page.
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🚨Urgent appeal🚨
We are freezing to death in Gaza. We are shivering. We are homeless. The heavy rains destroyed our tent. My family's dream today is to live in a tent.
We appeal to you to donate to us🤲
We need €200 to buy a tent and blankets.
Help⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social
We are freezing to death in Gaza. We are shivering. We are homeless. The heavy rains destroyed our tent. My family's dream today is to live in a tent.
We appeal to you to donate to us🤲
We need €200 to buy a tent and blankets.
Help⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🚨Urgent appeal🚨
We are freezing to death in Gaza. We are shivering. We are homeless. The heavy rains destroyed our tent. My family's dream today is to live in a tent.
We appeal to you to donate to us🤲
We need €200 to buy a tent and blankets.
Help⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social
We are freezing to death in Gaza. We are shivering. We are homeless. The heavy rains destroyed our tent. My family's dream today is to live in a tent.
We appeal to you to donate to us🤲
We need €200 to buy a tent and blankets.
Help⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social
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Final Palestine Action hunger striker may die within days, says doctor
Final Palestine Action hunger striker may die within days, says doctor
Umer Khalid, 22, has stopped drinking water as well as food in protest against charges against him
The final remaining Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike has now stopped drinking water, which a doctor has warned could kill him.
Umer Khalid, 22, has been on a hunger strike since November. His action was briefly paused at Christmas when he became unwell. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Final Palestine Action hunger striker may die within days, says doctor
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In the heart of Gaza,my children are facing a reality no child should ever know.Every day a struggle for safety,food,and hope.Their smiles are fading under the weight of fear and loss.Iam reaching out to your humanity:please help me protect them
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 AM
In the heart of Gaza,my children are facing a reality no child should ever know.Every day a struggle for safety,food,and hope.Their smiles are fading under the weight of fear and loss.Iam reaching out to your humanity:please help me protect them
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Shameful and inhumane.
January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Shameful and inhumane.
Thread.
As a parent, I find social media terrifying and want to keep my child off it as long as possible. However the calls for a ban for under 16s continue a long pattern of seeking to shrink young people's presence in the public realm rather than tackling other issues.
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Thread.
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CFP for a Special Issue of Gender & History on childhood and crises to be edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward. Abstracts due 31 May 2026; then hybrid workshop; full articles due 31 Jan. 2027. Please share widely.
#Skystorians #GenderHistory #HistChild 🗃️
#Skystorians #GenderHistory #HistChild 🗃️
Call for papers: Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World. for Gender & History
January 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM
CFP for a Special Issue of Gender & History on childhood and crises to be edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward. Abstracts due 31 May 2026; then hybrid workshop; full articles due 31 Jan. 2027. Please share widely.
#Skystorians #GenderHistory #HistChild 🗃️
#Skystorians #GenderHistory #HistChild 🗃️
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You can donate to Saeed here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-adam-...
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM
You can donate to Saeed here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-adam-...
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the phrase "earned settlement" is in the same category with "hostile environment" -- can't accuse them of not saying what they mean
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
the phrase "earned settlement" is in the same category with "hostile environment" -- can't accuse them of not saying what they mean
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Beyond evil, no, plain banality of evil. In a hopefully not too distant future everyone will ‘always have been against this anyway.’ That poor boy, and his poor family.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Beyond evil, no, plain banality of evil. In a hopefully not too distant future everyone will ‘always have been against this anyway.’ That poor boy, and his poor family.
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For any PhD students working in Medical Humanities, check out the Medical Humanities summer school from @durhamimh.bsky.social medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026
The Medical Humanities International Summer School is open for applications from PhD students.
medhumsplatform.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any PhD students working in Medical Humanities, check out the Medical Humanities summer school from @durhamimh.bsky.social medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
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'Urgent Appeal🚨
I am Nema, a mother of three children
My young children are suffering from severe cold and hunger.
Life in the tent is extremely difficult and cold
My children need your kindness
I need 150$ to buy blankets and food for them💔
✅ Verified By Molly Shah'
I am Nema, a mother of three children
My young children are suffering from severe cold and hunger.
Life in the tent is extremely difficult and cold
My children need your kindness
I need 150$ to buy blankets and food for them💔
✅ Verified By Molly Shah'
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
'Urgent Appeal🚨
I am Nema, a mother of three children
My young children are suffering from severe cold and hunger.
Life in the tent is extremely difficult and cold
My children need your kindness
I need 150$ to buy blankets and food for them💔
✅ Verified By Molly Shah'
I am Nema, a mother of three children
My young children are suffering from severe cold and hunger.
Life in the tent is extremely difficult and cold
My children need your kindness
I need 150$ to buy blankets and food for them💔
✅ Verified By Molly Shah'
To ban social media is easy. To create a society that is safe and child-friendly enough so that children and families have alternatives to inappropriate social media use, is a much harder thing to do. It means investing in third spaces, creating community, and educating children and parents/carers.
UK study to examine effects of restricting social media for children
UK study to examine effects of restricting social media for children
Trial involving 4,000 children will explore impact on mental health, sleep and time spent with friends and family
A pioneering investigation into the impact of restricting social media access for children in the UK has been announced as politicians around the world consider action on the issue.
In December, Australia became the first country to ban under-16s from social media, with governments in other countries – including the UK – under pressure to do the same. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
To ban social media is easy. To create a society that is safe and child-friendly enough so that children and families have alternatives to inappropriate social media use, is a much harder thing to do. It means investing in third spaces, creating community, and educating children and parents/carers.
End of day pint, celebrating wonderfully rich tutorials on distant and close reading, via Kipling’s ‘If—-‘ and Mosad Abu Toha’s ‘Things you may find hidden in my ear’. I feel so privileged to have been part of such insightful discussions on macro-phenomena in literary form, loss, and masculinity.
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
End of day pint, celebrating wonderfully rich tutorials on distant and close reading, via Kipling’s ‘If—-‘ and Mosad Abu Toha’s ‘Things you may find hidden in my ear’. I feel so privileged to have been part of such insightful discussions on macro-phenomena in literary form, loss, and masculinity.
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Black Lives Matter organizers warned everyone about this. Black thinkers like @ruha9.bsky.social also warned everyone about this! Read her book Race After Technology!
New from 404 Media: ICE's facial recognition app, which the agency is using to decide who to detain and deport, misidentified a woman. Twice.
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Black Lives Matter organizers warned everyone about this. Black thinkers like @ruha9.bsky.social also warned everyone about this! Read her book Race After Technology!
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New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
‘You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searchin...
apple.news
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.
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English teacher? 5 mins to spare? Your view is essential!
How is poetry being taught in secondary schools today?
We’re mapping the national picture in England & will report on it.
5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu
Supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant
How is poetry being taught in secondary schools today?
We’re mapping the national picture in England & will report on it.
5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu
Supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant
Mapping Poetry: A Survey of Secondary School Practices in England
EMC Survey into Poetry Teaching in English Secondary Schools (2026)
tinyurl.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM
English teacher? 5 mins to spare? Your view is essential!
How is poetry being taught in secondary schools today?
We’re mapping the national picture in England & will report on it.
5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu
Supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant
How is poetry being taught in secondary schools today?
We’re mapping the national picture in England & will report on it.
5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu
Supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant
My toddler is in that phase where he wants to watch Room on a Broom on CBeebies Bedtime Stories on repeat. I for one do not get bored with this one, esp as the reader is… Jonathan Bailey.
January 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
My toddler is in that phase where he wants to watch Room on a Broom on CBeebies Bedtime Stories on repeat. I for one do not get bored with this one, esp as the reader is… Jonathan Bailey.
This is the result of the cruel SC ruling last year, and the terrible transphobic climate it has created.
Female nurses win employment case over NHS changing-room use by trans colleague
Female nurses win employment case over NHS changing-room use by trans colleague
Judge finds Durham trust violated nurses’ dignity and created intimidating environment by allowing use of single-sex space
A group of nurses who complained about a trans colleague using single-sex changing rooms at work suffered harassment, an employment tribunal judge has ruled.
The judge found the nurses’ dignity was violated and they encountered “a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment” at work. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:41 PM
This is the result of the cruel SC ruling last year, and the terrible transphobic climate it has created.
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It's ... a lot.
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
It's ... a lot.
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You can donate to Baraa and her family here: chuffed.org/project/1611...
January 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
You can donate to Baraa and her family here: chuffed.org/project/1611...
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You can donate to Lubna’s family here: www.shorturl.at/xkCUp
January 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
You can donate to Lubna’s family here: www.shorturl.at/xkCUp
New year, new(ish) publication: delighted to share that my chapter on A.S. Byatt and Ekphrasis has been published within Brill/Rodopi’s latest Neo-Victorian volume, Neo-Victorian Decadence. Link to chapter summary and DOI: link.growkudos.com/1ev22fbta80
A.S. Byatt: how an obsession with works of art made the novelist become one
English novelist A. S. Byatt (1936-2023) is known for her complex, layered historical fictions, her sophisticated renditions of individual and collective memory, and for depicting the human condition ...
link.growkudos.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
New year, new(ish) publication: delighted to share that my chapter on A.S. Byatt and Ekphrasis has been published within Brill/Rodopi’s latest Neo-Victorian volume, Neo-Victorian Decadence. Link to chapter summary and DOI: link.growkudos.com/1ev22fbta80