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Sharon Jagger
@drsharonjagger.bsky.social
Associate Professor at York St. John Uni. Academic interests: Religion, Gender, Sexuality, Class, Politics...everything. All views own! #academicsky
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My article on the bizarre situation in the Church of England in The Conversation theconversation.com/first-woman-...
First woman archbishop of Canterbury can’t preside over communion in hundreds of churches
Nearly 600 parishes officially bar women priests.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I understand the BBC won’t broadcast Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury. How often do the BBC end up on the wrong end of events?
June 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Second time I’ve complained to the BBC for its awful reporting in Gaza. Making it sound like people are causing trouble trying to get food and that’s why they get shot. No. They are being deliberately starved and killed wilfully. It’s genocide not a war.
June 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Palestine Action member tells BBC plan to ban group 'absurd'
June 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My blog on 'logocide' and the Church of England. I mean, 'equal' means allowing women into leadership positions and the priesthood. How hard can it be? Any other interpretation is just killing the meaning of the word.
www.womenandthechurch.org/blog/a-case-...
A case of logocide — WATCH
Woman’s Hour on Radio 4 recently aired a discussion about the Church of England’s Five Guiding Principles . These principles underpin the arrangements allowing parishes to discriminate against ordain...
www.womenandthechurch.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Introducing The Researchers from The Interdisciplinary Witch Research Group 🧙‍♀️
First up is Dr Sharon Jagger
@drsharonjagger.bsky.social
whose research interests include Goddess spirituality, feminism & witchcraft. More info can be found on the following link

blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...
May 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump
‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump
With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US border
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.

Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
www.motherjones.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I’m in Sheffield with my talk on witchcraft and feminism in May. Join me!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
The History of Witchcraft and Feminism with Dr Sharon Jagger
Explore modern witchcraft in a new light and its connections to feminism and political movements throughout history. Followed by Q&A.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Hamdan Ballal was forcibly disappeared by Israeli soldiers after having been assaulted by Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians in Susyia, a village in the occupied West Bank. He has now been released, but those who carried out the attacks must be held accountable.
March 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid.

Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.

People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
March 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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stopthecutspetition.org.uk

Sign the petition to stop the devastating cuts to higher education
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stopthecutspetition.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The day before #internationalwomensday the UK papers lead with shock about violent misogyny...like we've only just noticed it. Women's Day was founded to fight oppression and I fear it has lost its edge. Women still need to find their political voice. Please Do NOT say 'Happy Women's Day' tomorrow.
March 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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March 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My new book now has a discount code and is available as an ebook.
www.routledge.com/Women-Priest....
March 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Anyone with a research interest in witches and witchcraft, please see our call for papers for a conference at York St. John in June 2025. We'd love to have you! blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...
The Interdisciplinary Witch Conference 2025 -
The Interdisciplinary Witch Research Group is hosting its third conference, which aims to bring together academics and practitioners to discuss witches and witchcraft within the historical, cultural, ...
blog.yorksj.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
February 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I see Mandelson is kissing the ring. This is hugely depressing
January 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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'Research by the Sutton Trust [which we couldn't be bothered to link here] found that middle-class graduates made...use of internships as stepping stones into sectors such as finance or IT, even in cases where the internships paid nothing or below the minimum wage as required by legislation.' 1/2
Unpaid internships ‘locking out’ young working-class people from careers
UK charity calls for positions of four weeks or longer to be banned to help close social mobility gap
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM