Emma Pritchard
@ecpritchard.bsky.social
Queering justice and human rights • LGBTIAQ storytelling • currently found phd-ing, playing with comms for humanitarian organisations, and probably drinking a cup of tea
🏳️🌈 she/they• #TransRightsAreHumanRights
🏳️🌈 she/they• #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Positive: I was absolutely right in thinking that 'Braiding Sweetgrass' would be a great birthday present for my sister.
Negative: I was so correct, she already owns it.
... ah well, late birthday present it is.
Negative: I was so correct, she already owns it.
... ah well, late birthday present it is.
January 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Positive: I was absolutely right in thinking that 'Braiding Sweetgrass' would be a great birthday present for my sister.
Negative: I was so correct, she already owns it.
... ah well, late birthday present it is.
Negative: I was so correct, she already owns it.
... ah well, late birthday present it is.
Also featuring my first solo authored paper presenting an index of LGBTIQ+ inclusion and agency in truth commissions - you should check it out: academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
(I did a thing!)
(I did a thing!)
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Also featuring my first solo authored paper presenting an index of LGBTIQ+ inclusion and agency in truth commissions - you should check it out: academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
(I did a thing!)
(I did a thing!)
Apropos of the BBC front page: The right to free speech means you can (within limits) say what you want to say and the *government* can't stop you.
It doesn't mean others can't protest what you're saying, and by that protest make it difficult for you to be heard. That is *also* free speech.
It doesn't mean others can't protest what you're saying, and by that protest make it difficult for you to be heard. That is *also* free speech.
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Apropos of the BBC front page: The right to free speech means you can (within limits) say what you want to say and the *government* can't stop you.
It doesn't mean others can't protest what you're saying, and by that protest make it difficult for you to be heard. That is *also* free speech.
It doesn't mean others can't protest what you're saying, and by that protest make it difficult for you to be heard. That is *also* free speech.
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which language? which human expert? what level of expertise? in which domain? by what metric?
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities? www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?
www.wired.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
which language? which human expert? what level of expertise? in which domain? by what metric?
Stages of cold: if I eat enough banana bread it'll go away. Right?
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Stages of cold: if I eat enough banana bread it'll go away. Right?
And they'll be very good and interesting doing it, can confirm!
I mean this, academics. If you don't feel capable of embedding a trans perspective into your class for time or expertise reasons, ask me and I will come talk to them for you.
I will even try to relate it to paleogeology (or history, English, drama...), god help me.
I will even try to relate it to paleogeology (or history, English, drama...), god help me.
I will come and do a guest lecture online for anyone, anytime, about this, for free. For any class.
I will tell your electromotor physics class about trans rights.
I will tell your paleogeology class about trans rights.
Just ask me. I will do this.
I will tell your electromotor physics class about trans rights.
I will tell your paleogeology class about trans rights.
Just ask me. I will do this.
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And they'll be very good and interesting doing it, can confirm!
Presented without comment: My top song of 2025 was 'I Say No' from Heathers.
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Presented without comment: My top song of 2025 was 'I Say No' from Heathers.
I'm in Thailand... How have I *already* lost whammageddon?
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I'm in Thailand... How have I *already* lost whammageddon?
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
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The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
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“One common strategy of mainstream political parties — adopting the same topics and rhetoric as the far-right — often backfires. Instead of reducing their appeal, it can amplify extremist narratives and legitimise their agenda.”
We cannot defeat fascism by platforming it and debating on its terms.
We cannot defeat fascism by platforming it and debating on its terms.
Mainstream loses control of agenda by mimicking far-right, study finds
During the 2024 European Parliament election campaign, centrist politicians warned about the threat posed by far-right parties to democracies. Yet experts suggest the political mainstream itself is pa...
euobserver.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“One common strategy of mainstream political parties — adopting the same topics and rhetoric as the far-right — often backfires. Instead of reducing their appeal, it can amplify extremist narratives and legitimise their agenda.”
We cannot defeat fascism by platforming it and debating on its terms.
We cannot defeat fascism by platforming it and debating on its terms.
Dogs off-lead on shared use cycle/foot paths: discuss.
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dogs off-lead on shared use cycle/foot paths: discuss.
Into the annoying period when I need to put events in for next year but my diary company haven't released their 2026 diaries yet.
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Into the annoying period when I need to put events in for next year but my diary company haven't released their 2026 diaries yet.
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People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is also true for LGBTIQ+ people - I've had so many more friends report instances of harassment both verbal and physical in the last year.
Friends have explained that street harassment today is significantly worse than it was just after the riots a year ago, taking clear action to condemn does set a tone and direction!
Quite. So many Labour people on this website visibly have no idea of just how bad things have got for ethnic minorities since they came on, and how their visible indifference lands.
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is also true for LGBTIQ+ people - I've had so many more friends report instances of harassment both verbal and physical in the last year.
In other news, we are now making school cake.
The north-south divide in our house currently being played out in a Bake-off provoked argument over whether school cake has pink icing or white icing.
September 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In other news, we are now making school cake.
The north-south divide in our house currently being played out in a Bake-off provoked argument over whether school cake has pink icing or white icing.
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The north-south divide in our house currently being played out in a Bake-off provoked argument over whether school cake has pink icing or white icing.
Does anyone have recommendations for good second hand book websites that aren't owned by Amazon?
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Does anyone have recommendations for good second hand book websites that aren't owned by Amazon?
I do not like being in a version of the UK where I am actively considering whether it is safe to have the rainbow/queer stickers I have on my laptop while travelling.
September 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I do not like being in a version of the UK where I am actively considering whether it is safe to have the rainbow/queer stickers I have on my laptop while travelling.
Do cross country design their trains as Faraday cages so you have to sell your data to their WiFi service?
September 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Do cross country design their trains as Faraday cages so you have to sell your data to their WiFi service?
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I am a stuck and broken record but every time it's true: scratch a terf, sniff a racist.
'sex matters' -> 'ethnicity matters'
you just know they aren't far off from 'race matters'.
you just know they aren't far off from 'race matters'.
September 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I am a stuck and broken record but every time it's true: scratch a terf, sniff a racist.
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It’s quite do-able from a legal perspective. I don’t think dismissing Reform in this way is wise. Voters need to understand that this stuff can happen if they vote for it - and that it would be morally, socially, culturally, economically disastrous. So they shouldn’t vote for it.
Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It’s quite do-able from a legal perspective. I don’t think dismissing Reform in this way is wise. Voters need to understand that this stuff can happen if they vote for it - and that it would be morally, socially, culturally, economically disastrous. So they shouldn’t vote for it.
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Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
September 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
My favourite thing about cooking in other people's kitchens is that everyone answers the question "if I were a vegetable peeler where would I live" in a different way
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My favourite thing about cooking in other people's kitchens is that everyone answers the question "if I were a vegetable peeler where would I live" in a different way