Fran Amery
@franamery.bsky.social
I research topics that make everyone feel very comfortable like periods, transphobia and abortion
co-convenor @reacpolrn.bsky.social (she/her)
co-convenor @reacpolrn.bsky.social (she/her)
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Fran Amery
@franamery.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Fran Amery
researchportal.bath.ac.uk
Been meaning to do a 'hi new followers' thread for a few weeks now. I'm a feminist researcher, (loosely) in the field of politics, interested in reproductive politics, feminist debates and how feminist ideas get appropriate for reactionary ends.
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researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/f...
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Do you think Trump threatining to sue BBC for $1bn is crazy? Then, you should hear how much time in prison the regime in Turkey seeks for Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned presidential candidate of the opposition: 2,352 years!
Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000-year jail term for Istanbul mayor Imamoglu in graft case reut.rs/4qOAVZD
Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000-year jail term for Istanbul mayor Imamoglu in graft case
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a potential prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who has been jailed since March pending trial on corruption charges that he and his main opposition party deny.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Do you think Trump threatining to sue BBC for $1bn is crazy? Then, you should hear how much time in prison the regime in Turkey seeks for Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned presidential candidate of the opposition: 2,352 years!
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
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The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework doi.org/10.1080/1356...
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework
The study of far-right parties and politics is one of the most high-profile research areas in political science and related disciplines. Far-right parties have been the subject of vast amounts of v...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework doi.org/10.1080/1356...
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@k8ebrown.bsky.social · @aurelmondon.bsky.social · @aaronwinter.bsky.social
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I’m lucky to teach a wonderful group of postgrads studying gender & politics at Bath 💫
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m lucky to teach a wonderful group of postgrads studying gender & politics at Bath 💫
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
Send your excellent gender & politics students our way 😊
They can find out more about our MSc in International Relations with Gender Politics at the Virtual Open Day on 12 Nov 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/ex...
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In Oct 2023, an FOI revealed an actual wait at my nearest clinic (Exeter) of 17yrs & 3mos, a fact that stunned everyone I told. In one year, that's grown to THIRTY-ONE YEARS.
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In Oct 2023, an FOI revealed an actual wait at my nearest clinic (Exeter) of 17yrs & 3mos, a fact that stunned everyone I told. In one year, that's grown to THIRTY-ONE YEARS.
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
NOT bcos referral rates are ballooning, as the MSM claims, but bcos at last count, each clinician only did 1.6 new appts pcm
'I went on dates with 14 far-right misogynists and was surprised when they all turned out to be far-right misogynists.'
Just to save you the read!
Just to save you the read!
This is a good piece but god almighty is it sad, sad, sad
One app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right dating
There’s no question that we’re living — and looking for love — in contentious times, where extreme political ideologies have all but divided parts of the dating pool. Or have they?
www.cosmopolitan.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
'I went on dates with 14 far-right misogynists and was surprised when they all turned out to be far-right misogynists.'
Just to save you the read!
Just to save you the read!
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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Must read for anyone who cares about HE
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Must read for anyone who cares about HE
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
"Put simply, the technology that OpenAI and co are pushing threatens the very raison d'être of universities. "
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Two teenagers were radicalized by the transphobic political climate into seeing a 15 year old girl as less than human. They killed the girl, and then the girl's grieving mother chose to embark on a moral panic crusade against "self-harm", acquitting the actual perpetrators of her daughter's demise.
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Two teenagers were radicalized by the transphobic political climate into seeing a 15 year old girl as less than human. They killed the girl, and then the girl's grieving mother chose to embark on a moral panic crusade against "self-harm", acquitting the actual perpetrators of her daughter's demise.
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Esther Ghey: "It was just that constant pressure of social media and wanting to get those likes. One of the hardest things was learning about what Brianna was accessing online that was encouraging her to self-harm and develop an eating disorder.”
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Most of us have pathologically useless parents who don't care to learn about protecting us properly, but this dogshit really takes the cake.
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Esther Ghey: "It was just that constant pressure of social media and wanting to get those likes. One of the hardest things was learning about what Brianna was accessing online that was encouraging her to self-harm and develop an eating disorder.”
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
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🚨 Joint Statement
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🚨 Joint Statement
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
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⚖️🎓 A top UK university granted anonymity in a sexual harassment case to “protect its reputation.”
No hearing. No reasoning. No time limit.
Reputation over justice, even though the new Higher Education NDA laws try to protect students and staff, this is how violence against women stays hidden
No hearing. No reasoning. No time limit.
Reputation over justice, even though the new Higher Education NDA laws try to protect students and staff, this is how violence against women stays hidden
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
⚖️🎓 A top UK university granted anonymity in a sexual harassment case to “protect its reputation.”
No hearing. No reasoning. No time limit.
Reputation over justice, even though the new Higher Education NDA laws try to protect students and staff, this is how violence against women stays hidden
No hearing. No reasoning. No time limit.
Reputation over justice, even though the new Higher Education NDA laws try to protect students and staff, this is how violence against women stays hidden
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At the start of this year, I spoke with some Observer journalists about an article they said was a going to be a huge critical piece about the likes of Sex Matters etc.
Wonder if we will ever get to see it...
Wonder if we will ever get to see it...
October 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
At the start of this year, I spoke with some Observer journalists about an article they said was a going to be a huge critical piece about the likes of Sex Matters etc.
Wonder if we will ever get to see it...
Wonder if we will ever get to see it...
Remembrance season does always bring me a little joy every year
Facebook Memories reminds me that Remembrancing Season is fast approaching.
October 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Remembrance season does always bring me a little joy every year
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Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
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The 2011 EHRC statutory services code was the result of almost two years work. Numerous consultations were held with relevant stakeholders, including many women's and trans groups.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The 2011 EHRC statutory services code was the result of almost two years work. Numerous consultations were held with relevant stakeholders, including many women's and trans groups.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
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Recently, a sport story went viral: a man had discovered One Weird Trick in betting on women's basketball matches. He claimed to be inferring the athletes' menstrual cycles and believed they performed worse at certain points. So does the menstrual cycle affect sporting performance?
October 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Recently, a sport story went viral: a man had discovered One Weird Trick in betting on women's basketball matches. He claimed to be inferring the athletes' menstrual cycles and believed they performed worse at certain points. So does the menstrual cycle affect sporting performance?
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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We’re too smart and abortion rights are too embedded and socially accepted for the ADF to succeed here, say guys who’ve uncritically promoted anti-trans activists funded by the same people and using the same lawyers for a decade
October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We’re too smart and abortion rights are too embedded and socially accepted for the ADF to succeed here, say guys who’ve uncritically promoted anti-trans activists funded by the same people and using the same lawyers for a decade
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yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
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The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'
AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.