Lizzie Reed
@lizziereed.bsky.social
Associate Prof of #Sociology at Uni of Southampton. Queer lives, visual methods, kinship & identity.
Ask me about my queer feminist trans agenda. She/they 🌈🏳️⚧️
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-2908
Ask me about my queer feminist trans agenda. She/they 🌈🏳️⚧️
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-2908
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Failure hurts. How can the concept of bipolar time help us understand it?
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
It's a real delight to be published in such an exciting journal which platforms such exciting and diverse work. So grateful for all the responses we've received so far to our article
Today's bad science from lit reviewing is this: "Presents a case study of a sexually assaultive 4-yr-old boy with GID, narcissistic personality disorder"
He's 4 years old. Being a narcissist is developmentally essential.
He's 4 years old. Being a narcissist is developmentally essential.
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Today's bad science from lit reviewing is this: "Presents a case study of a sexually assaultive 4-yr-old boy with GID, narcissistic personality disorder"
He's 4 years old. Being a narcissist is developmentally essential.
He's 4 years old. Being a narcissist is developmentally essential.
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// We must be able to speak about failure without folding it back into a neat part of the narrative of success and without tidying away the hurt that accompanies it.
Sometimes, our research doesn’t feel good, and sometimes we are ill. That’s ok. //
Sometimes, our research doesn’t feel good, and sometimes we are ill. That’s ok. //
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
// We must be able to speak about failure without folding it back into a neat part of the narrative of success and without tidying away the hurt that accompanies it.
Sometimes, our research doesn’t feel good, and sometimes we are ill. That’s ok. //
Sometimes, our research doesn’t feel good, and sometimes we are ill. That’s ok. //
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// The chrononormativity of UKHE is manic. Overwork and urgency are the normative experience for academics, and conforming to these strictures of time is rewarded through the systems of recognition in universities which seek to extract ever more from ever fewer human resources. //
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
// The chrononormativity of UKHE is manic. Overwork and urgency are the normative experience for academics, and conforming to these strictures of time is rewarded through the systems of recognition in universities which seek to extract ever more from ever fewer human resources. //
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Incredibly powerful and personal article. How often have we rushed to meet last-minute ("rapid") funding calls or squeezed projects into financial year-end deadlines? Time in academic does feel 'manic'. The authors describe so eloquently why this encourages us to disguise failures as learning.
Failure hurts. How can the concept of bipolar time help us understand it?
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Incredibly powerful and personal article. How often have we rushed to meet last-minute ("rapid") funding calls or squeezed projects into financial year-end deadlines? Time in academic does feel 'manic'. The authors describe so eloquently why this encourages us to disguise failures as learning.
Lots of people reposting this. The report says "In contrast, awareness of universities’ research is low with only 44 per cent of nongraduates being fully aware that universities conducted research and 19 per cent ‘not at all’ aware."
I don't know what 'fully aware' means, BUT in focus groups...
I don't know what 'fully aware' means, BUT in focus groups...
'Fewer than half are even fully aware that universities conduct research.'
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lots of people reposting this. The report says "In contrast, awareness of universities’ research is low with only 44 per cent of nongraduates being fully aware that universities conducted research and 19 per cent ‘not at all’ aware."
I don't know what 'fully aware' means, BUT in focus groups...
I don't know what 'fully aware' means, BUT in focus groups...
Can't remember the last time I did a full two terms of teaching without either sick leave or strike absence.
It is becoming clear those breaks are the only things making it possible for me to get through a year.
I'm so, so tired
It is becoming clear those breaks are the only things making it possible for me to get through a year.
I'm so, so tired
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Can't remember the last time I did a full two terms of teaching without either sick leave or strike absence.
It is becoming clear those breaks are the only things making it possible for me to get through a year.
I'm so, so tired
It is becoming clear those breaks are the only things making it possible for me to get through a year.
I'm so, so tired
I think if we can all agree on anything, it's that war makes a great inspiration for a children's play area close to where many boats set off. This is the perfect way to remember horrendous loss of life and long term suffering
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I think if we can all agree on anything, it's that war makes a great inspiration for a children's play area close to where many boats set off. This is the perfect way to remember horrendous loss of life and long term suffering
I love Frank's stuff. You can, for example, buy this as a sticker (50p each!) and give one to each of your friends. Which I think is very much being the change you want to see in the world.
here is a non-exhaustive thread of Giftable Things available in my shop that are £25 or under, because *gestures at calendar*:
1) cats not terfs A2 print shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/cats... #art #trans
1) cats not terfs A2 print shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/cats... #art #trans
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I love Frank's stuff. You can, for example, buy this as a sticker (50p each!) and give one to each of your friends. Which I think is very much being the change you want to see in the world.
Today's incredible flex in an article intro is: "We are all white, heterosexual, American, same career stage and we've only conducted this review using US journals but we think we can offer a unique insights into the topic"
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today's incredible flex in an article intro is: "We are all white, heterosexual, American, same career stage and we've only conducted this review using US journals but we think we can offer a unique insights into the topic"
Can anyone point me to any public health campaigns (ideally video) from during Covid19 which in some way say "stay apart to stay safe" or similar messaging? I know the UK ones, but I want an example from further afield (reposts appreciated)
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Can anyone point me to any public health campaigns (ideally video) from during Covid19 which in some way say "stay apart to stay safe" or similar messaging? I know the UK ones, but I want an example from further afield (reposts appreciated)
Feel like we might be in ignoble prize territory here. Also, how do they know it was the shouting that did it not the assertion of ownership?! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Study finds shouting may stop gulls stealing food
Exeter researchers played different recordings to gulls in nine Cornish towns.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Feel like we might be in ignoble prize territory here. Also, how do they know it was the shouting that did it not the assertion of ownership?! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gonna start my next publication with "The author gives an overview about their 41 years of experience with humans" and just run with that as all the expertise I need
I just love literature screening for abstracts that begin "The author gives an overview about his 52 years of experience with transgender people." Oh wow! 52 years! With that alien and unknowable, but oddly homogenous group? Fascinating
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Gonna start my next publication with "The author gives an overview about their 41 years of experience with humans" and just run with that as all the expertise I need
I just love literature screening for abstracts that begin "The author gives an overview about his 52 years of experience with transgender people." Oh wow! 52 years! With that alien and unknowable, but oddly homogenous group? Fascinating
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I just love literature screening for abstracts that begin "The author gives an overview about his 52 years of experience with transgender people." Oh wow! 52 years! With that alien and unknowable, but oddly homogenous group? Fascinating
"the answer may surprise you!" etc.
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
Some people will tell you sociologists and criminologists are broadly the same. I submit to you these images, one hangs in my office, the other next door in my colleague @ashkingdon.bsky.social's office. Match the flag to the person in the comments!
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"the answer may surprise you!" etc.
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
Some people will tell you sociologists and criminologists are broadly the same. I submit to you these images, one hangs in my office, the other next door in my colleague @ashkingdon.bsky.social's office. Match the flag to the person in the comments!
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Some people will tell you sociologists and criminologists are broadly the same. I submit to you these images, one hangs in my office, the other next door in my colleague @ashkingdon.bsky.social's office. Match the flag to the person in the comments!
Reposted by Lizzie Reed
Both @lizziereed.bsky.social and @robinskyer.bsky.social are pretty great - and so is their article!
Failure hurts. How can the concept of bipolar time help us understand it?
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Both @lizziereed.bsky.social and @robinskyer.bsky.social are pretty great - and so is their article!
Reposted by Lizzie Reed
This article broke my heart, and underlines the shocking state children’s mental health care today - the erosion of children’s and parents’ rights, unqualified and inexperienced staff, corporations who don’t care, and so much more.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. Ho...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This article broke my heart, and underlines the shocking state children’s mental health care today - the erosion of children’s and parents’ rights, unqualified and inexperienced staff, corporations who don’t care, and so much more.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I've never actually watched this show before. It's a tremendous format in the final section isn't it! So exciting #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I've never actually watched this show before. It's a tremendous format in the final section isn't it! So exciting #CelebrityTraitors
WE HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR YOUR BUMBAG #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
WE HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR YOUR BUMBAG #CelebrityTraitors
No snark at all in this week's #GrandDesigns, just very nice, relatable people who seem lovely and inspiring. Kevin's historic snobbery about their tastes notwithstanding
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No snark at all in this week's #GrandDesigns, just very nice, relatable people who seem lovely and inspiring. Kevin's historic snobbery about their tastes notwithstanding
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What a beautifully written and breathtakingly honest paper. It's rare to see this level of honesty, reflexivity, and creativity in academia.
Failure hurts. How can the concept of bipolar time help us understand it?
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What a beautifully written and breathtakingly honest paper. It's rare to see this level of honesty, reflexivity, and creativity in academia.
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I'm so glad to find this! What a fantastic article.
I love The Sociological Review - constantly find they publish edgy, challenging work...
This one is going to give me new language for my world - thankyou for this radical reconstruction! #ChronicPain
I love The Sociological Review - constantly find they publish edgy, challenging work...
This one is going to give me new language for my world - thankyou for this radical reconstruction! #ChronicPain
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I'm so glad to find this! What a fantastic article.
I love The Sociological Review - constantly find they publish edgy, challenging work...
This one is going to give me new language for my world - thankyou for this radical reconstruction! #ChronicPain
I love The Sociological Review - constantly find they publish edgy, challenging work...
This one is going to give me new language for my world - thankyou for this radical reconstruction! #ChronicPain
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I have been waiting for Lizzie to post this so I can tell them publicly how proud I am of them (and Robin) for this article.
It's a landmark contribution to Mad and crip studies, disability and time studies, and UKHE analysis. More than that, it's a very personal exploration of failure and feeling.
It's a landmark contribution to Mad and crip studies, disability and time studies, and UKHE analysis. More than that, it's a very personal exploration of failure and feeling.
Here we are then, the article I have been whining about for well over a year. Written with @robinskyer.bsky.social, our article explores failure and crip temporalities in UKHE and is published today with the Sociological Review
doi-org.soton.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0038...
#bipolar #Sociology
doi-org.soton.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0038...
#bipolar #Sociology
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I have been waiting for Lizzie to post this so I can tell them publicly how proud I am of them (and Robin) for this article.
It's a landmark contribution to Mad and crip studies, disability and time studies, and UKHE analysis. More than that, it's a very personal exploration of failure and feeling.
It's a landmark contribution to Mad and crip studies, disability and time studies, and UKHE analysis. More than that, it's a very personal exploration of failure and feeling.
Reposted by Lizzie Reed
This is an excellent paper and brilliant contribution to queer/crip temporality scholarship. It’s also a really important confrontation with some of ways UKHE harms us. As a disabled academic it was at times a difficult read(in a good way I think). I’ll definitely read it again. Thanks for your work
Here we are then, the article I have been whining about for well over a year. Written with @robinskyer.bsky.social, our article explores failure and crip temporalities in UKHE and is published today with the Sociological Review
doi-org.soton.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0038...
#bipolar #Sociology
doi-org.soton.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0038...
#bipolar #Sociology
October 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is an excellent paper and brilliant contribution to queer/crip temporality scholarship. It’s also a really important confrontation with some of ways UKHE harms us. As a disabled academic it was at times a difficult read(in a good way I think). I’ll definitely read it again. Thanks for your work