Onni Gust
@onnigust.bsky.social
Historian of colonialism, trans life, human/animal boundary at Uni of Nottingham. Queer, feminist, trans. Jewish. Parent. They/them.
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Onni Gust
@onnigust.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain
The figure of the monster has long been used by trans and intersex scholars, artists and activists to articulate their sense of being in a world dominated by binary, cisgender norms. Yet what does it....
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I've finally migrated from the evil X, happy new year!
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My book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism, will be out March 17, 2026
It is now available for pre-order from @princetonupress.bsky.social and other online booksellers! cart.press.princeton.edu/checkout/car...
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It is now available for pre-order from @princetonupress.bsky.social and other online booksellers! cart.press.princeton.edu/checkout/car...
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December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism, will be out March 17, 2026
It is now available for pre-order from @princetonupress.bsky.social and other online booksellers! cart.press.princeton.edu/checkout/car...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
It is now available for pre-order from @princetonupress.bsky.social and other online booksellers! cart.press.princeton.edu/checkout/car...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Via Prisoners for Palestine… take action: linktr.ee/prisoners4pal #Palestine
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Via Prisoners for Palestine… take action: linktr.ee/prisoners4pal #Palestine
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Amnesty: Growing transphobia and authoritarianism go hand in hand – they must be resisted
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Growing transphobia and authoritarianism go hand in hand – they must be resisted
Late one summer’s night in 2018, I was walking with a friend through central Thessaloniki when a man approached us to ask for directions. We stopped and, without warning, he attacked us. My friend got away but the man chased me down the street punching me on the forehead and kicking me in the back. The reason? A “man [my friend] was wearing a skirt”. More than […]
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December 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Amnesty: Growing transphobia and authoritarianism go hand in hand – they must be resisted
www.amnesty.org/en/l...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.amnesty.org/en/l...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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We know this time of year can be difficult for many. If you are struggling, you can reach out to the following services:
Mindline Trans+: 0300 330 5468
Samaritans: 116 123
SHOUT: Text 85258
Switchboard LGBT+
Voda App – self-care for LGBTQIA+ communities
Mind’s Support Line: 0300 102 1234
Mindline Trans+: 0300 330 5468
Samaritans: 116 123
SHOUT: Text 85258
Switchboard LGBT+
Voda App – self-care for LGBTQIA+ communities
Mind’s Support Line: 0300 102 1234
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We know this time of year can be difficult for many. If you are struggling, you can reach out to the following services:
Mindline Trans+: 0300 330 5468
Samaritans: 116 123
SHOUT: Text 85258
Switchboard LGBT+
Voda App – self-care for LGBTQIA+ communities
Mind’s Support Line: 0300 102 1234
Mindline Trans+: 0300 330 5468
Samaritans: 116 123
SHOUT: Text 85258
Switchboard LGBT+
Voda App – self-care for LGBTQIA+ communities
Mind’s Support Line: 0300 102 1234
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We mourn the victims of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach at a celebration on the first night of Chanukah, bringing darkness into a festival of lights. Our hearts go out to those attacked and their families and friends, as well as the entire Australian Jewish community.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We mourn the victims of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach at a celebration on the first night of Chanukah, bringing darkness into a festival of lights. Our hearts go out to those attacked and their families and friends, as well as the entire Australian Jewish community.
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Support the hunger strikers
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
Prisoners For Palestine –
A prisoner-led collective in the UK representing all those detained under charges related to Palestinian liberation.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Support the hunger strikers
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
Horrific vandalism at Essex and of HE in general.
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Horrific vandalism at Essex and of HE in general.
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More than 100 medical professionals have declared a ‘medical emergency’ after queer activist Amu Gib refused food in prison, beginning one of the largest coordinated prison hunger strikes in the UK in four decades.
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Queer activist among eight people on hunger strike for Palestine in UK prisons
One of the most significant prison strikes for four decades is underway, after queer activist Amu Gib refused food on Nov 2nd 2025
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
More than 100 medical professionals have declared a ‘medical emergency’ after queer activist Amu Gib refused food in prison, beginning one of the largest coordinated prison hunger strikes in the UK in four decades.
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www.wearequeeraf.com/queer-activi...
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The only person to come out of the SPeggie/NHS tribunal vindicated and with a completely untarnished reputation is Dr Beth Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The only person to come out of the SPeggie/NHS tribunal vindicated and with a completely untarnished reputation is Dr Beth Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
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An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.
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Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
For those who don't already know of the ridiculous lengths trans people have to go to, after waiting years, to 'prove' we're who we say we are and access healthcare, here's my experience & take on life under trans medical gatekeeping.
Ch.10. Open Access.
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Ch.10. Open Access.
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New and Decolonial Approaches to Gender Nonconformity
This open access book features a diverse collective of arts and humanities researchers, educators and creative practitioners, sharing their thoughts and experie…
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December 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
For those who don't already know of the ridiculous lengths trans people have to go to, after waiting years, to 'prove' we're who we say we are and access healthcare, here's my experience & take on life under trans medical gatekeeping.
Ch.10. Open Access.
share.google/r5p2vF1zXPDL...
Ch.10. Open Access.
share.google/r5p2vF1zXPDL...
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@tgeuorg.bsky.social calls it.
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
The UK puberty blocker trial is an ethical breach and a threat to trans youth’s health and rights - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia
The recently announced PATHWAYS clinical trial protocol on puberty blockers (also known as puberty suppressing hormones) for young trans people in the UK represents a deeply troubling escalation in th...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@tgeuorg.bsky.social calls it.
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Inhabitants of the Deep" by Jonathan Howard, which undertakes a black ecocritical study of the deep (oceans, rivers, lakes) in African American literature. #BlackStudies
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December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Save 30% on #NewBook "Inhabitants of the Deep" by Jonathan Howard, which undertakes a black ecocritical study of the deep (oceans, rivers, lakes) in African American literature. #BlackStudies
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Love, rage, and solidarity for my trans sisters. We will build new spaces of belonging, the old ones don't deserve you anyway.
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Love, rage, and solidarity for my trans sisters. We will build new spaces of belonging, the old ones don't deserve you anyway.
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Solidarity with every trans person struggling to keep their heads in the game today. Along with everything else, this is absolutely a war against our collective and individual mental and emotional health - against our very sense of self.
It's expected to feel the blow. But we stay fighting.
It's expected to feel the blow. But we stay fighting.
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Solidarity with every trans person struggling to keep their heads in the game today. Along with everything else, this is absolutely a war against our collective and individual mental and emotional health - against our very sense of self.
It's expected to feel the blow. But we stay fighting.
It's expected to feel the blow. But we stay fighting.
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Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else.
Sign the petition... 👇
Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else.
Sign the petition... 👇
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
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December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else.
Sign the petition... 👇
Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else.
Sign the petition... 👇
Awful behaviour from management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, ashamed of my Alma Mater and outraged for my colleagues there. If management want to ensure students' quality of learning, they should stop threatening courses and staff.
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Awful behaviour from management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, ashamed of my Alma Mater and outraged for my colleagues there. If management want to ensure students' quality of learning, they should stop threatening courses and staff.
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"Edinburgh held 12 contracts and received 26 documents from Nous or related entities between January 2022 and September 2025.
As early as February 2022, it had provided the university with a “draft vision” and a “strategy and roadmap” report."
As early as February 2022, it had provided the university with a “draft vision” and a “strategy and roadmap” report."
The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Edinburgh held 12 contracts and received 26 documents from Nous or related entities between January 2022 and September 2025.
As early as February 2022, it had provided the university with a “draft vision” and a “strategy and roadmap” report."
As early as February 2022, it had provided the university with a “draft vision” and a “strategy and roadmap” report."
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📣 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies scholarships 📣
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
Spread the news!
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
📣 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies scholarships 📣
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
Spread the news!
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
Spread the news!
There is not one PhD between the directors of Nous, they have no experience of research or teaching and yet they're advising universities, student unions & governments on how to run HE.
Edinburgh Uni has paid ££££s to Nous Group to restructure their staff and curriculum. I suspect far more unis have been paying millions to Nous Group, for longer than we realise. A complete undermining of university governance & academic expertise & autonomy.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There is not one PhD between the directors of Nous, they have no experience of research or teaching and yet they're advising universities, student unions & governments on how to run HE.
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And here, how they've ravaged Australian universities: ‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities | The Saturday Paper share.google/hS5qnWOkhSW0...
‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities
Nous Group has slowly taken over the university sector, filling VCs’ offices with ex-staff and buying ‘incredibly sensitive’ data that is sold back for benchmarking.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
And here, how they've ravaged Australian universities: ‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities | The Saturday Paper share.google/hS5qnWOkhSW0...
Edinburgh Uni has paid ££££s to Nous Group to restructure their staff and curriculum. I suspect far more unis have been paying millions to Nous Group, for longer than we realise. A complete undermining of university governance & academic expertise & autonomy.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Edinburgh Uni has paid ££££s to Nous Group to restructure their staff and curriculum. I suspect far more unis have been paying millions to Nous Group, for longer than we realise. A complete undermining of university governance & academic expertise & autonomy.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...