Rebecca Wynter
@rebeccawynter.bsky.social
Historian of Medicine & Mental Health. Golestan Fellow NIAS-KNAW https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/rebecca-wynter/ Co-convenor Mental Health Humanities Researcher Network https://mhhrn.bham.ac.uk/. Policy Officer @sshmedicine.bsky.social. She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ #Skystorian
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Rebecca Wynter
@rebeccawynter.bsky.social
· Apr 16
fannie lou hamer singing into a microphone with the words if i fall i 'll fall freedom
Alt: fannie lou hamer with microphone, with the words if i fall i'll fall - five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom
media.tenor.com
Taps the sign 👉 Nobody's free till everybody's free.
'“Women are more than our appearance,” a spokesperson said during the conference. “We are workers, carers, organisers, fighters. We are complex, messy and brilliant human beings and none of us should be reduced to whether we look like somebody else’s idea of a woman.”'
UK’s largest trade union calls out EHRC over trans guidance
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/unison-interim-guidance-ehrc/?utm_content=1771341602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/unison-interim-guidance-ehrc/?utm_content=1771341602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
February 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
'“Women are more than our appearance,” a spokesperson said during the conference. “We are workers, carers, organisers, fighters. We are complex, messy and brilliant human beings and none of us should be reduced to whether we look like somebody else’s idea of a woman.”'
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Yes, I know my upcoming book "The Baltic States in the Second World War" has been delayed several times. (Apologies). But....
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
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Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
February 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Yes, I know my upcoming book "The Baltic States in the Second World War" has been delayed several times. (Apologies). But....
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
Waterstones is having a pre-order sale this week. Use the order code FEB26 at checkout for 25% off.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
'Perhaps some readers will remember that [1935] novel by Sinclair Lewis in which he describes the conquest of America by fascism....Because who would have believed that the madness of Hitlerism could ever break out there...and drag the world into general slaughter'
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
'Perhaps some readers will remember that [1935] novel by Sinclair Lewis in which he describes the conquest of America by fascism....Because who would have believed that the madness of Hitlerism could ever break out there...and drag the world into general slaughter'
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
Dutch paper, De Telegraaf, 1959.
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📣 Call for submissions: Singer Prize 2026
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
Grants – BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science
BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science
bshs.org.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:07 AM
📣 Call for submissions: Singer Prize 2026
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based
on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM!
🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years
📅 Deadline: 30 April
ℹ️ Learn more:
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I don't normally dunkquote but three posts down he's saying "universities are doing OK, really" and I'm trying to decide if he actually is absolutely isolated from most people's lived experiences, or knows and doesn't care b/c the only thing that matters is pretending this Labour Government is good.
Wonder how many people notice that "broken Britain with a public sector that doesn't deliver" just helped us get three winter Olympic medals?
Once more for the slow crowd, a bit more delivery means nothing if everybody "knows" everything is broken. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Once more for the slow crowd, a bit more delivery means nothing if everybody "knows" everything is broken. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
GB chiefs hail greatest Winter Olympics day after super Sunday delivers two golds
Team GB chiefs have hailed Britain’s greatest day at a Winter Olympics after celebrating two gold medals in the mixed snowboard cross and mixed skeleton
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I don't normally dunkquote but three posts down he's saying "universities are doing OK, really" and I'm trying to decide if he actually is absolutely isolated from most people's lived experiences, or knows and doesn't care b/c the only thing that matters is pretending this Labour Government is good.
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And it's not just FCO and the World Service.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
Exactly. This is not a lot of money. And once destroyed you don’t get to rebuild it.
The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
And it's not just FCO and the World Service.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
The BBC more generally is having to make vast cuts as are the National Gallery, British Library, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company...
The list goes on.
The UK is destroying its own cultural identity as well as its soft power.
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This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation
www.gov.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Still trying not to get too optimistic (obviously only in terms of NL HE)...
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students - VnExpress International
The Netherlands is reversing plans to curb English-taught university programs and launching a €1.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) funding push as Europe competes for international students and skilled worke...
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February 15, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Still trying not to get too optimistic (obviously only in terms of NL HE)...
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students
Netherlands reverses English-degree curbs with $1.7B push to attract international students
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Obscure question for #Dutch #Legal scholars: I know that Section 15 now acts like habeas corpus, but to my reading, the section of the 19thc constitution/pre-1983 that is said to be the equivalent seems different from habeas corpus. Am I right??
#LegalSky #LawSky #HistLaw
#LegalSky #LawSky #HistLaw
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
Out now: Our special issue of the European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics (#ENHE) about Nursing and Migration.
All articles OA: www.enhe.eu/enhe/issue/v...
#nursinghistory #medhist
All articles OA: www.enhe.eu/enhe/issue/v...
#nursinghistory #medhist
February 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Today we recorded the first oral history for our Birth Stories project. Mrs Phillpotts gave birth to twins in the 1960s at Ronkswood. She has allowed us to take a copy of the photograph of Robert and Suzanne outside the ward.
Share your story: medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...
Share your story: medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...
February 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Today we recorded the first oral history for our Birth Stories project. Mrs Phillpotts gave birth to twins in the 1960s at Ronkswood. She has allowed us to take a copy of the photograph of Robert and Suzanne outside the ward.
Share your story: medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...
Share your story: medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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NEW
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful.
What did the judgment say and not say, and what has changed and not changed. And what happens next.
Quick explainer by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful.
What did the judgment say and not say, and what has changed and not changed. And what happens next.
Quick explainer by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What next?
This is a big judgment. But not everything has changed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
NEW
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful.
What did the judgment say and not say, and what has changed and not changed. And what happens next.
Quick explainer by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful.
What did the judgment say and not say, and what has changed and not changed. And what happens next.
Quick explainer by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Why was New Labour so popular for so long? I've written about this for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social today. Meanwhile you can buy my NEW book on the subject and read the whole argument! You lucky people. Link here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Why was New Labour so popular? | LSE British Politics
The Labour Party was once very popular. New Labour enjoyed a persistent lead in the polls for over a decade. Having a clear ideology and a clear plan helped.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Why was New Labour so popular for so long? I've written about this for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social today. Meanwhile you can buy my NEW book on the subject and read the whole argument! You lucky people. Link here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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'Beware of Wireless!'... 'Fear of Oscillation'...
The 1926 General Strike triggered debates over misinformation and media control. On the first day, TUC newspaper The Daily Herald warned against government control of media and suggested ways of interfering with the radio signal...
#WorldRadioDay
The 1926 General Strike triggered debates over misinformation and media control. On the first day, TUC newspaper The Daily Herald warned against government control of media and suggested ways of interfering with the radio signal...
#WorldRadioDay
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
'Beware of Wireless!'... 'Fear of Oscillation'...
The 1926 General Strike triggered debates over misinformation and media control. On the first day, TUC newspaper The Daily Herald warned against government control of media and suggested ways of interfering with the radio signal...
#WorldRadioDay
The 1926 General Strike triggered debates over misinformation and media control. On the first day, TUC newspaper The Daily Herald warned against government control of media and suggested ways of interfering with the radio signal...
#WorldRadioDay
Obscure question for #Dutch #Legal scholars: I know that Section 15 now acts like habeas corpus, but to my reading, the section of the 19thc constitution/pre-1983 that is said to be the equivalent seems different from habeas corpus. Am I right??
#LegalSky #LawSky #HistLaw
#LegalSky #LawSky #HistLaw
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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So, at my place of work, there is not difference in toilet use between staff and students toilet use. But now trans students can use the correctly-gendered toilets, but not trans staff.
Ridiculous!
Ridiculous!
This is our news read out:
"Service providers may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men" and "the EHRC’s exclusionary draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law and the Minister will have to send it back to be rewritten."
"Service providers may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men" and "the EHRC’s exclusionary draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law and the Minister will have to send it back to be rewritten."
High Court rules on lawfulness of the EHRC’s interim guidance
High Court decides services may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities – but the fight for trans rights continues
goodlawproject.org
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
So, at my place of work, there is not difference in toilet use between staff and students toilet use. But now trans students can use the correctly-gendered toilets, but not trans staff.
Ridiculous!
Ridiculous!
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This is our news read out:
"Service providers may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men" and "the EHRC’s exclusionary draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law and the Minister will have to send it back to be rewritten."
"Service providers may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men" and "the EHRC’s exclusionary draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law and the Minister will have to send it back to be rewritten."
High Court rules on lawfulness of the EHRC’s interim guidance
High Court decides services may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities – but the fight for trans rights continues
goodlawproject.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM
This is our news read out:
"Service providers may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men" and "the EHRC’s exclusionary draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law and the Minister will have to send it back to be rewritten."
"Service providers may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men" and "the EHRC’s exclusionary draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law and the Minister will have to send it back to be rewritten."
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NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/nhs-closed-tavistock-over-trans-care-concerns-there-were-just-eight-complaints/?utm_content=1770828004&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/nhs-closed-tavistock-over-trans-care-concerns-there-were-just-eight-complaints/?utm_content=1770828004&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/nhs-closed-tavistock-over-trans-care-concerns-there-were-just-eight-complaints/?utm_content=1770828004&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/nhs-closed-tavistock-over-trans-care-concerns-there-were-just-eight-complaints/?utm_content=1770828004&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
In which someone in Dutch HE notices postdocs...
"Hoeveel postdocs er precies aan de VU rondlopen is niet eens bekend." Goed stuk over de werkomstandigheden van postdocs, waarvan deel ook van toepassing zal zijn op andere academici met tijdelijk contract, zoals docenten.
advalvas.vu.nl/wetenschap-o...
advalvas.vu.nl/wetenschap-o...
De vervangbare werkbijen van de wetenschap
Postdocs verzetten een flink deel van het academische werk, maar de omstandigheden waaronder ze dat doen, zijn stressvol. Als gevolg heeft meer dan veertig procent mentale klachten, blijkt uit onderzo...
advalvas.vu.nl
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
In which someone in Dutch HE notices postdocs...
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My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is now listed in Verso's trade catalogue for 2026.
You can find it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/...
You can find it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/...
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is now listed in Verso's trade catalogue for 2026.
You can find it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/...
You can find it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/...
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'France’s Health Data Hub, which houses medical data for research use, will move from non‑EU servers provided by Microsoft to an EU‑based platform by the end of the year, the government has said.'
France news: Health research data to be moved to EU servers
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
'France’s Health Data Hub, which houses medical data for research use, will move from non‑EU servers provided by Microsoft to an EU‑based platform by the end of the year, the government has said.'
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"An Annenberg Media investigation found that medical training for Israel Defense Forces personnel funded by the U.S. Navy uses bodies donated to UC San Diego through the Anatomical Donation Program."
ucsdguardian.org/2026/02/09/c...
ucsdguardian.org/2026/02/09/c...
Cadavers donated to UCSD used for IDF medical training, deal brokered by USC
An Annenberg Media investigation found that medical training for Israel Defense Forces personnel funded by the U.S. Navy uses bodies donated to UC San Diego through the Anatomical Donation Program. Th...
ucsdguardian.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
"An Annenberg Media investigation found that medical training for Israel Defense Forces personnel funded by the U.S. Navy uses bodies donated to UC San Diego through the Anatomical Donation Program."
ucsdguardian.org/2026/02/09/c...
ucsdguardian.org/2026/02/09/c...
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🚨 #Dutch #SWW #TWO folks: Questions🚨
Looking for recommendations for literature about the collaboration of Dutch authorities and what impact this had post-liberation. Also searching for your go-to piece about the post-war and #1950s #1960s #press.
#Skystorian #MediaStudies 🗃️
Looking for recommendations for literature about the collaboration of Dutch authorities and what impact this had post-liberation. Also searching for your go-to piece about the post-war and #1950s #1960s #press.
#Skystorian #MediaStudies 🗃️
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🚨 #Dutch #SWW #TWO folks: Questions🚨
Looking for recommendations for literature about the collaboration of Dutch authorities and what impact this had post-liberation. Also searching for your go-to piece about the post-war and #1950s #1960s #press.
#Skystorian #MediaStudies 🗃️
Looking for recommendations for literature about the collaboration of Dutch authorities and what impact this had post-liberation. Also searching for your go-to piece about the post-war and #1950s #1960s #press.
#Skystorian #MediaStudies 🗃️
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This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing