Rebecca Connor-Evans
@rlconnorevans.bsky.social
PhD candidate & Teaching Associate at Sheffield Hallam University. Cognitive stylistician. Children's Lit & YA Fiction for mental & emotional health. Fandom discourses.
PhD’s nearly in — just in time to get lured back to #Girlguiding by the new badges: Fandoms, Booktivist, Bee Saver 🫶🏻✨📚✨🐝
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Girlguiding unveils 72 new badges including 'fandoms' and 'laughter'
It is only the second time in the organisation's 116-year history that it has released new badges.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
PhD’s nearly in — just in time to get lured back to #Girlguiding by the new badges: Fandoms, Booktivist, Bee Saver 🫶🏻✨📚✨🐝
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Last Friday I had the pleasure of presenting at #PALA2025 in the Health & Stylistics SIG, sharing work on grief, narrative voice, and therapeutic reading in A Monster Calls. Proud to represent SHU Stylistics & already excited for #PALA2026 Uppsala! @pala2026.bsky.social @palapoeticsling.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Last Friday I had the pleasure of presenting at #PALA2025 in the Health & Stylistics SIG, sharing work on grief, narrative voice, and therapeutic reading in A Monster Calls. Proud to represent SHU Stylistics & already excited for #PALA2026 Uppsala! @pala2026.bsky.social @palapoeticsling.bsky.social
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The UK’s newly updated statutory Relationships, Sex & Health Education (RSHE) guidance marks a significant shift in classroom culture. Schools must now actively address misogynistic myths, sexual ethics, and the role of pornography in shaping harmful attitudes.
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Misogynistic myths kicked out of classrooms to protect children
Government publishes final statutory relationships, sex and health education guidance for schools.
www.gov.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The UK’s newly updated statutory Relationships, Sex & Health Education (RSHE) guidance marks a significant shift in classroom culture. Schools must now actively address misogynistic myths, sexual ethics, and the role of pornography in shaping harmful attitudes.
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...
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🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...
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A huge thank you to all who attended, presented, plenaried, chaired, entertained, fed & watered us at a brilliant @PALA2025 & esp to the fantastic team @EnglishAston. Here's to PALA Uppsala 2026!! 🎉💃🕺💃🕺🥳
July 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A huge thank you to all who attended, presented, plenaried, chaired, entertained, fed & watered us at a brilliant @PALA2025 & esp to the fantastic team @EnglishAston. Here's to PALA Uppsala 2026!! 🎉💃🕺💃🕺🥳
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We loved joining @profsamwass.bsky.social & Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at a Baby Lab to discover what happens to babies' brains when they're read to.
Discover the neuroscience behind shared reading & how it enables children to flourish and thrive:
bit.ly/44YCeMu
Discover the neuroscience behind shared reading & how it enables children to flourish and thrive:
bit.ly/44YCeMu
July 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We loved joining @profsamwass.bsky.social & Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at a Baby Lab to discover what happens to babies' brains when they're read to.
Discover the neuroscience behind shared reading & how it enables children to flourish and thrive:
bit.ly/44YCeMu
Discover the neuroscience behind shared reading & how it enables children to flourish and thrive:
bit.ly/44YCeMu