Sylvia
@silbheuig.bsky.social
She/her | Bisexual transfeminist | PhD Candidate in Sociological Studies @sheffielduni.bsky.social | Researching trans women in LGBT+ charities |
Editor: @ebb.bsky.social | Host: @commongenders.org
Editor: @ebb.bsky.social | Host: @commongenders.org
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Endorsements of The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis.
'Every person who claims to oppose Israeli genocide needs to read this book' - Steven Salaita
'This compelling book is essential reading' - Joseph Massad
AVAILABLE NOW
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
'Every person who claims to oppose Israeli genocide needs to read this book' - Steven Salaita
'This compelling book is essential reading' - Joseph Massad
AVAILABLE NOW
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Endorsements of The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis.
'Every person who claims to oppose Israeli genocide needs to read this book' - Steven Salaita
'This compelling book is essential reading' - Joseph Massad
AVAILABLE NOW
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
'Every person who claims to oppose Israeli genocide needs to read this book' - Steven Salaita
'This compelling book is essential reading' - Joseph Massad
AVAILABLE NOW
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
An engaging, but sad read.
I've listened to Au Pairs for years and was even tempted by one of the reunion shows. It's such a shame to see this happen to them.
I've listened to Au Pairs for years and was even tempted by one of the reunion shows. It's such a shame to see this happen to them.
Today's story is about the mighty falling out between the lead singer and her former friends:
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/au-pairs-agr...
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/au-pairs-agr...
Au Pairs agreed to split everything equally. Now their frontwoman wants it all
Birmingham's post-punk auteurs were the poster band for equality, but 42-years later they're embroiled in a bitter row
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
An engaging, but sad read.
I've listened to Au Pairs for years and was even tempted by one of the reunion shows. It's such a shame to see this happen to them.
I've listened to Au Pairs for years and was even tempted by one of the reunion shows. It's such a shame to see this happen to them.
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Statement by:
Madden & Finucane Solicitors, Belfast
Madden & Finucane Solicitors, Belfast
October 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Statement by:
Madden & Finucane Solicitors, Belfast
Madden & Finucane Solicitors, Belfast
Thesis draft has been sent to my supervisors!
Yay! I'm spending the next few days relaxing. 🥰
Yay! I'm spending the next few days relaxing. 🥰
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thesis draft has been sent to my supervisors!
Yay! I'm spending the next few days relaxing. 🥰
Yay! I'm spending the next few days relaxing. 🥰
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Because I know what happened. I know why trans people are more anxious and are pre-emptively giving up on solidarity. The global backlash to feminist politics and queer existence and the resurgent wave of nationalism and isolationism is taking its toll on us all.
But also, fucking hell, stop.
But also, fucking hell, stop.
October 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Because I know what happened. I know why trans people are more anxious and are pre-emptively giving up on solidarity. The global backlash to feminist politics and queer existence and the resurgent wave of nationalism and isolationism is taking its toll on us all.
But also, fucking hell, stop.
But also, fucking hell, stop.
Feels weird seeing 80k words in one document now. Like 'this is happening.'
At least my supervisors have a decent read ahead of them for the next few weeks. 😝
At least my supervisors have a decent read ahead of them for the next few weeks. 😝
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Feels weird seeing 80k words in one document now. Like 'this is happening.'
At least my supervisors have a decent read ahead of them for the next few weeks. 😝
At least my supervisors have a decent read ahead of them for the next few weeks. 😝
Finishing off revising the lit review and it's very much like 'oh, another thing to add!'
I feel both happy at my progress, but also perpetually fine. Not sad, (although I get tired after a lot of writing) but also not feeling too enthusiastic about things at the moment.
Just sort of in the moment
I feel both happy at my progress, but also perpetually fine. Not sad, (although I get tired after a lot of writing) but also not feeling too enthusiastic about things at the moment.
Just sort of in the moment
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Finishing off revising the lit review and it's very much like 'oh, another thing to add!'
I feel both happy at my progress, but also perpetually fine. Not sad, (although I get tired after a lot of writing) but also not feeling too enthusiastic about things at the moment.
Just sort of in the moment
I feel both happy at my progress, but also perpetually fine. Not sad, (although I get tired after a lot of writing) but also not feeling too enthusiastic about things at the moment.
Just sort of in the moment
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I should add that the judgment is very well written. I felt quite emotional reading the final sections, which contain the findings of fact.
This is also the first time that AP, Garçon and Nicot v France has been considered in full by our domestic court, rather than merely mentioned.
This is also the first time that AP, Garçon and Nicot v France has been considered in full by our domestic court, rather than merely mentioned.
A must read blog about a landmark decision for gender recognition, just published by the High Court today.
Once again, @goodlawproject.bsky.social paid all the costs. goodlaw.social/78iw
Once again, @goodlawproject.bsky.social paid all the costs. goodlaw.social/78iw
WIN: Victory in landmark case on gender recognition
High Court rules that a trans man cannot be denied a Gender Recognition Certificate because he is trying to conceive, in an important win supported by Good Law Project.
goodlaw.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I should add that the judgment is very well written. I felt quite emotional reading the final sections, which contain the findings of fact.
This is also the first time that AP, Garçon and Nicot v France has been considered in full by our domestic court, rather than merely mentioned.
This is also the first time that AP, Garçon and Nicot v France has been considered in full by our domestic court, rather than merely mentioned.
Great write up by Lewis at Ebb on the forms of class consciousness at The World Transformed last weekend.
Exploring the divides between Your Party leadership amidst the tenacity of socialists at the conference, aspiring to organise something more (and soon!)
Exploring the divides between Your Party leadership amidst the tenacity of socialists at the conference, aspiring to organise something more (and soon!)
Class Consciousness at The World Transformed.
Reporting back from the assemblies at The World Transformed, Lewis Hodder details the varied levels of class consciousness that coalesced around criticism of the leadership of the new left party.
www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/class...
Reporting back from the assemblies at The World Transformed, Lewis Hodder details the varied levels of class consciousness that coalesced around criticism of the leadership of the new left party.
www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/class...
Class Consciousness at The World Transformed — Ebb Magazine
Reporting back from the three assemblies at The World Transformed that attempted to diagnose and overcome the impasse of the British left, Lewis Hodder details the varying levels of class consciousnes...
www.ebb-magazine.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Great write up by Lewis at Ebb on the forms of class consciousness at The World Transformed last weekend.
Exploring the divides between Your Party leadership amidst the tenacity of socialists at the conference, aspiring to organise something more (and soon!)
Exploring the divides between Your Party leadership amidst the tenacity of socialists at the conference, aspiring to organise something more (and soon!)
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"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
- Miss Major, 2023 💔
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Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…
truthout.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
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In an unprecedented display of unity, seven groups on the left came together at The World Transformed Festival to agree on a programme for winning a member-led socialist Your Party.
Read their proposal below:
prometheusjournal.org/2025/10/13/f...
Read their proposal below:
prometheusjournal.org/2025/10/13/f...
For a member led, Socialist party | Prometheus
In an unprecedented display of unity, seven groups have declared an agreed programme in the fight for a socialist and member led Your Party
prometheusjournal.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In an unprecedented display of unity, seven groups on the left came together at The World Transformed Festival to agree on a programme for winning a member-led socialist Your Party.
Read their proposal below:
prometheusjournal.org/2025/10/13/f...
Read their proposal below:
prometheusjournal.org/2025/10/13/f...
I think my summary of TWT is that it is so refreshing and exciting being surrounded by so many socialists.
I also noticed how insistent people were on not only anti-oppression (inc. trans liberation), but also anti-imperialism in a way I have not seen in mass left spaces.
I also noticed how insistent people were on not only anti-oppression (inc. trans liberation), but also anti-imperialism in a way I have not seen in mass left spaces.
October 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I think my summary of TWT is that it is so refreshing and exciting being surrounded by so many socialists.
I also noticed how insistent people were on not only anti-oppression (inc. trans liberation), but also anti-imperialism in a way I have not seen in mass left spaces.
I also noticed how insistent people were on not only anti-oppression (inc. trans liberation), but also anti-imperialism in a way I have not seen in mass left spaces.
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🔥🔥🔥 Thank you all for coming to our panel yesterday. Thanks to The World Transformed Festival for the opportunity. We'll hopefully see you all next year!
In the meantime, we're looking for submissions on anti-oppression and anti-imperialist struggles, as well as reflections on this year's TWT.
In the meantime, we're looking for submissions on anti-oppression and anti-imperialist struggles, as well as reflections on this year's TWT.
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🔥🔥🔥 Thank you all for coming to our panel yesterday. Thanks to The World Transformed Festival for the opportunity. We'll hopefully see you all next year!
In the meantime, we're looking for submissions on anti-oppression and anti-imperialist struggles, as well as reflections on this year's TWT.
In the meantime, we're looking for submissions on anti-oppression and anti-imperialist struggles, as well as reflections on this year's TWT.
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No bomb should’ve ever dropped on a single civilian, a single child.
If this is the end of them I’m glad.
But the loss is so so immense and the future so uncertain.
What does “peace” mean when it sits atop a genocide? What peace when the genocider dictates its terms?
If this is the end of them I’m glad.
But the loss is so so immense and the future so uncertain.
What does “peace” mean when it sits atop a genocide? What peace when the genocider dictates its terms?
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
No bomb should’ve ever dropped on a single civilian, a single child.
If this is the end of them I’m glad.
But the loss is so so immense and the future so uncertain.
What does “peace” mean when it sits atop a genocide? What peace when the genocider dictates its terms?
If this is the end of them I’m glad.
But the loss is so so immense and the future so uncertain.
What does “peace” mean when it sits atop a genocide? What peace when the genocider dictates its terms?
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If you haven't ever had to apply for IRB approval to conduct human subject research I don't think you can appreciate how profound of a violation of ethical research practices this is. This is information collected from a vulnerable community in a medical context disclosed without consent.
Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals
This is a HUGE breach.
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals
This is a HUGE breach.
Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.
Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.
Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
If you haven't ever had to apply for IRB approval to conduct human subject research I don't think you can appreciate how profound of a violation of ethical research practices this is. This is information collected from a vulnerable community in a medical context disclosed without consent.
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We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting for a foundation of trans liberation in Your Party, in its current and future iterations.
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting for a foundation of trans liberation in Your Party, in its current and future iterations.
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AVAILABLE NOW
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis (translated by Fida Jiryis)
£20/$27.99 Paperback
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
Available to order from:
Waterstones (UK)
Blackwell’s (UK)
Amazon (UK)
Barnes & Noble (US)
Amazon (US)
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis (translated by Fida Jiryis)
£20/$27.99 Paperback
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
Available to order from:
Waterstones (UK)
Blackwell’s (UK)
Amazon (UK)
Barnes & Noble (US)
Amazon (US)
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
AVAILABLE NOW
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis (translated by Fida Jiryis)
£20/$27.99 Paperback
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
Available to order from:
Waterstones (UK)
Blackwell’s (UK)
Amazon (UK)
Barnes & Noble (US)
Amazon (US)
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis (translated by Fida Jiryis)
£20/$27.99 Paperback
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
Available to order from:
Waterstones (UK)
Blackwell’s (UK)
Amazon (UK)
Barnes & Noble (US)
Amazon (US)
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For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
Books Are For Everyone: A Banned Books Week Reading List
Banned Books Week—October 5th to 11th—is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the aspiration that books should be accessible to all. In recognition of Banned Books Week 2025, Haymarket is...
www.haymarketbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.
Comrades from Ebb and rs21 in Birmingham are hosting a book launch and Q&A TONIGHT (6-8pm) at BRIG Café with Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond (authors of Fascism and the Women's Cause) to discuss trans liberation, anti-fascism and the women's cause.
Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/30282/...
Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/30282/...
October 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Comrades from Ebb and rs21 in Birmingham are hosting a book launch and Q&A TONIGHT (6-8pm) at BRIG Café with Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond (authors of Fascism and the Women's Cause) to discuss trans liberation, anti-fascism and the women's cause.
Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/30282/...
Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/30282/...
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Available October 7th.
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis
Translated into English for the first time, Jiryis details the origins of Zionism and its development as an ideology and political project that has wrought havoc in the Middle East and beyond.
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis
Translated into English for the first time, Jiryis details the origins of Zionism and its development as an ideology and political project that has wrought havoc in the Middle East and beyond.
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
October 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Available October 7th.
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis
Translated into English for the first time, Jiryis details the origins of Zionism and its development as an ideology and political project that has wrought havoc in the Middle East and beyond.
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis
Translated into English for the first time, Jiryis details the origins of Zionism and its development as an ideology and political project that has wrought havoc in the Middle East and beyond.
www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...
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Holy shit, we're two thirds of the way there. Thank you so much to everybody who has donated so far or shared this on.
This is for some friends of mine going through a really rough time after getting harassed out of their home by transphobic neighbours. If you can't afford to chip in a share would be hugely appreciated.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-rom...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-rom...
Donate to Help a Roma trans woman and her partner heal, organized by Rebecca Merched
A few weeks back we had to flee a lynch mob in our old place and get some… Rebecca Merched needs your support for Help a Roma trans woman and her partner heal
www.gofundme.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Holy shit, we're two thirds of the way there. Thank you so much to everybody who has donated so far or shared this on.
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Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor
I will be at The World Transformed on Saturday 11th October (12pm) speaking with @prometheusjournal.bsky.social on 'What Should the Party Do?'
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
The World Transformed 2025 // What Should the Party Do? w/ Prometheus
theworldtransformed.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I will be at The World Transformed on Saturday 11th October (12pm) speaking with @prometheusjournal.bsky.social on 'What Should the Party Do?'
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...