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Jennifer Thomson

@thomsonjennifer.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath | ESRC New Investigator - Feminist Foreign Policy | https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/jennifer-thomson

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Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Mar 21

We're very happy that this is out in the world! And Open Access too...

@lesliewehner.bsky.social and I ask - why did Sweden and Chile adopt #feministforeignpolicy?

Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · Mar 21

Finally out in Politics & Gender! Please read & share this work with @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social

“The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden” doi.org/10.1017/S174...

We study the conditions that made possible the formal adoption of a Feminist Foreign Policy 🇨🇱🇸🇪

The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 15d

US expands Mexico City policy to bar any aid going to projects that contain gender or DEI

So almost anything on poverty, rights, climate, or health

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US to expand anti-abortion aid rule to cover 'gender ideology,' diversity

The Trump administration is set to expand the Mexico City Policy that blocks U.S. assistance to organizations that provide or promote abortions to cover groups involved in what the administration call...

www.reuters.com

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 19d

📢 ISA Members: The Women's Caucus is now accepting nominations for 5 executive comm positions, including Program Chair/Incoming Chair for 2026-2028. As current program chair/incoming chair, I'd be happy to answer any questions about our work. Join us! @isanet.bsky.social

a pikachu wearing glasses says hi on a green background ..

ALT: a pikachu wearing glasses says hi on a green background ..

media.tenor.com

Reposted by Margot C. Finn, Jennifer Thomson

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 20d

So while preparing slides was once again been reminded of this little mystery....Huge gender gaps in support for 2 parties - Reform and Greens. Both genders are more likely to support the Greens, and gender gap in Green support is larger. But all the discussion focuses on young men & Reform

Reposted by Sophie Harman, Jennifer Thomson

Paul C(innamon) Kirby @paulcinnamon.bsky.social · 25d

30,000 jobs gone in three years. Before the national insurance increase and the international student levy hits.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...

Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs

Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet

www.timeshighereducation.com

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · 27d

Can’t imagine I’ll read a better book this year.

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 29d

After her last interview in @theguardian.com just last week, it's immensely sad to announce the death of Diane Munday at 94. Patron of @humanists.uk (first joining 70 years ago!), friend and mentor. Her exemplary life as an activist will be a permanent inspiration. humanists.uk/2026/01/11/h...

Humanists UK mourns Diane Munday, leading campaigner for the Abortion Act (1931-2026)

Humanists UK is deeply saddened to announce the death of its patron, Diane Munday, who dedicated her life to social reform, most notably as the principal leader of the campaign for the Abortion Act 19...

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Daniel Huppmann, Jennifer Thomson

Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · Dec 27

'Every woman knows what I’m talking about.'
Yes, we do, sadly. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.
www.guernicamag.com/rebecca-soln...

Men Explain Things to Me

<p>Before there was <em>mansplaining</em>, there was Rebecca Solnit's 2008 critique of male arrogance. Reprinted here with a new introduction.</p>

www.guernicamag.com

Reposted by Rachel S. Franklin, Jennifer Thomson

James Tarry @northamptonian.bsky.social · Dec 2

Philip Larkin started writing ‘Aubade’ in 1974, & finished it in 1977 after his mother’s death. It was published in the TLS on 23rd December, apparently ruining a number of people’s Christmases. Larkin, terrified of death all his life, died on this day 1985.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...

Not in remorse —The good not done, the love not given, time Torn off unused—nor wretchedly because An only life can take so long to climb Clear of its wrong beginnings, and may never; But at the total...

www.poetryfoundation.org

Reposted by Toni Haastrup, Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Nov 28

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy", @tonihaastrup.bsky.social explores the absence of African knowledge from FFP agendas.

🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟

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Notes from the field titled "Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa" by Toni Haastrup.

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Nov 26

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America", Daniela Sepúlveda overviews the work of the Platform for Feminist Foreign Policy in Latin America and the role of civil society in advancing FFP.

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Notes from the field titled "Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America" by Daniela Sepúlveda

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Nov 26

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In their notes from the field, "Troubled Encounters", @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.

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Notes from the field titled "Troubled Encounters: Feminist Foreign Policy and Donor-Implementer Relations in Peacebuilding" by Niklas Balbon and Younna Christiansen.

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Nov 25

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Claiming Historical Responsibility", @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP.

🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟

gendersky polisky

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Research article titled "Claiming Historical Responsibility? The Persistence of Coloniality in German Feminist Foreign Policy" by Karoline Färber and Madita Standke-Erdmann

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Nov 24

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In her notes from the field "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy", @leclerck.bsky.social explores why the Canadian 🇨🇦 government has not delivered on a formal FFP despite its promises to do so.

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Notes from the Field titled "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy: The Curious Case of Canada" by Katrina Leclerc

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Nov 21

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy" @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social compare foreign policy changes in 🇨🇱 & 🇸🇪 pointing to the role of policy entrepreneurs and a favorable domestic context.

Available #OpenAccess

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Research article titled "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden" by Jennifer Thomson and Leslie Wehner.

Reposted by Toni Haastrup, Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Nov 20

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In the editorial "The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy", @columbaachilleos.bsky.social, @tonihaastrup.bsky.social, and @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social offer a roadmap to FFP scholarship and practice.

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Editorial titled "The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power" by Columba Achilleos-Sarll, Toni Haastrup, and Jennifer Thomson.

Reposted by Mona Lena Krook, Toni Haastrup

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Nov 18

Our special section on #feministforeignpolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social is currently free to access!

@tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social

Mona Lena Krook @mlkrook.bsky.social · Nov 17

Excited to share the latest issue of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social featuring research on WPS, gender and diplomacy, feminist foreign policy, and UNSCR 1325.

All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Gendersky Polisky

Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Politics & Gender

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Nov 18

A rare piece of good news for women www.gavi.org/news/media-r...

Cervical cancer vaccines save over 1 million lives in lower-income countries

Major push by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and lower-income countries to extend access to the HPV vaccine has reached its target ahead of schedule.

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell , and 33 more Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Dorothy Bishop, Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Mace, Steve Peers, Melissa Terras, Dave O’Brien, Tom Shakespeare, Stuart Elden, Martin Paul Eve, Ernesto Priego, Joan E. Taylor, Charles West, Lyn Robinson, Lesley A. Hall, Roger Luckhurst, Rebecca Sear, Lucy Munro, Kris Inwood, Elaine Treharne, Felicity Callard, Caroline T. Schroeder, Margot C. Finn, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Tim Hitchcock, Michael H. Whitworth, Jonathan Tummons, Larry W. Hunter, Toni Haastrup, Kathleen Kennedy, Carmen M. Mangion, Adrian Streete, Jennifer Thomson, Lorna Hughes

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 18

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Mona Lena Krook @mlkrook.bsky.social · Nov 17

Excited to share the latest issue of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social featuring research on WPS, gender and diplomacy, feminist foreign policy, and UNSCR 1325.

All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Gendersky Polisky

Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Politics & Gender

www.cambridge.org

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Nov 15

“…if you really want to know a nation, and to experience its collective mind, instead of tying tatty flags to lamp-posts you might want to get thee to a library, any library, but especially the British Library.”

From a speech Zadie Smith gave on the BL picket line. 👏👏

Amy Lord @tenpennydreams.bsky.social · Nov 11

"...if you chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt... people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."

Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith

The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith

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Amy Lord @tenpennydreams.bsky.social · Nov 11

"...if you chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt... people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."

Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith

The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · Nov 11

"Only five objects we have crafted here on Earth are now drifting towards infinity, and four of them tell a lie about half of humankind"

#astronomy #nasa

Sexism in space

How should we represent humankind to aliens? With Pioneer 10 and 11, Nasa fell short. Next time, we must do better

newhumanist.org.uk

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Nov 7

A hilarious and terrifying read about Facebook (although Facebook have spent lots of money ensuring their name is removed from the cover and blurb.) Recommended reading for anyone who has ever used social media!

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Nov 4

Also all sounds v reminiscent of Scottish politics of last ten years - Labour rested on their laurels to the gain of nationalists.

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Nov 4

Anywhere but Westminster remains some of the best political journalism in the UK. Well worth watching.

James 🏳️‍🌈 @jamesbfg.bsky.social · Nov 4

Why are people in Caerphilly more articulate than the political class at highlighting the issues facing people?

Such a phenomenal snapshot of where we are - a microcosm of the factors we’re fighting as a society 🧵

Cracking stuff from @johnharris1969.bsky.social

youtu.be/N79jV1waf4g?...

The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage | Anywhere but Westminster

YouTube video by The Guardian

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

James 🏳️‍🌈 @jamesbfg.bsky.social · Nov 4

Why are people in Caerphilly more articulate than the political class at highlighting the issues facing people?

Such a phenomenal snapshot of where we are - a microcosm of the factors we’re fighting as a society 🧵

Cracking stuff from @johnharris1969.bsky.social

youtu.be/N79jV1waf4g?...

The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage | Anywhere but Westminster

YouTube video by The Guardian

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Oct 22

25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda - a new collection from @risjnl.bsky.social complied by Katrina Lee Koo.

Browse here - https://cup.org/4oAmXZq

cc @mybisa.bsky.social

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

💥 Explore the full Special Section #FeministForeignPolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. Thanks to all contributors! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social @nwelfens.bsky.social @karolinefaerber.bsky.social @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social @balnik.bsky.social @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📄 Final Article
“Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration?”
@hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social, L. Popovic & @nwelfens.bsky.social explore exclusions around migration in Germany’s FFP guidelines.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📝 Notes from the Field
Daniela Sepúlveda offers insights on civil society & FFP across Latin America.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America

www.cambridge.org