Fiona Vera Gray
@veragraf.bsky.social
Professor of Sexual Violence. Co-Director Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at London Met. Feminist academic, activist, author. Writing on sexual violence, public sexual harassment, embodiment.
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Fiona Vera Gray
@veragraf.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Small start pack on researchers, activists, journos, anyone really working on violence against women and girls. Message me to add yourself/others. Let's try to find folk on here! go.bsky.app/4u3Rk6g
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I finally took some time to read (well, listen to) @veragraf.bsky.social's recent book 'Women on Porn', and it's just fantastic. The interviews with women are really honest and insightful and Fiona's commentary manages to be both non-judgmental and substantive, which is a tricky balance to achieve.
March 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I finally took some time to read (well, listen to) @veragraf.bsky.social's recent book 'Women on Porn', and it's just fantastic. The interviews with women are really honest and insightful and Fiona's commentary manages to be both non-judgmental and substantive, which is a tricky balance to achieve.
Wrote something for @theguardian.com today with @claremcglynn.bsky.social on the new independent porn review and what needs to happen next www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Porn isn’t just a reflection of our desires – it shapes them, putting women and girls at risk | Fiona Vera-Gray
For too long UK law has trailed behind internet platforms. After a long-awaited review, ministers must put this right, says Fiona Vera-Gray, a professor of sexual violence
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Wrote something for @theguardian.com today with @claremcglynn.bsky.social on the new independent porn review and what needs to happen next www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Event is now sold out! Sorry if you missed tickets but there will be recordings available on the CWASU site soon - will post when they're out.
This Thursday 13th Feb - incredible online event hosted by @purnasen.bsky.social exploring what the current global political and cultural changes mean for violence against women and girls. More info and register cwasu.org/session-one-...
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
cwasu.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Event is now sold out! Sorry if you missed tickets but there will be recordings available on the CWASU site soon - will post when they're out.
This Thursday 13th Feb - incredible online event hosted by @purnasen.bsky.social exploring what the current global political and cultural changes mean for violence against women and girls. More info and register cwasu.org/session-one-...
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
cwasu.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This Thursday 13th Feb - incredible online event hosted by @purnasen.bsky.social exploring what the current global political and cultural changes mean for violence against women and girls. More info and register cwasu.org/session-one-...
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@mindcharity.bsky.social who have 508k followers on X have just announced that they will no longer be posting there.
This is one of the first loud quits from a really big charity I have seen.
They hadn't posted on X since November.
They are here instead and building up from their 2k followers.
This is one of the first loud quits from a really big charity I have seen.
They hadn't posted on X since November.
They are here instead and building up from their 2k followers.
January 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@mindcharity.bsky.social who have 508k followers on X have just announced that they will no longer be posting there.
This is one of the first loud quits from a really big charity I have seen.
They hadn't posted on X since November.
They are here instead and building up from their 2k followers.
This is one of the first loud quits from a really big charity I have seen.
They hadn't posted on X since November.
They are here instead and building up from their 2k followers.
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#16DaysOfAction 2024 are over but our work is never done.
#CWASU has held 3 series of #JoiningTheDots #VAWG international webinars -I’m now planning for 2025.
Here’s the 1st set - I’ll share individual recordings here
@proflizkelly.bsky.social
@veragraf.bsky.social
cwasu.org/joining-the-...
#CWASU has held 3 series of #JoiningTheDots #VAWG international webinars -I’m now planning for 2025.
Here’s the 1st set - I’ll share individual recordings here
@proflizkelly.bsky.social
@veragraf.bsky.social
cwasu.org/joining-the-...
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit
cwasu.org
December 11, 2024 at 9:21 AM
#16DaysOfAction 2024 are over but our work is never done.
#CWASU has held 3 series of #JoiningTheDots #VAWG international webinars -I’m now planning for 2025.
Here’s the 1st set - I’ll share individual recordings here
@proflizkelly.bsky.social
@veragraf.bsky.social
cwasu.org/joining-the-...
#CWASU has held 3 series of #JoiningTheDots #VAWG international webinars -I’m now planning for 2025.
Here’s the 1st set - I’ll share individual recordings here
@proflizkelly.bsky.social
@veragraf.bsky.social
cwasu.org/joining-the-...
Respect - the UK org focused on domestic abuse perpetrators - is on BlueSky now! Have a follow...
Hi everyone, happy to be here 🦋
We're Respect, the UK charity stopping perpetrators of #DomesticAbuse
Because behind every survivor, is a perpetrator.
If you want to learn more about our work and the wider change needed, our manifesto is a good place to start 👇
www.respect.org.uk/pages/respec...
We're Respect, the UK charity stopping perpetrators of #DomesticAbuse
Because behind every survivor, is a perpetrator.
If you want to learn more about our work and the wider change needed, our manifesto is a good place to start 👇
www.respect.org.uk/pages/respec...
The Respect Manifesto | Respect
Stopping Domestic Abuse
www.respect.org.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Respect - the UK org focused on domestic abuse perpetrators - is on BlueSky now! Have a follow...
Oh this sucks, I really liked her interviewing style - held people to account without being a dick about it.
November 27, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Oh this sucks, I really liked her interviewing style - held people to account without being a dick about it.
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16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence is a worldwide campaign advocating for the end of violence against women and girls. This annual event commences on November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and concludes December 10th, Human Rights Day.
November 25, 2024 at 8:15 AM
16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence is a worldwide campaign advocating for the end of violence against women and girls. This annual event commences on November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and concludes December 10th, Human Rights Day.
Hot off the press! New open access article from us out of #OperationSoteria on the unintended consequences of changes to police recording on rape. Read, enjoy, and weep at the cycle of one step forward two steps back in criminal justice reform academic.oup.com/policing/art...
The unintended consequences of improving police recording of rape in England and Wales
ABSTRACT. A strong focus in recent policy and media coverage has been the increase in reporting of rape coupled with an associated fall in the charge rate,
academic.oup.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Hot off the press! New open access article from us out of #OperationSoteria on the unintended consequences of changes to police recording on rape. Read, enjoy, and weep at the cycle of one step forward two steps back in criminal justice reform academic.oup.com/policing/art...
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A reminder that @fullfact.bsky.social is here and bringing the good information.
Welcome to our new followers! We finished last week with 6,000 of you and now our community has grown to over 20,000 🌟
A little bit about us: We're a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm of bad information.
Read more about our work here👇
A little bit about us: We're a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm of bad information.
Read more about our work here👇
Who we are - Full Fact
Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking organisation
fullfact.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
A reminder that @fullfact.bsky.social is here and bringing the good information.
Southall Black Sisters are here, one of our oldest and most glorious #VAWG organisations. Give them a follow and share @sbsisters.bsky.social!
November 20, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Southall Black Sisters are here, one of our oldest and most glorious #VAWG organisations. Give them a follow and share @sbsisters.bsky.social!
Amazing org doing amazing things. Fancy a new job in the new year...?
📣 We're hiring!
We are looking for:
3 x Local Campaign Organisers
1 x Campaigns Officer
Salaries, locations and more details can be found👇
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
We are looking for:
3 x Local Campaign Organisers
1 x Campaigns Officer
Salaries, locations and more details can be found👇
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
Careers – HOPE not hate
hopenothate.org.uk
November 20, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Amazing org doing amazing things. Fancy a new job in the new year...?
UK academics! I've got a drinking game for the phrase "with my REF hat on..." Anytime someone says it in 2024 you have to have a shot. Increasing to 2 shots per mention next year, 3 shots per mention year the after etc etc etc until we all black out by 2029
November 20, 2024 at 9:27 AM
UK academics! I've got a drinking game for the phrase "with my REF hat on..." Anytime someone says it in 2024 you have to have a shot. Increasing to 2 shots per mention next year, 3 shots per mention year the after etc etc etc until we all black out by 2029
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I have created a starter pack for @opendemocracy.net reporters, staffers, freelancers and friends. If you write for us, reply in the comments and I will add you to the list! go.bsky.app/J9Fsm7f
November 20, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I have created a starter pack for @opendemocracy.net reporters, staffers, freelancers and friends. If you write for us, reply in the comments and I will add you to the list! go.bsky.app/J9Fsm7f
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#SWEP has just been activated in #London
Tonight offers us all an amazing opportunity for @mayoroflondon.bsky.social & all councils to get everyone in!
Conveniently there is also a #homelesscount tonight organised in EVERY London borough 👀
Everyone counted MUST be offered shelter!
Simple🤞
Tonight offers us all an amazing opportunity for @mayoroflondon.bsky.social & all councils to get everyone in!
Conveniently there is also a #homelesscount tonight organised in EVERY London borough 👀
Everyone counted MUST be offered shelter!
Simple🤞
November 19, 2024 at 1:17 PM
#SWEP has just been activated in #London
Tonight offers us all an amazing opportunity for @mayoroflondon.bsky.social & all councils to get everyone in!
Conveniently there is also a #homelesscount tonight organised in EVERY London borough 👀
Everyone counted MUST be offered shelter!
Simple🤞
Tonight offers us all an amazing opportunity for @mayoroflondon.bsky.social & all councils to get everyone in!
Conveniently there is also a #homelesscount tonight organised in EVERY London borough 👀
Everyone counted MUST be offered shelter!
Simple🤞
Larry is here! All will be saved @number10cat.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Larry is here! All will be saved @number10cat.bsky.social
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At @hopenothate.bsky.social we are putting on community meetings across the country on how to tackle the rise of the far right and Reform UK.
If you’d be interested in helping us organise one in your local area then hit reply and I’ll get in touch!
If you’d be interested in helping us organise one in your local area then hit reply and I’ll get in touch!
November 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM
At @hopenothate.bsky.social we are putting on community meetings across the country on how to tackle the rise of the far right and Reform UK.
If you’d be interested in helping us organise one in your local area then hit reply and I’ll get in touch!
If you’d be interested in helping us organise one in your local area then hit reply and I’ll get in touch!
Fantastic opportunity here for anyone interested in pursing a #PhD in violence against women #VAWG. Fully funded PhD based at Nottingham Trent and working with the wonderful Juno Women's Aid ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/volunteering...
What are the benefits and challenges of volunteering for domestic violence and abuse (DVA) organisations for those with lived experience? - Co(l)laboratory
Co(l)laboratory 2025 PhD Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: What are the benefits and challenges of volunteering for domestic violence and abuse (DVA) organisations for those with lived e...
ufncollaboratory.ac.uk
November 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Fantastic opportunity here for anyone interested in pursing a #PhD in violence against women #VAWG. Fully funded PhD based at Nottingham Trent and working with the wonderful Juno Women's Aid ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/volunteering...
Sharing for any new friends here - I wrote this earlier this week on Saorise Ronan's comments on women's safety work, and why they've had the impact they have www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/13/w...
Why Saoirse Ronan’s comments on women’s safety hit a nerve - Transforming Society
Fiona Vera-Gray, author of 'The Right Amount of Panic', reflects on why Saoirse Ronan's viral comment about women’s constant focus on safety resonated deeply, leaving her male co-guests speechless.
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Sharing for any new friends here - I wrote this earlier this week on Saorise Ronan's comments on women's safety work, and why they've had the impact they have www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/13/w...
Am loving how much I'm finding people from Twitter on here - it's loads quicker than I thought it would be to rebuild.
November 15, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Am loving how much I'm finding people from Twitter on here - it's loads quicker than I thought it would be to rebuild.
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people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
Amazing - safety by design! Looks like BlueSky has strategies to combat online abuse and prevent harm to users have been built into the system...much like the VAWG sector has been arguing tech need to do for years! www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Amazing - safety by design! Looks like BlueSky has strategies to combat online abuse and prevent harm to users have been built into the system...much like the VAWG sector has been arguing tech need to do for years! www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
A sample (I have too many)
Cashier at a chicken shop
Ice cream seller at a theme park
Sunglass stall on Brighton beach
Professional fairy (don't ask...)
A sample (I have too many)
Cashier at a chicken shop
Ice cream seller at a theme park
Sunglass stall on Brighton beach
Professional fairy (don't ask...)
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
Cashier at Krispy Kreme
Box office customer service
Everything else (I think) has been in social work/ counseling, education, social justice, or writing.
Cashier at Krispy Kreme
Box office customer service
Everything else (I think) has been in social work/ counseling, education, social justice, or writing.
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
-Lifeguard
-Swimming Instructor
-English teacher
-Bartender
-Restaurant manager
-Lifeguard
-Swimming Instructor
-English teacher
-Bartender
-Restaurant manager
November 14, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
A sample (I have too many)
Cashier at a chicken shop
Ice cream seller at a theme park
Sunglass stall on Brighton beach
Professional fairy (don't ask...)
A sample (I have too many)
Cashier at a chicken shop
Ice cream seller at a theme park
Sunglass stall on Brighton beach
Professional fairy (don't ask...)