Aline Courtois🍉
@alinecourtois.bsky.social
Sociologist of Education/Higher education. Reader at the University of Bath. Elite education, academic mobilities, precarious work. She/her
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We have had surveys that have shown us exactly this in the UK, France, the EU etc for many years
What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration
This is what I explore here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration
This is what I explore here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We have had surveys that have shown us exactly this in the UK, France, the EU etc for many years
What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration
This is what I explore here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration
This is what I explore here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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This is really the main thing everyone should be thinking about. At this point just being out as trans or "looking like" an immigrant in public or affirming that gender is complicated or that racism & misogyny are bad or that Trump et al are fascists - are all variously risky. So do *something.*
Find something you care about, a community/organization/network/couple of friends you can do it with, and do something.
Think about what you *believe* you would have done in 1938 Nazi Germany or 1955 US Jim Crow, and do *something.*
Think about what you *believe* you would have done in 1938 Nazi Germany or 1955 US Jim Crow, and do *something.*
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is really the main thing everyone should be thinking about. At this point just being out as trans or "looking like" an immigrant in public or affirming that gender is complicated or that racism & misogyny are bad or that Trump et al are fascists - are all variously risky. So do *something.*
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Yes, it’s Genocide
September 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Yes, it’s Genocide
Anyone i know planning to attend the SRHE this year?
September 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Anyone i know planning to attend the SRHE this year?
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This is the racist intimidation outside people’s homes the government and BBC are calling “peaceful protests”
BREAKING: Police have confirmed they did not arrest the protesters holding a "kill 'em all" banner outside an asylum hotel because it's not like they did something really bad like object to genocide x
August 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is the racist intimidation outside people’s homes the government and BBC are calling “peaceful protests”
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There are many ways in which the U.K. is still supporting Israel which it could instantly stop and under Genocide Convention as a signatory state is bound to stop
All else here is a word soup and hubris
All else here is a word soup and hubris
Adil Ray: "Why do we continue to support a country thats accused of genocide by many & still supply component parts to F35's?"
Miatta Fahnbulleh: "[the govt is] working relentlessly to apply maximum pressure on Israel"
Maximum pressure on Israel by continuing to support & arm Israel
Miatta Fahnbulleh: "[the govt is] working relentlessly to apply maximum pressure on Israel"
Maximum pressure on Israel by continuing to support & arm Israel
August 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
There are many ways in which the U.K. is still supporting Israel which it could instantly stop and under Genocide Convention as a signatory state is bound to stop
All else here is a word soup and hubris
All else here is a word soup and hubris
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THREAD:
1. In May I published my peer-reviewed research into the effects of the Starmer-Streeting puberty-blocker ban. TLDR; lots of children have already been harmed. TW; this is a hard read.
There is a term for adult men who deliberately harm children…
1. In May I published my peer-reviewed research into the effects of the Starmer-Streeting puberty-blocker ban. TLDR; lots of children have already been harmed. TW; this is a hard read.
There is a term for adult men who deliberately harm children…
www.tandfonline.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
THREAD:
1. In May I published my peer-reviewed research into the effects of the Starmer-Streeting puberty-blocker ban. TLDR; lots of children have already been harmed. TW; this is a hard read.
There is a term for adult men who deliberately harm children…
1. In May I published my peer-reviewed research into the effects of the Starmer-Streeting puberty-blocker ban. TLDR; lots of children have already been harmed. TW; this is a hard read.
There is a term for adult men who deliberately harm children…
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Signed - other countries have made this possible
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
docs.google.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Signed - other countries have made this possible
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These three headlines tell you everything you need to know about the state of the liberal order
July 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
These three headlines tell you everything you need to know about the state of the liberal order
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All this discussion about what language is ok to use in opposition to a genocide and IDF is out here shooting people for wanting to eat
IDF soldiers are telling the press they feel like the Nazis targeting the Jews
And you're worried about a phrase? A PHRASE? fuck you guys
IDF soldiers are telling the press they feel like the Nazis targeting the Jews
And you're worried about a phrase? A PHRASE? fuck you guys
June 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
All this discussion about what language is ok to use in opposition to a genocide and IDF is out here shooting people for wanting to eat
IDF soldiers are telling the press they feel like the Nazis targeting the Jews
And you're worried about a phrase? A PHRASE? fuck you guys
IDF soldiers are telling the press they feel like the Nazis targeting the Jews
And you're worried about a phrase? A PHRASE? fuck you guys
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“Students should be ready to be shocked and offended at university, according to the man in charge of ensuring free speech on campuses.” Sorry, but… why?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Be ready to be shocked and offended at university, students told
Guidance has been published by the Office for Students on new free speech rules coming into force this year.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“Students should be ready to be shocked and offended at university, according to the man in charge of ensuring free speech on campuses.” Sorry, but… why?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Excellent work from Natacha.
This section on new NHS gender services for children is really worrying.
“We (a healthcare service for trans children) may not be gender affirming”
This section on new NHS gender services for children is really worrying.
“We (a healthcare service for trans children) may not be gender affirming”
June 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Excellent work from Natacha.
This section on new NHS gender services for children is really worrying.
“We (a healthcare service for trans children) may not be gender affirming”
This section on new NHS gender services for children is really worrying.
“We (a healthcare service for trans children) may not be gender affirming”
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Good on @turn2us.org.uk for putting together a guide for journalists reporting on the benefits system. With the PIP vote coming up, there’s no excuse for the media to use inaccurate or stigmatising language.
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Good on @turn2us.org.uk for putting together a guide for journalists reporting on the benefits system. With the PIP vote coming up, there’s no excuse for the media to use inaccurate or stigmatising language.
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To recap:
•DOJ orders ICE to arrest people without a judicial warrant
•People peacefully protest this illegal act
•LAPD confirms people protested peacefully
•Trump fabricates claim of violence—deploys National Guard
Fascists escalate violence—don’t fall for it. Stand united against Trump's tyranny.
•DOJ orders ICE to arrest people without a judicial warrant
•People peacefully protest this illegal act
•LAPD confirms people protested peacefully
•Trump fabricates claim of violence—deploys National Guard
Fascists escalate violence—don’t fall for it. Stand united against Trump's tyranny.
June 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
To recap:
•DOJ orders ICE to arrest people without a judicial warrant
•People peacefully protest this illegal act
•LAPD confirms people protested peacefully
•Trump fabricates claim of violence—deploys National Guard
Fascists escalate violence—don’t fall for it. Stand united against Trump's tyranny.
•DOJ orders ICE to arrest people without a judicial warrant
•People peacefully protest this illegal act
•LAPD confirms people protested peacefully
•Trump fabricates claim of violence—deploys National Guard
Fascists escalate violence—don’t fall for it. Stand united against Trump's tyranny.
Feeling this today for some reason.
Silence
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
June 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Feeling this today for some reason.
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Comment résister intelligemment à une époque dégueulasse ? Réponse revigorante avec l’historienne, professeure à l’université de Californie à Los Angeles, qui vient de quitter les États-Unis de Donald Trump.
Par @edwyplenel.bsky.social
Par @edwyplenel.bsky.social
L’échappée. Laure Murat : « Soyons “woke”, mais avec méthode ! »
Comment résister intelligemment à une époque dégueulasse ? Réponse revigorante avec l’historienne, professeure à l’université de Californie à Los Angeles, qui vient de quitter les États-Unis de Donald Trump.
l.mediapart.fr
June 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Comment résister intelligemment à une époque dégueulasse ? Réponse revigorante avec l’historienne, professeure à l’université de Californie à Los Angeles, qui vient de quitter les États-Unis de Donald Trump.
Par @edwyplenel.bsky.social
Par @edwyplenel.bsky.social
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Oh God, not this again.
Some have suggested national service to address defence gaps. Half of Britons would support bringing back military national service. Brits in every age group are more likely to think it’s a good idea than not, except for 18-24, the group at the age where they would actually have to do it themselves
June 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Oh God, not this again.
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The fight about DEI, CRT, and LGBT+ books in schools is in part about what kinds of voters white kids will grow up to be
Some people want white kids to stew uncritically in the psychological wages of whiteness so that they will always vote accordingly
Some people want white kids to stew uncritically in the psychological wages of whiteness so that they will always vote accordingly
June 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The fight about DEI, CRT, and LGBT+ books in schools is in part about what kinds of voters white kids will grow up to be
Some people want white kids to stew uncritically in the psychological wages of whiteness so that they will always vote accordingly
Some people want white kids to stew uncritically in the psychological wages of whiteness so that they will always vote accordingly
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Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
June 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
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"campaigners say". As if there wasn't clear, objective evidence. But tis the transphobic guardian I suppose www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Far right weaponising LGBTQ+ rights in Europe to sow division, campaigners say
At the start of Pride month, groups report rise in hate crimes as politicians use laws and speeches to target trans people in particular
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"campaigners say". As if there wasn't clear, objective evidence. But tis the transphobic guardian I suppose www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Telegraph printed 42 articles attacking trans people between 24 April and 4 May 2025 (11 days)
June 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Telegraph printed 42 articles attacking trans people between 24 April and 4 May 2025 (11 days)
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🇬🇧 institutions failed to protect trans people when the American Christian-fascist movement attacked them.
So now the same movement (and people) are using the same tactics to attack reproductive rights…
…so much “women’s rights”.
So now the same movement (and people) are using the same tactics to attack reproductive rights…
…so much “women’s rights”.
Toby Young has taken some time out from sending Rover after Number Six to have forced-birth perverts from the USA waft dollars up his manky hoop
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...
US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines
Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars.
democracyforsale.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🇬🇧 institutions failed to protect trans people when the American Christian-fascist movement attacked them.
So now the same movement (and people) are using the same tactics to attack reproductive rights…
…so much “women’s rights”.
So now the same movement (and people) are using the same tactics to attack reproductive rights…
…so much “women’s rights”.
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I'm at a loss for words, except to say that we are witnessing the most absolute evil.
May 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm at a loss for words, except to say that we are witnessing the most absolute evil.