becki nash
@drbeckinash.bsky.social
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· May 19
Cosmetic gatekeepers: Negotiations of beauty and (re)shaping bodies by medical aesthetic practitioners
Aesthetic practitioners who administer (non-)surgical medical cosmetic procedures play a central, and growing, role in the (re)shaping of predominantl…
www.sciencedirect.com
So pleased to see this article out in the world! Anne-Mette Hermans and I explore how aesthetic practitioners function as cosmetic gatekeepers when administering non-surgical treatments like Botox and dermal fillers, and the frequent tensions between medicine, aesthetics and commercialism. It’s 🔓!
Met Police back in the news for being utter fucks as per. How many bad apples?
Bad Apple
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October 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Met Police back in the news for being utter fucks as per. How many bad apples?
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What this means is that government and UUK want to impose contract changes on vast swathes of academic staff to reduce research time, and ultimately make vast numbers of staff redundant.
Join UCU if you are not already a member www.ucu.org.uk/join
Join UCU if you are not already a member www.ucu.org.uk/join
September 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
What this means is that government and UUK want to impose contract changes on vast swathes of academic staff to reduce research time, and ultimately make vast numbers of staff redundant.
Join UCU if you are not already a member www.ucu.org.uk/join
Join UCU if you are not already a member www.ucu.org.uk/join
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Please help. Our department runs a groundbreaking part-time degree programme in English Literature and Community Engagement, known as ELCE, designed for mature students who didn't or couldn't do a degree at 18. The University of Bristol has decided to close it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol
19 August 2025
Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor)
cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students)
The School of Humanities has ...
docs.google.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Please help. Our department runs a groundbreaking part-time degree programme in English Literature and Community Engagement, known as ELCE, designed for mature students who didn't or couldn't do a degree at 18. The University of Bristol has decided to close it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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365 people arrested for opposing the UK government proscribing the non-violent Palestine Action group as terrorists.
Labour’s legacy is this. Congrats to Starmer
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Labour’s legacy is this. Congrats to Starmer
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Police arrest 365 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London
Met officers and other UK forces form ‘significant presence’ in largest protest since group was proscribed as terrorist organisation
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
365 people arrested for opposing the UK government proscribing the non-violent Palestine Action group as terrorists.
Labour’s legacy is this. Congrats to Starmer
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Labour’s legacy is this. Congrats to Starmer
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Global: Caster Semenya’s Court Victory a Win for All Athletes
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Global: Caster Semenya’s Court Victory a Win for All Athletes
In a landmark case for athletes’ rights, Caster Semenya, the star South African runner, won her case at the European Court of Human Rights.
www.hrw.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Global: Caster Semenya’s Court Victory a Win for All Athletes
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
"The report by Prof Alice Sullivan"... Ah yes. We can all stop reading right there then, can't we?
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report.
The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of University College London, recommends that students and staff “taking part in freedom-restricting harassment should face consequences commensurate with the seriousness of the offence”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"The report by Prof Alice Sullivan"... Ah yes. We can all stop reading right there then, can't we?
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Excited for this screenshot to be used to blame feminism for the war.
June 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Excited for this screenshot to be used to blame feminism for the war.
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THE BELL JAR
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
November 17, 2024 at 3:03 PM
THE BELL JAR
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
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A man shouted Britain First as he shot an MP dead and Britain First are not proscribed.
BREAKING: The Labour Government is set to proscribe Palestine Action, effectively treating it as a terrorist group, reports say.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to make the announcement on Monday.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to make the announcement on Monday.
June 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A man shouted Britain First as he shot an MP dead and Britain First are not proscribed.
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New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing
Ride-sharing platforms like Uber market themselves as enabling `flexibility' for their workforce, meaning that drivers are expected to anticipate when and where the algorithm will allocate them jobs, ...
arxiv.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
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When Joseph Lister began advocating germ theory in the 19th century, his critics ridiculed him. One man would walk into the operating theatre, slam the door, and say: "There, Mr. Lister's germs can't get in!" Never thought when I was writing THE BUTCHERING ART that we'd be backsliding into the past.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
When Joseph Lister began advocating germ theory in the 19th century, his critics ridiculed him. One man would walk into the operating theatre, slam the door, and say: "There, Mr. Lister's germs can't get in!" Never thought when I was writing THE BUTCHERING ART that we'd be backsliding into the past.
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Happy to see this new article published! Written with Anne-Mette Hermans, the article analyzes and theorizes the rise of the cosmetic industry through the novel theoretical framework of enrichment
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Body, beauty, enrichment: Theorizing the rise of the cosmetic industry through Boltanski and Esquerre's framework of enrichment
This article enquires into the cosmetic procedures industry, a growing economic field which offers individuals a variety of professional services to aesthetically enhance their bodies. Expanding th...
www.tandfonline.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Happy to see this new article published! Written with Anne-Mette Hermans, the article analyzes and theorizes the rise of the cosmetic industry through the novel theoretical framework of enrichment
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This always bears repeating. Getting a GRC is supposed to be the final confirmation, not the first step. Saying you shouldn't live as your acquired gender until you already have a GRC is a bit like saying you shouldn't live in the UK until you're already a British citizen.
A couple of things come to mind here. Firstly Reindorf clearly has no idea how the transition process actually works. You have to live fully in your new gender before you can qualify for a GRC, and that includes using the correct toilet.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept reduced rights
Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This always bears repeating. Getting a GRC is supposed to be the final confirmation, not the first step. Saying you shouldn't live as your acquired gender until you already have a GRC is a bit like saying you shouldn't live in the UK until you're already a British citizen.
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Queering Research Methods.
We welcome a vast range of different interpretations of what it means to queer research and esp seek contributions from individuals whose lived experiences and perspectives have been marginalized, excluded or erased.
We welcome a vast range of different interpretations of what it means to queer research and esp seek contributions from individuals whose lived experiences and perspectives have been marginalized, excluded or erased.
May 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Queering Research Methods.
We welcome a vast range of different interpretations of what it means to queer research and esp seek contributions from individuals whose lived experiences and perspectives have been marginalized, excluded or erased.
We welcome a vast range of different interpretations of what it means to queer research and esp seek contributions from individuals whose lived experiences and perspectives have been marginalized, excluded or erased.
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I made a new zine! It's full of advice on how allies can work alongside trans people to take action in the current moment, lovingly cut-and-pasted over the words of my enemies. Plus lots of nice pictures and memes.
Available as a free PDF! Read online or print your own copy! Share with everyone!
Available as a free PDF! Read online or print your own copy! Share with everyone!
PDF zine: But what can I do? How to fight the trans panic
This is the latest version of a zine I have distributed at wormboys gigs over the last couple of years. I’ve recently updated it to address recent events, including the April 2025 Supreme Cou…
ruthpearce.net
May 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I made a new zine! It's full of advice on how allies can work alongside trans people to take action in the current moment, lovingly cut-and-pasted over the words of my enemies. Plus lots of nice pictures and memes.
Available as a free PDF! Read online or print your own copy! Share with everyone!
Available as a free PDF! Read online or print your own copy! Share with everyone!
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Reminder:
If you support Harry Potter in any way, you are directly funding legal attacks on trans people.
There is no separating the art from the artist in this case.
If you support Harry Potter in any way, you are directly funding legal attacks on trans people.
There is no separating the art from the artist in this case.
#UK #JKR In what comes as a surprise to nobody, JK Rowling has embarked on her next phase of her path to radicalization. She now also offers to fund legal cases - provided applicants meet certain criteria. jkrwf.org?fbclid=IwQ0x...
The J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund
A legal fighting fund for women protecting their sex-based rights
jkrwf.org
May 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Reminder:
If you support Harry Potter in any way, you are directly funding legal attacks on trans people.
There is no separating the art from the artist in this case.
If you support Harry Potter in any way, you are directly funding legal attacks on trans people.
There is no separating the art from the artist in this case.
So pleased to see this article out in the world! Anne-Mette Hermans and I explore how aesthetic practitioners function as cosmetic gatekeepers when administering non-surgical treatments like Botox and dermal fillers, and the frequent tensions between medicine, aesthetics and commercialism. It’s 🔓!
Cosmetic gatekeepers: Negotiations of beauty and (re)shaping bodies by medical aesthetic practitioners
Aesthetic practitioners who administer (non-)surgical medical cosmetic procedures play a central, and growing, role in the (re)shaping of predominantl…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So pleased to see this article out in the world! Anne-Mette Hermans and I explore how aesthetic practitioners function as cosmetic gatekeepers when administering non-surgical treatments like Botox and dermal fillers, and the frequent tensions between medicine, aesthetics and commercialism. It’s 🔓!
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Finally, some good news.
May 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Finally, some good news.
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Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
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The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
May 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
Sometimes all you need is a little gosling butt to alleviate the morbs
May 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sometimes all you need is a little gosling butt to alleviate the morbs
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fuck the home office, fuck the labour party, and fuck yvette cooper specifically.
May 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
fuck the home office, fuck the labour party, and fuck yvette cooper specifically.