Darren Elliott-Smith
@drdesmith.bsky.social
Queer Horror Doctor/Academic, cat-daddy, weathered Husband and general pop, Gothic and trash culture enthusiast...Programme Director of Gender Studies @Univ of Stirling.
https://queerhorrordoc.wixsite.com/queerhorrordoc
https://queerhorrordoc.wixsite.com/queerhorrordoc
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Newcastle University staff invited to a ‘Doodling for Wellbeing’ session (‘Let your pen dance across the page' in 'a perfect escape from the everyday hustle and bustle'. Invites sent on same day 153 academics were informed of their location in 'redundancy pools', with 38 redundancies planned. 1/2
May 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Newcastle University staff invited to a ‘Doodling for Wellbeing’ session (‘Let your pen dance across the page' in 'a perfect escape from the everyday hustle and bustle'. Invites sent on same day 153 academics were informed of their location in 'redundancy pools', with 38 redundancies planned. 1/2
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If trans people have to do this then everyone has to do it, because there's no way to know if someone is trans just by looking, and apparently self-ID is a threat to civilisation.
Congratulations to those whose bigotry brought us here.
Congratulations to those whose bigotry brought us here.
Trans people could be forced to present passports to access toilets, under proposed EHRC guidance
Trans people could be forced to present passports to use toilets under EHRC guidance
Trans people could be forced to bring passports and gender recognition certificates into public toilets under proposed EHRC guidance.
www.thepinknews.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If trans people have to do this then everyone has to do it, because there's no way to know if someone is trans just by looking, and apparently self-ID is a threat to civilisation.
Congratulations to those whose bigotry brought us here.
Congratulations to those whose bigotry brought us here.
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GB News : "Brexit is a good thing?"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
"Brexit five years on - It has been a disaster" GB News interview with fisherman Andy Dixon
YouTube video by Russell England
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
GB News : "Brexit is a good thing?"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster"
"But exports?"
"Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU"
"But EU fisherman?"
"They didn't come here"
"But charge more?"
"They can buy in the EU"
"How would you vote?"
"I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
Bring it on !!! 🤍🩷🩵
More than 300 now! Historians say TRANS RIGHTS.
Lee's not exaggerating.
250 historians of/in the UK just signed this letter that *specifically* excoriates the Labour Party for enacting this anti-trans bigotry.
Historians don't fuck around when it comes to condemning monsters, nor the cowards who stood by and let it happen.
tinyurl.com/879vuver
250 historians of/in the UK just signed this letter that *specifically* excoriates the Labour Party for enacting this anti-trans bigotry.
Historians don't fuck around when it comes to condemning monsters, nor the cowards who stood by and let it happen.
tinyurl.com/879vuver
May 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Bring it on !!! 🤍🩷🩵
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The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
April 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
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They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?
April 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?
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Oh hello, THE VOURDALAK has landed on Channel 4's free streaming service. A ripping adaptation of the Tolstoy (also seen in Mario Bava's BLACK SABBATH, of course). Love the commitment to having the titular blood-sucking cadaver portrayed by a life-size walkin' talkin' marionette, good stuff...
April 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Oh hello, THE VOURDALAK has landed on Channel 4's free streaming service. A ripping adaptation of the Tolstoy (also seen in Mario Bava's BLACK SABBATH, of course). Love the commitment to having the titular blood-sucking cadaver portrayed by a life-size walkin' talkin' marionette, good stuff...
A great article here on the ruling yesterday and how it immediately changes very little but how its implemented has some impact… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The supreme court didn’t rule on the definition of ‘a woman’ – this is what its judgment does mean | Sam Fowles
The judges had to interpret the law as set down by parliament. But it must be remembered this is not an abstract debate; it concerns real people, says barrister Sam Fowles
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A great article here on the ruling yesterday and how it immediately changes very little but how its implemented has some impact… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is not the answer, cracking jokes at the expense of a minority group reveals another agenda. Just gross. #transrightsarehumanrights
April 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This is not the answer, cracking jokes at the expense of a minority group reveals another agenda. Just gross. #transrightsarehumanrights
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Today and every day
April 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Today and every day
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BREAKING: Nintendo is halting Switch 2 pre-orders due to Trump tariffs. The console is still set to launch in June. But the price might increase
Here's @ethangach.bsky.social with more:
kotaku.com/switch-2-pre...
Here's @ethangach.bsky.social with more:
kotaku.com/switch-2-pre...
Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs
New tariffs threaten massive price hikes on gaming hardware and other consumer goods
kotaku.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
BREAKING: Nintendo is halting Switch 2 pre-orders due to Trump tariffs. The console is still set to launch in June. But the price might increase
Here's @ethangach.bsky.social with more:
kotaku.com/switch-2-pre...
Here's @ethangach.bsky.social with more:
kotaku.com/switch-2-pre...
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Post Edited: Adolescence (Netflix, 2025) Hits the US by Kim Akass https://cstonline.net/adolescence-netflix-2025-hits-the-us-by-kim-akass/
March 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Post Edited: Adolescence (Netflix, 2025) Hits the US by Kim Akass https://cstonline.net/adolescence-netflix-2025-hits-the-us-by-kim-akass/
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The human face of all those bullshit, blue tick Twitter accounts full of racism, lies, cowardice & cruelty…
Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene literally telling a British reporter to "go back to your country" and berating her for trying to ask a question.
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
March 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The human face of all those bullshit, blue tick Twitter accounts full of racism, lies, cowardice & cruelty…
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This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute.
Spread it far and wide.
Spread it far and wide.
WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
March 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute.
Spread it far and wide.
Spread it far and wide.
I've already suffered with shortages of meds for past two times now... this shit is real.
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with drugs for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
Drug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official figures show, with Brexit considered a key reason so many medications are scarce.
Drug companies notified the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about disruptions to supply 1,938 times during last year – the highest number since the 1,967 seen in 2021. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I've already suffered with shortages of meds for past two times now... this shit is real.
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Collaborators with the fascists.
March 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Collaborators with the fascists.
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RIP Linda Williams. we've lost an intellectual giant whose debts to film studies & pornography studies can never be repaid. i'm grateful that she got her flowers before she passed, with a symposium & special issue honouring her work in recent years. long may her writing be taught in our classrooms.
March 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
RIP Linda Williams. we've lost an intellectual giant whose debts to film studies & pornography studies can never be repaid. i'm grateful that she got her flowers before she passed, with a symposium & special issue honouring her work in recent years. long may her writing be taught in our classrooms.
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Looking for the bit that says she'll tax the rich...can you check and see we've missed that part?
#AusterityIsAPoliticalChoice
#AusterityIsAPoliticalChoice
Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts ahead of Spring Statement
Cuts to areas including welfare will be put to the official forecaster ahead of the Spring Statement.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Looking for the bit that says she'll tax the rich...can you check and see we've missed that part?
#AusterityIsAPoliticalChoice
#AusterityIsAPoliticalChoice
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Grim reading... voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…
voice.cymru
February 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Grim reading... voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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Are you interested in #BodyHorror? If so, you need to check out @horrorhomeroom.bsky.social special issue 9: Body Horror - released today! 17 completely free short essays on various aspects of the genre (including one by me 😁). It’s a superb issue! Please check it out and share. #HorrorSky #FilmSky
Special Issue #9 - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom
Special Issue #9 on Horror Homeroom
www.horrorhomeroom.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Are you interested in #BodyHorror? If so, you need to check out @horrorhomeroom.bsky.social special issue 9: Body Horror - released today! 17 completely free short essays on various aspects of the genre (including one by me 😁). It’s a superb issue! Please check it out and share. #HorrorSky #FilmSky
A Flight of Dragons ! To celebrate my run up to 50... gulp.
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A Flight of Dragons ! To celebrate my run up to 50... gulp.
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The analogy stretches to the fact that he is trying to take over as many Government departments and hubs of data as he can, because in his mind, they are “power ups” to “buff” his character.
The thing to remember about Elon is that he is playing America like it’s a zero-sum video game, with all the lack of care for citizens he would have if NPCs got hurt in a session of Diablo.
@wired.com under @katie-drummond.bsky.social is distinguishing itself as a rare news organization that’s meeting the moment.
February 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The analogy stretches to the fact that he is trying to take over as many Government departments and hubs of data as he can, because in his mind, they are “power ups” to “buff” his character.
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