Prof. Pragya Agarwal
@drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social
ND Scientist & Writer:SWAY, (M)OTHERHOOD, HYSTERICAL/Writing a new book coming early 2026 and spending a lot of time in libraries and archives. FRSA FRGS. V Prof at Loughborough. Fellow at Newnham College-Cambridge, Fulbright (CUNY), Oxford etc.
And this book out today sums up this joy:
May 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
And this book out today sums up this joy:
Order this book, a vision for a collective liberatory future, needed now more than ever. Out on 8 May.
April 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Order this book, a vision for a collective liberatory future, needed now more than ever. Out on 8 May.
In writing essays students learn to process information, tell a story, formulate an opinion, communicate their ideas- all very imp life skills, not just for academic writing. Writing essays is learning how to think. This is what I teach my students. AI cannot do this for them. This is such bullshit
April 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
In writing essays students learn to process information, tell a story, formulate an opinion, communicate their ideas- all very imp life skills, not just for academic writing. Writing essays is learning how to think. This is what I teach my students. AI cannot do this for them. This is such bullshit
Trying to always fit into this chair and this chair alone, slipping down, trying again, persisting everyday. There is a lesson in there somewhere perhaps maybe
April 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Trying to always fit into this chair and this chair alone, slipping down, trying again, persisting everyday. There is a lesson in there somewhere perhaps maybe
Sometimes I try and forget all the bleakness in the world by eating a mango standing at the kitchen counter with my eyes closed
April 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sometimes I try and forget all the bleakness in the world by eating a mango standing at the kitchen counter with my eyes closed
It’s that time. Alphonso, the king of mangoes
April 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It’s that time. Alphonso, the king of mangoes
Lovely to see my name and my book mentioned in the same line as Sontag. Thanks Harpers Bazaar India for including Hysterical as one of the big reads for resistance and renewal (& don’t we need this
right now), esp sweet when this happens without any PR!
right now), esp sweet when this happens without any PR!
April 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Lovely to see my name and my book mentioned in the same line as Sontag. Thanks Harpers Bazaar India for including Hysterical as one of the big reads for resistance and renewal (& don’t we need this
right now), esp sweet when this happens without any PR!
right now), esp sweet when this happens without any PR!
Mothering Sunday. Forever juggling. Forever dragging my children with me on work trips, introducing them to the world of Miro and Gaudi. Forever sending emails, reading and making notes from the side of playgrounds.
March 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Mothering Sunday. Forever juggling. Forever dragging my children with me on work trips, introducing them to the world of Miro and Gaudi. Forever sending emails, reading and making notes from the side of playgrounds.
Meta stealing 30 of my academic papers and books for AI training is so upsetting. We have not given them access to our intellectual property, they have not asked for permission or offered compensation. This is theft.
March 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Meta stealing 30 of my academic papers and books for AI training is so upsetting. We have not given them access to our intellectual property, they have not asked for permission or offered compensation. This is theft.
Five years ago. So proud of this book.
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Five years ago. So proud of this book.
Everyone should watch Adolescence on netflix. It is so important for all parents & educators. It is a terrifying culture our children are growing up in with social media & people like Tate & we have to be hyper aware & talk to them, understand them with empathy even if it makes us uncomfortable.
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Everyone should watch Adolescence on netflix. It is so important for all parents & educators. It is a terrifying culture our children are growing up in with social media & people like Tate & we have to be hyper aware & talk to them, understand them with empathy even if it makes us uncomfortable.
Stop all the clocks. The best post
March 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Stop all the clocks. The best post
Exciting new purchase
March 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Exciting new purchase
We made masala dosa for pancake day
March 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We made masala dosa for pancake day
It is appalling & ridiculous that Trump has ordered change of name for Gulf of Mexico & Google has bent over to accommodate.
I have been researching & writing about maps & colonialism for last 3 yrs for my book.
Trump is showing the same imperialistic mentality (& fragility) as 18th century
I have been researching & writing about maps & colonialism for last 3 yrs for my book.
Trump is showing the same imperialistic mentality (& fragility) as 18th century
February 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It is appalling & ridiculous that Trump has ordered change of name for Gulf of Mexico & Google has bent over to accommodate.
I have been researching & writing about maps & colonialism for last 3 yrs for my book.
Trump is showing the same imperialistic mentality (& fragility) as 18th century
I have been researching & writing about maps & colonialism for last 3 yrs for my book.
Trump is showing the same imperialistic mentality (& fragility) as 18th century
Did a talk today & talked abt how last year my kids researched #womeninscience & last wk told their class that Einstein’s wife did most of his work & how men have taken credit for women’s work as Rosalind Franklin. Raising next generation right! #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
February 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Did a talk today & talked abt how last year my kids researched #womeninscience & last wk told their class that Einstein’s wife did most of his work & how men have taken credit for women’s work as Rosalind Franklin. Raising next generation right! #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
please god really the bar is so low that now looking at Hitler as a role model
February 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
please god really the bar is so low that now looking at Hitler as a role model
I wrote about my mixed feelings visiting the Mughals exhibition at the V&A over on my instagram: a mix of nostalgic nausea, anger and joy.
February 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I wrote about my mixed feelings visiting the Mughals exhibition at the V&A over on my instagram: a mix of nostalgic nausea, anger and joy.
Glenn Ligon’s exhibit at Fitzwilliam Museum is worth a visit. Thought provoking and timely. My 8 year old took many photographs and notes
February 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Glenn Ligon’s exhibit at Fitzwilliam Museum is worth a visit. Thought provoking and timely. My 8 year old took many photographs and notes
This is what targeting of trans people leads to- justifying invasion of privacy for girls and threatening their freedom and spirit. Girls will be afraid to look different, or wear ‘boys clothes’ or have short hair. Well done- is this what women have been fighting for all these years?
February 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is what targeting of trans people leads to- justifying invasion of privacy for girls and threatening their freedom and spirit. Girls will be afraid to look different, or wear ‘boys clothes’ or have short hair. Well done- is this what women have been fighting for all these years?
And no you don’t…
February 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
And no you don’t…
As birthright of native First Nations people is questioned under this Trump administration a legend has passed. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith was a pioneer, a visionary and her work challenged the pervasive myths of Euro-American cultural hegemony. I was just writing about her yesterday.
January 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
As birthright of native First Nations people is questioned under this Trump administration a legend has passed. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith was a pioneer, a visionary and her work challenged the pervasive myths of Euro-American cultural hegemony. I was just writing about her yesterday.
For all the men in the police force who have proven to be rapist and incompetent here is another white man railing against women being unfit for public life. These people are so insecure and fragile and utterly terrified of being irrelevant
January 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
For all the men in the police force who have proven to be rapist and incompetent here is another white man railing against women being unfit for public life. These people are so insecure and fragile and utterly terrified of being irrelevant