@elizabethanderson.bsky.social
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‘Septimus’s defiance, his utter refusal to be browbeaten, makes him one of the book’s critics of the social system. If he is a victim, it’s of a very particular kind.’
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Trotter · Unconditional Looking: Mrs Dalloway’s Demons
Virginia Woolf admired Jane Austen above all for her ability to grasp the exceptional moment – ‘in which all the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
‘Septimus’s defiance, his utter refusal to be browbeaten, makes him one of the book’s critics of the social system. If he is a victim, it’s of a very particular kind.’
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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As it happens, I had occasion to hear many of these ultimately bad-faith AI booster arguments in a speech I attended this very day. Good to review this point by point take down.
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Infertile Tawny Owl's lifeless eggs are replaced with orphaned chicks while Tawny Owl is awa
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
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Thank you @theradr.bsky.social + here's a direct link to the signup page: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
#writersky
#writersky
August 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Thank you @theradr.bsky.social + here's a direct link to the signup page: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
#writersky
#writersky
It's gonna be great y'all!!!
In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.
August 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It's gonna be great y'all!!!
Anne Fernald, first keynote of Woolf 2025
July 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Anne Fernald, first keynote of Woolf 2025
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Kenmure Street, Glasgow. Four years ago.
Ordinary people stopped what they were doing to protect their neighbours. No strangers.
Happy Kenmure Street Day ✊
Ordinary people stopped what they were doing to protect their neighbours. No strangers.
Happy Kenmure Street Day ✊
May 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Kenmure Street, Glasgow. Four years ago.
Ordinary people stopped what they were doing to protect their neighbours. No strangers.
Happy Kenmure Street Day ✊
Ordinary people stopped what they were doing to protect their neighbours. No strangers.
Happy Kenmure Street Day ✊
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The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
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How about we start celebrating higher education as a nation? How about we start shouting, loudly, of the social good of higher education? How about we talk of the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, educated at universities? How about we celebrate the artists, the writers, 1/
May 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
How about we start celebrating higher education as a nation? How about we start shouting, loudly, of the social good of higher education? How about we talk of the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, educated at universities? How about we celebrate the artists, the writers, 1/
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If you’re a cis academic/educator, please consider co-signing this ‘not in our name’ statement against transphobia in the UK, including in our universities. Thank you to Dyi and other organisers for this.
STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia'
Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia
We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement:
‘Not In Our Name’
We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...
forms.gle
April 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
If you’re a cis academic/educator, please consider co-signing this ‘not in our name’ statement against transphobia in the UK, including in our universities. Thank you to Dyi and other organisers for this.
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as some of you may be aware, we have been dealing with considerable transphobia (among other issues) in our department at the uni of aberdeen.
we are sharing this letter publicly to raise awareness and ask for your support. please sign and share 💕🏳️⚧️
tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia
#LGBTQinSTEM
we are sharing this letter publicly to raise awareness and ask for your support. please sign and share 💕🏳️⚧️
tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia
#LGBTQinSTEM
April 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
as some of you may be aware, we have been dealing with considerable transphobia (among other issues) in our department at the uni of aberdeen.
we are sharing this letter publicly to raise awareness and ask for your support. please sign and share 💕🏳️⚧️
tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia
#LGBTQinSTEM
we are sharing this letter publicly to raise awareness and ask for your support. please sign and share 💕🏳️⚧️
tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia
#LGBTQinSTEM
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again and again and yet again the privileged’s fantasies of oppression take precedence over the marginalised’s real, daily, violent oppression
April 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
again and again and yet again the privileged’s fantasies of oppression take precedence over the marginalised’s real, daily, violent oppression
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Again: Britain (not just this government but all of the recent ones) has a problem with knowledge work. Fishing, steel are manly proper jobs with a Victorian sense of place and history. Creative industries & HE are treated as secondary; derided or ignored.
This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
British Steel employs 3.6k people. Coventry Uni group, which auditors say may not survive, employs 7.7k. But there is an emergency debate in parliament for British Steel and nothing for the whole HE sector imploding
April 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Again: Britain (not just this government but all of the recent ones) has a problem with knowledge work. Fishing, steel are manly proper jobs with a Victorian sense of place and history. Creative industries & HE are treated as secondary; derided or ignored.
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The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
"My choice in these volatile times is backing British brilliance," says Keir Starmer, who promises to deliver "British cars for British workers"
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
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**Giveaway Alert** We have a sample of our brand new FTN t-shirt (only 3 currently in existence) and a copy of 'When God Became White'! Just like and follow. For an extra entry give us a re-post. Deadline 10th April 7pm GMT. Winner announced 12th April. (We can only post to a UK address though).
March 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
**Giveaway Alert** We have a sample of our brand new FTN t-shirt (only 3 currently in existence) and a copy of 'When God Became White'! Just like and follow. For an extra entry give us a re-post. Deadline 10th April 7pm GMT. Winner announced 12th April. (We can only post to a UK address though).
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Posting this extract from a lecture by John Maynard Keynes, speaking on the BBC in the middle of the Second World War, to every Labour cabinet minister
August 15, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Posting this extract from a lecture by John Maynard Keynes, speaking on the BBC in the middle of the Second World War, to every Labour cabinet minister