Dr Alison Mayne
banner
knitrospective.bsky.social
Dr Alison Mayne
@knitrospective.bsky.social
Doctor of yarn and wellbeing, methods nerd, textile history devotee. Co-founder Woolly Good Edinburgh yarn festival.
People involved in this team may be good contacts suicide-cultures.ed.ac.uk
Suicide Cultures
suicide-cultures.ed.ac.uk
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
‘Insufficient’ numbers asked for voluntary severance, so it’s coming…. They’ve axed temporary and PT contracts already (hi, it me)
February 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Amazing - congratulations Jade!
February 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It was always cool
February 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Don’t suppose there is an ‘actual whole of society which respects everybody’s body’ professional academic sociological ‘body’ is there? Can we support it? Can we make it?
February 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I was at a conference recently and one of the delegates spoke about how in Denmark it’s common to have a ‘wild on purpose’ sign vs the ‘don’t tread on the grass I have just treated it with deadly chemicals to make it look green’ equivalent often seen in US suburbs
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Edinburgh is full of lovely bookshops, but must visits are @lighthousebks.bsky.social and @typewronger.bsky.social - Typewonger has , of course, beautiful typewriters, and surprising origami in every parcel 💕
February 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
So good. Mucho respect.
February 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM