Kerri Woods
@kwpolphil.bsky.social
Political theory academic, interests in human rights, lgbtq+, environment, feminist theory, solidarity theory. Late (cautious) adopter.
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Kerri Woods
@kwpolphil.bsky.social
· Aug 22
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights is an outstanding resource covering key questions, problems, and debates in scholarship on the nature, justification, authority and relevance o...
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*Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights* - now published! Hurrah!
Very proud of this and immensely grateful to my co-editor, Jesse Tomalty, and to all the contributors.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Very proud of this and immensely grateful to my co-editor, Jesse Tomalty, and to all the contributors.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US government orders states to destroy trans education materials
The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.
www.thepinknews.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
*Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights* - now published! Hurrah!
Very proud of this and immensely grateful to my co-editor, Jesse Tomalty, and to all the contributors.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Very proud of this and immensely grateful to my co-editor, Jesse Tomalty, and to all the contributors.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights is an outstanding resource covering key questions, problems, and debates in scholarship on the nature, justification, authority and relevance o...
www.routledge.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
*Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights* - now published! Hurrah!
Very proud of this and immensely grateful to my co-editor, Jesse Tomalty, and to all the contributors.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Very proud of this and immensely grateful to my co-editor, Jesse Tomalty, and to all the contributors.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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Abhorrent homophobia/transphobia. Says stickers aren't distributed to schools. FWS saying obvs marketed at children? Like adults don't buy stickers & stuff with cartoons? FWS says children being groomed to choose a gender identity? Like children aren't groomed into gender roles in our faces daily.
This is such disgusting queerphobia. Even for the Times, published a piece that uncritically repeats the claim that a queer rights org is grooming children is fucking awful. The UK is regressing at an alarming rate.
‘Queer joy’ stickers are grooming children, says feminist group
For Women Scotland says brightly coloured packs put out by LGBT group Equality Network are propaganda clearly aimed at youngsters
web.archive.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Abhorrent homophobia/transphobia. Says stickers aren't distributed to schools. FWS saying obvs marketed at children? Like adults don't buy stickers & stuff with cartoons? FWS says children being groomed to choose a gender identity? Like children aren't groomed into gender roles in our faces daily.
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As early as 2018, 43% of UK employers were unsure they would be prepared to hire any trans person. And we’ve now reached the point where doing so is a borderline antifascist action.
Your trans friends and colleagues have to do the work of fighting fascism every day. Take something off their plates.
Your trans friends and colleagues have to do the work of fighting fascism every day. Take something off their plates.
I very agree with this, but it has to be recognised as work.
This has consequences for cis allies. One of your jobs right now is to ensure your trans friends, family, colleagues have as little unnecessary crap on their plates as possible.
Do something tomorrow to give a trans person some headspace
This has consequences for cis allies. One of your jobs right now is to ensure your trans friends, family, colleagues have as little unnecessary crap on their plates as possible.
Do something tomorrow to give a trans person some headspace
Hard fact here: if we're going to fight back against rampant transphobia in this country, we're all going to have to be a little bit brave in kicking up a stink sometimes even if we'd personally rather just hide.
August 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
As early as 2018, 43% of UK employers were unsure they would be prepared to hire any trans person. And we’ve now reached the point where doing so is a borderline antifascist action.
Your trans friends and colleagues have to do the work of fighting fascism every day. Take something off their plates.
Your trans friends and colleagues have to do the work of fighting fascism every day. Take something off their plates.
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100 years ago today, Frantz Fanon was born.
Martiniquais by birth, Algerian by struggle #Fanon100 was not only a seminal thinker of anti-imperialist struggles in Africa and the Global South, but also a revolutionary activist.
"What matters is not to know the world but to change it"
Martiniquais by birth, Algerian by struggle #Fanon100 was not only a seminal thinker of anti-imperialist struggles in Africa and the Global South, but also a revolutionary activist.
"What matters is not to know the world but to change it"
July 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
100 years ago today, Frantz Fanon was born.
Martiniquais by birth, Algerian by struggle #Fanon100 was not only a seminal thinker of anti-imperialist struggles in Africa and the Global South, but also a revolutionary activist.
"What matters is not to know the world but to change it"
Martiniquais by birth, Algerian by struggle #Fanon100 was not only a seminal thinker of anti-imperialist struggles in Africa and the Global South, but also a revolutionary activist.
"What matters is not to know the world but to change it"
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🧵 upon first glance, you likely “determined” the gender of most of the people in this photo immediately, even though many of them are partially blocked or out of focus. why did your brain do this? did you notice any trans ppl here?...
[no paywall on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/how-do-we-se... ]
[no paywall on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/how-do-we-se... ]
How Do We See Gender and Trans People?
a short essay and video
juliaserano.medium.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🧵 upon first glance, you likely “determined” the gender of most of the people in this photo immediately, even though many of them are partially blocked or out of focus. why did your brain do this? did you notice any trans ppl here?...
[no paywall on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/how-do-we-se... ]
[no paywall on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/how-do-we-se... ]
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📣 We recently announced the 5 papers shortlisted for the John Peterson prize.
The prize will be judged independently by our International Advisory Board members.
⬇️ Discover the 5 shortlisted papers and the John Peterson prize for the best article published in BJPIR in 2024 here: buff.ly/wrAkdLA.
The prize will be judged independently by our International Advisory Board members.
⬇️ Discover the 5 shortlisted papers and the John Peterson prize for the best article published in BJPIR in 2024 here: buff.ly/wrAkdLA.
June 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📣 We recently announced the 5 papers shortlisted for the John Peterson prize.
The prize will be judged independently by our International Advisory Board members.
⬇️ Discover the 5 shortlisted papers and the John Peterson prize for the best article published in BJPIR in 2024 here: buff.ly/wrAkdLA.
The prize will be judged independently by our International Advisory Board members.
⬇️ Discover the 5 shortlisted papers and the John Peterson prize for the best article published in BJPIR in 2024 here: buff.ly/wrAkdLA.
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It's notable that the only student speech frequently shut down on university campuses is a) pro-Palestine b) pro-trans-rights. The OfS seems *deeply* unconcerned about that speech being limited. In fact, they want academics who oppose those positions to have the right to 'shock and offend' students.
'He added that students should be able to express any view, no matter how offensive it is to others, as long as it is not outside what is generally allowed by law, such as harassment or unlawful discrimination.'
This part just sounds like an arsehole's charter, a licence to be a nightmare.
This part just sounds like an arsehole's charter, a licence to be a nightmare.
June 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It's notable that the only student speech frequently shut down on university campuses is a) pro-Palestine b) pro-trans-rights. The OfS seems *deeply* unconcerned about that speech being limited. In fact, they want academics who oppose those positions to have the right to 'shock and offend' students.
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Revisiting Amia Srinivasan on Arif Ahmed's appointment as ‘Free Speech Tsar’ at the Office for Students:
March 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Revisiting Amia Srinivasan on Arif Ahmed's appointment as ‘Free Speech Tsar’ at the Office for Students:
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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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‘The paper says higher education’s “unique selling point to students” in this new reality will be to shift the campus-based learning experience away from conveying academic content‘ - this is from a VC & incoming chair of the OfS. The people running the HE sector do not value university education.
Supporting students in their professional and personal development will become a “primary focus” of higher education in the years ahead as artificial intelligence changes the university model, according to the next chair of the OfS. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Student support to become ‘primary focus’ amid AI rise – Peck
Development of tools that can provide personalised learning will leave universities to focus on professional and personal development, incoming chair of OfS says
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
‘The paper says higher education’s “unique selling point to students” in this new reality will be to shift the campus-based learning experience away from conveying academic content‘ - this is from a VC & incoming chair of the OfS. The people running the HE sector do not value university education.
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Ten years ago nobody in their right mind gave a single crap where trans people went to the toilet and the only reason anyone does now is because they were radicalised by Facebook and a handful of insane newspaper columnists and that’s just embarrassing all round
May 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ten years ago nobody in their right mind gave a single crap where trans people went to the toilet and the only reason anyone does now is because they were radicalised by Facebook and a handful of insane newspaper columnists and that’s just embarrassing all round
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At #UCU2025 we passed motions to reaffirm our commitment to trans rights.
We’ll keep fighting for inclusive spaces, supportive policies and real solidarity.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCU2025 #UnionPower
We’ll keep fighting for inclusive spaces, supportive policies and real solidarity.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCU2025 #UnionPower
May 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
At #UCU2025 we passed motions to reaffirm our commitment to trans rights.
We’ll keep fighting for inclusive spaces, supportive policies and real solidarity.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCU2025 #UnionPower
We’ll keep fighting for inclusive spaces, supportive policies and real solidarity.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCU2025 #UnionPower
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From a survey of 57 universities by Universities UK:
- 50% have cut courses
- 25% have made compulsory redundancies
- 20% have cut spending on research
- 18% have cut staff time on research
- 15% have cut student bursaries or hardship funds
Many more are considering these options
- 50% have cut courses
- 25% have made compulsory redundancies
- 20% have cut spending on research
- 18% have cut staff time on research
- 15% have cut student bursaries or hardship funds
Many more are considering these options
Survey shows how the sector is cutting spending
It's not encouraging reading
wonkhe.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
From a survey of 57 universities by Universities UK:
- 50% have cut courses
- 25% have made compulsory redundancies
- 20% have cut spending on research
- 18% have cut staff time on research
- 15% have cut student bursaries or hardship funds
Many more are considering these options
- 50% have cut courses
- 25% have made compulsory redundancies
- 20% have cut spending on research
- 18% have cut staff time on research
- 15% have cut student bursaries or hardship funds
Many more are considering these options
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Britain's universities were pushed - forced, really - to make themselves completely dependent on international students. Now they are about to have the rug finally pulled from under them. There is not a single word British central government could say that I would ever trust again.
The flood of university redundancies is now running too quickly for me to keep track, but this week I've noticed the following among the ragged and saddening retreat:
*Aberdeen
*Exeter
*Falmouth
*Newcastle
*Plymouth
*Trinity St Davids
*Aberdeen
*Exeter
*Falmouth
*Newcastle
*Plymouth
*Trinity St Davids
May 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Britain's universities were pushed - forced, really - to make themselves completely dependent on international students. Now they are about to have the rug finally pulled from under them. There is not a single word British central government could say that I would ever trust again.
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"Judgment Opens Door for Discrimination, Segregation, and Exclusion"
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
UK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People
(London, May 9, 2025) – A United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling on April 16, 2025 threatens the rights of trans people, Human Rights Watch said today. In in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, ...
www.hrw.org
May 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Judgment Opens Door for Discrimination, Segregation, and Exclusion"
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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The Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought (BIAPT) Prizes are open for nominations! Please nominate yourselves (or someone else) for our early and mid-career prizes. The deadline for nominations is 23rd May.
Share widely!
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...
Share widely!
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...
BIAPT Prizes 2025: call for nominations - BIAPT
Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Prizes 2025 Nominations are invited for our two annual prizes: The BIAPT Early-Career Prize 2025 Open to political theorists within eight years of...
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought (BIAPT) Prizes are open for nominations! Please nominate yourselves (or someone else) for our early and mid-career prizes. The deadline for nominations is 23rd May.
Share widely!
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...
Share widely!
www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...
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UK will discriminate against would-be students who are from persecuted groups.
Palestinian? No visa.
Christian from Pakistan or Iran? No visa.
Woman from Afghanistan? No visa.
Lesbian from Uganda? No visa.
Palestinian? No visa.
Christian from Pakistan or Iran? No visa.
Woman from Afghanistan? No visa.
Lesbian from Uganda? No visa.
The Home Office will restrict work and study visas from nationalities who are most likely to overstay and claim asylum. Visas will be rejected for individuals who fit the profile of someone who will go on to claim asylum and are from countries with high rates of asylum.
May 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
UK will discriminate against would-be students who are from persecuted groups.
Palestinian? No visa.
Christian from Pakistan or Iran? No visa.
Woman from Afghanistan? No visa.
Lesbian from Uganda? No visa.
Palestinian? No visa.
Christian from Pakistan or Iran? No visa.
Woman from Afghanistan? No visa.
Lesbian from Uganda? No visa.
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Happening this Thursday! Join us for the Narrating Defeat roundtable with Basma Abdelaziz and Dina Rezk! 8th May, 4-5.30pm, in-person and online.
Join us for the Narrating Defeat roundtable with Basma Abdelaziz and Dina Rezk! 8th May, 4-5.30pm, in-person and online. We‘ll discuss how to narrate a failed revolution in ways that are empowering and keep alive the sense of revolutionary possibility ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/events/narra...
Narrating Defeat | Centre for Contemporary Political Theory
ccpt.leeds.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Happening this Thursday! Join us for the Narrating Defeat roundtable with Basma Abdelaziz and Dina Rezk! 8th May, 4-5.30pm, in-person and online.
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We believe the UK is now in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention of Human Rights and we plan to ask the High Court for a declaration of incompatibility.
We would be grateful for your help:
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April 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We believe the UK is now in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention of Human Rights and we plan to ask the High Court for a declaration of incompatibility.
We would be grateful for your help:
We would be grateful for your help: