@lemonphase.bsky.social
Political theorist researching solidarity, hospitality, activism, protest, narrativity, & feminist theory. Fantasy & sci-fi lover, nerd, book eater, outdoor type, socialist. She/Her/They/Them. Free Palestine. Trans lives matter.
The quality of an audio book is predominantly determined by the narrator rather than the author of the book. Having listened to nearly all of @joeabercrombie.com narrated by Steven Pacey, every other audio book now pales drastically in comparison. #audiobooks #nowreading #kobo
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The quality of an audio book is predominantly determined by the narrator rather than the author of the book. Having listened to nearly all of @joeabercrombie.com narrated by Steven Pacey, every other audio book now pales drastically in comparison. #audiobooks #nowreading #kobo
Reposted
Today in @aeon.co Andreas Mogensen and I discuss animal welfare, AI welfare, and probabilistic ethics. We make the case for addressing the moral status of animals and AI systems as we address health, climate, and other big issues: with probabilistic reasoning and proportional responses.
An ant is drowning: here’s how to decide if you should save it | Aeon Essays
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?
aeon.co
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today in @aeon.co Andreas Mogensen and I discuss animal welfare, AI welfare, and probabilistic ethics. We make the case for addressing the moral status of animals and AI systems as we address health, climate, and other big issues: with probabilistic reasoning and proportional responses.
Reposted
Is Blue Sky popular with academics because you publish something and nobody reads it?
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Is Blue Sky popular with academics because you publish something and nobody reads it?
Saturday. Lie in. Cuddles. Bakery breakfast. Coffee. Reading. Thesis. More coffee.
Medina, J. 2023. The Epistemology of Protest: Silencing, Epistemic Activism, and the Communicative Life of Resistance [Online]. Oxford University Press. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/oso/....
#AcademicSky #Weekend
Medina, J. 2023. The Epistemology of Protest: Silencing, Epistemic Activism, and the Communicative Life of Resistance [Online]. Oxford University Press. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/oso/....
#AcademicSky #Weekend
The Epistemology of Protest: Silencing, Epistemic Activism, and the Communicative Life of Resistance
Abstract. This book offers a polyphonic theory of protest as a mechanism for political communication, group constitution, and epistemic empowerment. The bo
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Saturday. Lie in. Cuddles. Bakery breakfast. Coffee. Reading. Thesis. More coffee.
Medina, J. 2023. The Epistemology of Protest: Silencing, Epistemic Activism, and the Communicative Life of Resistance [Online]. Oxford University Press. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/oso/....
#AcademicSky #Weekend
Medina, J. 2023. The Epistemology of Protest: Silencing, Epistemic Activism, and the Communicative Life of Resistance [Online]. Oxford University Press. Available from: doi.org/10.1093/oso/....
#AcademicSky #Weekend
Forced to take the day off by family & friends to rest & recoup. Birthday weekend so I’ve surrendered. Mantra of the day is: it can only be as good as your best, and that is enough. #AcademicSky #PhD #thesisdeadline #41days
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Forced to take the day off by family & friends to rest & recoup. Birthday weekend so I’ve surrendered. Mantra of the day is: it can only be as good as your best, and that is enough. #AcademicSky #PhD #thesisdeadline #41days
Reposted
We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
![Image shows a row of toilet stalls with blue doors. Text reads: " I went to use the women's toilets as I was on my period and there were no gender neutral ones. A middle aged male security guard ran in after me…he started banging on the [cubicle] door, trying to open it as he shouted "sir, sir you can't be in here”... hearing the pitch of my voice was enough for him to drop it and leave. But I sat in the toilet feeling scared, vulnerable and dirty for a good few minutes." -a non-binary person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dxbxnaywyhxdhuiiafrmy34/bafkreidejcnvaog3bhbxzgwcjjezztytalgxswj5nglv66zovq63le7oba@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
Reposted
I am generally not keen on protesting outside of people's homes. But anyone who values an autonomous public sphere should be worried by this government's pervasive attempts to legislate protest out of public life. This kind of thing is the definition of creeping authoritarianism.
Exc - Activists could be jailed for six months for protesting outside MPs’ homes
New amendment laid by government tonight will toughen laws on protests outside private homes of public officials
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New amendment laid by government tonight will toughen laws on protests outside private homes of public officials
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Activists could be jailed for six months for protesting outside MPs’ homes
Law aimed at tackling harassment will criminalise protests outside homes of MPs in England and Wales amid rise in complaints
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I am generally not keen on protesting outside of people's homes. But anyone who values an autonomous public sphere should be worried by this government's pervasive attempts to legislate protest out of public life. This kind of thing is the definition of creeping authoritarianism.
Reposted
Happy belated Halloween 👻🎃
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Happy belated Halloween 👻🎃
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
I'm dressed as the scariest thing of all - a PhD thesis! Proud to say that as of Wednesday mine no longer haunts me haha
Thanks to the whole @cambridgeftd.bsky.social team for their support!
#academicsky #womeninstem #neuroskyence
Reposted
People think staying silent keeps them safe.
But how many “quiet survivors” have been protected by their silence? Institutions thrive on people believing they have no choice.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat
But how many “quiet survivors” have been protected by their silence? Institutions thrive on people believing they have no choice.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat
November 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
People think staying silent keeps them safe.
But how many “quiet survivors” have been protected by their silence? Institutions thrive on people believing they have no choice.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat
But how many “quiet survivors” have been protected by their silence? Institutions thrive on people believing they have no choice.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat
Cwtched on sofa (back finally recovering enough that it’s comfy again!) working on thesis with sprog next to me on her “laptop” (a folded piece of cardboard). She just asked if I knew how to turn my laptop on, and then informed me she could show me if I didn’t… #AcademicSky
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Cwtched on sofa (back finally recovering enough that it’s comfy again!) working on thesis with sprog next to me on her “laptop” (a folded piece of cardboard). She just asked if I knew how to turn my laptop on, and then informed me she could show me if I didn’t… #AcademicSky
It is quite frankly obscene how blasé I feel about deleting chunks of my thesis as I run through the final edit. Five years hard work and my overriding feeling is: “yeah that’ll do.” #AcademicSky #PhD #Countdown #SubmissionTime #56days
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It is quite frankly obscene how blasé I feel about deleting chunks of my thesis as I run through the final edit. Five years hard work and my overriding feeling is: “yeah that’ll do.” #AcademicSky #PhD #Countdown #SubmissionTime #56days
In IKEA today. Saw this button in one of the showroom kitchens. Overwhelming urge to push it to see if it was part of the display or a genuine safety feature.
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In IKEA today. Saw this button in one of the showroom kitchens. Overwhelming urge to push it to see if it was part of the display or a genuine safety feature.
Dinner dates with friends featuring a topic for debate.
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dinner dates with friends featuring a topic for debate.
Reposted
“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3
https://goodlaw.social/icp3
European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK
Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.
goodlaw.social
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3
https://goodlaw.social/icp3
Reposted
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I recently criticised my partner for saying that the far right were lacking in intelligence because I don’t think that it’s clever or useful to make political arguments by mocking individuals. This graffiti, however, really tests my point…
October 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I recently criticised my partner for saying that the far right were lacking in intelligence because I don’t think that it’s clever or useful to make political arguments by mocking individuals. This graffiti, however, really tests my point…
It has come to my attention that I have been alternating between using two different translations of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics throughout my thesis, and it is now causing me the most frustrating fuck-up-erry. #AcademicSky
October 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It has come to my attention that I have been alternating between using two different translations of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics throughout my thesis, and it is now causing me the most frustrating fuck-up-erry. #AcademicSky
Yesterday's march and demo was incredibly uplifting. Over 2000 attendees with unions etc all in attendance. We outnumbered the far right in our masses and they shrunk in response, as they should. From the Pennines to the sea, Yorkshire will be fascist free. #RefugeesWelcome #StandUpToRacism
#StandUpToRacism this Saturday. Hyde Park Feeder March. Meet 1130am at Hyde Park corner of Woodhouse Moor. Refugees welcome. Celebrate our diversity. No to the far right. March and rally in Leeds. Saturday 11th October 1230pm at Leeds Art Gallery. Leeds Stand Up To Racism. Together we are stronger.
October 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Yesterday's march and demo was incredibly uplifting. Over 2000 attendees with unions etc all in attendance. We outnumbered the far right in our masses and they shrunk in response, as they should. From the Pennines to the sea, Yorkshire will be fascist free. #RefugeesWelcome #StandUpToRacism
As if I hadn't already upped the difficulty of my PhD by having a baby half way through, we're now moving house in the final three months that I aim to finish and submit in. My timing is truly impeccable... #AcademicSky
October 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
As if I hadn't already upped the difficulty of my PhD by having a baby half way through, we're now moving house in the final three months that I aim to finish and submit in. My timing is truly impeccable... #AcademicSky
Reposted
Brummy condemns racist Robert Jenrick on #BBCQT but accidentally uses racist language!
It was a PERFECT illustration of how the concept of racism is distorted by conservatives to help them get away with it.
Well done Zack Polanski!
It was a PERFECT illustration of how the concept of racism is distorted by conservatives to help them get away with it.
Well done Zack Polanski!
Zack Polanski calls out "white faces" Robert Jenrick on Question Time
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Brummy condemns racist Robert Jenrick on #BBCQT but accidentally uses racist language!
It was a PERFECT illustration of how the concept of racism is distorted by conservatives to help them get away with it.
Well done Zack Polanski!
It was a PERFECT illustration of how the concept of racism is distorted by conservatives to help them get away with it.
Well done Zack Polanski!
#StandUpToRacism this Saturday. Hyde Park Feeder March. Meet 1130am at Hyde Park corner of Woodhouse Moor. Refugees welcome. Celebrate our diversity. No to the far right. March and rally in Leeds. Saturday 11th October 1230pm at Leeds Art Gallery. Leeds Stand Up To Racism. Together we are stronger.
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
#StandUpToRacism this Saturday. Hyde Park Feeder March. Meet 1130am at Hyde Park corner of Woodhouse Moor. Refugees welcome. Celebrate our diversity. No to the far right. March and rally in Leeds. Saturday 11th October 1230pm at Leeds Art Gallery. Leeds Stand Up To Racism. Together we are stronger.
I have read far too much news today and it has broken me a little bit. Resurfacing this article from 2022. The politics of migration is not about migration, it is about race and it always has been. theconversation.com/ukraine-refu...
Ukraine refugee crisis exposes racism and contradictions in the definition of human
The racism seen in the Ukraine refugee crisis reflects a long legacy of how the West defines who is human. We need a new definition that respects the dignity of all humans.
theconversation.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I have read far too much news today and it has broken me a little bit. Resurfacing this article from 2022. The politics of migration is not about migration, it is about race and it always has been. theconversation.com/ukraine-refu...
I love this response so intensely.
“Of course, if they were actually my students, I’d say, ‘include a citation.’” - Professor Mark Bray
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Of course, if they were actually my students, I’d say, ‘include a citation.’” - Professor Mark Bray
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I love this response so intensely.
“Of course, if they were actually my students, I’d say, ‘include a citation.’” - Professor Mark Bray
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Of course, if they were actually my students, I’d say, ‘include a citation.’” - Professor Mark Bray
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted
The most moral army in the world
October 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The most moral army in the world