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Lizzie Reed
@lizziereed.bsky.social
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Associate Prof of #Sociology at Uni of Southampton. Queer lives, visual methods, kinship & identity.

Ask me about my queer feminist trans agenda. She/they 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-2908
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I think if we can all agree on anything, it's that war makes a great inspiration for a children's play area close to where many boats set off. This is the perfect way to remember horrendous loss of life and long term suffering
A wooden adventure playground style area. A sign reads "D-Day Obstacle Course. Earn your badge!" With suggested times to complete the course
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Some people will tell you sociologists and criminologists are broadly the same. I submit to you these images, one hangs in my office, the other next door in my colleague @ashkingdon.bsky.social's office. Match the flag to the person in the comments!
A pendant flag. It shows an applique lions head which is smiling. In script below it says "be bold, be brave, be you" A pendant flag. It features a cartoon raven, mid -squawk. It reads "eat the rich"
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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One of best things about collabs with people outside academia is they remind you how ridiculous time is inside academia
WhatsApp chat. I say: "Realistically, probably not published for best part of a year" They reply: "Ok, it’s wild how slow institutional time is. One has many lives and deaths in that time..."
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Just one response over on LinkedIn.
October 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Here we are then, the article I have been whining about for well over a year. Written with @robinskyer.bsky.social, our article explores failure and crip temporalities in UKHE and is published today with the Sociological Review

doi-org.soton.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0038...

#bipolar #Sociology
Bipolar time is a metaphor for the complexities of times as we variously experience them, and as it intersects with other times and demands. It provides a way to index the components of time, of illness, of accelerating contexts, which construct the experience of failure. Bipolar time describes the non-rhythmic space where failure is everywhere and nowhere, personal-affective, contextual and structural. It is not just a metaphor for personal struggle; we offer it as a critical tool to analyse how times move – and how (or whether) we move against/with time – in ways which reinforce inequalities. Bipolar time offers a mechanism to explore how failure is attached to certain bodies and why ‘reasonable adjustments’ or accommodations for disability do not preclude the painful affective experience of delivering work on time, slowly, or not at all
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Teaching 1st years Foucualt today. My seminar slides have this on which remains one of my favourite stupid memes and I anticipate is entirely lost on students. Making myself laugh is 90% of the challenge though, right?
The 'Is this a pigeon?' meme. The man is labelled "Foucault". The butterfly is labelled "literally anything". The caption at the bottom says "Is this a prison?"
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Nothing can convince me there aren't crates of retired Profs stacked up behind this door.
A grey door with a metal name plate which reads "emeritus professors"
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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The TONE from my GP surgery. If I don't "comply" (first time they've asked) they will deny me medication which prevents me becoming seriously ill and sudden cessation from which can cause serious illness.

I'm unaware of side effects that would cause me to change height
Text reads: You are due a height, weight & BP check. This is monitoring that needs to be carried out in relation to your medication. If you do not comply with this monitoring it could prevent you receiving your medication. Please use the machine in reception. Thanks
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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It's nice when photos you didn't know existed turn up AND you don't hate how you look in them. A happy little snap from Pride in Southampton, from last month with @uosengagement.bsky.social
Lizzie, a tallish white person with curly short brown hair and glasses, is standing behind a table grinning. Lizzie wears a blue University of Southampton public engagement t-shirt with trans pride ribbons around the arms. The foreground of the image is crowded with people engaging with activities on the tables.
September 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Is Grandparents day "difficult for some people" or is it a non existent event which they are somehow rinsing coming and going with this email?
Email from Moonpig which reads: We know Grandparent's Day can be a tough time for some, and if you’d rather not receive emails about it, we completely get it. Just click here and we’ll take care of it for you. We’ll still send you all our other fun updates – just without the Grandparent's Day bits. Take care!
September 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I wasn't really on board with the whole "flags on lamposts" thing. But seeing this filthy mattress, as the shining shit on top of a heap of rubbish, with the red cross daubed on it like blood, really turned my head.
A white mattress is slumped against a pile of fly tipped rubbish. Someone has painted a cross, in approximation of the St George's Cross, on it.
September 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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An exhausting but elating day at #SoProud #SouthamptonPride collecting a huge cloud of names that make up the web of kin that have made our community who we are. It's so special to talk to people about the people in their lives and imaginations and celebrate all the diverse influences.
Image of Milou and I - two white people with brown hair, both wearing glasses and blue UoS t-shirts that say "bringing research to life roadshow" - standing at our table with a largely blank piece of paper on it An image showing the same piece of paper but this time it is covered in names and drawings in lots of different coloured pens and handwriting
August 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Bit of light prep for the #UoSRoadshow on Saturday at #SotonPride. I'll be there with @miloustella.bsky.social running our Oddkin and Bedtime Stories activities.
Blue t-shirt which reads "bringing research to life roadshow" it has trans pride ribbon around the arms and rainbows against the text The back of the blue t-shirt. Above the UoS roadshow hashtag, there is a rainbow
August 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Grammatically, this hurts.
Screen cap of text which reads "In 60 short years, we have outstripped what our competitors have taken 200+ years to achieve. Since our inception, we have consistently sought out and addressed complex challenges with tenacious curiosity and open-minded thinking. We are a University known for challenging conventions and as we look towards 2030, our brand must reflect this."
July 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Nothing can convince me the text on the new Warwick site was written by humans. This sort of bananas word invention and tautology is pure AI
Screen cap from University of Warwick web page which reads "A brand rooted in unconventionalism. Our strategic brand framework is built on our Brand Purpose, Brand Values & Behaviours and Marketing Themes, all of which collectively shape our Brand Proposition."
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Nope, I still have it? When you (single) click on the clock, does it give you something like this?
July 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Genuinely enjoyed this at the end of a long email outlining some beautifully crafted event plans.
Screen cap of an email which reads "Congratulations. You have made it to the end of this email"
July 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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If there's one thing the new forest isn't short on, it's hunting lodges turned into country house hotels
A view of a large mock-tudor 2/3 storey lodge house. There is a round fountain in the centre for ground and trees and sculptured flowerbeds on each side
July 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Station staff waiting with ramp, with passenger. Cross Country service arrives and accessible entry is "out of use". Station staff go to next door and confirm route is clear for passenger to walk down carriage. Had she had a wheelchair it would have been impossible to board #everydayableism
Cross Country train door with sign saying "sorry out of use". The blue wheelchair logo is on a sticker next to the door.
June 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Heaven is a lido.

Lymington sea water pools
A shot across Lymington sea water pool, which is an enormous open air, sea water lido that is 50m wide by 110 long. Beyond the lido wall are masts of sailing boats.
June 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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In other, ultra local news, my local spar is closing down? Freemantle community hub about to disappear. And it's closed right now? I don't even know what to do with this information
Sign on grey door which reads "customer notice. We regret to inform you that this store will cease trading on 25th June"
June 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Tremendous papers and activities so far today at the BSA FAR group conference. Leaf prints given to us by Rachel Stewart as part of their talk on their tremendous walking interview project.
A watery grey print of a leaf on a piece of paper
June 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Half day at the lovely #MadCrip2025 this morning then off to Bristol for tomorrow's Doing Research Differently conf.

Dinner at a Lounge which I enjoy for their reliably flexible veggie/vegan/gf menu, and that you can order stuff to hack a halloumi curry
Sri Lankan squash curry presented in a bowl with rice. Plate of fried halloumi on side which I'm about to mix in
June 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Just finished checking presentation for time for tomorrow's #MadCrip2025 symposium. Looking forward to presenting this from a forthcoming paper (through round 1 of review, edits pending) and hearing from a very exciting line up of speakers
A slide in a pink and blue watercolour wash background which has the title "research failure, crip temporalities and bipolar time in UKHE" and my name and contact info
June 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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I have just received the thoroughly excellent mug I ordered from @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social and it is the best thing.
Frank Duffy cartoon. Two crows are talking. The first says "are you a girl or a boy?" The second says "I am a crow". The first says "I'm sorry that option isn't available"
June 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM