Phil Arthington
@philarthington.bsky.social
UK clinical psychologist, systemic family therapist and lecturer at the University of Leeds. Researching new materialism, perinatal mental health and family therapy.
Keeper of chickens / Thrower of parties / Dedicated to the non-fascist life.
Keeper of chickens / Thrower of parties / Dedicated to the non-fascist life.
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-bas...
Organised by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and @katemorto.bsky.social with @arc-yharc.bsky.social
Organised by @ruthndwrites.bsky.social and @katemorto.bsky.social with @arc-yharc.bsky.social
Nature-based activities for parents, carers and children (0-5)
A day of sharing, learning and networking with researchers and practitioners involved in nature-based activities in the early years
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March 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.
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Baby loss: A father’s perspective.
Adam Ottley-Porter, a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) and University Lecturer, opens up about the loss of his son Joshua, and how this profound experience has shaped both his personal and professional journey.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Adam Ottley-Porter, a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) and University Lecturer, opens up about the loss of his son Joshua, and how this profound experience has shaped both his personal and professional journey.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Baby loss: A father’s perspective | BPS
Adam Ottley-Porter, a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) and University Lecturer, opens up about the loss of his son Joshua, explores fostering open discussions about baby loss, and shares how...
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March 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Baby loss: A father’s perspective.
Adam Ottley-Porter, a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) and University Lecturer, opens up about the loss of his son Joshua, and how this profound experience has shaped both his personal and professional journey.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Adam Ottley-Porter, a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) and University Lecturer, opens up about the loss of his son Joshua, and how this profound experience has shaped both his personal and professional journey.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
In my head, this reads as “the children have eaten all the coins”.
March 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In my head, this reads as “the children have eaten all the coins”.
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Registration and call for papers open for the 2025 in-person day-conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on Mon 23 June at Goldsmith's, Uni of London. Keynote speaker: Prof Lisa Blackman. Submit abstracts by 7 April to: debbie.watson@bristol.ac.uk www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
March 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Registration and call for papers open for the 2025 in-person day-conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on Mon 23 June at Goldsmith's, Uni of London. Keynote speaker: Prof Lisa Blackman. Submit abstracts by 7 April to: debbie.watson@bristol.ac.uk www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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We are recruiting for a study about pets during the #perinatal period. If you live in the U.K. and have #pets (#cats or #dogs), are currently #pregnant or have a baby under 1, please consider signing up! 🤰🏼🐕👶🏼 tinyurl.com/petsperinatal
#mothers #baby #postpartum #pregnancy #wellbeing #mentalhealth
#mothers #baby #postpartum #pregnancy #wellbeing #mentalhealth
February 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We are recruiting for a study about pets during the #perinatal period. If you live in the U.K. and have #pets (#cats or #dogs), are currently #pregnant or have a baby under 1, please consider signing up! 🤰🏼🐕👶🏼 tinyurl.com/petsperinatal
#mothers #baby #postpartum #pregnancy #wellbeing #mentalhealth
#mothers #baby #postpartum #pregnancy #wellbeing #mentalhealth
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Want to light up your baby’s brain? Think “serve and return.” 🎾
Much like a tennis match, serve and return entails back and forth interaction during which adult and child trade conversational (and other expressive) turns.
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Much like a tennis match, serve and return entails back and forth interaction during which adult and child trade conversational (and other expressive) turns.
Thread 🧵
March 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Want to light up your baby’s brain? Think “serve and return.” 🎾
Much like a tennis match, serve and return entails back and forth interaction during which adult and child trade conversational (and other expressive) turns.
Thread 🧵
Much like a tennis match, serve and return entails back and forth interaction during which adult and child trade conversational (and other expressive) turns.
Thread 🧵
First barbecue of the year 😎☀️🍔🧋🍻
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
First barbecue of the year 😎☀️🍔🧋🍻
The Guardian are asking the big questions this morning.
Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
February 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Guardian are asking the big questions this morning.
Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
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We have listened directly to mothers with lived experience of substance use and child removal to learn about the impact it had on their mental health. For meaningful change to occur, we must ensure women’s voices remain central to the conversations. maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/news/trauma-...
January 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We have listened directly to mothers with lived experience of substance use and child removal to learn about the impact it had on their mental health. For meaningful change to occur, we must ensure women’s voices remain central to the conversations. maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/news/trauma-...
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More universities should do the same University of Leeds first Russell Group institution to quit X www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X - Research Professional News
Leeds says Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values”
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January 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
More universities should do the same University of Leeds first Russell Group institution to quit X www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Happy 100th birthday to Gilles Deleuze. I am just discovering your work now and it's shining a million points of light in our dark world, opening a million lines of flight in my mind.
January 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Gilles Deleuze. I am just discovering your work now and it's shining a million points of light in our dark world, opening a million lines of flight in my mind.
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⁉️ Thinking about doing a PhD, or know someone who is?
📢 We're currently inviting applicants for a PhD scholarship
💜 Féileacáin-funded project on second trimester pregnancy loss
📅 Closing date: 14 Feb
🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social
📢 We're currently inviting applicants for a PhD scholarship
💜 Féileacáin-funded project on second trimester pregnancy loss
📅 Closing date: 14 Feb
🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
⁉️ Thinking about doing a PhD, or know someone who is?
📢 We're currently inviting applicants for a PhD scholarship
💜 Féileacáin-funded project on second trimester pregnancy loss
📅 Closing date: 14 Feb
🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social
📢 We're currently inviting applicants for a PhD scholarship
💜 Féileacáin-funded project on second trimester pregnancy loss
📅 Closing date: 14 Feb
🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social
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Last year, 229 pregnant women were held in prison. Community based alternatives are essential to protect mothers & babies. Our paper published today @bmj.com highlights the need to stop incarcerating pregnant women @drtanyacapper.bsky.social @birthcompanions.bsky.social @womeninprison.bsky.social
Improving maternity provision for incarcerated women in the UK
Laura Abbott and colleagues highlight gaps in clinical care for pregnant women in prison and consider how best to meet their needs
Two newborn babies died in UK prisons in 2019-20 and another died in...
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January 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Last year, 229 pregnant women were held in prison. Community based alternatives are essential to protect mothers & babies. Our paper published today @bmj.com highlights the need to stop incarcerating pregnant women @drtanyacapper.bsky.social @birthcompanions.bsky.social @womeninprison.bsky.social
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Because it's not enough simply to say concepts possess movement; you also have to construct intellectually mobile concepts. Just as it's not enough to make moving shadows on the wall, you have to construct images that can move by themselves.
January 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Because it's not enough simply to say concepts possess movement; you also have to construct intellectually mobile concepts. Just as it's not enough to make moving shadows on the wall, you have to construct images that can move by themselves.
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Radical acceptance/delusion maybe but watching humans take care of each other through this gives me a lot of hope for the future. Even in the microcosm/my personal experience: the past 48 hours, literally all of my friends and loved ones have checked on me. Institutions may fail us, but we won’t.
January 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Radical acceptance/delusion maybe but watching humans take care of each other through this gives me a lot of hope for the future. Even in the microcosm/my personal experience: the past 48 hours, literally all of my friends and loved ones have checked on me. Institutions may fail us, but we won’t.
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📚 A new book review has just been published in Human Ethology: Milk to Menopause: A Tale of Females at the Forefront of Evolution by Brooke A. Rothamer. 🌟 Explore how female biology has shaped our evolutionary journey.
Read the full review here: human-ethology.org/article/1276...
Read the full review here: human-ethology.org/article/1276...
January 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📚 A new book review has just been published in Human Ethology: Milk to Menopause: A Tale of Females at the Forefront of Evolution by Brooke A. Rothamer. 🌟 Explore how female biology has shaped our evolutionary journey.
Read the full review here: human-ethology.org/article/1276...
Read the full review here: human-ethology.org/article/1276...
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If a hardback has endnotes it should come with a ribbon so you can keep your place there. This should be the law.
January 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If a hardback has endnotes it should come with a ribbon so you can keep your place there. This should be the law.
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As a resident of West LA it's important to take a moment on Christmas Eve to remember those we lost in the 1988 Nakatomi terrorist attack.
December 24, 2024 at 7:19 PM
As a resident of West LA it's important to take a moment on Christmas Eve to remember those we lost in the 1988 Nakatomi terrorist attack.
Has anyone seen the end of this sellotape?
December 24, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Has anyone seen the end of this sellotape?
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As Jerry Cohen used to joke, next year will be about average. Worse than this year, but not as bad as the following one.
December 31, 2023 at 9:16 PM
As Jerry Cohen used to joke, next year will be about average. Worse than this year, but not as bad as the following one.
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I'm delighted to share this new publication which is the editorial introduction to a special issue: "Mobilising Queer Joy: Establishing Queer Joy Studies." Please share (the joy) and help us spread word of this new area of study. @queerjoylab.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I'm delighted to share this new publication which is the editorial introduction to a special issue: "Mobilising Queer Joy: Establishing Queer Joy Studies." Please share (the joy) and help us spread word of this new area of study. @queerjoylab.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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📢New All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Babies launched!👶The new Group's purpose is to champion the needs of vulnerable babies & will be led by the elected officers @mayaellismp.bsky.social @elsieblundellmp.bsky.social Patrick Spencer MP & Freddie van Mierlo MP. More details 👉bit.ly/4f8Ved6
December 12, 2024 at 1:20 PM
📢New All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Babies launched!👶The new Group's purpose is to champion the needs of vulnerable babies & will be led by the elected officers @mayaellismp.bsky.social @elsieblundellmp.bsky.social Patrick Spencer MP & Freddie van Mierlo MP. More details 👉bit.ly/4f8Ved6
“No one knows what a body can do”.
December 11, 2024 at 6:54 PM
“No one knows what a body can do”.