Pollyanna Ruiz
@profpol.bsky.social
Professor at Sussex University researching media, protest, memory. Loves her allotment, walking, reading, swimming, throwing pots, practicing shodo.
Hundreds of thousands supported Palestine in London today.
September 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hundreds of thousands supported Palestine in London today.
My daughter graduating in style!
July 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My daughter graduating in style!
Whose Streets talk in pictorial form!
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Whose Streets talk in pictorial form!
Look out for this amazing image from Erin James at Afrori Books in Brighton. It’s part of an exhibition marking five years since the killing of George Floyd.
May 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Look out for this amazing image from Erin James at Afrori Books in Brighton. It’s part of an exhibition marking five years since the killing of George Floyd.
Sign up for this anti-fascist history of Brighton walk!
May 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sign up for this anti-fascist history of Brighton walk!
Making maps of protest memories in the museum today!
May 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Making maps of protest memories in the museum today!
Brighton people!!! Take part and share!
April 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Brighton people!!! Take part and share!
Brighton people - Take part and Share!
April 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Brighton people - Take part and Share!
The apple tree I planted this winter has sprung!
April 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The apple tree I planted this winter has sprung!
April 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Work for my Whose Streets project which will map memories of Antifacist and Antiracist protest in Brighton and Hove.
April 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Work for my Whose Streets project which will map memories of Antifacist and Antiracist protest in Brighton and Hove.
I like using Mexican colours with English stitches. This is the first of a set of three flowering grasses.
February 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I like using Mexican colours with English stitches. This is the first of a set of three flowering grasses.
Great day checking out the Legacy collection with my students at Sussex University library
February 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great day checking out the Legacy collection with my students at Sussex University library
Blue skies in Sophia
February 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Blue skies in Sophia
I’m learning to embroider in an attempt to calm the crescendoing chaos
February 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I’m learning to embroider in an attempt to calm the crescendoing chaos
My three adult children are all home for Christmas and we’ve got the decorations down from the loft. It’s a Sunday evening of nostalgia and mulled wine!
December 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
My three adult children are all home for Christmas and we’ve got the decorations down from the loft. It’s a Sunday evening of nostalgia and mulled wine!
My newest pot! I love the texture of the clay and the way the glaze has drawn itself down the sides!
December 10, 2024 at 8:05 AM
My newest pot! I love the texture of the clay and the way the glaze has drawn itself down the sides!
Raining today - taking shodo lessons from YouTube
December 1, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Raining today - taking shodo lessons from YouTube
Great speakers at Brighton’s Black Anti-Racist Community Organisation event. Plus a quick step across the Amex stadium to see this amazing mural
November 27, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Great speakers at Brighton’s Black Anti-Racist Community Organisation event. Plus a quick step across the Amex stadium to see this amazing mural
Storm Bert is rattling the windows but Frida is unperturbed
November 24, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Storm Bert is rattling the windows but Frida is unperturbed
Bio update. I research protest media and memory. I love my allotment walking swimming and reading. And I make pots!
November 13, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Bio update. I research protest media and memory. I love my allotment walking swimming and reading. And I make pots!
This gave me solace the morning after Brexit. I searched it out again this morning. I hope it offers you something too.
November 6, 2024 at 9:37 PM
This gave me solace the morning after Brexit. I searched it out again this morning. I hope it offers you something too.