Rebecca Jones
@remembermyhat.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing at the Open University, UK (she/her). Also often tweeting and retweeting about: academic writing | SRHR and sex ed | creative methods | Long Covid/Chronic Fatigue
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Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Any recommendations for recent readable books/articles on feminist approaches to sex, for a young woman? I've already recommended my go-to uk.jkp.com/products/how... but am looking for something where the feminism is more explicit. A lot of the popular books I'm finding are quite binary about [...]
How to Understand Your Sexuality
'A goldmine of wisdom' CYNDI DARNELL'Gentle, kind and embracing' JUNO ROCHE'Interesting and engaging' JUSTIN HANCOCKGay, straight, queer, pansexual, demisexual, ace...? Sexuality is complex and divers...
uk.jkp.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Any recommendations for recent readable books/articles on feminist approaches to sex, for a young woman? I've already recommended my go-to uk.jkp.com/products/how... but am looking for something where the feminism is more explicit. A lot of the popular books I'm finding are quite binary about [...]
Also about #LGBTQ #GlobalDevelopment #InternationalDevelopment #Decolonisation #Co-production #ParticipatoryMethods #Rubin #Reflexivity #HistoricalContext #GeopoliticalLocation #OnlineAndDistanceLearning #ODL #EducationalDesign and many other things.
New open-access article from me, thinking about how we design sex ed about contested topics, and reflecting critically on 20 years of teaching about sexual and reproductive health and rights. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing the charmed circle in designing sexual and reproductive health and rights education: reflections on twenty years’ practice
Designing and delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) curricula demands much of educators, who must juggle pedagogic, political, social and institutional priorities alongside ma...
www.tandfonline.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New open-access article from me, thinking about how we design sex ed about contested topics, and reflecting critically on 20 years of teaching about sexual and reproductive health and rights. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing the charmed circle in designing sexual and reproductive health and rights education: reflections on twenty years’ practice
Designing and delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) curricula demands much of educators, who must juggle pedagogic, political, social and institutional priorities alongside ma...
www.tandfonline.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New open-access article from me, thinking about how we design sex ed about contested topics, and reflecting critically on 20 years of teaching about sexual and reproductive health and rights. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Rebecca Jones
#BisexualVisibilityMonth reminds us visibility isn’t just coming out. It’s being seen at every age, in every body, in every identity.
In BWQ's Aging Issue, Jaxx Davis shares how disability, queerness & age shaped their unapologetic bisexuality.
www.biwomenquarterly.com/aging-is-mak...
In BWQ's Aging Issue, Jaxx Davis shares how disability, queerness & age shaped their unapologetic bisexuality.
www.biwomenquarterly.com/aging-is-mak...
September 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#BisexualVisibilityMonth reminds us visibility isn’t just coming out. It’s being seen at every age, in every body, in every identity.
In BWQ's Aging Issue, Jaxx Davis shares how disability, queerness & age shaped their unapologetic bisexuality.
www.biwomenquarterly.com/aging-is-mak...
In BWQ's Aging Issue, Jaxx Davis shares how disability, queerness & age shaped their unapologetic bisexuality.
www.biwomenquarterly.com/aging-is-mak...
Men are often underrepresented in research about bisexuality, pansexuality and related sexual identities, so it's great to see this PhD study looking for life writing contributions from bi+men. You can write in English, Swedish or Polish and find out more here www.biarkiv.se
Bi+ Men's Digital Life Writing Archive
Bi+ Men's Digital Life Writing Archive The archive is what we create, together * Included are bi-, pan-, and plurisexual cisand trans men, as well as non-binary and gender-fluid persons with a signifi...
www.biarkiv.se
September 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I have finally got round to reading this article www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... about crip time and being an academic with an energy limiting condition. It feels as if it was written especially for me. Thank you @drbevans.bsky.social and the other authors.
Being left behind beyond recovery: ‘crip time’ and chronic illness in neoliberal academia
www.tandfonline.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I have finally got round to reading this article www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... about crip time and being an academic with an energy limiting condition. It feels as if it was written especially for me. Thank you @drbevans.bsky.social and the other authors.
Men are often underrepresented in research about bisexuality, pansexuality and related sexual identities, so it's great to see this PhD study looking for life writing contributions from bi+men. You can write in English, Swedish or Polish and find out more here www.biarkiv.se
Bi+ Men's Digital Life Writing Archive
Bi+ Men's Digital Life Writing Archive The archive is what we create, together * Included are bi-, pan-, and plurisexual cisand trans men, as well as non-binary and gender-fluid persons with a signifi...
www.biarkiv.se
September 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Men are often underrepresented in research about bisexuality, pansexuality and related sexual identities, so it's great to see this PhD study looking for life writing contributions from bi+men. You can write in English, Swedish or Polish and find out more here www.biarkiv.se
Pope Hot Cross Bun Bread VII
I'm not sure whether my gender or my unseasonal consumption of hot cross buns is the greater barrier to my election.
I'm not sure whether my gender or my unseasonal consumption of hot cross buns is the greater barrier to my election.
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate and number of letters in your first name:
Pope Sourdough-Toast VI
(which would make me the first millennial Pope, though I'm not a millennial!)
Pope Sourdough-Toast VI
(which would make me the first millennial Pope, though I'm not a millennial!)
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Pope Hot Cross Bun Bread VII
I'm not sure whether my gender or my unseasonal consumption of hot cross buns is the greater barrier to my election.
I'm not sure whether my gender or my unseasonal consumption of hot cross buns is the greater barrier to my election.
Reposted by Rebecca Jones
Have you ever faced redundancy?
Our new guide: 'Redundancy Support for Over 50s – A Guide for Union Reps' with unionlearn from the TUC engages with both employers and with members over 50 who are experiencing redundancy.
Our new guide: 'Redundancy Support for Over 50s – A Guide for Union Reps' with unionlearn from the TUC engages with both employers and with members over 50 who are experiencing redundancy.
April 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Have you ever faced redundancy?
Our new guide: 'Redundancy Support for Over 50s – A Guide for Union Reps' with unionlearn from the TUC engages with both employers and with members over 50 who are experiencing redundancy.
Our new guide: 'Redundancy Support for Over 50s – A Guide for Union Reps' with unionlearn from the TUC engages with both employers and with members over 50 who are experiencing redundancy.
I am thinking more about airport special assistance, in the light of conversations about care & in/inter/dependence at @enas-agestudies.bsky.social Recognising the reality of everyone's interdependence is critical. But at an airport the environment is so controlled and so fatigue-unfriendly [cont.d]
Yes! @socbarb.bsky.social's manifesto for her plenary. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I am thinking more about airport special assistance, in the light of conversations about care & in/inter/dependence at @enas-agestudies.bsky.social Recognising the reality of everyone's interdependence is critical. But at an airport the environment is so controlled and so fatigue-unfriendly [cont.d]
I love Spanish trains! So fast, so comfortable. I don't understand the ticket pricing system - I've twice got tickets significantly cheaper than my travelling companions despite them booking in advance and me buying at the station just before travelling, but it's a total bargain for my prices!
April 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I love Spanish trains! So fast, so comfortable. I don't understand the ticket pricing system - I've twice got tickets significantly cheaper than my travelling companions despite them booking in advance and me buying at the station just before travelling, but it's a total bargain for my prices!
I have just spotted that Maricel is the figure in the photo I took in the cloister at La Seu Vella last night.Thanks so much Maricel and team for a great conference.
April 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have just spotted that Maricel is the figure in the photo I took in the cloister at La Seu Vella last night.Thanks so much Maricel and team for a great conference.
Summary of Bulgarian ageing policy shifts. 1950s sounds like UK policy for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems - large fairly self-sufficient institutions in the countryside. But only for men. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
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1950s rewarding labour: large institutions only for old men
1960s Addressing needs: in-home services and clubs for active retirees
2000/after COVID Specifying needs: social cafes and therapeutic groups.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qs44ol47yschy6a4lzogd4hw/bafkreidkzt57m2wmejaz5pnlvyxr2tljwkoxdzkxezarr42noqjpnrejfi@jpeg)
April 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Summary of Bulgarian ageing policy shifts. 1950s sounds like UK policy for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems - large fairly self-sufficient institutions in the countryside. But only for men. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
Aha, found @kassymbekova.bsky.social here. Thank you for such a brilliant paper!
Fantastic theoretically-sophisticated and emotionally complex paper from Botakoz Kassymbekova (Zürich uni) about ageing after hunger in Kazakhstan and Ukraine. A conference highlight for me. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Aha, found @kassymbekova.bsky.social here. Thank you for such a brilliant paper!
Fantastic theoretically-sophisticated and emotionally complex paper from Botakoz Kassymbekova (Zürich uni) about ageing after hunger in Kazakhstan and Ukraine. A conference highlight for me. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Fantastic theoretically-sophisticated and emotionally complex paper from Botakoz Kassymbekova (Zürich uni) about ageing after hunger in Kazakhstan and Ukraine. A conference highlight for me. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
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These studentships are with several academics in the school, including me and
@angelikipapadaki.bsky.social and cover these topics:
LGBTQ+ people and adult social care
Understanding the landscape, sustainability and impact of Meals on Wheels services in the UK
@angelikipapadaki.bsky.social and cover these topics:
LGBTQ+ people and adult social care
Understanding the landscape, sustainability and impact of Meals on Wheels services in the UK
We are currently advertising two PhD studentships, for UK students eligible for Home tuition fees, funded by the NIHR SSCR for 3 years.
Application closing date: Thursday 15th May 📅
See the links to apply ⬇️
⭐ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP621/p...
⭐ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP620/p...
Application closing date: Thursday 15th May 📅
See the links to apply ⬇️
⭐ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP621/p...
⭐ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP620/p...
April 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
These studentships are with several academics in the school, including me and
@angelikipapadaki.bsky.social and cover these topics:
LGBTQ+ people and adult social care
Understanding the landscape, sustainability and impact of Meals on Wheels services in the UK
@angelikipapadaki.bsky.social and cover these topics:
LGBTQ+ people and adult social care
Understanding the landscape, sustainability and impact of Meals on Wheels services in the UK
Yes! @socbarb.bsky.social's manifesto for her plenary. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yes! @socbarb.bsky.social's manifesto for her plenary. @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
I also love this use by @nicoledalmer.bsky.social of floorplans to make things more concrete, to enable young people to imagine tech in their later life. Really interesting findings too @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I also love this use by @nicoledalmer.bsky.social of floorplans to make things more concrete, to enable young people to imagine tech in their later life. Really interesting findings too @enas-agestudies.bsky.social
I love this idea for a serious game. And not just for the rhyme in the name in French!
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I love this idea for a serious game. And not just for the rhyme in the name in French!
And the award for the most comfortable lecture theatre chairs goes to ... the University of Lleida @enas-agestudies.bsky.social So comfortable! I could sleep here (but will not, due to intellectual stimulation)
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
And the award for the most comfortable lecture theatre chairs goes to ... the University of Lleida @enas-agestudies.bsky.social So comfortable! I could sleep here (but will not, due to intellectual stimulation)
Ooh, my picture has been flagged for 'adult content'! I don't think it is, it's just cartoons of naked women in a not sexualised way. Maybe the fact I said 'sex shop' in the tweet as well set off the alarms?
'Ages of women' cartoon in a sex shop window in Lleida. I always find these fascinating for normative ideas about ageing and gender. They were really popular in the 18th and 19th century but I've not seen many modern ones that are not jokey. I don't think this one is jokey? But I may be misreading
April 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ooh, my picture has been flagged for 'adult content'! I don't think it is, it's just cartoons of naked women in a not sexualised way. Maybe the fact I said 'sex shop' in the tweet as well set off the alarms?
'Ages of women' cartoon in a sex shop window in Lleida. I always find these fascinating for normative ideas about ageing and gender. They were really popular in the 18th and 19th century but I've not seen many modern ones that are not jokey. I don't think this one is jokey? But I may be misreading
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
'Ages of women' cartoon in a sex shop window in Lleida. I always find these fascinating for normative ideas about ageing and gender. They were really popular in the 18th and 19th century but I've not seen many modern ones that are not jokey. I don't think this one is jokey? But I may be misreading
I'm happy that my #LongCovid #CFS is okayish enough for me to attend a conference in Spain but noting #CripTax /crip inconveniences: 1) inaccessible station meant I had to get someone to carry my bag over the bridge 2) getting from the train station to the airport will tire me [cont.d]
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm happy that my #LongCovid #CFS is okayish enough for me to attend a conference in Spain but noting #CripTax /crip inconveniences: 1) inaccessible station meant I had to get someone to carry my bag over the bridge 2) getting from the train station to the airport will tire me [cont.d]
