Dr Anna Nelson

People had abortions today and it didn’t affect their local politicians’ lives in any way!

Pregnant people in rural parts of the country are running out of places to give birth Some doctors worry that massive cuts to Medicaid will leave pregnant people needing to drive hundreds of miles for prenatal care and delivery services.

"Obstetrics is one of the most expensive services provided by hospitals, especially in rural areas, which often see a larger portion of Medicaid patients. With financial hits looming, hospitals are primed to close maternity wards first, and rural areas are particularly vulnerable." @19thnews.org

Despite my best efforts, we are back here… if anyone is looking for a socio-legal / medical law researcher do let me know!

Particularly interested in all things #childbirth, #obstetricviolence #reproductivetechnology and #consent but absolutely not fussy at this stage 📚

Totally agree with yours too

Big thought: any post-interview rejection should come from an actual person within the department (preferably head of school) not a HR system

Oh boy do I have *thoughts* on academic job hunting, institutional processes / practices, (lack of) care and candidate wellbeing.

Women's sport and social activism are closely intertwined in many way, which makes the silence about Palestine at the #WEURO2025 all the louder.

The two images are screenshots of the ‘Urgent Update’ from the All Our Relations GoFundMe page - this is linked in the post. Key sentences about what All Our Relations are doing got support families in Gaza have been highlighted in light purple

All Our Relations are doing brilliant work directly supporting and feeding families in Gaza: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

HONESTLY supporting the Lionesses is starting to feel like supporting Scotland. My body can’t handle it.

Black Maternity Experiences Report 2025 — FIVEXMORE

fivexmore.org/black-matern...

An important framing here: “This isn’t just a story about a single miscarriage of justice, it’s also a story about how science can shape & reshape the law, and about all the ways that our ideas of women, of mothers, of motherhood shape the law too - often in ways that are invisible, but intractable”

Today, Five X More has published a comprehensive survey of 1,000+ Black and mixed heritage mothers, who were pregnant between 2021 and 2025.

Their findings are worrying and shine a light on why Black mothers remain 3x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.

1/6 🧵

Housing Crisis Threatens US Cities Ahead of 2026 World Cup The 2026 World Cup may worsen the housing crisis as cities brace for short-term rentals, displacement, and long-term rent hikes.

“The issue doesn’t get the attention it deserves.”
O'Neill's Jennifer Li talks to CRE Daily about the housing crisis threatening US cities ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
www.credaily.com/briefs/housi...

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New article! Embodied Experiences of Trans Pregnancy.

Published in the journal Body & Society, this article is part of a special issue on Pregnant Bodies and Embodied Pregnancy. We draw on interviews with trans men and non-binary people to explore the lived, bodily complexities of trans pregnancy.

Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception and DNA testing This article investigates how Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (DTCGT) affects people impacted by donor conception by bringing empirical data on how…

New article:

✨Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception & DNA testing

Petra Nordqvist, Leah Gilman, Caroline Redhead, Marie Fox, Nicky Hudson @fimaccallum.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social from #ConnecteDNA

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm excited for the day when 'the algorithm' can tell the difference between 'I've looked at this Uni course page repeatedly because I'm considering applying to study' AND 'I've painstakingly poured over this page to prepare for an interview/application for a job from which I've since been rejected'

Oh that’s a good suggestion - thank you!

This advert has stayed with me and the piece has grown legs - none of which are legal or bioethical so I’m not sure where to try and publish it! I’d describe it as a (feminist) close reading of the advert and its visual / textual rhetoric. Any suggestions about where might take it? (2000-3000 words)

Has instagram ever served you an advert so egregious that you immediately lost three hours of your afternoon writing about it?

On a totally connected note, does anyone have a suggestion for where might publish a piece that interrogates the framing of labiaplasty in an ad send from neoliberal hell?!

This sounds incredible @resmyth.bsky.social, I’m so sorry not to be able to make it!

Decrim in UK — Alliance for Choice

And so abortion will be decriminalised in England & Wales, if partially

Great to see support for stopping the prosecution of abortion-seekers

Terrible to see it depend on a Bill that increases police powers, criminalises poverty & restricts protest rights

www.alliance4choice.com/decrim-in-uk

Don't forget - we are recruiting Artist Collaborators! Learn more about this fabulous opportunity here!

These artists will participate in a collaborative residency alongside Artist-in-Residence Dr Louise Atkinson.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-bre...

Feminist liberation and trans liberation are fundamentally intertwined, as are trans justice and reproductive justice.

When people seek to restrict trans people’s rights, we cannot take seriously their claim to advocate for women’s rights.

MPs take historic first step to defend reproductive rights | Good Law Project Women could no longer face the threat of prosecution for taking decisions about their lives and their families – but the fight is far from over

So glad that the Commons has agreed an amendment to partially decriminalise abortion. But this is just a first step, the fight isn't over.

goodlaw.social/la2u

I recently watched a woman cheerily put her head fully into her handbag every 15-20 minutes to vape ‘undetected’ on a very delayed train between Sheffield and Edinburgh

This sounds amazing - adding it to my 'to read' list!

Thank you so much to all the organisers and participants! It was a joy to hear about such a diverse range of feminist research, and to meet so many interesting people.

The image shows a green title slide from a powerpoint presentation reading: "Barriers to care-full and lawful birthing care: understanding midwives as gendered and devalued care labourers"

I was worried about giving this presentation today, as the funding for the project that it comes from was rejected last week. However, @feministjurisdg.bsky.social created a warm, curious & supportive space to play around with these new ideas - and renewed my faith in the project's potential!

I'm looking forward to sharing some (early!) WIP at the @feministjurisdg.bsky.social Annual Workshop on Fri. I'll be talking about the need to underpin our analyses of barriers to lawful birth with an understanding of midwives as undervalued, gendered care labourers www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

I am just a girl, standing in front of jobs.ac.uk, trying to apply for every lectureship going, asking WHY there is ZERO standardisation of application processes. Cover letter, no cover letter. Narrative supporting statement, structured examples, individual questions. CV, no CV. It's anyone's guess.