Jane Callaghan

Neither gender nor sex nor any other "essential" identity are outside these constructions.

Social constructionism deconstructs the stabilising i itself.

Social constructionism destabilises essential identity entirely. Failing to grasp this really is the root of much of the "debate" on this issue.

I am not so much who i am as the performances and stories i weave myself from and in, all within the social narratives and performances around me

“I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: a qualitative exploration of lived experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis Informal caring is an increasingly common phenomenon. Experiences of mental health caring are not well-researched, and few studies focus on experiences of family carers supporting individuals with ...

A newish* open access paper: My student Romany Murray's prof doc counselling psych research: “I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: a qualitative exploration of lived experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis share.google/z3Q1tYJ6lipb...

The purple was ridiculous today

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My collie girl thinks if she shiuts at me enough, i will make the wind and rain stop....

I recognise that. But the headline is not just unsubtle... it is massively at odds with your article.

I am just not entirely convinced that lumping them under the label nationalist is meaningful. They are clearly ideologically diverse, and nation has a different meaning to them.

I don't think english nationalists are super keen on ending the union...?

Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…

Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running.

Hardly any surprise why.

#RaptorPersecution #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...

Oh i agree. But it has a stranglehold.

Academic publishing is in such a mess. Its dependency on free labour is surely going to make this worse with so many uk universities now telling staff to do *nothing* for free... ?

What will it take to break and remake the industry?

Fantastic resource - podcast about dementia-related memory loss - from Professor Catherine Loveday - how to have tricky conversations, how to improve sleep and how to scaffold memory
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Our first post to bluesky! We thought we'd share the brand new episode of our podcast, Caring About Care, shining a light on the history of the #careexperienced movement! Listen now on spotify www.tinyurl.com/caringaboutc...

When english politicuans tfy to convince the public scotland has the same water pollution issues they have, and i am like "aye right..."

This made me feel a little ill. Celebrating cruelty and bullying. Ugh.

I can't actually believe that we have allowed this to dominate debate in the manner it does. Migration is not our biggest social issue by quite a long way. Why can't people see we are being distracted.

Instead, we sanction such cruelty.

This is moving in exactly the wrong direction! Education & meaningful activity in prison is crucial to reducing violence and improving outcomes

She doesn’t agree with a lot of Charlie Kirk’s opinions but he shapes the future and was the best of us!

I have disagreed with her in the past, and she blocked me, but this is the most shocking thing I have seen her post. She is a headmistress! I expect more wisdom from someone in her position. I sincerely hope he doesn’t shape the future and in my opinion he was the ‘worst of us’!

Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.

I'll be playing oberon and theseus, if you fancy a bit of Shakespeare at his silliest...

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Do you think an associate Dean for Research should be someone with a significant Research profile? Or is managing Research a different job from doing it?

But for reasons no serious academic in the world understands, Dr Clarke is not a full professor.

I really would love it if @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social‬ would explain why it is that the only woman on this list is not a professor.

It's not that whole 'not having a penis' thing, is it?

14 UWE Bristol academics named among world’s top scholars by ScholarGPS | Research and External Engagement Fourteen UWE Bristol academics have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by ScholarGPS, which ranks the most productive and influential resear ...

I am entirely bemused by this. Victoria Clarke is one of the most prominent methodologists in the world. This is evidenced by multiple metrics.

From this article, it seems that her university, @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social‬ are aware of this.

blogs.uwe.ac.uk/research-ext...

Oh dear god. You people.

It's the Guns. America is the only rich democracy that features the routine mass slaughter of its citizens with guns. Why does this happen? The data show a really clear picture: It's the guns. Yes, it's that simple.

Early reports of a school shooting this morning at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis (I was baptized at the church there). As always: it's the guns. The US is the only country in the world that politically tolerates and legally ensures the routine mass slaughter of its own citizens.

It is really bizarre.

I don't know how they could begin to justify it.

Victoria Clarke
Ome of the most influential methodologists in the world.

14 UWE Bristol academics named among world’s top scholars by ScholarGPS | Research and External Engagement Fourteen UWE Bristol academics have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by ScholarGPS, which ranks the most productive and influential resear ...

Guess which uwe academic isnt a full professor.

Hint. It is a woman. Its probably the only person on the list you have actually heard of...

blogs.uwe.ac.uk/research-ext...

Young employee’s death puts workplace culture in spotlight at publisher MDPI The sudden death of a 27-year-old woman in the Romania offices of MDPI, a major open-access publisher with a worldwide presence, has grabbed national headlines and raised questions about the condit…

Questionable review processes and labor practices retractionwatch.com/2024/10/22/y...