Sophie Hodgetts

Can anyone help my dissertation students out?
If you are in a relationship with someone who has a menstrual cycle we want to hear from YOU!

Please see the link below for more info, or to take part in our short, online survey (~ 10 mins!)

durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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📣Participants needed for a study of how the menstrual cycle influences relationships and wellbeing.

We are recruiting both:
✅ People who have #PMDD (diagnosed or self-identified)
✅ People who do not have PMDD

If you’re interested, please click below!
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a cartoon uterus with an angry face and the words my uterus written below it . ALT: a cartoon uterus with an angry face and the words my uterus written below it .

📣Participants needed for a study of how the menstrual cycle influences relationships and wellbeing.

We are recruiting both:
✅ People who have #PMDD (diagnosed or self-identified)
✅ People who do not have PMDD

If you’re interested, please click below!
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Are you in a relationship with someone who menstruates? If so, I want to hear from you to find out more about how #PMDD and other menstrual symptoms affect the relationship.

Please follow this link for more info, or to take part: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”

my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist

Are you in a relationship with someone who menstruates? If so, I want to hear from you to find out more about how #PMDD and other menstrual symptoms affect the relationship.

Please follow this link for more info, or to take part: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED!
We're looking for adults with PMDD and adults who menstruate w/o PMDD to complete a study on cognition across the menstrual cycle.

Please see below on follow the link to find out more/take part! www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.5/surv...

#pmdd #womenshealth #menstrualhealth

‘From their screaming I found feeling and meaning’ | BPS Kate Quinn (clinical psychologist), Andy Kerrigan (social care worker) and Jess Ing (counselling psychologist) on merch, memes and metalcore as tools for community engagement in men’s mental health; b...

‘From their screaming I found feeling and meaning’
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#InternationalMensDay

Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselves From book bans and firing teachers to taking over university administrations altogether, right-wing politicians and activists worldwide have been keen on rooting out gender from schools. Why is that?

Gender ideology. What is MAGA afraid of?
theconversation.com/gender-is-no...

The Spectrum of Sex and Gender - Archives of Sexual Behavior Archives of Sexual Behavior -

🚨 New publication alert‼️🔔

Check out my new commentary "The Spectrum of Sex and Gender" answering "How many sexes are there? How many genders are there?" at doi.org/10.1007/s105...

This open access commentary delves into some critical current issues, for more info see below or read via the link :)

The rough sex defence: A new manifestation of misogyny | BPS Derek Perkins and Rachel Kelly on the law and limited research around this form of gender-based violence.

The rough sex defence: A new manifestation of misogyny.
Derek Perkins and Rachel Kelly on the law and limited research around this form of gender-based violence.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Want to do a PhD in Psychology at Durham? I'm looking to supervise candidates interested in researching #PMDD and/or #neurodivergence - drop me a message to chat or discuss ideas!

16 Oct 25: Partnership and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD): Strategies for Support and Understanding | COSRTlearn This session will provide delegates with a better understanding of PMDD and its effect on relationships and practical suggestions for therapists supporting couples where PMDD is present.

Next week! Dr Helena Tucker and I will be delivering a 3 hour training session on PMDD for @cosrtlearn.bsky.social.
We will be discussing how PMDD affects couples, and practical suggestions for supporting clients.
Info and tickets here:
www.cosrtlearn.org.uk/product/16-o...

"With dismay we witness our university leadership making soulless choices that hollow out our institutions from within and erode the critical and self-reflective fabric of academia".

[from Guest et al., 'Against the Uncritical Adoption of "AI" Technologies in Academia']

Starting now: @drmbothapsych.bsky.social 's public lecture on autism, dehumanisation and the problems in autism research. Very excited to listen to this after the first year of being colleagues @durham-university.bsky.social

Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️

me to my students: LLMs are like your worst ex. They will LIE to you with the most serene, most confident face

one of my students, quietly: I hate that guy so much

Hundreds of firms warn new draft guidance on single sex spaces is ‘unworkable’ Exclusive: More than 650 organisations have urged Bridget Phillipson to ‘take immediate action to prevent these proposals from moving forward’

The EHRC guidance is unworkable for business.

Signatories include Ben & Jerry's, Lush, Lucy & Yak and hundreds of large and small businesses across the country

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!

3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution

2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.

Please share and apply!

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

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Next week! Come and join us (well...me!) to chat all things sex and gender teaching in Psychology. Registration is FREE!

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#HigherEd
#Psychology
#TeachingPsychology
#SexAndGender
#InclusiveTeaching
#UKAcademia
#Pedagogy

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

Next week! Come and join us (well...me!) to chat all things sex and gender teaching in Psychology. Registration is FREE!

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a89d52...

#HigherEd
#Psychology
#TeachingPsychology
#SexAndGender
#InclusiveTeaching
#UKAcademia
#Pedagogy

A PhD-level expert isn’t someone who can answer any question off the top of their head. A PhD-level expert is someone who will stare at some piece of information, say, “that doesn’t seem right,” and then spend enormous amounts of time obsessively hunting down every piece of information they can…

Last push for responses to the below survey! The form will close at the end of the day.
#HigherEd
#Psychology
#TeachingPsychology
#SexAndGender
#InclusiveTeaching
#UKAcademia
#Pedagogy

🧠 Calling UK Psychology educators!
I'm developing a webinar on how we teach sex and gender in UG Psychology programmes — and I’d love your input.
The goal? To share current approaches, inclusive strategies, and tackle challenges
📋 Got 5 mins? Fill out this short survey:
forms.office.com/e/3AHkbEaNJG

There’s also a section if you’d like to hear more when the webinar goes live.

📨 Questions? sophie.hodgetts@durham.ac.uk

#Psychology #HigherEd #Teaching #SexAndGender #InclusiveEducation #UKAcademia

🧠 Calling UK Psychology educators!
I'm developing a webinar on how we teach sex and gender in UG Psychology programmes — and I’d love your input.
The goal? To share current approaches, inclusive strategies, and tackle challenges
📋 Got 5 mins? Fill out this short survey:
forms.office.com/e/3AHkbEaNJG

Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...

TW: harm to children.

My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.

It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.

Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...

Sex and Gender This open access book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the study of sex and gender and suggests directions for future research in this field.

DuBois, Trujillo, & McCarthy released ed. vol on sex/gender entanglement across fields including developmental biology, neuroscience, health equity, transgender health, cancer research, & more. Looks to be some rigorous interdisciplinary work on sex/gender to date. Fully downloadable.