Thomas Jeram-West (they/them)

We've just been to see Predator: Badlands. It's as though someone handed the franchise over to the Star Trek: Lower Decks writers, who then wrote the whole script the furthest off their tits on shrooms that any human could ever be whilst nudging each other in the ribs and going, 'omg what if'.

Both @lizziereed.bsky.social and @robinskyer.bsky.social are pretty great - and so is their article!

How about we employ someone to teach it for us so we can sit in violently comfortable armchairs knitting and eating pastries?

This is why I now crochet more than I knit, because I can work my ends in as I go with absolutely no additional effort.

But have you WOVEN IN all the ends?! Have you BLOCKED the sweater?! 😂

"Beyond the Coloniality of Gender: María Lugones, Sylvia Wynter, Decolonial Feminism, and Trans and Intersex Liberation," by Alex Adamson. Abstract: This article explores Sylvia Wynter’s analysis of gender as a category differentially applied across the global color line and María Lugones’ account of the coloniality of gender. While Wynter’s and Lugones’s work offer consequential insights for queer, trans, and intersex studies and activism, they have deliberately engaged these particular discourses and histories of struggle in limited ways. Wyn- ter analyzes the contradictions of Western feminists’ organizing against female genital cutting in Africa, but she does not link her conclusions to their ramifica- tions for activism against genital cutting on children deemed intersex. Lugones uses the existence of intersex people as a turning point in her critique of Aníbal Quijano when developing her concept of the coloniality of gender, but she does not go further to connect global intersex activism and decolonial feminist struggles. This article explores the work of Wynter and Lugones for their compatibility with trans and intersex studies and activism, and the places where their work can be furthered through insights from trans and intersex studies. It concludes that to move beyond the coloniality of gender requires trans and intersex liberation and that trans and intersex liberation must be understood in a broader decolonial feminist framework. Keywords: decolonial feminism, Sylvia Wynter, María Lugones, trans studies, intersex studies

This is a great article by Alex Adamson for Philosophy and Global Affairs that bridges trans studies, intersex studies, and decolonial feminism.

#AcademicSky #AcademicResearch #TransStudies #IntersexStudies #DecolonialStudies #PhilSky #GenderSky #Wynter #Lugones #TransSky

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University of Birmingham logo Are you gender diverse and born into a Sikh family If so, we would like to invite you to take part in our research. Aim: The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of personal experiences and narratives of individuals who are gender diverse and born into a Sikh family. How they navigate and understand their journey. Arrow to who can take part Who can take part: Anyone over the age of 18; currently living in the UK. Identify as gender diverse (ie individuals who do not identify as cis-gender) Arrow to what is involved What is involved 60Minute online interview. With some predetermined questions around your personal relationship between gender diversity and religion. If you have any questions or would like to take part please contact Charanjit (she/her) on navigatingidentities@contacts.bham.ac.uk This study is being supervised by Dr Claudia Zitz (they/them) with consultation and input from Sabah Choudrey, expert by experience (they/him/he).

Researchers from the University of Birmingham are recruiting transgender or non-binary individuals who were born into a Sikh family. To explore intersecting domains of gender and religion.

Please email them for further information on navigatingidentities@contacts.bham.ac.uk

#TransResearch

And another one for the big birthday book list! This looks like an incredibly exciting addition to everyone's queer bookshelf.

The winter term is about to start, and with it our lecture series on "Global Politics, Gender, and (In-)Equality". The lectures will take place on selected Thursdays via Zoom.

The series unpacks the complex entanglements of global politics, gender, and (in-)equality in contemporary societies. [1]

☎️ Call For Papers ☎️
🔹International Symposium: Far Right, Gender and Femonationalism🔹
Mid-March 2026, Lausanne

CRAPUL and CEG (UNIL) invite scholars to submit proposals for a three-day symposium on far-right politics and gender.

👉 Full CFP text: urlr.me/35GyhK
⏰ Deadline : 30th October 2025

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20th Nov 2025 at 2.00 pm (Paris time), I'll be giving a talk on queer & decolonial thinking & how it is evolving in our times. It's co-badged by Université Paris Cité & CLAGS, CUNY. Everyone is welcome.
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The EHRC Code will devastate trans people's lives. This is an emergency.

Here are three ways to fight back.

Take action now:
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/ehrc-code

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🚨 New police powers could ban face coverings at Pride protests even if you need to protect your identity because:

🔴 Risk of domestic abuse
🔴 You're not out as queer/Trans+
🔴 Fear of political views being made public

Health and disability reasons also won't prevent you getting arrested 🧵Here's why

I know I should be neither shocked nor surprised at how the BBC news bulletins are being used to very clearly stir up anti-immigrant and anti-trans hate, but FUCKING HELL. The last two days' worth on Radio 6 have really felt like getting punched in the guts every hour. It's abhorrent.

TERF Wars “A powerful, exciting and much-needed salvo in one of the most urgent battles against bigotry.” – Sandy Stone The emergence of trans-exclusionary movements raises many questions for feminism …

Semi-regular reminder that if you want to understand and combat our current transphobic moment in the UK, then 'TERF Wars' from @notrightruth.bsky.social and many other incredible activists and academics is essential reading - and nearly all available for free: ruthpearce.net/books/terf-w...

I don't want to doubt this is real, but I've seen so many lies online over the years that I no longer just go, 'oh, OK' and accept what I see without question.

Regardless, I hope the person targeted can get some fucking peace and that transphobes will just stop with their violence and vitriol. /4

If so, that the media:

4. Dedicates the same amount of time, resources and *ferocity* to share this account of events, and offers apologies and compensation for their part in stirring up and 'legitimising' even more transphobic hatred in this stupid little country 3/

If so, that M&S:

2. Really was this supportive, and this person hasn't been directed to post a version of events online that shows colleagues and company in a kinder light than was deserved

3. Make their retraction of the initial apology to the transphobic customer known widely and publicly 2/

From the transgenderUK community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community

This has emerged as the account of the employee targeted following the recent transphobic incident in a branch of M&S:

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I sincerely hope the following four things:

1. This really is the person involved, and that no one online has been low enough to fake this 1/

A photograph showing part of the illustrated front cover of issue 29 of Sonshine Magazine. Dark purple text is set against a light purple background. The front cover illustration is cropped, showing part of a figure that is, arguably, Cupid. A lilac face with mauve tousled hair looks off to the left of the image. At either side of the figure's face, you can see part of off-white feathered wings. The background to the image is a dark, dusty pink, and features two light red love hearts on either side, just above the visible part of the wings. The text reads: Sonshine Magazine: Raising boys for a more equal world. Romance & Relationships: Where do boys learn rules for romance? How do we teach meaningful consent? LitteLouCooks family recipes. Friendship fun kids' pages: quizzes, puzzles & colouring.

I have a piece in this quarter's Sonshine Magazine, in which I reflect on a boyhood that didn't lead to the manhood of my father's dreams.

If you're interested in writing that explores and encourages a better world for people raising sons (or trying to), check it out: sonshinemagazine.com

No more Internet for you, if this is what you're going to do with it.

Just been to see Weapons. It's great - a bit of a slow start, but things get tense and intelligent, with what I'm thinking of as a gentle squeeze of contemporary folk horror and a smidgen of small town gothic. Come for the vegetable peelers, stay for the Naruto runs. Go and see it on a big screen!

I'm looking forward to sitting down with it later on! And I've been there - sometimes, it's hard to tell if one of the kids has been at something or one of the hounds... 😬

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

A photograph of '78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to transform our world' by Lane Smith - this text appears on the cover in black, against an image of an abstract sun: a yellow centre with beams of red, orange, yellow, and light, medium and deep blue radiating outwards. The cover also reads: 'foreword by Maria Minnis, author of Tarot for the Hard Work'. The photograph is taken in front of a table cluttered with an open laptop computer, piles of books, jars of pens, lip balms, pebbles and pot plants; this background appears blurred.

Overjoyed to make it to the letterbox before the dogs this morning to finally get my hands on a copy of 78 Acts of Liberation by @leftlanesmith.bsky.social. Omelette was clearly disappointed I snatched the parcel away before she could drag it under the sofa and chew it to pieces.

Text reads: Know Your Rights At Work Are you worried about applying for jobs? Do you know how to handle transphobia? Come along to find out more! Free online workshops for UK trans people. Monday 25th August 2025 6.30-8.30pm BSL interpreter available on request Read caption for signup info Image is a person with long black hair and glasses typing on a laptop.

Would you know what to do if you experienced transphobic discrimination at work? We’re running free Know Your Rights at Work Zoom workshops.

Come along and hear how UK law protects you. The next session's on 25th August. Sign up at: buff.ly/yuKaqiP

#KnowYourRights #workshop #transrights

A copy of the letter. The full text can be found on our website.

🚨 NEW 🚨

Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice

www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...

Still photograph of Judith Butler, wearing a black jacket and shirt, and looking into the camera. On the right of the image, white text is displayed saying: "10-Minute Talks / Gender as framework / with Judith Butler FBA

“Gender studies as a discipline…is defined by a set of debates and problematics.” In this 10-Minute Talk, Judith Butler FBA discusses gender as a field of study and its interdisciplinary contributions to research, social analysis and social movements.

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I cannot for the life of me understand how news presenters on the radio can keep reading out the phrase 'the war in Gaza' and even pretend to take themselves seriously. What war?! It's a genocide, and every day I despair more that they fail to name it as such. I wonder if they feel shame about it.

🚨New Blog from @cantonwiner.bsky.social: Does everyone *have* a #gender? "The concept of gender detachment resists the assumption that everyone does (and should) have a gender identity—an assumption I call compulsory gender." #sociology #ASA2025 #ASA25
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