Tori Cann

Sign the Petition Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

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Statement for members on our equality and diversity policy An update on our equality and diversity policy following the Supreme Court decision of April 2025

Heartbreaking news coming from #girlguiding today as they seek to employ an entirely unworkable definition of what constitutes a 'girl'. Ironic really that it is positioned as an 'equality and diversity' statement given that they are seeking to diminish both.

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Went to the pub last night and *none* of my friends had heard of @halfmoonjoe.com so this is PSA that if you’re not watching him play video games then get on it he’s literally a dream and a gift.

a woman wearing a bicycle helmet is standing in front of a brick wall . Alt: a woman wearing a bicycle helmet (Phoebe from friends) is standing in front of a brick wall saying “I am shocked!”

Not the same Jimmy Carr that’s taking Saudi blood money?

Celebrity Traitors just out here showing us the extent of internalised racism.

A decade, and all that power, and he still hasn’t learned what it actually takes to win the prize. Incredible.

Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident. Clinician and researcher self‐awareness of personal values is essential for evidence‐based medicine practice. Non‐financial conflicts of interest should be disclosed; for example, religious, cultural, and so‐called “gender‐critical” beliefs. The Review acknowledges no such considerations, and does not disclose the positionality of authors.

The new Aussie critique of the Cass Review does not pull its punches about its failures, & makes the point that "gender-critical beliefs" should be declared.

Since transphobes have made so much of having these protected by law, they should be required to declare them.

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Deeply ironic that Kimmel's newest book should be published by 'ethics' international press.

Where now for Britain’s Universities? UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

Happy Monday to UK academics

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Today I changed my foundation year lesson plan on The Frankfurt School at the last minute to incorporate discussion about how we might use critical theory to understand Labubus and let me tell you, the future isn’t all broken, critical theory is still possible.

Come work at @dukegsfs.bsky.social: postdoc ad is live. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30734

I love copyeditors because they make my work look nice but I also deeply resent their smug command of English grammar.

Let's be clear. The proposal to deport hundreds of thousands of people born in Britain to parents legally resident in Britain, just because they are black or brown, is not 'right populism'. It's the cornerstone policy of the 1970s National Front.

Not me thinking I could do anything other student oriented work in the first week of the semester.

All power to Melissa McCoul and colleagues.

A book being held up by Tori. The cover shows two girls outside a shop. The title is “the house of found objects” and the author is Jo Beckett-king.

My dear pal Jo Beckett-King has just published her first YA/children’s (8-12) novel called The House of Found Objects. It’s a mystery with two smart girls and has lots of puzzles - order in to your local libraries! (Jo is refreshingly offline and would loathe to blow her own trumpet so allow me!)

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Here we go…

Birth rate is in decline and nationalism is on the rise - strap in ladies, we’re in for a rough ride.

Fighting for survival: UEA Palestinian graduate tells her story Image: UEA graduate Alaa Shatila (28) by UEA Lake in 2022. Credit: Alaa Shatila. Content warning: Serious violence. Distressing images. This article retells multiple and extensive conversations wit…

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I delivered a package of zines to each student and after folding 500 zines this weekend you best believe I do not wish to fold another 8 pager for a long time!

A group of students and teachers hold zines and smile

A selection of zines about EDI

A group of students make zines, there are scissors and magazine and pens on the table.

This followed a programme of learning last week, one of which included a session I led on zines - thinking about how they might allow for the communication of ideas and the creation of community amongst marginalised groups and/or outsiders. They’re a great bunch of students!

A group of students present in a class room.

A group of students present in a class room.

A group of students visit a library

Had a great time hearing students from Tohoku University present their learning of EDI and reflecting on how this applies to the Japanese context - all in the beautiful space offered by @sainsbury-institute.org

Understanding University Finances ... a very short guide

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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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As Maya Angelou reminds us: “when people show you who they are, believe them”

What times indeed.

If an Israeli - or British or American etc - woman who was eight months pregnant was shot dead by any other military, the whole world would know her name. Her name was Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi. She was 23.

Robots writing essays for robots to mark. Seems like a good use of the earth’s precious resources.

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