Sharon Jagger

First woman archbishop of Canterbury can’t preside over communion in hundreds of churches Nearly 600 parishes officially bar women priests.

My article on the bizarre situation in the Church of England in The Conversation theconversation.com/first-woman-...

Stand up to Israel lobby prosecution of comedian Reginald D. Hunter🎤 I am Reginald D. Hunter, fighting a private prosecution for my comedy.

www.crowdjustice.com/case/dont-le...

I understand the BBC won’t broadcast Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury. How often do the BBC end up on the wrong end of events?

Zohran Mamdani is pictured speaking. Headline reads: "Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in New York Mayoral Primary." Photo credit: Scott Heins for The New York Times.

Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ

Second time I’ve complained to the BBC for its awful reporting in Gaza. Making it sound like people are causing trouble trying to get food and that’s why they get shot. No. They are being deliberately starved and killed wilfully. It’s genocide not a war.

Palestine Action member tells BBC plan to ban group 'absurd'

A case of logocide — WATCH Woman’s Hour on Radio 4 recently aired a discussion about the Church of England’s Five Guiding Principles . These principles underpin the arrangements allowing parishes to discriminate against ordain...

My blog on 'logocide' and the Church of England. I mean, 'equal' means allowing women into leadership positions and the priesthood. How hard can it be? Any other interpretation is just killing the meaning of the word.
www.womenandthechurch.org/blog/a-case-...

Introducing The Researchers from The Interdisciplinary Witch Research Group 🧙‍♀️
First up is Dr Sharon Jagger
@drsharonjagger.bsky.social
whose research interests include Goddess spirituality, feminism & witchcraft. More info can be found on the following link

blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

Sign the Petition A Global Call to affirm and uphold Palestinian Rights and the Rule of International Law

Please sign!

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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’ Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’

‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US border

‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.

Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Join me!

I’m in Sheffield with my talk on witchcraft and feminism in May. Join me!

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within 24 hours Israel forcibly disappeared a Palestinian filmmaker in the West Bank and killed two Palestinian journalists in Gaza

Hamdan Ballal was forcibly disappeared by Israeli soldiers after having been assaulted by Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians in Susyia, a village in the occupied West Bank. He has now been released, but those who carried out the attacks must be held accountable.

No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid.

Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.

People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.

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Sign the petition to stop the devastating cuts to higher education

The day before #internationalwomensday the UK papers lead with shock about violent misogyny...like we've only just noticed it. Women's Day was founded to fight oppression and I fear it has lost its edge. Women still need to find their political voice. Please Do NOT say 'Happy Women's Day' tomorrow.

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My new book now has a discount code and is available as an ebook.
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Anyone with a research interest in witches and witchcraft, please see our call for papers for a conference at York St. John in June 2025. We'd love to have you! blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

I see Mandelson is kissing the ring. This is hugely depressing

Unpaid internships ‘locking out’ young working-class people from careers UK charity calls for positions of four weeks or longer to be banned to help close social mobility gap

'Research by the Sutton Trust [which we couldn't be bothered to link here] found that middle-class graduates made...use of internships as stepping stones into sectors such as finance or IT, even in cases where the internships paid nothing or below the minimum wage as required by legislation.' 1/2

Met police accused of stopping pro-Palestine marches outside BBC HQ Organisers say they were told their protests risked causing ‘serious disturbance’ due to proximity of a synagogue The Metropolitan police have been accused of in effect banning major pro-Palestine marches outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House headquarters…

Met police accused of stopping pro-Palestine marches outside BBC HQ

Nigel Farage distances himself from Elon Musk on Tommy Robinson Tech billionaire Elon Musk has voiced support for jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Farage distances himself from Musk on Robinson www.bbc.com/news/article...

Another push on the boycotting - found xigxag as alternative to audible for audio books. All Amazon memberships now cancelled! (Including Goodreads - I’m now on Storygraph for my reading lists) #bds #boycott #ethicalconsumer

Merry Christmas to all