Laura J. Shepherd

happy 'the ARC works in mysterious ways' day to those who celebrate

Hey @paulcinnamon.bsky.social, here's the H-Diplo forum on our book 🥳 Many thanks to the editors and reviewers whose engagement was both thoughtful and provocative, in the best possible way.

Thank you so much for your thoughtful engagement, Jennifer!

Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.

In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.

Then covered it up again when caught.

Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.

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Critical perspectives article titled "WPS at 25: National Action Plans as Mechanisms for Implementation of a Diverse Agenda" by Doris Asante and Laura J. Shepherd.

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In their critical perspectives article, "WPS at 25", @doris-asante.bsky.social and @drljshepherd.bsky.social look at NAPs in the context of a growing WPS Agenda.

polisky gendersky

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I use the Evoluent vertical mouse, have done for years, and it was a total game changer - completely eliminated pain from RSI and referred pain into my shoulder: evoluent.com.

Academia can be soul crushing. Protect your hearts. #academicsky

Thank you! Glad it resonated...

Forgetting WPS: On Being Careful What You Wish For - IPI Global Observatory We concluded our recent book, Governing the Feminist Peace, with an exhortation to “forget WPS”—to abandon attempts to force coherence onto an agenda that had become so sprawling and intricate over it...

With @drljshepherd.bsky.social, revisiting our plea to 'forget' Women, Peace and Security in light of the governments currently trying to make it disappear.

theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/forg...

1/ 🚨 Our intro to the Special Section on #FeministForeignPolicy is out! Co-authored w/ @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social ky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: "The Where, What & Who of Feminist Foreign Policy"
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1/x For no particular reason, a thread of books to remind you that gender matters to international security. #polisky

@oraszekely.bsky.social, Jessica, and I wrote Insurgent Women to highlight the involvement of women in multiple conflicts.

press.georgetown.edu/Book/Insurge...

Delighted to collaborate with the always brilliant @doris-asante.bsky.social on this essay on WPS NAPs as we approach the 25th anniversary of the adoption of UNSCR 1325. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Telling Stories of International Relations Abstract. This is a lightly edited version of the presidential address I delivered at the sixty-fifth annual convention of the International Studies Associ

Just found out - via an email from a colleague 🙃 - that my 2024 ISA presidential address has finally been published in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social. It brings together many strands of enquiry and reflections spanning nearly two decades of my career. Oh, and it's open access academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

TikTok tradwives: femininity, reproduction, and social media In recent years, social media platforms have seen a growing promotion of the Tradwife’s lifestyle, where cis women embrace patriarchal gender norms and identities such as the stay-at-home mother an...

Incredibly impressed by Kate Scott and Lindsay Day, two brilliant PhD students at USYD who have published this excellent paper on TikTok tradwives and online anti-feminist movements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Such a pleasure to work with and learn from such smart humans!

Joint Statement by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK:

"the war in Gaza must end now."

Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?

“latest shooting of gazans seeking food”

all that is darkness abolish ice abolish slavery abolish prisons abolish borders abolish colonialism abolish our addiction to punishing everyone who needs healing solstice come solstice go solstice come solstice go

“abolish ice
abolish slavery
abolish prisons
abolish borders
abolish colonialism
abolish our addiction to punishing everyone who needs healing”

-adrienne maree brown, abolition spell, fables and spells

Fellow profs, do you have a plan for how you will protect your students in this climate?

Yes! Will miss you too, and all the great conversations I am sure you will have. Would be lovely to convene elsewhere as well - perhaps through a virtual event, or just a Zoom chat...

Boundaries I've set in my life since learning I'm autistic: - I wear clothes that prioriise sensory comfort - I don't force eye contact, small talk, or neurotypical social norms that drain me - I prioritise rest before I'm at breaking point - I allow myself to stim without shame - I advocate for accommodations instead of trying to "push through" - I no longer force myself to attend social events out of guilt or obligation - I prioritise downtime between activities - I say no to plans or events that don't meet my sensory needs

I saw this on LinkedIn and it feels particularly relevant today, as the question of how to exist in a disabling world (and show up in the workplace) as an autistic woman is uppermost in my mind. I do all of these things and the world (/workplace) is still pretty exhausting a lot of the time

Ah sorry dear one, I won't be at ISA next year... Hope to continue the conversation in any case

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing

A Profession, If You Can Keep It Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.

"But let’s be clear: this 'burnout' that secure scholars are feeling is phantom pain where their colleagues should be . . . You are suffering from the effects of intentional systemic understaffing."

Me too... I described the feeling I had after reading it as "empty and joyful at once". It has stayed with me

So delighted to see this important article published! The first of many from Charlotte's excellent research, I am sure. Congratulations @charlottecarney.bsky.social

Woohoo! Many congratulations, you wonderful, clever humans! So delighted to see this article in the world. Well done to you both 🥳

I agree with this advice: articles need to be more assertive, with less hedging and paying homage to the extensive scholarship on XYZ. In a thesis, you've got 80,000 words to make your point and an article usually offers a tenth of that, so you also need to be concise. A tight structure helps too.

Feminist Peace In Question Our final piece in the symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace is a reply from our authors to the contributions by Nicole, Mohamed, Helen, and Laura. It is customary to begin such closing essays …

Delighted to share the closing post that @paulcinnamon.bsky.social and I wrote to round out the symposium! "Feminist Peace in Question" is our attempt to respond to the reviews we've shared here: thedisorderofthings.com/2025/04/11/f.... Huge thanks again to Meera Sabaratnam for coordinating.

I loved speaking to @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social and @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social about queer approaches to international law in this episode of #CalledToTheBar! Check it out at the link below 👇