Government urged to introduce miscarriage leave five years after bill was tabled The Government has been urged to roll out laws giving workers up to 20 days of paid leave to recover from a miscarriage and up to 10 days off for IVF treatment.

Government urged to introduce miscarriage leave five years after bill was tabled

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@mariesherlock.bsky.social

Ping #PLRG_PLACESproject

4 Conclusions: Beware of Calls for Clarity The stakes surrounding the 'Sullivan Review' are high given the worsening eliminationist movement against trans and gender diverse people in the United Kingdom and internationally (e.g., Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention 2023, 2025a, 2025b, 2025c). The Review adds ballast to attempts to embed a certain conception of biological sex and to separate sex and gender, which it presents as unquestionable science and 'ordinary mainstream views' (SR2, 32). It (re)installs ideologically driven models of sex and a hygienically patrolled division between 'sex' and 'gender', where a certain model of sex is 'reality', and 'gender identity' is cast merely as an individual's (psychological) 'self-understanding'—a model that research across disciplines has done much to dislodge (Hemmings 2022; Sothern and Dyck 2009). How the Review does so undermines and discredits critical scholarship that researches the intersectional complexity and instability of social categories.

The stakes surrounding the “Sullivan Review” are high, @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and I argue in @tibg.bsky.social

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Des wearing a white shirt and navy jacket standing in front of an image of a topless RFK Jr working out.

My favourite image of our excellent @radhumslab.bsky.social roundtable this week, "The medical humanities in a new biological age" - with @ciarab.bsky.social, @felicitycallard.bsky.social and @dyutic.bsky.social (Thanks @egeertsphd.bsky.social for taking it!!)

Carol Mae on Instagram: "no goals, just intentions & vibes 😭 because I have zero clarity rn after this year I feel like sometimes I have no clue where I'm actually headed so if you feel like that too ... Embracing a no-nonsense approach to goal-setting, this video encourages viewers to shift their focus from achieving perfection to cultivating clarity and living in the present moment. By letting go of...

Me all day! www.instagram.com/reel/DRuxV5r...

Is this the one by Wandesford Quay?

Trams and buses in Swiss cities are free most days of the year!

An election leaflet for Cncllr. Phillip Sutcliffe with wording about "protecting our borders"

A photo posted to Phillip Sutcliffe' s Instagram of a ballot paper for the Presidential election filled with racism and homophobia

What it looks like on an election leaflet Vs what it looks like in practice

Spoiled ballot paper

This is the rage of the far right-in a spoiled ballot paper. Complaining about rape while nominating a man found liable for rape.So it’s not about rape at all, it’s about racism and misogyny-& homo/trans phobia in support of she of the holy handbag who is conveniently anti LGBTI - #aras25 #speirgorm

So if the spoiled vote is between 12-13% and with the right wing / St Maria of the holy handbag crowd claiming this vote - Catherine Connolly still wins the election with a commanding win, on or over 60% #speirgorm #aras25

A friend posted this on Instagram😂

Thank you 😊

This book is out in the world and it's wonderful to have a chapter alongside my former professor from Geneva and my PhD external examiner ☺️

Fantastic event hosted by Maynooth University - Scholasticide in Palestine and the responsibilities of Western Universities. 21 October, in person and online. Not to be missed! www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Listening to Martha Nussbaum talk about the neglect of the humanities/arts leading to ‘nations of docile engineers’ unable to interrogate the world around them, or their states, or understand power/politics.
It might be Monday morning blues, but I think we’re too far along on this path to go back.

We're hiring for a Digital Artist in Residence with
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social at Digital Humanities @ucc.ie.
Applications are open right now.
Please drop me a line if you're interested or have any questions.

I have to say the term “beneficiary of racism” is much more effective than white privilege!

Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the action

I usually signpost Maya Wind's fantastic book titled "Towers of Ivory and Steel" every time I hear liberal academics say Israeli academia is the wrong target for a boycott. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Whole world: “it’s a genocide”

Starmer and Lammy “shut up terrorists or face jail”

I don't know 🤣🤣 it was regular, but without the disco this time!

Hahahahaha I received the same email and I just saw some of these guys less than a week ago for such a needy email 🤣

And that’s a wrap for #MedSoc25. It has been wonderful meeting researchers working on such exciting projects in SRH!

The relentless contempt, disgust, even hate that successive UK governments exhibit for the country's (hitherto) wildly successful HE sector remains one of the most baffling sub-plots of a generally insane age.

This is so bizarre!

We had an LRB subscription for years post-Brexit and didn’t get charged customs. Is this a new regulation?

UK has ‘not concluded’ Israel carrying out genocide in Gaza, Lammy says Government position set out in letter to select committee as No 10 prepares for visit by Israeli president

There's lots that's extraordinary about the british labour government obviously, but a foreign policy guided by a desire to humiliatingly abase their nation before genocidaires and fascists feels like it should generate more heat?! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

📢 New research!
We analysed 20+ years of pregnancy & birth data in 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧
👩‍🍼 Mothers are older
📈 C-section & diabetes rates rising
⚖️ Inequities persist for Indigenous & minority women
Time for equity-driven maternity care 💡
🔗https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14/16/5841 #MaternalHealth #Equity #Pregnancy

Hello .. i am Fedaa a pediatrician from Gaza.. I am deeply gratefull to any one supported me by anything even if you see it small it means alot to me and my family ..
please keep me and my family in your heart and help us rebuild our life ❤️❤️🙏🌺

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The Labour Government is a complete shit-show!

Beyond trucks and tariffs: What might a feminist analysis of the UK/Irish border * offer? - Theresa O’Keefe, Niall Gilmartin, Dyuti Chakravarty, 2025 In the wake of Brexit, the border on the island of Ireland has received unprecedented scholarly and journalistic attention. A quick search using Google Scholar ...

New article with Niall Gilmartin, @dyutic.bsky.social yours truly which calls for feminist sociology to pay more attention to the border on the island of Ireland. @sociologyireland.bsky.social
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Both your back garden and the book are great btw :)