Rachel Moss

This starts 2 days after the conference I'm running finishes, so if I do go, god knows what state my brain will be in.

Excited to see that COMFAS are having a conference in June! And it's in Lisbon! comfas.org/News/index.p... Democracy Under Siege: Global Fascism, Populism, Illiberalism I plan to attend - will I see any of you there? 🗃️

right age for that anyway and so it's hard to know if the procedure made that happen any faster! But no, it won't send you into sudden menopause the way an oophorectomy would.

I was referred very easily. The other is an excellent question as there has been only one study done, which indicated it may have similar effects to simple hysterectomy. I certainly experienced hormonal fluctuations after the procedure but those settled. I'm perimenopausal now, but I'm the...

In @errnetwork.bsky.social's latest blog post @siobhanhyland.bsky.social explains how she's working on my British Academy/Leverhulme Trust funded project as a research assistant: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... 🗃️

Calling all creative writers, both published and unpublished.

First prize is £1500, including publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology.

Enter your short story of up to 4000 words until 31 Jan 2026, with low income entries available on a limited basis every month.

These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.

What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.

Of course. And it’s also local jobs for a lot of people who aren’t academics — there’s a tendency in Labour I think to assume that it’s just pretentious middle class people losing privileged positions, but my uni employs about 6,000 people and the vast majority of them aren’t lecturers.

universities got a tiny fee rise that was immediately wiped out by the national insurance raises. they used international student fees to subsidise capped domestic fees and now that’s going to be taken away too. universities are going to collapse and thousands of jobs will go with each collapse.

So pleased it’s working for you too!

Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely When push comes to shove Labour will sell out anyone to protect their jobs and the white colonialist infrastructure the UK is built on

It’s a pity that Starmer, Reeves and co haven’t followed Denmark’s other policies. They tax capital gains up to 42% vs Britain’s top rate of 28%. This funds free university and excellent public services, providing the world’s second highest standard of living.
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Eight years since I said goodbye to periods forever by having an endometrial ablation! For me a miracle cure to nearly 25 years of pain, fatigue, and mess. Of course it doesn't work for everyone. Ask me anything!

Thanks for the shares on this - already have 3 abstracts and the deadline isn’t until February!! 😍

Thank you! Hoping we’ll get a good selection!

Thanks Dion! I've already received two abstracts so it's going well!

Really excited for another event (and hopefully edited volume) as part of the Political Nostalgias network - do consider submitting a paper proposal!

I’m going to keep boosting this because it makes me giddy any time Disability Studies & Archaeology do a team-up!

Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'

"Jon Minadeo is a neo-Nazi on a mission—a mission to meet America’s children in online video chats and convince them to hate."

Thanks for coming!!

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University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed

'Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.' 1/3

This was fun, thanks for having me!

CFP for "Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present," 15 – 16 June 2026 that forms the latest @menysnoweballes.bsky.social exciting series of events and publications on this theme. Deadline 14 February 2026! Details are included on the link below. 🎉 www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...

CFP: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present, a 2 day workshop (15-16 June 2026) 🗃️Please share - and submit an abstract!

So depressing. She was my MP (until v recently when ward lines were redrawn) & she's had one of the safest Labour seats in the country. She lost a lot of votes at the GE though because of Palestine, she might want to reflect on that!!

Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights

Apparently the appropriate response to ‘dark forces’ is to give them what they want.

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Fifteen years of allowing people to get away with claiming that being called a racist was in fact worse than saying and doing racist things, and here we are...

“I’m disabled and need a ventilator to live. Am I expendable during this pandemic?” As medical rationing becomes a reality, “quality of life” measures threaten disabled people like me.

'Even the notion of “quality of life” as a measurable standard is based on assumptions that a “good” healthy life is one without disability, pain, and suffering. I live with all three intimately and I feel more vital than ever at this point in time, because of my experiences and relationships.'

Tomorrow is the second meeting of MATER (Medievalists Against The Extreme Right) - if you want to come along, it's at 4pm, email rachel dot moss at northampton dot ac dot uk 🗃️