'They should be in a straightjacket with a hard steel lock on it' Why are gender diverse folk reluctant to engage with research? Let's take care as we dive together into some of the most harmful research conducted on gender diverse people. It's Classroom Psychology. open.spotify.com/episode/3pDf...

A moment to think about trans kids Spotify video

Episode 2 of The Educated Guess was filmed in front of a live audience at the EdPsy Festival, and now you can listen and watch the episode on Youtube, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Happy Birthday?! — Rolling for Initiative Our friends kindly gave us a voucher for a v-e-r-y swanky restaurant in London, so we made a day of it. We went to the aquarium, went to the Moulin Rouge musical, we laughed and rolled our way around ...

She bent low, clasped her hands, and smiled.

I like to think of myself a rogueish corsair, a dragon rider, flying from place to place aboard the Rocinante, dashing and debonair. But when this lady wished me a happy birthday, which was in November, all I saw reflected back at me was... sympathy.

Trust to hope — Rolling for Initiative Many symptoms of MS are annoying. Numbness in the fingers, spasticity in the legs, the occasional bladder spasm that threatens to cause a small localised flood. Such symptoms are challenging to manage...

'Mobility has to be the honourable mention. I’m good most of the time but when I’m hot or especially when a fever hits I walk like an adventurously bipedal stoat. Lifting my legs becomes less of a command and more of an enthusiastic hope, like offering prayers to Norse gods for the chance of rain.'

I would be more than happy to chat! Will DM you.

I'm 6 years into MS now and the journey has been so frightening and I've felt so very unsafe, uncertain about the future. But through it all I've started to cherish the moment better, to cherish relationships, and this is one of those connections for which I can be really grateful.

I read your post. It's some of the kindest feedback I've received and I will treasure it. Thanks so much.

Are schools ready for the future? Spotify video

We started a new video podcast!! @edpsydan.bsky.social and I are hosts of the new podcast Educated Guess, where we talk about education, psychology, and society, and show just how much we have to learn. But fortunately we have educated guests to teach us.

Welcome to Educated Guess!!!

What matter wounds? — Rolling for Initiative My journey with mobility challenges began 2 ½ years ago, when my last relapse changed my ‘couch to 5k’ into ‘mostly couch’ and the only ‘5 k' I was gaining tended to settle around my midriff. I used ...

'Now sure, he didn't give me his number. I was strong but I'd left attractive behind as soon as it started raining, and being this covered in mud with hair slick to my face, sexy was just a particularly strong option in scrabble.'

'Unequivocally... those who underwent surgeries faced higher risks.' This week Cora goes up against an influencer to understand how a handful of studies show surprising outcomes from transition related healthcare, and we look at a systematic review to break the deadlock. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

'Recently I’ve been making friends without telling them I'm trans. That’s what happened at jury service, why I’m pulling endless tissues out of the box like a children’s magician. For just a little while I experienced what it was like not to be openly trans in this world.

And I loved every moment.'

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The EdPsy festival is just around the corner. You know who is headlining? No... not Oasis... me... I'm headlining.

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Do I need help… maybe I do… — Rolling for Initiative I’m terrible at knowing when I need help. Before I had my current wheelchair, The Rocinante, even before my first wheelchair, Firefly, I still regularly refused help I sorely needed. I once took a tra...

'When the Usher held out an arm to my ailing self, careful to ensure that I got out of the court safely, it wouldn’t have been prudent to refuse him and then faceplant in front of the stenographer.

I’m pretty sure you can be held in contempt for being a defiant asshat.'

'It's a fetish, Janet!' What are gender critical beliefs and how have they become so mainstream? We take a look at how framing trans exclusion as the protection of women influences public opinion. And we laugh at just how radical some of these beliefs have become. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

The UK has released new statutory schools' guidance around keeping children safe and relationships and sex education and Cora reviews them both. They're an example of trans erasure, but don't worry, Cora totally keeps her cool... totally... It's Classroom Psychology!!!

I just read your book cover to cover. Sharing your story with such honesty and vulnerability is deeply moving. You remind us all that we are never alone.

I'm happy to join my kin in offering my support, such as it is.

Wait wait wait. So to avoid getting sued employers are going to just provide gender neutral facilities?

The court case is going to result in everyone peeing together?

Almost poetic in its irony.

Slow. Sar-cas-tic. Claps.

'The transgender movement is the most violent domestic terror threat in the world' Cora takes on Donald Trump Jr. and we take a look at the largest survey ever conducted, released just this week, about the health and wellbeing of gender diverse folk. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

I see you fellow spoonie. Solidarity.

Been recording my podcast for 2 years and I feel the same. Been doing voice training and at the same time disappointed in myself for succumbing to the internalised stigma.

Keep thinking of xmen: 'We shouldn't try to fit into society, society should aspire to be more like us, different, and proud'

SupremaCISt

Transition doesn't stop you making dad jokes, apparently.

For trans folk being legible in the world can sometimes involve a change to their voices. Cora has been working on her voice and we take a look at before... and after... Can trans voices change with training? You be the judge. It's Classroom Psychology!!!

‘Our last chance’ — Rolling for Initiative We’ve been on a journey to this point. When my first neurologist sat me down I’d been experiencing nerve pain for around a year, my eyes pulled off their target with every pulse of pain.  An MRI...

‘This is our last chance’

If Ocrevus failed us there was no rescue mission, no plucky rebellion, no plan ‘B’.

I opened the MRI results clumsily. I gasped.

The MS is in remission.

Also recommend her second book 'Love in exile' - it is iiiincredible.

This. Would. Have. Crushed me.

No joke. Cruuuuuushed.

...can you name all the Golden Girls? Which Powerpuff girl was strongest? Is Lee Anderson a good left fielder for Giffungham United? A-ha! That's a trick question, the left fielder for Guffingham is a small wooden dog named Geoff. You're a real girl alright, come on in...'

Loving the EHRC: 'Excuse me miss, Karen over there thinks you're trans, can I see your birth certificate?'
'By all means I carry mine everywhere'
'I still think you're trans, can you supply your GRC?'
'No, I'm not trans so I don't have one'
'OK, well now I need to make additional requests... so...

They caught me. It was their *analysis* I was really after. Every time I enter the toilet I loudly demand incisive film critiques right before I pee.

'Children experienced gender dysphoria after binge watching trans content on social media' Trans folk use social media like everyone else, but what happens when the models of what is possible in transition are somewhat idealised online? It's Classroom Psychology! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/cor...

Ngl the shots they use of you are cute as all hell.

This article is so good, super accessible and instantly relatable at a time people need to read our stories.

Waaaait a second.. you mentioned me?! Aw shucks...