This is happening on Monday 8 December, 2.30 pm, online! It's going to be a fantastic seminar with Dr Ayra Thampuran, Dr Chimwemwe Phiri and @duncanwilson78.bsky.social, who will share short provocations on the topic of consent, followed by plenty of time for questions and discussion #photohist

Congrats Oli - looks fab and I can't wait to read!

This raises questions about what the very nature of care could or should be in the context of self-harm – perhaps we need to throw away old assumptions, and find new ways of imagining care?

Throughout, unlike prevailing wisdom that suggests care for self-harm requires silence, avoidance, absence & distance (i.e. not representing self-harm to make sure no-one engages in imitative behaviour), for my participants care involved being close to the idea of self-harm, engaging deeply with it

Creating Care for People Who Self-Harm through Transformation of Aesthetic Objects - Journal of Medical Humanities The role of fiction in enabling care for people who self-harm is primarily framed as a relation of protection through absence or avoidance. It is frequently suggested that fiction should avoid depicti...

Really delighted to share this paper drawing on data from my PhD to explore the relation between care, texts, & self-harm. Particularly, I draw out how my participants engaged in active, creative, & relational viewing/reading practices to enable care for self-harm: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This is an urgent and incisive post by my wonderful friend and colleague @kacheston.bsky.social, who writes bravely and convincingly about ME/CFS and about the flawed Opinion piece, regrettably published by the BMJ - please do read and share Katharine’s response

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

If you are a feminist academic, you should sign this letter. forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

A white woman in a blue dress wearing a pink sticker that reads ‘support the university strikers’

A picket line outside a university building on a sunny day

Another sunny morning on the @ducu.bsky.social picket line - spreading the word about how proposed staff cuts are a choice not a necessity, and will harm staff and students alike!

A leaflet explaining UCU strike action to Durham students - title reads ‘Our working conditions are your learning conditions’

DUCU member on the picklet line, sign reads ‘Save our staff’

A sunny morning leafleting on the @ducu.bsky.social picket line - we’re out on strike this week protesting proposed staff cuts, and calling on university leadership to recognise that redundancies are a choice not a necessity!

Thanks Abs! Hoping we'll get to connect in person too sometime soon!

Thanks Josh!

As always, my wonderful friend & colleague @courtneybuckler.bsky.social is wise and principled - I highly recommend these reflections on evidence, expertise, and institutional processes

Following a blissful 6 months away from social media I am somewhat hesitantly returning - looking forward to connecting and re-connecting in this new space! Anyone interested in my work can find more info here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/veroni...