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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Like many white western feminists, Gloria Steinem was an important part of my journey and for that I will always be grateful.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some people are so universally beloved that I think we shouldn’t be told when they die. Let us figure it out eventually but never receive confirmation. We should always be able to idly speculate that somehow there’s a chance they *could* still be alive

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This has been one of the most exhausting and frustrating weeks of my life in academia and I’m white. I can only imagine how hard it’s been for Black colleagues.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Unfortunately, not of interest to the major media outlets. They are not really interested in the facts, only sensationalist headlines. The real story here is this of course and how white supremacy and white nationalism, has spread and has taken hold of all major western institutions.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Clearing was a lot more enjoyable when it didn't feel like your life depended on it.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I won’t link to the opinion piece, but the lack of compassion and critical thought exercised *again* by Kathleen St*ck is really something.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Just reflecting on how, a few years ago, a white man* was awarded his PhD in the sociology of education from Cambridge despite significant evidence he had plagiarised a white working-class woman. He now has a glittering career in another country. Not a single newspaper covered it.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

As a straight woman in her 40s I have been in my fair share of toxic relationships in my time, but none are as toxic as my relationship with academia. I should quit I should quit, but also think what it *could* be.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

As yet another higher education institution rolls out a notice of job cuts, we surely have to ask the government when will they intervene? How decimated does this formerly world leading sector need to get before they say enough is enough?

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

"The neoliberalization and managerialization of UK universities, where we are expected to rubber stamp top-down initiatives, have led to our infantilisation...& the erosion of the universities’ academic community and intellectual life" @isrfoundation.bsky.social isrf.org/blog/dispatc...

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Dispatch From a Middle Manager

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The North has become 'one big border', a six county buffer zone between Britain and the EU. What is going on here in terms of racist policing and extraordinary levels of immigration and border enforcement is repression and state violence which is elevating violent loyalist neo-nazis.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I work really hard in my role because I believe in the importance of the work and yet time and time again senior management make ill-informed choices that make the work pointless. Life in British higher education is just one very long lesson in the futility of labour in late-stage capitalism.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Always fun to do something fancy, so was lovely to be invited to a civic dinner in the company of Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Big thanks to @sainsbury-institute.org for the invite and all of their work in promoting Japanese culture regionally and beyond.

In a formal dining room with wood clad walls, Hiroshi Suzuki stands and speaks.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"The strong threat of compulsory redundancy and an invidious ‘consultation’ process created a hostile environment that felt designed to strong-arm as many of us out the door as possible while allowing the university to escape reputational damage.” www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/i-dont...

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‘I don’t think I’ll ever be able to be in the same room as former colleagues’

The results of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey vividly illustrate the deep human impact of the redundancy crisis on those who have lost their jobs. But respondents are torn ab...

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I honestly don’t even know how many times I’ve told students to “support clams” in my feedback.

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clam my beloved written on a heart shaped mirror

Alt: clam my beloved written on a heart shaped mirror

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy international women’s day! What a time to be a woman! On the brink of a fully realised fascist global regime! Resist! Take up space! Love your body! Be messy!

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Brewdog was never for punks.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Yesterday while I was teaching political ideologies and explaining the principles of neoliberalism and it’s faith in the market to solve social ills and deliver justice, one student literally said: “oh my god that’s so embarrassing” and I’m thinking maybe the kids are alright.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Just completed a wonderful guided Buddhist meditation on the changing nature of life and the inevitability of death and the whole time I had the Lolly version of ‘Hey Mickey’ running through my head 🧘🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Brilliant and affirming trip to The Feminist Library on Friday with my pal Ileana Jiménez. The volunteer staff there were amazing, I highly recommend a trip if you're in the area. Lost in zines///heaven. feministlibrary.co.uk

tori and ileana smile in front of the feminist library sign

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I encourage friends, colleagues and followers to support trans youth at a time when moments for connection and belonging are so cruelly being stripped away from them: www.change.org/p/allow-tran...

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Sign the Petition

Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Heartbreaking news coming from #girlguiding today as they seek to employ an entirely unworkable definition of what constitutes a 'girl'. Ironic really that it is positioned as an 'equality and diversity' statement given that they are seeking to diminish both. www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

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Statement for members on our equality and diversity policy

An update on our equality and diversity policy following the Supreme Court decision of April 2025

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Went to the pub last night and *none* of my friends had heard of @halfmoonjoe.com so this is PSA that if you’re not watching him play video games then get on it he’s literally a dream and a gift.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Celebrity Traitors just out here showing us the extent of internalised racism.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The new Aussie critique of the Cass Review does not pull its punches about its failures, & makes the point that "gender-critical beliefs" should be declared. Since transphobes have made so much of having these protected by law, they should be required to declare them. archive.is/AqUGz#select...

Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.
Clinician and researcher self‐awareness of personal values is essential for evidence‐based medicine practice. Non‐financial conflicts of interest should be disclosed; for example, religious, cultural, and so‐called “gender‐critical” beliefs. The Review acknowledges no such considerations, and does not disclose the positionality of authors.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Deeply ironic that Kimmel's newest book should be published by 'ethics' international press.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Today I changed my foundation year lesson plan on The Frankfurt School at the last minute to incorporate discussion about how we might use critical theory to understand Labubus and let me tell you, the future isn’t all broken, critical theory is still possible.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I love copyeditors because they make my work look nice but I also deeply resent their smug command of English grammar.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Let's be clear. The proposal to deport hundreds of thousands of people born in Britain to parents legally resident in Britain, just because they are black or brown, is not 'right populism'. It's the cornerstone policy of the 1970s National Front.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Not me thinking I could do anything other student oriented work in the first week of the semester.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

All power to Melissa McCoul and colleagues.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

My dear pal Jo Beckett-King has just published her first YA/children’s (8-12) novel called The House of Found Objects. It’s a mystery with two smart girls and has lots of puzzles - order in to your local libraries! (Jo is refreshingly offline and would loathe to blow her own trumpet so allow me!)

A book being held up by Tori. The cover shows two girls outside a shop. The title is “the house of found objects” and the author is Jo Beckett-king.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Birth rate is in decline and nationalism is on the rise - strap in ladies, we’re in for a rough ride.

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Had a great time hearing students from Tohoku University present their learning of EDI and reflecting on how this applies to the Japanese context - all in the beautiful space offered by @sainsbury-institute.org

A group of students present in a class room.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

“Gender studies as a discipline…is defined by a set of debates and problematics.” In this 10-Minute Talk, Judith Butler FBA discusses gender as a field of study and its interdisciplinary contributions to research, social analysis and social movements. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvH...

Still photograph of Judith Butler, wearing a black jacket and shirt, and looking into the camera. On the right of the image, white text is displayed saying: "10-Minute Talks / Gender as framework / with Judith Butler FBA

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

As Maya Angelou reminds us: “when people show you who they are, believe them”

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Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If an Israeli - or British or American etc - woman who was eight months pregnant was shot dead by any other military, the whole world would know her name. Her name was Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi. She was 23.

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