Reposted by Carol BallantineNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In general, trainings are a poor substitute for cultural change in an organization. They’re lecturing the people with the least power to abide by values that those with more power don’t hold for themselves. 15115
Reposted by Carol BallantineMary Gilmartin @marygilmartin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Members of my union, IFUT, will have a one hour work stoppage today, from 12-1, as part of the broader public sector union dispute. Read about it here: www.ifut.ie/content/ifut... - solidarity welcome on World Teachers Dayifut.ieIFUT Public Service Dispute Hub 2026 | Irish Federation of University Teachers 01711
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'll keep an eye out - that's a great idea, thanks 010
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Not only appealed it, but gave themselves away in doing so! They said it was a topic of public interest. What it was, was a dog whistle. The Press Council has standards to prevent this sort of trash, which need to be invoked and upheld. This was a good decision. 1130
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026JFC. Over on X you can see some of those peers lamenting censorship. For requiring that publications substantiate their baseless allegations… 020
Reposted by Carol BallantineLilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The sindo forced to publish a decision about being found to be transphobic towards trans women by... referring to us as transgender men. Jesus fucking Christ! 36117
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026SIndo position is completely incoherent, though sindo readers won’t necessarily understand or see this… 0150
Reposted by Carol BallantineWendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026Your reminder that Brenda Power is an adjudicator for the International Protection Appeals Tribunal which currently has a number of appeals before it from transgender Americans 912576
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland). The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision. @mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social 413394
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’ve researched campus sexual violence in ireland, and this article comes close to something I’ve seen again and again. 000
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is timely as we’re scattering our beloved dog this weekend 💔 Her ashes don’t amount to much, a small cardboard tube. A handful in our back garden. A handful on a west kerry beach. 1190
Reposted by Carol BallantineNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I've gotten a lot of requests from faculty about how to talk to their students about the Cornell 7. I'll post a few resources I've built over the years that I've heard are the most helpful: 4264125
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A friend is looking for screenshots of hateful/ transphobic content (headlines/ comments) for appropriate educational purposes. If you’re aware of any sites or people who collect these would you let me know? DM please 😔 @mimmymum.bsky.social @fiercemum.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Carol BallantineHuman Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 29/09/2026Marcia Gay Harden is right: You deserve love, kindness, and empathy. NO MATTER WHAT. 08919
Reposted by Carol BallantineCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happy Michaelmas! In some parts of Ireland on this day, rent could be paid in geese. If you’re due to pay rent this month, please consider setting a very irritated goose on your landlord in lieu of payment, in the name of upholding important Irish traditions. 12458142
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There was a positive impact in the solidarity and support that some women received from one another, not unlike the much longer tradition of feminist speak outs (Karen Boyle has an excellent book on this). Collective consciousness is good, but testimony =/= justice. 0110
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It is depressing in the universal quality of the narratives. Sending you solidarity always 🥰 010
Reposted by Carol BallantineTim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So much of what we think of as 'good' style in persuasive or informative writing asks us to strip out 'hedging' phrases that limit or qualify claims. We want clear, bold theses - they're easier to understand, quicker to read, more exciting, & we take lack of qualifiers as a sign of authority. 161
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My main criterion for choosing books to read is: do they sound delicious? This qualifies, no questions 🥰 010
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This list is marvellous, your tiny reviews brilliant. Thank you! 011
Reposted by Carol BallantineLiv @fixyourheartsor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Are YOU a transgender and/or non-binary filmmaker? Would YOU like to have your work screened as part of a bustling mid-April weekend of trans film in beautiful Dublin City? THE THIRD ANNUAL TRANS IMAGE / TRANS EXPERIENCE FILM FESTIVAL IS OPEN FOR SHORT AND FEATURE SUBMISSIONS 188
Reposted by Carol Ballantine🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Britain’s original plan for New Zealand had the islands split into three provinces, with nonsensical borders typical of any British colonial project. The provinces were named after Irish ones (the guy who came up with them was an Anglo-Irish colonial officer). These didn’t last for long. 515333
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026And when bob dylan won it, i read that she heard the news and responded, ‘for what?’ Some manner of disgust/ horror 010
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Well, he said he was an assistant professor information studies, so…. 120
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’d devour a long read about this history and its lessons for today 011
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’d devour a long read about this history and its lessons for today 010
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Remarkably short list given it’s global. I only spotted 2 affiliated with Irish unis - there’s a couple of noteworthy absences (to my knowledge) who may just be yet-to-sign. On the whole it makes for a pretty good avoid-at-all-costs list. I guess I’ve signed letters that make these people avoid me… 120
Reposted by Carol BallantineBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The agentic vizier software I bought to automate my whispers to the sultan has developed its own agenda and long story short I'm getting beheaded at dawn 274132668
Reposted by Carol BallantineHazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The Quiet Return is for women to write about traumatic experiences. The focus is on writing, not disclosure, achieved thru facilitated workshops at an exclusive property in a stunning environment ✨ Ten places 📍 Olhão, Algarve 🗓️ November 7-14 More details: bit.ly/4uiMRDu #SpeirGorm #BookSky #Writerstraumarecovery.ieThe Quiet Return Writing Retreat :: traumarecovery.ieThe Quiet Return Writing Retreat 084
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This is powerful: heartfelt testimonies of Jason Arday from his former students. Teaching really isn’t valued in the academy. He transformed lives. Rest in power. 001
Reposted by Carol BallantineRanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"People would share a meme about a book they have not read rather than having read the fucking book." From Plato, 'The Republic' 35813
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Yeah totally agree. It’s amazing how hard people find it to hold those two things at once. This soured Naomi klein’s much-recommended doppelganger for me; she was so insistent that Covid restrictions were about solidarity, and so uninterested in what else was going on… 010
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026These are essential conversations, and difficult to have. When people say they have been abused, believe them. I didn’t follow the frames, but I knew enough predatory musicians (and enough non-predatory ones) to know this story. Ignoring it won’t help, nor will sensationalising it. We must listen. 170
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Finally, perhaps most brilliantly, @mariafarrell.eurosky.social imagined a world without any of those men - or their enablers. Her short story is wise and chilling: westerlymag.com.au/burning-men-...westerlymag.com.auBurning Men by Maria Farrell | Westerly MagazineNew speculative fiction from Maria Farrell, dealing with themes of sexual violence in imagining a global future on International Women's Day. 190
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Clare dederer’s book Monsters explores the fan’s dilemma - though she doesn’t imagine anything like the intimacy of Dublin’s music scene. I often return to Emer o’toole’s piece: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Roe McDermott opened this conversation in Dublin this year ifi.ie/2026/04/ifi-...theguardian.comHow should women respond when a man we like is accused of harassment? | Emer O’TooleMy time with Dublin theatre titan Michael Colgan showed me power can be wielded with kindness, as well as less subtly, says author Emer O’Toole 1120
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Many people struggling this week with the perennial problem of a famous artist who was also a known groomer, warned about among young women. The fact that our lives are bound up with those of abusers is hard to deal with. We have been here before, we are never not here. Some writing has helped me: 2195
Reposted by Carol BallantineJohnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Engineer Karen Leadlay working on the analog computers in the space division of General Dynamics, 1964 811334224
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Really helpful detail on the range of approaches to conversion practices in the uk 020
Reposted by Carol BallantineNed Hartley @nedhartley.com · 28/08/2025When two words sound the same but have a different meaning it’s called a 10388123
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This means the world Rine, thank you 🙏 (And also, you haven’t read it yet!) 110
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Some news: my memoir, Little Oases, will be published in March! 🥳 It's about what mothering my identical twins taught me, an Irish feminist sociologist, about gender and sex. Preorders and shares very welcome! @eoinpurcell.bsky.social fullsetbooks.com/products/lit...fullsetbooks.comLittle Oases. Carol Ballantine book, published by Full SetCarol Ballantine book, Little Oases: A memoir, draws on Carol's personal and academic expertise to explore questions about gender identity in childhood as she raises her twins. Published by Full Set. 073
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Sharing this for the next time I’m teaching homonationalism 001
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Presuming you also saw this excellent thread, but just ICYMI bsky.app/profile/jfmc... 130
![A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision.
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2qmeigsng3rhkgmqihius4g/bafkreia7cdisf6qfj6fetyejhbmojfdwomrxs6pib6za3zu377t6pfypry)
