Reposted by christopher griffingil, a finite mode @gilmorejon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Derrida said that each death isn't the end of *a* world, it is the end of *the* world, and I think he's right. taking this insight seriously is what it means to actually not be a utilitarian monster 2172
Reposted by christopher griffinViktoria Huegel @viktoriahue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🗓️ Another great CAPPE event coming up. Links below 👇 11010
Reposted by christopher griffinPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17/09/2026truthout.org/articles/rob...truthout.orgRobin D. G. Kelley: What We’re Experiencing Right Now Is FascismTechnologies from Israel have turbocharged surveillance by ICE, Border Patrol, and the Department of Homeland Security. 110050
Reposted by christopher griffinKing's English @kingsenglish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🎥 Join us for the Sylvia Wynter Lecture on 9 October, where you can enjoy a screening of Onyeka Igwe's film A Radical Duet (2023) followed by a conversation between the filmmaker and Alexander Weheliye. 🔗 Spaces are limited – register now to secure your ticket ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-s...kcl.ac.ukThe Sylvia Wynter Lecture: Onyeka Igwe and Alexander G. Weheliye | King's College LondonA screening of Onyeka Igwe's film A Radical Duet (2023), followed by a conversation between the filmmaker and Alexander G. Weheliye. 033
Reposted by christopher griffinMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026'Brighton informed its University and College Union (UCU) branch on Monday (14 September) that it intends to terminate its current trade union recognition agreement and all collective agreements on terms and conditions from next June.'timeshighereducation.comBrighton looks to redraw trade union agreements and close campusUCU and UNISON warn changes to trade union agreements could lead to unions being derecognised 31714
Reposted by christopher griffinUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/09/2026UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY 011181
Reposted by christopher griffinMattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"When somebody makes you their monster, they cede to you a tremendous power, and you should not reject the gift."💫💥 @susanstryker.bsky.social, CHANGING GENDER 0187
Reposted by christopher griffinDavid Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We are hiring—a permanent lectureship in Ethics/Political Philosophy—deadline 15 Nov www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/144566-...kcl.ac.ukLecturer in Ethics and/or Political Philosophy | King's College London 02928
Reposted by christopher griffinRuth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is the most fucked up and immediately harmful policy decision I think I've ever seen in adult trans healthcare in the UK, and that's saying something. The Welsh Gender Service is one of the best in the country. It is widely praised by the patients it helps. That is why it is being targeted. 181616700
Reposted by christopher griffinJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 27/08/2026essential listening for academics, especially my fellow biologists 413236
Reposted by christopher griffinroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage. 7040661253
Reposted by christopher griffinJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Given all the discussion of Cofnas et al these last few days, seems like a good time to remind people that I have a starter pack of people who work on (and against) scientific racism you can use to find more relevant people to follow 618592
Reposted by christopher griffinUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. 1289135
Reposted by christopher griffinViktoria Huegel @viktoriahue.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Very excited to discuss „wellbeing“ with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social , @samchambersart.bsky.social & Prathama Banerjee - come join us online or in Brighton! 083
Reposted by christopher griffinRuth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I'm seeing a lot of people invoke the figure of the intersex person in current discourse on sex and gender, especially in relation to the UK government's anti-trans segregation regime. But the actual voices of actual people are getting lost. This buried report offers vital evidence to counter that. 4297153
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Not sure if "snub" is the right word here. The Supreme Court, notoriously reluctant to actively protect the rights of minorities, declared Trump's executive order unconstitutional - even after he showed up to the court in person to glare at the judges as they heard evidence. 010
Reposted by christopher griffinKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Trump Violates Constitution Again 16804133
Reposted by christopher griffinJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/08/2026Good Law Project are supporting a legal challenge against this transphobic code of practice. Please join our fight back 👇 goodlaw.social/n8fygoodlaw.socialFight back against the code of practiceThe government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to take it, we’re helping to fight back. Join us 013350
Reposted by christopher griffinHarriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie @wgss-umd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Applications are now open for the PhD program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at #UniversityofMaryland 🌈🎓 Learn more about the program and apply at go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd Applications are due no later than Tue, Nov 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM #AcademicSky #PhDSky #feministsky 0199
Reposted by christopher griffinOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21/07/2026How about this. No one should go hungry. No one should go unhoused. No one should go without dental and medical care. Or education. Or mental health care. Or whatever they need to live a good life. We don’t need billionaires. 6389145
Reposted by christopher griffinZoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026On the fourth of July, 1980, about fifteen trans women went to one of the most upscale public swimming pools in Milan, took off their tops, and started lounging around. It was a Friday, and the height of the summer vacation, so there were plenty of families with young children around. 1/ 81505601
Reposted by christopher griffinMJ Quigley @mjqwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026100% this, never ever respond to a trans person that "oh reform will be worse" because, we are not talking about what reform may do, we are actively trying to fight what labour are doing now, in the present. The only different is labour try to make it nice, with bullshit lik respect and dignity 3287
Reposted by christopher griffinAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/07/2026The term "biological sex" was adopted widely only in the last decade as a reaction to mainstream acceptance of trans people. It was rarely if ever used before that. By any metric, from legislative usage to search query usage, it's plainly evident this is a novel term only made popular by the right. 272043551
Reposted by christopher griffinMaddie Stone @themadstone.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I’ve spent more than a year reporting on how the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated academia over the last 30 years, shaping fundamental paradigms on how to address climate change. My first story in the new @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social series, “Carbon Captured”, is out today. 21828391
Reposted by christopher griffinSandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Superb special issue call; "Frantz Fanon and Global Combative Decoloniality" eds. Nelson Maldonado-Torres & Mireille Fanon. Abstracts due Oct 2026. Submission accepted in English, French, Spanish & Portuguese. Please make a submission & share widely. www.revistatabularasa.org/en/call-for-...revistatabularasa.org Tabula Rasa Issue 62 (April-June, 2027)Tabula Rasa Issue 62 (April-June, 2027) – Revista Tabula RasaTabula Rasa es una revista científica del área de las ciencias sociales con una periodicidad trimestral, dedicada principalmente a las disciplinas de la Antropología, Historia, Sociología, Trabajo Soc... 063
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026In their introduction to the new issue of Social Text, which is called "Sylvia Wynter and the Question of Technology," editors Che Gossett and @tavia.bsky.social emphasise the ongoing relevance of Wynter's work. Opening sentence: 110
Reposted by christopher griffinAnthony Obst @aobst.bsky.social · 19/06/2026New special issue of Social Text @dukepress.bsky.social on Sylvia Wynter and technology, edited by Che Gossett and @tavia.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/...read.dukeupress.eduVolume 44 Issue 2 (167) | Social Text | Duke University Press 042
Reposted by christopher griffinNandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 20/06/2026My paper, "Go back to where you come from”: the national re-making of racist borders,” has just been published in *Citizenship Studies.* I talk about how nationalism adds to the racist repertoire by drawing a line between people seen to be of a place and those who are declared to be out of place.tandfonline.com“Go back to where you come from”: the national re-making of racist borders”Racism draws dividing lines that delineate between supposedly different types of people. Nationalism adds to the racist repertoire by also drawing a line between people seen to be of a place and th... 072
Reposted by christopher griffinminor compositions @minorcompositions.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Now released to the book trade. A Studious Use. Designing from the Undercommons Giovanni Marmont 031
Reposted by christopher griffinSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 14/04/2026“We support the dignity of gay people but getting married or having kids should just be between a man and a woman.” “We support the dignity of trans people but sex is what is assigned at birth and gendered spaces should be based on biology.” There is no “dignity” with discrimination. Just saying. 619736
Reposted by christopher griffinSophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I don't post much anymore but I found out a few hours ago that the wonderful Emi Koyama died, I'm away from home, and I'm so very sad about it. I would like to share that grief together with others on here who are indebted to Emi (which is: all of us feminist queers against cisness). Rest in power. 422347
Reposted by christopher griffinTanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 10/06/2026There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵 311164642
Reposted by christopher griffinSolidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026CARNIVAL AGAINST FASCISM THIS SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2026 11 AM QUEENS RD BRIGHTON THE MARCH OF THE FAR RIGHT ENDS HERE RACISTS PLAN TO MARCH IN OUR CITY - WE WON'T LET THEM! BRING THE NOISE! #CarnivalAgainstFascism 04023
Reposted by christopher griffinSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 07/06/2026“The women’s movement has fought for centuries to avoid being defined only by biology…” Dr Anna Cody (Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner) reminds us why many feminists oppose laws that define what it means to be a woman in crude binary or biological terms. Trans rights are feminist too.starobserver.com.auSex Discrimination Act Commissioner Slams ‘Retrograde’ Push To Redefine WomenSex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody has condemned a bill that would redefine "man" and "woman" in the Sex Discrimination Act 110937
Reposted by christopher griffinDr Syrus Marcus Ware @syrusmarcusware.bsky.social · 26/05/2026NEW BOOK(S) ALERT! 🌈🥰🌈 I’ve been writing and writing and have two new books coming out next year. This is the PM listing for the two books. I’m so thankful, and am excited about these offerings. They are as follows: 263
Reposted by christopher griffinTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 03/06/2026Reading excerpts from yet another book discussing how transition positions "biomedical intervention as necessary" and makes trans people "cathect hope on a for-profit medical industry" and I am done. I am fucking done. This is fucking out of touch with reality and yet rife in trans scholarship. 261055157
Reposted by christopher griffinDisability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026🚨DR UK's Statement on the EHRC's New Code of Practice "We are appalled at implications that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. We will not be used as a loophole in the wider erosion of trans rights." Full statement👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil... 01196603
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The Sylvia Wynter archive has recently opened at Duke, and there's an online version of the inaugural exhibition. Includes some fascinating snippets from her papers, plus rare photos, like this one. Link to the exhibit: exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/sho... 020
Reposted by christopher griffinDr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I wrote something, and I got a lot out of my system while doing it. I am trying to be like Audre Lorde, and fill my anger with "information and energy." But sometimes, it's a scream into the void that's necessary. Thanks @aoifemod.bsky.social and DFLW for the opportunity. dflw.ie/breaking-the...dflw.ieBreaking the Code - Doing Feminist Legal WorkTo my friend, the editor, 34620
Reposted by christopher griffinMetonymy Press @metonymypress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We're just out here trying to keep publishing gay books! We're working on making Metonymy more sustainable and this fundraiser is a small part of getting there. Please share/donate/keep reading <3gofundme.comDonate to Help Sustain Metonymy Press, organized by Metonymy PressTLDR; Metonymy Press needs money to keep publishing groundbreaking queer books! You have th… Metonymy Press needs your support for Help Sustain Metonymy Press 01916
Reposted by christopher griffinKalwant Bhopal @kalwantbhopal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Our new article explores how collegiality only applies to white groups to perpetuate white supremacy @martinmyers.bsky.social Being a ‘good’ citizen: white collegiality and academic citizenship share.google/WvMY4Shvw4LP...share.googleBeing a ‘good’ citizen: white collegiality and academic citizenshipUK Academics face multiple pressures that foster competition. These include, a failing funding model leading to universities cutting academic posts; increasing reliance on short-term, insecure cont... 01415
Reposted by christopher griffinkatherine mckittrick @demonicgrounds.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I felt differently after reading Sylvia Wynter. It took a few years to wrap my head around her ideas, yes, but once I caught a glimmer of her project and voice, everything shifted in me, and grew from there—including how I inhabit and live with and move through academic worlds. 1225
Reposted by christopher griffinIain McDaniel @iainmcdaniel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Who are "The People"? Event in Brighton on 3rd June, co-organised by my Sussex colleague @hannahrichter.bsky.social www.brighthink.org/events/who-a...brighthink.orgWHO ARE “THE PEOPLE”?: Populism, Power and the Future of Democracy — BrighthinkTICKETS £5 (plus booking fee) Across the globe, right-wing populist are leading opinion polls and winning elections with the promise to fight for the interests and concerns of the people, which t... 012
Reposted by christopher griffinWillow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026It's hard being trans because of other people. Transness itself should be beautiful. It's a prayer to live the best possible life. It's hope. It's proof that major changes are possible, even when change seems extraordinarily difficult. It should be the most amazing thing, but they make it hard 17713
Reposted by christopher griffinSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026In 2020 @yaelrice.bsky.social and I authored this article to dispute this kind of pseudo-scientific research, which regularly gets press attention, precisely so that others don't have to cope with the tedium of refuting it. Here's the refutation you need! hyperallergic.com/how-scientis...hyperallergic.comHow Scientists Use and Abuse PortraitureMany scientific studies assume that the features of painted faces are the facts of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous. 7501242
Reposted by christopher griffinDr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!? 484112352256
Reposted by christopher griffine. kinkaid (they/them) @queergeog.bsky.social · 06/05/2026You can preorder my book — disorienting phenomenology: queer space and trans life — now! 23913
Reposted by christopher griffinIntersect Antigua-Barbuda @intersectanu.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🤔💭 Did you know that Sylvia Wynter was not only a literary and cultural theorist and philosopher, but also a playwright, actress, and a novelist? 133