Reposted by christopher griffinAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 20hAssigned Media has been AI free since the beginning. Our new AI policy makes that easier for readers to find and formalizes what we mean by AI free, what we'll do if we unintentionally publish AI slop, and how you'll know if anything changes for us. 218939 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I'm not suggesting that it's like a thought experiment. What I mean is that "biological sex" is a pseudoscientific concept designed to facilitate the rollback of trans rights. The people who are treating it as if it's a neutral description of human diversity are missing the point 000 0
Reposted by christopher griffinDr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Shall we do a bit of theory? I think we need the proper language to describe all of this, and I think the concept we need to discuss is 'necropolitics'. 🧵 315170 0
Reposted by christopher griffinSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 14/10/2026“It is not just history that haunts. It is that in these institution, elite, white, British institutions, we become the ghosts, Black and brown people, reminders of what they refuse to recognise let alone to give up.” Thinking with Jason Arday, Sara Ahmed exposes the racism of/in higher education.feministkilljoys.substack.comBritish RacismIn an earlier post, Stories of Institutional Violence, I shared that I hoped to write some posts in honour of Professor Jason Arday’s life and legacy. 0103 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Nobody's denying that trans and intersex people are a minority (though I think your figures are wrong, it's more like 1-2% of the population). But so what? Don't minorities deserve respect, rights, dignity? 100 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Have you seen this open letter from biologists and other experts on the matter? docs.google.com/document/u/1...docs.google.comBiology is not binary: a letter from biologists, doctors, and other experts to Bridget Phillipson, Minister for Women and Equalities 270 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I assume you mean cis women. They didn't win, because biological determinism was the cornerstone of misogyny and patriarchal oppression for about 200 years before the feminist revolution. These transphobes are taking everyone backwards 181 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The law has been hijacked by bigots. What respect does it deserve? 1231 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It's impossible for the "privacy, dignity and safety" of anyone to be protected as long as this divisive and incoherent notion of "biological sex" continues its rampage through our legislation and social policy 3420 0
Reposted by christopher griffinZeynep Sandalli @zeynepsandalli.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is how Carole Pateman begins "The Sexual Contract". It's one of my favourite openings in political theory! 152 0
Reposted by christopher griffinAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 15/10/20261/4 🧵 Nigel Biggar really displays his disinterest in colonial history in @Telegraph today. There were 13,000 British investors in the SLAVE TRADE, trafficking African captives to the Americas. Countless more invested in plantation SLAVERY. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10... 54414 0
Reposted by christopher griffinHarriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie @wgss-umd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Applications for visiting students are now open! Take a 3 week college level course in Disability or LGBTQ+ Studies 🌈🎓 this winter with WGSS. #academicsky 161 0
Reposted by christopher griffinDr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Oh hi, there I am now. Come hear me talk. Online, 11.11.26. www.lexnetwork.org/lex-public-s... 45024 0
Reposted by christopher griffinJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 151152276557 0
Reposted by christopher griffinNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨 ALERT 🚨: All of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and are freely available to browse and read??? stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat... 4358199 0
Reposted by christopher griffinTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026we are watching a massive transfer of wealth during an era of massive wealth creation (however much it might be just paper money it’s powerful) — reinscribing gender during this moment is a choice about who will be a citizen for the next three hundred years. 2767157 0
Reposted by christopher griffinCaleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Police shot a less lethal grenade at this child and it blew off his hand when he picked it up. That is fucking awful. Every attempt by the French education minister and his police to gaslight the world about what is happening here will fail.dw.comHundreds of French schools shut, teen loses hand in protestsThe student protests that rocked France last week have prompted authorities to keep up to 500 schools closed on Monday. A teenage boy lost his hand, seemingly while trying to pick up a police tear gas... 194 0
Reposted by christopher griffinMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Those who build walls are their own prisoners." --Ursula le Guin 231459 0
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 0
Reposted by christopher griffinViktoria Huegel @viktoriahue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🗓️ Another great CAPPE event coming up. Links below 👇 11010 0
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. 19949 0
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 0
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 0
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 011082 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Slim Shady might have some suggestions 150 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
Reposted by christopher griffinJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 27/08/2026essential listening for academics, especially my fellow biologists 413236 0
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. 7040651253 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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. 4296153 0
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 0
Reposted by christopher griffinI support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Trump Violates Constitution Again 16804133 0
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 013250 0
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 0
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. 6388144 0
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 0
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 0
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. 272044551 0
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. 21828390 0
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 0
christopher griffin @chris-brighton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Link to the table of contents. The introduction is open access read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/...read.dukeupress.eduVolume 44 Issue 2 (167) | Social Text | Duke University Press 000 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0