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Cicely Marston

@cicely.bsky.social
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Professor of public health, health equity, sexual and reproductive health and rights, intersectionality, knowledge coproduction

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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not my original point by any means but this is what terrorism looks like. so many “normal” people will gang up with nasty people like this to shame and harass survivors to try to silence them. Shame has to switch sides.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This 👇 and you can also find many/most articles these days by searching the title which will bring up free versions on preprint servers, university archives etc. *Please don’t pay for journal articles thinking you’ll help the authors. You won’t!* Just download/request what you need.
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If there are Cambridge academics/researchers here who would be interested in a letter demanding more substantial investigation than the two 'reviews' proposed by university & also transparent input methods, please let me know.
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Marta Zboralska @marta-zboralska.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We are getting dangerously close to a point when the only people who are able to stay in academia are those who have enough independent wealth to keep going indefinitely as independent scholars.
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We’re either at the point where universities say they’re going to have academics in certain subjects because it’s a public good or… they’re not going to.
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If the media wants a story about academia which is of real public interest, then they should cover the resurgence of race science, which is providing legitimacy for racism and eugenic ideology in political and public discussions. Unfortunately, there seems to be little interest in this story
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Heini Väisänen @heinivaisanen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am very much looking forward to the next FemQuant seminar by Signe Svallfors on exposure to violent crime and pregnancy outcomes. More information and the sign up link below 👇
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Someone I know recently saw them live and apparently they were bad
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This same man welcomed by reform filmed a 14 year old girl I know (she asked him why he was putting flags up) and put the conversation on his Facebook without her knowledge or consent. A child. Loads of aggressive and insulting comments from his followers on the video. Irresponsible and vile.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'll again note that the folks willing to sign a letter supporting a raging eugenicist (purportedly in defense of his academic freedom to be racist) aren't nearly as motivated when it comes to *actual* threats to academic freedom, like this.
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For all those fans of academic freedom out there (like me!), here is a good primer on what it actually is. This should help people who seem to think conducting terrible and racist research is covered. TLDR; being a rubbish researcher doesn’t mean you get to be racist then claim academic freedom
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Cynthia Graham, Ph.D. @cygraham.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Very excited to announce that we have a new Journal of Sex Research LinkedIn page! . Please follow us to hear about the latest research on human sexuality! www.linkedin.com/company/the-... @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @sexsciencesociety.bsky.social
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The Journal of Sex Research | LinkedIn
The Journal of Sex Research | 94 followers on LinkedIn. The Journal of Sex Research is the official publication of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality | The Journal of Sex Research (JSR)...
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Solidarity with all trans and non-binary people today as the UK government brings into force the discriminatory and dangerous EHRC Code of Practice. The code, and the interpretation of the Equality Act that underpins gives license to segregation, harassment and violence. We must keep fighting.
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Springer nature are a disaster. Strongly suggest boycotting their journals. They also publish racist analyses in their journals and refuse to do anything about it. This is even worse if it’s supposed to be open access. Bet the authors don’t get a share of any ad revenue
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dang they really got a category for everything
THR
The Hollywood Reporter *
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Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for First Special Since Sexual Misconduct Allegations
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
There may be some clues here, who knows? “Fiona Cottrell’s son… had offered money-laundering services on the dark web and subsequently wrote a book called How to Launder Money” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of fraudster who backed Farage
George Cottrell’s mother, Fiona, at centre of criminal inquiry over potential evasion of restrictions on donations
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Joke candidate farage up against binface. And even getting bad press from the telegraph??
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Guaranteed: 1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are. 2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The right takes academia seriously, and is pouring money into neutering it. Would be good to see left wing politicians taking academia equally seriously, and taking action to support it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?
Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Andy Burnham has so far ✅said he supports the vile and hateful Mahmood reforms and briefed he may keep her as Home Sec ✅ said he want to use more migration detention centres ✅refused to describe what happened in Gaza as a genocide ✅ supported the EHRC’s segregation charter
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Sorry, hang on, the former Ofcom chair Michael Grade stated ‘the white majority’s voice must be protected’?!
Headline from the guardian 

GB News critics want to limit free speech to liberal, Islington consensus', GradeIn an interview with the Guardian, Lord Grade also said a long-term failure to give "the white majority a voice in the debate" would damage social integration in Britain.
"The fact is, what people don't like is the fact that there is a television station giving voice to a strong body of opinion in this country which has been ignored for years," he said. "They just don't like the idea that there's any voice or any agenda, news agenda, which is different from the kind of liberal, Islington consensus."
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So the UK government didn’t leave X when it produced a deluge of abuse images including CSAM and now Starmer is lecturing us on child safety? What about holding social media companies to account?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
As long as the government remains on the fascist enabling X nobody can take anything they say seriously with regards to social media and safety
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The British government should stop policing young people’s social media and start holding social media platforms accountable for how they foster harm against various groups.
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Dreamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 13/06/2026
In the broadest sense, the multi-faceted attack on trans lives is being litigated by a very small number of people who can’t accept the reality that trans people exist, have always existed, will always exist, and need some medical support and social acceptance in order to thrive.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel. Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it. A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.
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Dr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The decision to conduct this review is based on politics and ideology, not science. Decades of gold-standard scientific evidence have overwhelmingly demonstrated the safety of mifepristone, including when it is provided using telehealth.
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Buy your Anti fascist, pro abortion T-shirt and raise funds for the abortion support network! I’ll link the site in the next post inews.co.uk/news/farage-...
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Farage paid £83k from events linked to US anti-abortion supporters
Reform says it has no plans to change abortion laws but payments raise concerns about American anti-abortion groups’ access to a party with rising influence over British politics
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social - you were at Oxford Pride yesterday but you haven't yet signed the motion against the trabsphobic EHRC "guidance" Why not? You can't have your cake and eat it. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... @laylamoran.bsky.social thank you for attending AND signing @tacc.org.uk
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This 👇 Never understood the idea that you are somehow a better person if you don’t immediately block fools on sight
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Once again noting that the self declared “feminist” protectors of women (aka transphobes) say little to nothing about abortion rights and pal around with anti abortionists 🤔
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/05/2026
It’s almost like all surveillance, no matter the purported use, eventually becomes an extension of the carceral state.
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Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/
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Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Birth rate discourse is like “It turns out if you give women more choices, they’re less likely to make ones that make their lives harder.” Which is really helpful in figuring out how we can improve society somewhat. But instead people are like wow giving women more choices was a mistake
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Pleased we have a green incumbent in my constituency who is excellent, makes it very easy to decide how to vote. (Though I have to go home to get ID for the polling station which will add pointless friction to my day…)
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
National Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge was arrested last night on Abingdon Road for public order offences. Bridge himself had called the police when an Oxford resident lay under his cherry-picker van. Mobile phone footage from local residents shows Bridge shouting “I’ve been arrested!”.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Oxfordshire County Council has issued a formal legal notice to Raise the Colours Oxfordshire in response to the continued placing of flags across the county, on or near highways without consent. This notice requires them to stop the activity. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/unauthorised...
Flags on the Abingdon Road
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
As a cis woman it is hard to find the words to articulate how I feel about my safety being used as a pretence for this egregious bullying of children
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
TLDR; no it is not a good idea to use genetic testing to attempt to determine “biological sex“. It doesn’t work and is unscientific.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 26/03/2026
Oh did you want 3300 words from me on today's IOC sex testing rules? An essay on the nature of evidence and why we can't seem to stop getting stuck in the same traps around sex and gender in sports? Wow lucky you!! www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...
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The Olympics Has a New Sex Testing Policy. The Evidence Doesn’t Add Up
I’ve spent over 10 years obsessed with so-called “gender verification” tests. Proponents claim they have history and science on their side. They don’t.
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I keep saying to people that the fight against right wing attacks on trans rights and their attacks on abortion rights are linked. We’re in the same fight for human rights and if you can’t see it yet here’s a clear sign www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/17/e...
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Former EHRC chair signs amendments targeting abortion rights
Baroness Kishwer Falker, the EHRC's former chair, was among those to support amendments that would ban a form of abortion in the UK.
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