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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Can anyone help my dissertation students out? If you are in a relationship with someone who has a menstrual cycle we want to hear from YOU! Please see the link below for more info, or to take part in our short, online survey (~ 10 mins!) durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

📣Participants needed for a study of how the menstrual cycle influences relationships and wellbeing. We are recruiting both: ✅ People who have #PMDD (diagnosed or self-identified) ✅ People who do not have PMDD If you’re interested, please click below! durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Are you in a relationship with someone who menstruates? If so, I want to hear from you to find out more about how #PMDD and other menstrual symptoms affect the relationship. Please follow this link for more info, or to take part: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English” my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED! We're looking for adults with PMDD and adults who menstruate w/o PMDD to complete a study on cognition across the menstrual cycle. Please see below on follow the link to find out more/take part! www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.5/surv... #pmdd #womenshealth #menstrualhealth

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Linda Arrighi @lindarrighi.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🚨 New publication alert‼️🔔 Check out my new commentary "The Spectrum of Sex and Gender" answering "How many sexes are there? How many genders are there?" at doi.org/10.1007/s105... This open access commentary delves into some critical current issues, for more info see below or read via the link :)

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The Spectrum of Sex and Gender - Archives of Sexual Behavior

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The rough sex defence: A new manifestation of misogyny. Derek Perkins and Rachel Kelly on the law and limited research around this form of gender-based violence. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

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The rough sex defence: A new manifestation of misogyny | BPS

Derek Perkins and Rachel Kelly on the law and limited research around this form of gender-based violence.

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Want to do a PhD in Psychology at Durham? I'm looking to supervise candidates interested in researching #PMDD and/or #neurodivergence - drop me a message to chat or discuss ideas!

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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

"With dismay we witness our university leadership making soulless choices that hollow out our institutions from within and erode the critical and self-reflective fabric of academia". [from Guest et al., 'Against the Uncritical Adoption of "AI" Technologies in Academia']

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Starting now: @drmbothapsych.bsky.social 's public lecture on autism, dehumanisation and the problems in autism research. Very excited to listen to this after the first year of being colleagues @durham-university.bsky.social

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stage7 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stage7.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️

The Bisexual Manifesto: We are tired [the rest is redacted].

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

me to my students: LLMs are like your worst ex. They will LIE to you with the most serene, most confident face one of my students, quietly: I hate that guy so much

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The EHRC guidance is unworkable for business. Signatories include Ben & Jerry's, Lush, Lucy & Yak and hundreds of large and small businesses across the country www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Hundreds of firms warn new draft guidance on single sex spaces is ‘unworkable’

Exclusive: More than 650 organisations have urged Bridget Phillipson to ‘take immediate action to prevent these proposals from moving forward’

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Next week! Come and join us (well...me!) to chat all things sex and gender teaching in Psychology. Registration is FREE! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a89d52... #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 08/08/2025

A PhD-level expert isn’t someone who can answer any question off the top of their head. A PhD-level expert is someone who will stare at some piece of information, say, “that doesn’t seem right,” and then spend enormous amounts of time obsessively hunting down every piece of information they can…

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Last push for responses to the below survey! The form will close at the end of the day. #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🧠 Calling UK Psychology educators! I'm developing a webinar on how we teach sex and gender in UG Psychology programmes — and I’d love your input. The goal? To share current approaches, inclusive strategies, and tackle challenges 📋 Got 5 mins? Fill out this short survey: forms.office.com/e/3AHkbEaNJG

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

TW: harm to children. My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review. It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban. Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...

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Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban

This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

DuBois, Trujillo, & McCarthy released ed. vol on sex/gender entanglement across fields including developmental biology, neuroscience, health equity, transgender health, cancer research, & more. Looks to be some rigorous interdisciplinary work on sex/gender to date. Fully downloadable.

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Sex and Gender

This open access book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the study of sex and gender and suggests directions for future research in this field.

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

A common claim in #EvoPsych is that the persistence of psychological sex differences in gender-egalitarian* countries shows that the differences are innate. I've argued that ignores the highly-gender-unequal media environment. Now @larawood.bsky.social has proved me right! #EHBEA #HBES

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Lara Wood @larawood.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🚨New publication... Children's films contain innacurate gender stereotypes and these corresespond to children's (and adult's) implicit and explicit gendered associations. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Read thread for more details...

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Mr Predator and Mrs Prey: Gender Stereotypes in Children's Films Correlate With Explicit and Implicit Gender Stereotyping

Children acquire gender stereotypes at a young age and these subsequently influence cognition and behavior. Stereotypes may be learned through a child's direct observation of gender differences as we....

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Unsure how to collect gender, sex and sexuality data following the UK Supreme Court ruling? 📝 New writing on how a biology-first approach to diversity data WILL NOT WORK and how we can defend inclusive approaches. kevinguyan.com/2025/05/27/d...

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Holly Dunsworth @dunsworth.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🚨New open access book! To promote informed applications in research, policy, medicine, and public health, the Ernst Strüngmann Forum convened scholars from diverse fields to examine a widely held assumption that sex and gender are conceptually separate. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Sex and Gender

This open access book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the study of sex and gender and suggests directions for future research in this field.

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

There are now over 2000 UK academic signatories to our open letter in support of trans rights & inclusion, along with hundreds of other UK educators & international supporters. It's heartening to see such support from colleagues for our trans siblings. #NotInOurName docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Not In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out - with signatures

To co-sign the statement, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiScaMEt5 (Please do not ‘request share’, rather, fill in the form ^ ^.) Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Sp...

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Durham UCU @ducu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Some photos from today's rally in support of trans rights here in Durham #UnionswiththeT

Professor Lynda Boothroyd addressing the crowd beside the Bill Bryson Library.

The President of the Durham University Trans Association addresses the crowd.

People begin to gather in support of trans rights.

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

New publication alert! 🚨 My first paper on #PMDD is out in PLoS One today! In collaboration with @iapmdglobal.bsky.social, we looked at the impact PMDD has on those with the condition and on their partners, who often fall into an informal, familial caregiver role. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Examining the impact of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) on life and relationship quality: An online cross-sectional survey study

Little is known regarding the impact of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) on specific aspects of life quality within the home, such as spousal/partner relationships. Moreover, the impact of PMDD ...

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Marco Bocchio @marcobocchio.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

📢 Still time to apply for our MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience @durhampsych.bsky.social ! 👉 durham.ac.uk/study/course... 🧠 Join a top Psychology department and kickstart your Neuroscience career. 🔍 Wide range of research groups: durham.ac.uk/departments/... 📩 DM me for any question

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/04/2025

The UK supreme court today ruled that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to biological sex. Trump's Executive Order 14168, issued on 20 January, similarly proclaims to be ‘Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’. Judith Butler: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Judith Butler · This Is Wrong: Executive Order 14168

When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society, progressive politics in general is...

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

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Durham UCU @ducu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Some of our extremely tuned-in and smart students have launched a petition against the staff cost cuts announced by our senior management. If you're a Durham student, we hope you'll consider signing! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Petition Against Durham University Financial & Staff Cuts

Concerns... 1. Deterioration of Student Experience - Reducing academic and professional staff by £10 million in both 2024/25 and 2025/26 will have significant negative impacts on teaching quality, st...

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Participants needed! 📣 My dissertation student is running an interview study that aims to find out more about what it's like to be both #ADHD and #PMDD - as there is next to no research out there on this! Click below for more info: qualtricsxmzn93vbtyk.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Lived Experiences of Individuals with PMDD and ADHD: Pre-Interview Participant Information

Lived Experiences of Individuals with PMDD and ADHD: participation survey

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It has come to my attention that I do not, in fact, own a cat; I own a soot sprite.

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Sophie Hodgetts @drshodgetts.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Last push for participants for this study on #ADHD and #PMDD!

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Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This site includes the "clear guidance" that Trump's EO 14168 mandated should be produced within 30 days to expand on the definition of sex in that order. This is what the policies of the US Government will be based on. Let's take a walk through...

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