Sign in

Fraser McQueen

@frasermcqueen.bsky.social
999 followers 682 following 632 posts

Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, University of Leeds. Islamophobia & cultural production in France. Retired ex-Thai boxer. Co-convener @psafrenchpol.bsky.social‬ He/him.

PostsRepliesMedia
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 5h
Very nice coincidence to have become aware of this image from the current high school protests under a week before my 'May 68' lectures start. Looking forward to cementing my position as the king of cringe. Maybe I'll do the hand thing. It's so important to keep pushing your limits 💫
020
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 5h
Zorotl thinks his name is Johnny Blue i'm afraid
000
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wouldn't work on the blue guy because he thinks avarice and anger are blue and tomatoes are blue. So if u said that to him he'd probably be like 'oh, you mean blue?'
100
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
explain red
100
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just think about it. We can only say what blue looks like by describing something that's blue. The blue guy couldn't do that because everything's blue. He has no concept of (for example) red, he can't say the colour of blood because his blood is blue. So he wouldn't say he's blue da ba dee da ba da.
000
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
U wouldn't have a fish saying 'i'm in the water da ba dee da ba da' because it doesn't know there's something other than water. It's the same for the blue guy
020
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The thing that bothers me about the song blue by eiffel 65 is that if everything in the guy's world was blue he wouldn't be saying 'i'm blue'. He wouldn't know about other colours so 'blue' would mean nothing to him. The idea of anything not being blue would be unimaginable to him. It'd be like a fi
110
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bahhhh oui
000
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
While prepping my teaching for the coming year, I came across this word cloud from last year's week 1 welcome seminar on 'Introduction to French Studies'. The minds of young people are fascinating to me. What on earth is mint squash
130
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the energy i'm taking into 2026/7 🔥
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One thing you will never see me do is apologise for 'cross posting', which I think is for cowards.
120
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very pleased to share that I've risen three places to fourteenth in the Good Posters league table 2026. This is testament to the hard work I've been putting into my posting game.
020
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Can't remember exactly what I imagined being an academic would be like when I started pursuing it as a career, but if I had to guess I'd say that I probably thought I'd be spending more time in book-lined studies solving the world's problems and less time thinking about budget codes.
030
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
having fun reading jm barrie's peter pan for work
030
Reposted by Fraser McQueen
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Worrth remembering that Andy Burnham has a long record of being anti-immigration. He's kept Shabana Mahmood in place because he agrees with her
44783328
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
̶6̶0̶ 62 years of hurt 👍👍👍
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
[engaging with media] here's a twisted take for you. what if the protagonist was a Villain
000
Reposted by Fraser McQueen
Dublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home.
712975771
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Thank you! 🙏 Aiming to inspire others
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thrilled to announce - delighted to share! - that I have completed my annual online data protection training. This is a significant milestone as I aim to become the most boring man ever to have lived and I would like to thank GDPR for making it possible. 364 sleeps until I get to do it again 💪 💫
150
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A wee happy looking kid just ran past me in Costa, so I smiled at him only for his mum to say 'stop it, you're annoying the man'. Wtf no he isny. Leave me out of this
020
Reposted by Fraser McQueen
Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’ve got no wish to divide and I give total solidarity with those affected there; but, as others have said, it is notable how much more attention the proposed cuts at Exeter are getting relative to those at some other institutions, including my own (where the numbers affected are, I believe, higher)
4182
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A stupid thing I do that I quite simply refuse to deal with is only own one suitcase. If I'm going somewhere for like 3 days I need to use either the 2-week-holiday case or just a backpack. This would be so easily solved by buying a second case, but I will probably never do that.
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
im going sleepyead mode. Im napmaxxing
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
👿👿👿
000
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
mad business model to only be selling two products but who am i to judge if it makes money
030
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
are you actually shitting me
030
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
SPOKE TOO SOON I JUST TRIED THIS AGAIN AND THEY STILL ASKED ME TO REPEAT IT. HOW DO I MAKE IT SIMPLER THAN BOB
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A very good afternoon to all my fellow Sco-atians 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇭🇷
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Deadline now extended to Friday 19th June - please consider submitting an abstract if your research touches on any of the areas covered!
001
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Got back from a few days at a conference/other work-related commitments to what I can only describe as this extremely dubious pleasure
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
People are in my mentions arguing with each other about toilets and it's not even transphobic, which is actually really nice
030
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
what happened here
14666
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
'Redemption through HIS BLOOD' is such an intensely normal thing to read when you look out of your hotel window in the morning
020
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This opens the worrying possibility that the red pepper dip was discontinued for reasons related to gender discourse...
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Getting the macho peas from Nando's because I want to eat my 5 a day while still feeling like a tough guy
110
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Just told an English barista my name was Bob. Very good tactic I think
040
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Had a great time last week as part of the 'dream team' panel (this was the official name I think) with @saraharens.bsky.social and @mbedecarre.bsky.social at the Men & Masculinities in Contemporary France conference in Bristol! I was explainining why micky houellebecq is a pie
064
Reposted by Fraser McQueen
Madeline Bedecarre @mbedecarre.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Had a blast trying to convince everyone that Beigbeder is a (dark?) romance novelist and soaking up @saraharens.bsky.social & @frasermcqueen.bsky.social ’s brilliance
072
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
'My father was a pen taker'
030
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
'Be careful, Keir! They're calling for your sudden death!' 'Sudden death? They want me to take penalties?' 'Uhh, yes Keir'
000
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Troubling times for both Old Firm sides now Shankland isn't there to sabotage our title push (we all saw that sitter he missed against Motherwell)
010
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Sorry to say this, but it was out of order for Lawrence Shankland to go after that pitch invader the way he did. He is supposed to be a role model and I for one think that a lengthy suspension is the only solution 🐀
100
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The CfP for this year's PSA French Politics Specialist Group annual workshop is attached here! The workshop will be held in Leeds on Friday 11 Sept. We look forward to receiving your abstracts! If anyone has any questions, please feel free to reach out either to me or to @salomeietter.bsky.social
054
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Honestly cannot articulate how little I could cope with having to handle Scottish football chat right now
020
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
never been happier to live in england btw
100
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Got absolutely owned lads
030
Reposted by Fraser McQueen
Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity
151072297
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
If you're wondering e.g. why one of those two teams might be awarded the dodgiest penalty you've ever seen, by VAR, in the 8th minute of 5 minutes of stoppage time, to keep them in the title race, this info is helpful!
030
Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
People who aren't from Scotland, and want to understand Scottish football, need to understand that in a nation where 100k + of a population of 5M don't just support 2 teams, but *go to every home game*, match officials don't have to declare who they support.
221