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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her)

@hbowescatton.bsky.social

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Northern, working class, queer, cis feminist academic. Lifts heavy things for fun. Personal account. Views mine. 🏳️‍⚧️ The only true feminism is intersectional 💜🤍💚

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I saw a man in the ladies loos last week. He was cleaning them. If anti-trans campaigners were really worried about men being in the ladies', they'd be coming after cleaners at service stations. They're not, and that should tell you everything you need to know.

A sign on the door of the ladies toilets at a Welcome Break motorway services. It reads 'Cleaning in progress - please be aware that both female and male washroom cleaners are in attendance'

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's Trans Day Of Visibility. It's getting more & more dangerous to be visibly trans, & more & more important for allies to be visible too. Trans people are such a tiny minority group, which makes it easy to target them. But it's much harder to do that if they are surrounded by supporters.

I JUST WANT TO SAY IF YOU ARE TRANS AND READING THIS I LOVE YOU AND SO DO ALL MY MATES. By Dirtee Murfee

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Really interesting evidence café discussions about priorities for research skills training over the next five years. #RCHlaunch

A list of potential priorities for research skills training capability building.

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

PVC Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social introducing the day #RCHlaunch

Mark Brandon introducing the day in a crowded hall on OU campus.

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

@transsolidarity.bsky.social are organising an open letter re the adverse impact of the EHRC guidance on businesses and organisations. Please encourage your employers to sign/sign if you are a business owner. www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o.... Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Finished 'Crip Spacetime', and made great progress on my tangle. Felt very appropriate to be working through a complex tangle while reading about the entanglements of bodyminds, environments, and objects, and the endless accommodation loop...

A desk with tangled yarn on one side of the keyboard, and de-tangled balls of yarn on the other.

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

To help me focus while reading I'm keeping my hands busy with this huge yarn tangle I discovered in my stash yesterday. So satisfying!

A big tangle of yarn with lots of different colours and textures.

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Are you neurodivergent & have done, or considered, a PhD? We’re researching how doctoral study works (or doesn’t) for neurodivergent people. Take our 30min survey & help make academia more inclusive forms.office.com/e/ft9jyWsPUW Questions? Email lindsay.odell@open.ac.uk #PhD #Neurodivergent

Three shelves of brightly coloured books

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This conversation with my nephew, while I was in the queue for the Parliamentary lobby the other day, really made me laugh. Imagine if MPs were actually like Pokémon? You could combine them to evolve them into better ones!

Me - My MP isn't here today though
Nephew - Everyone has their own MP, like a Pokemon?

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

On my way to That London to join the mass lobby of Parliament for trans rights with @transsolidarity.bsky.social

Helen Bowes-Catton, a white woman in her forties with black glasses and red hair.

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

If the concern about men in women's toilets was real, we'd be hearing a lot more about this, wouldn't we?

A sign at the entry of a ladies toilet reads 'Both male and female attendants will be cleaning these facilities'

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Carol Azumah Dennis inaugural first slide - 'First move - A Black woman professes'

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Past-me bought a ticket for a gig in London tonight. Current me is all 'but now I have to go to London! On a school night! And stand up for hours!' I'll enjoy it when I get there, right? Right.

Picture of Nadya from What We Do In The Shadows giving side eye and looking uncomfortable. Caption reads 'people over 40 watching a third opening band set up before the headliner'.

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