Reposted by Jai MackenzieCal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 12/02/2026New School Guidance announces: Full bathroom ban. Full PE ban. Full school trip accommodation ban. Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/ 50962371
Reposted by Jai MackenzieJacey is a suitable combo of my actual name for privacy reasons @spacegrace.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Trans folk and allies, flood this. It won’t stop them doing irreparable damage to trans kids in schools but in twenty years when this gets studied we’ll be able to say they knew the consequences and how poorly received it was. consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...consult.education.gov.uk Keeping children safe in education: 2026 proposed revisions - Department for Education - Citizen Space Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education 310677
Reposted by Jai MackenzieBAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · 06/09/2025For info on how to become the BAAL SIG new secretary see here ⤵️ #BAAL2025 053
Reposted by Jai MackenzieCarmen Lee @carmen-lee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Last day of #ADDA5: #dcmjournal co-EiC Jan Chovanec on replatforming of TV cooking shows; social media editor @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social on Goncharov CoP on Tumblr; and EB member @jaimackenzie.bsky.social on #dadlife on instagram 043
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Just about ready to talk about seahorses and dad bods at the ADDA 5 Conference in Tilburg (Approaches to Digital Discourse Analysis). I'll be presenting a case study from my Dadlife project exploring fathers' constructions of familial roles and practices on Instagram. 1130
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Huge thankyou from me also to @nounfraze.bsky.social & @helensauntson.bsky.social for organising ‘Marking Milestones in Language, Gender & Sexuality Studies’. This was such an important day for taking stock of where we’ve come from, where we are, and directions we might take in the future. Onward! 060
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Got my first decent payout from ALCS today. If you haven’t already, sign up!! It’s super simple. 040
Reposted by Jai MackenzieSofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 18/03/2025If you're still looking for some evening entertainment tmrw (which is also informative): @coocho.bsky.social, Alex D'Arcy, @jaimackenzie.bsky.social, and I will be talking about online research ethics; our own contribution focuses on the pick-up artists #ISLE www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/o... 1176
Reposted by Jai MackenzieSofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Join us for the next #ISLE Online Forum taking place Wednesday, March 19 (6pm CET): "Navigating Research Ethics - Focus on Digital Data" with Alexandra D'Arcy, @jaimackenzie.bsky.social & @coocho.bsky.social. Zoom link available here: www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/o... #Linguistics #Ethics 0116
Reposted by Jai MackenzieZsófia Demjén @zsofiademjen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I suppose one way to start here is to share a new publication. Here it goes: '‘I am still unsure’ - Spontaneous expressions of vaccine indecision on Mumsnet' with @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social @elenasemino.bsky.social @williamdance.bsky.social @drclaireh.bsky.social et al. #healthcomm #vaccinations 0288
Reposted by Jai MackenzieFederica Formato (she/her) @genderedform.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I am looking forward to reconnecting with my LaGS family in May! Registration is now open and the programme looks fabulous with @jaimackenzie.bsky.social and Jane Sunderland (my former PhD supervisor) as plenary speakers! Thank you @nounfraze.bsky.social for all your work in organising this. 031
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Great to see this special issue on critical discursive approaches to intersecting global inequalities out today! Featuring me on the intersection of single adoption & disability, @lucyjones.bsky.social, @angelazottola.bsky.social & @dimitrisrf.bsky.social & more! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjgs20/3...tandfonline.comJournal of Gender StudiesVolume 34, Issue 1 of Journal of Gender Studies 02510
Reposted by Jai MackenzieMalgorzata Chalupnik @mchalu.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Out now and open access! ‘Hard to swallow? A critical animal studies perspective on the discursive recontextualisation of the reality of dairy farming’ with @gavinbrookes.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1750... @uonenglish.bsky.social 1248
Reposted by Jai MackenzieFederica Formato (she/her) @genderedform.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Don't forget to follow @lgas-baal.bsky.social, the page of the Baal Sig in Language, Gender and Sexuality. 132
Reposted by Jai MackenzieScott Burnett @burscott.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Starting small: let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/JTe7F8S 16499
Reposted by Jai MackenzieAnna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies is now on BSky @jcads.bsky.social 0133
Reposted by Jai MackenzieJohn E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 19/11/2024New edited collection, out now (one for library purchases though) > www.routledge.com/The-Politics... 45521
Reposted by Jai MackenzieLucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Sharing this post from a few months ago for the benefit of queer linguists new to Bluesky! Do get in touch if you have a book proposal to discuss 📚 0188
Reposted by Jai MackenzieJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 18/11/2024Speaking as an expert on transphobia and the gender critical movement: Block them. Hide replies. Report them. Do not "debate" them. The fact that they are campaigning so hard against blocking and in favour of debate/their right to harassment should tell you - it serves their interests to engage. 6543311426
Reposted by Jai MackenzieJohn E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Updated > go.bsky.app/QJPicoq 94718
Reposted by Jai MackenzieFederica Formato (she/her) @genderedform.bsky.social · 15/11/2024My CUP element is finally out! 🙌 You can download it for free for a couple of weeks. Will soon post some reflections available in the book! 108530
Reposted by Jai MackenzieLucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Out today with @jaimackenzie.bsky.social & Sarah Atkins! We considered the ethical challenges of doing participant-centred research in linguistics, thinking beyond the formal ethics review process by drawing on our own - quite different - experiences in the field. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...degruyter.comEthical practice in participant-centred linguistic researchThis article outlines ethical principles for ‘participant-centred linguistic research’ (PCLR), a term we coin to incorporate a range of linguistic research approaches that place importance on the invo... 13920
Reposted by Jai MackenzieAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 06/10/2024Last call! You can still join us tomorrow at PSU's online Sawyer Seminar Series to talk gender, empire, and why transphobia isn't just a problem on the right. Monday October 7, 9:30 am Eastern/2:30 pm UK; register here: events.la.psu.edu/event/sawyer... 072
Reposted by Jai MackenzieFederica Formato (she/her) @genderedform.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Proof received. Special issue coming October 2024. 0194
Reposted by Jai MackenzieJessica Aiston @jessaiston.bsky.social · 12/09/2024Very pleased to be kicking off the 2024/2025 research seminar series at Westminster Forum for Languages and Linguistics. On 2nd October, I'll be sharing my PhD research once more. 1103
Reposted by Jai MackenzieVeronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 05/09/2024The MANTRaP team are planning a special issue of Critical Discourse Studies on the language of the manosphere. We are especially interested in studies on non-Western contexts and in concrete, research-based positive interventions. Extended abstracts are due 1 Dec docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comCfP special issueCall for papers: Special issue of Critical Discourse Studies on The language of the manosphere: global perspectives Guest editors: Veronika Koller, Alexandra Krendel, Jessica Aiston, Mark McGlashan ... 0137
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 05/09/2024My book ‘Connected Parenting: Digital discourse and diverse family practices’ is now out in paperback! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connected...bloomsbury.comConnected ParentingChanging practices and perceptions of parenthood and family life have long been the subject of intense public, political and academic attention. Recent years ha… 094
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 29/04/2024My exploration of ‘divine motherhood’ at the intersection of single adoption and disability is out today! This is part of an exciting special issue exploring intersecting inequalities, watch this space for the full set! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com“I’m not a saint”: divine motherhood at the intersection of single adoption and disabilityThis article examines some of the social norms, expectations and prejudices that surround the single adoption of disabled children in the UK. Drawing on interviews with a UK-based single adoptive p... 022
Reposted by Jai Mackenziesasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 10/04/2024The lack of any scepticism (outside of the trans community and clinicians) re: the Cass Review is astounding. It’s trash. It rejects the consensus on puberty blockers on the most spurious grounds. It’s a politically motivated document produced by people who were working back from their conclusion. 26115
Reposted by Jai MackenzieLucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2024Today's the day! Really excited to hear our fantastic speakers talk about language, gender and sexuality in sport today at #LGaSSIG15! 184
Reposted by Jai MackenzieJessica Aiston @jessaiston.bsky.social · 19/02/2024Another survey plug (this time with an infographic). We're looking for young autistic people (16-26, no diagnosis required) in the UK to take part in our survey. Whether you love social media or hate it, we're interested in your views about it! Survey closes 31st March, RTs appreciated. 268
Reposted by Jai MackenzieAimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · 26/02/2024Last week to get the early bird rate for the 1-day conference Language, Gender and Sexuality in Sport at De Montfort University on 5th April! We have a fanastic programme planned and will be joined by Verity Smith (rugby player and LGBT+ activist) and Stephanie Schnurr and Kieran File (Warwick)store.dmu.ac.ukLanguage, Gender and Sexuality in Sport Event, 05 April 2024 | De Montfort universityThe British Association of Applied Linguistics’ Language, Gender and Sexuality Special Interest Group (BAAL LGaS SIG)’s annual event for 2024 w 013
Reposted by Jai MackenzieLucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 14/02/2024And while I'm here, it seems a good time to mention that, in April, @aimeebailey.bsky.social and I are hosting an event in Leicester on Language, Gender and Sexuality in Sport - we'll be talking about just these sorts of issues as well as much more. Join us! baalgensex.wordpress.com/events/forth... 061
Reposted by Jai MackenzieBluesky @bsky.app · 06/02/2024You can now sign up for Bluesky without an invite! 🎉 bsky.social/about/blog/0...bsky.socialJoin Bluesky Today (Bye, Invites!) - BlueskySign up for Bluesky! No invite code required. 542131466875
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 25/01/2024My article with @aimeebailey.bsky.social is out in The Conversation today, looking at shifting representations of the charity Mermaids and implications for trans, non-binary and gender diverse young people theconversation.com/how-the-tide...theconversation.comHow the tide turned on transgender support charity MermaidsResearch shows how the group once portrayed as a respected source of advice began to be seen by some outlets as a danger to young people. 287
Reposted by Jai MackenzieAimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · 19/12/2023Hot off the press! @jaimackenzie.bsky.social and I's article exploring representations of the charity Mermaids in the British press. We find that, between 2015 & 2022, the image of the charity as a useful source of support is supplanted by the image of a dangerous and controversial organisation.doi.orgSupport group or transgender lobby? Representing Mermaids in the British pressThis article examines representations of Mermaids, a charity that supports trans young people and their families, in the British press. Using corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis, we identif... 0138
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 14/12/2023I’m hoping to read more (academic papers) in the new year… does anyone have any recommendations for *free* (or v low-cost) text-to-speech apps that’ll help me on my way? 110
Reposted by Jai MackenzieFrazer Heritage @nounfraze.bsky.social · 12/12/2023Delighted to share that my monograph "Incels and Ideologies: Exploring How Incels Use Language to Construct Gender and Race" is now published with Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality series! : link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #gender #racism #incelslink.springer.comIncels and IdeologiesThis book explores how incels use language and other semiotic resources to construct ideologies of gender and race/ethnicity. 2157
Reposted by Jai MackenzieLizzie Reed @lizziereed.bsky.social · 08/12/2023Proofs returned for the article on lesbians (but also methods) in small cities. Coming soon (in Open Access) to Sexualities. #Sociology 🌈🎓 Find us at this DOI when it's out; 10.1177/13634607231221993 0132
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 08/12/2023Proofs day with @aimeebailey.bsky.social! So pleased that our article on representations of (the charity) Mermaids will soon be released into the wild 🥳 4142
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 06/12/2023All the cool kids are joining now! Welcome, @michelezappavigna.bsky.social 👋🏼 020
Reposted by Jai MackenzieNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 06/12/2023On the 25th April (in the IoE, the heart of the beast) to be precise. Arguing a complex case about the nature of transphobia. Bringing together a number of perspectives from queer sociology to propaganda studies. 1104
Reposted by Jai MackenzieMegan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 04/12/2023Did you know that I created a database of marginalized scholars in language? Check it out here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #linguistics #languagedocs.google.comScholars to Read/Know in the Field of LanguageBy Subfield This database contains the names of marginalized scholars in the field of language. ,Maintained by Dr. Megan Figueroa (Bluesky: @meganfigueroa) Submit here: https://goo.gl/forms/zh6wYc4nr... 46328
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 30/11/2023And another one! Hello @christianilbury.bsky.social 👋🏼 140
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 29/11/2023Welcome to bluesky, @suminzhao.bsky.social! My first invitee ☺️ 210
Reposted by Jai MackenzieLucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 23/11/2023Rod Borba, Wlm Leap & I are developing a new book series: Studies in Queer Linguistics. It will complement existing lang, gender & sexuality series but is the first focused solely on QL. If you have a monograph in the planning stages, do get in touch. We'll announce the publisher when it's official! 31810
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 02/11/2023For folks not on the bird site, the call for papers for the BAAL language, gender & sexuality SIG’s event at De Montfort University, on April 5th 2024, is out now! Hosted by the excellent @aimeebailey.bsky.social & @lucyjones.bsky.social. Details on our website baalgensex.wordpress.com/events/ 144
Reposted by Jai MackenzieAdam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 01/11/2023www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comDeaf scholar promoted to full professor in deaf studies in UK firstUntil the appointment of Annelies Kusters, UK had only hearing people as full professors in the field 0425