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Jessica Ringrose

@jessicaringrose.bsky.social
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Prof University College London, UK. Canadian Feminist Sociologist studying youth, social media, digital activism, tech facilitated harms and educational interventions New books: Teens, Social Media, & Image Based Abuse; and Postdigital Intimacies

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Marjo Kolehmainen @marjokolehmainen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Hot off the press 🔥 Delighted to be part of this @uclpress.bsky.social #OA book (eds Ady Evans Jamie Hakim @jessicaringrose.bsky.social Amy Shields Dobson Shaka McGlotten) with my chapter ‘Intimate matters: privacy and security and networked mental health support’ 🤗 uclpress.co.uk/book/postdig...
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Thanks Parent Zone for hosting a chat about new book Teens, Social Media and Image Based Abuse. we touched upon important topics of ongoing and future concern including youth AI dependencies. & how we can best support & protect young people rather than passing the blame and responsibility…
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🖋️"An outright ban on social media platforms for under-16s is problematic. It neglects young people’s rights and voice and penalises them rather than targeting social media platforms. Professor @jessicaringrose.bsky.social argues Australia’s under-16s social media ban could do more harm than good.
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Should the UK follow Australia’s under-16s social media ban? It could do more harm than good
Children may be put off telling adults about something harmful they’re not supposed to have seen.
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
📱 Digital media plays a big role in teens' lives. So how should parents and teachers navigate tech use? On 9 December, join @jessicaringrose.bsky.social for a Lunch Hour Lecture on smartphone policies, in relation to RSE, digital literacy and safeguarding in schools. www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...
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Lunch Hour Lecture: Smartphone Free Childhoods?
In this lecture, Professor Jessica Ringrose reports on a research project on teachers, parents and young people's views on smartphone restrictions.
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🔊Professor @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social discusses a survey by Male Allies UK that found over a third of teenage boys said they were considering the idea of an AI friend on BBC Woman's Hour. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 50 min, 26 sec)
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Woman's Hour - Teenage boys and AI, Lynsey Addario, Choking porn law - BBC Sounds
How and why are teenage boys using AI for therapy and romance?
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Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on #snapchat by @betsymilne.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @tanyah.bsky.social & Kaitlynn Mendes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on Snapchat
Snapchat has long been a pivotal space for youth digital intimate and sexual cultures, as well as gendered and sexual risks and harms. Despite being o…
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Today's young people are critical, agentic users of social media says IOE's @jessicaringrose.bsky.social . The conversation "Shared Screens, Split Realities: Rethinking Online Safety Together" @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social discusses navigating online life. bsky.app/profile/uclgrandcha...
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UCL Grand Challenges (@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social)
🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities. 🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv
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Elizabethe Payne Ph.D. @ecpayne.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Thanks to @drjackieullman.bsky.social @ejrenold.bsky.social @bwozolek.bsky.social @cristyndavies.bsky.social @cristownley.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @drmcquillan.bsky.social @cjpascoe.bsky.social @dortemarie.bsky.social @jengilbert.bsky.social and the many others not on this app.
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
In this new podcast you can listen to me discuss my new research on mobile phone banning in UK schools with UCL psychologist @marctibber.bsky.social
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
"Coverage on online misogyny tends to prioritise the opinions, behaviour and experiences of boys" @chiarafehr.bsky.social and @jessicaringrose.bsky.social reflect on Emmy Award-winning 'Adolescence' and the importance of centring the voices/experiences of girls. theconversation.com/girls-voices...
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Girls’ voices are needed to tackle misogyny and the manosphere – but they are being ignored
Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"Anti-pornography trends have tended to be steeped in conservative values of shame and blame that merely push issues underground rather than help young people develop their digital sexual literacies in ethical ways" says @jessicaringrose.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/gen-z-men-t...
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Gen Z men are turning against porn
"Boys and young men are not their fathers nor their grandfathers, this is great news for women and for men," Dr. Thomas Keith told Newsweek.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The Supreme Court ruling and the draft EHRC Statutory Code has left trans people in the UK feeling scared and confused. To help you navigate this nightmare, we've created a Know Your Rights resource. Find it at transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights #Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #TransAlly
Text says: What if someone tells me to leave the toilets? There’s a lot of confusion about our rights at the moment. Read our Know Your Rights resource for accurate, up to date info. transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights. Illustration of a person with short hair.
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
How can schools be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ students? ‪@jessicaringrose.bsky.social recommends schools: - Provide relationships and sex education that addresses LGBTQ+ identities - Challenge gender stereotypes and transphobic bullying - Uphold confidentiality theconversation.com/the-supr...
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
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Lily O’Farrell @lilyofarrell.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
A cartoon about the Skinny Tok to alt-right pipeline for young women and teenage girls 🧵
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
"High-quality relationships and sex education lessons that cover issues of LGBTQ+ sexual health and rights will enable schools to be inclusive environments that prioritise the safety, respect and dignity of all pupils," says @jessicaringrose.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-supr...
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
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Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Represented @citystgeorges.bsky.social at the impactful Care or Control? Regulating Technology Behaviour & Gender at School @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social led by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social Key research practice policy leaders in attendance. Here's the thought-provoking day! #CityStGeorges #CityStGSCC
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Digital Intimacies @digitprin.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
📅 Di.G.I.T Conference Programme! 25–26 September 2025 | 📍University of Padova Keynotes ✨Jessica Ringrose on Post-Digital Intimacy as a Theoretical Framework ✨Paul Byron on Mental Health, Care & Friendship on TikTok 💻 Full programme & info: digitalintimacies.eu/en/programme/
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Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Please join us for an agenda setting hybrid event @ucl.ac.uk May 23 organised by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social Care or Control? Regulating Technology, Behaviour & Gender at School I'll be representing @citystgeorges.bsky.social & joining an incredible lineup of academic & charitable organisation 1/
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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Friday! In person or online. Registration details here
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Fran Nantongwe @norfolkfran.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#SOCED
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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The Supreme Court decision that the words "man" & "woman" in the Equality Act refer to biological sex has serious implications for schools & uncertainty for the trans pupils they are trying to support. Read more from @jessicaringrose.bsky.social for @theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/2rwa8e3p
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
theconversation.com/the-supreme-... Just out in the conversation. Protect trans and gender diverse youth in school!
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
My name is even in there somewhere! 😊
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Digital Intimacies @digitprin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Spotlight on @jessicaringrose.bsky.social: a leading voice in youth digital activism and feminist research. Her research is essential for anyone working in education or activism! Don’t miss her keynote at #DIGIT2025. #YouthActivism #EducationForChange #DigitalFeminism #GenderResearch #MediaStudies
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
theconversation.com/girls-voices... Our article unpacks the deeply unethical idea to screen #Adolescence in schools. Did anyone think about asking what that might be like for girls?
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Girls’ voices are needed to tackle misogyny and the manosphere – but they are being ignored
Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Get a better understanding of the politics of journal publication – book now for ‘Demystifying the Politics of Interdisciplinary Journal Publication’, a free BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 15 May, University of Edinburgh tinyurl.com/554t7f6n #sociology
Get a better understanding of the politics of journal publication – book now for ‘Demystifying the Politics of Interdisciplinary Journal Publication’, a free BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 15 May, University of Edinburgh tinyurl.com/554t7f6n #sociology
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Elizabethe Payne Ph.D. @ecpayne.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The GEA conference is this month. We will have a panel on the new bullying book. If you’re going, we’re on Th! @genderanded.bsky.social @drjackieullman.bsky.social @ejrenold.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Really excited to sign off on the front & back cover of forthcoming book today! 💜🍌💛 what a journey it’s been. Huge thanks to esteemed colleagues for endorsements!
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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Looking forward to this. First outing of some new research with @jessicaringrose.bsky.social on smartphones, bans and sociodigital futures
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Woohoo! So excited about this incredible conference in Padua Italy September 25-26. There is likely still time to submit an abstract! digitalintimacies.eu/conference/
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Conference - Digital Intimacies
The digital space is gradually contributing to shaping the concept of intimacy, transforming what was once considered the exclusive domain of the private
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
May 23rd 2025 UCL registration Care or Control? Regulating Technology, Behaviour and Gender at School @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @andyincornwall.bsky.social @rcecoleman.bsky.social @devinasarwatay.bsky.social @emilysetty.bsky.social @craighaslop.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/care-or-co...
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Care or Control? Regulating Technology, Behaviour and Gender at School
Join us to discuss the global uptake of mobile phone ban in schools to support/promote young people’s rights and prevent sexual violences.
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
PART 2: What are the practical implications of the Supreme Court judgment on ‘what is a woman’? #humanrights #womensrights #trans #transwomen #supremecourt #justice #equalityact #equality
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Part 3 on For Women Scotland Supreme Court case: can they appeal to Strasbourg, is it even compliant with Strasbourg case law, is it fair if it is one sided? #supremecourt #equalityact #appeal #strasbourg #humanrights #women #transwomen #feminism
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum regarding trans inclusion.
The Vagina Museum Board of Trustees response to the UK Supreme Court ruling 

In light of the UK Supreme Court ruling, the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum wish to express their unequivocal support of and solidarity with their trans staff, volunteers, community partners, visitors and wider audience. 

From the outset, the Vagina Museum has always been trans inclusive. An important part of its mission around spreading knowledge and raising awareness of gynaecological anatomy and health has been to challenge normative assumptions around our bodies and how they may or may not be connected to experiences of gender, gender expression and broader sexuality. 

In doing so, we highlight that sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation and other characteristics related to sexual identity exist in various different combinations and their relationship to one another is never clear cut. What is clear to us is that everyone, regardless of their body parts, are deserving of human rights, dignity and the power to identity as they wish to. 
Just as we act as a forum for women’s reproductive health and rights from a feminist, inclusive and intersectional perspective; we will continue to advocate for trans+, non-binary and queer communities and rights. 

We cannot talk about feminism unless our feminism includes trans folks. 
We cannot talk about reproductive rights without trans rights. 
We cannot advocate for human rights without trans rights.

The ruling comes amidst an increasingly frightening climate for trans people in the UK and globally. We will continue to abide by our values, and ensure that the Vagina Museum remains a space in which trans people are included, welcomed and celebrated. 

In solidarity.
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 22/04/2025
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Trans women are routinely denied healthcare, safe housing and dignity. This isn’t an accident. It is hate, fuelled by those in power. Trans rights are human rights — and I will always stand with the trans community.
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thank you to all that protested today. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This event will explore issues of abuse and harassment amongst youth online. May 20, 2025. London @ioe.bsky.social
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Elizabethe Payne Ph.D. @ecpayne.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Our new book is now available for preorder! Thank you to @ejrenold.bsky.social @bwozolek.bsky.social @drjackieullman.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @cristyndavies.bsky.social @aoifeneary.bsky.social and all the contributors! www.upress.umn.edu/978151791716...
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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
#Adolescence has raised important questions around children’s digital lives. Our upcoming event w/ Lelia Green, @jessicaringrose.bsky.social, Kim Sylwander, Giselle Woodley & @sonialivingstone.bsky.social will discuss the effect of tech on teens. Tues 20 May 6.30-8pm www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
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Teens, sexting and image-based sexual abuse: a child rights approach
6.30pm Tues 20 May | Lelia Green, Jessica Ringrose, Kim Sylwander, Giselle Woodley | Free public event at LSE
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"We need deal with consent issues on the ground early, all the way through the whole gamut of education." @jessicaringrose.bsky.social spoke to the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee calling for high-quality RSE that covers sexual violence and digital literacy. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...
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Investing in relationships and sex education in schools to reduce violence against women and girls | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
Professor Jessica Ringrose spoke to the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee calling for high-quality relationships and sex education (RSE) that covers sexual violence and digital literacy.
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UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent @cda-adolescence.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This article outlines the APA's recent evidence-based guide to help parents navigate the complex world of teen video viewing. "The goal is not to control your child, but to help them learn to exert some measure of self-control, even if it takes practice," says @mitchprinstein.bsky.social.
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Deep in conversation imploring the London assembly to take action to prevent sexual violence through better statutory RSE (primary through to further education) that addresses all facets of consent!
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This was so fun to write up with you @devinasarwatay.bsky.social you are an intellectual force! 🤩
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Jon Pfautz @jonpfautz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Helpful list of alternatives: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
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How to De-Google your life: The ultimate list of best private Google alternatives. | Tuta
Start DeGoogling today and prevent Big G from exploiting your data! Learn how to replace Google apps with private ones in this detailed guide.
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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It’s International Women’s Day but tech Bros have erased it from your calendar; google search. Image is 2021 GOOGLE DOODLE. Look today, no IWD… 2025 Let’s find tech alternatives (eg to google maps, google citation) to mobilise our trans inclusive intersectional feminisms💪🏿🏳️‍⚧️ thanks BLUESKY
2021 google doodle fists held high to mark IWD
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Why do teachers do what they do, and what does it mean for children? 📚 Welcome to tonight's #IOELectures, with @alicebradbury.bsky.social speaking on the challenges facing early years and primary education.
Alice at the lectern during her Professorial Lecture.
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Michael Salter @mike-salter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Bluesky boosts safety tools as user numbers continue to rise www.independent.co.uk/space/intern...
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Bluesky boosts safety tools as user numbers continue to rise
The social media site has seen its user numbers more than double between November and January as users continue to flee Elon Musk’s X.
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