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Dr Lara Owen

@laraowen.bsky.social
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Politics & culture of women’s reproductive health. Author ‘Her Blood Is Gold’. Latest 'Reorganizing Menstruation' OUP. laraowen.com

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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cancelled Netflix b/c they/it put the price up by 30%, plus the content is mostly too violent or too schmaltzy for me and I hardly use it anyway. Anything European (a category I stubbornly include the UK in) can be found on other channels, and US popular culture is mostly crap these days. So there.
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SteveH @sghendricks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Strange world part a zillion: rapidly rising gas prices around the world due to US war on Iran have an ironic upside (and that will irk the warmongers): How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...
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How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia
Rising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that loves long road trips.
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Should people who patently obviously don’t believe in or play by the rules of a liberal democracy be allowed to stand for office in a liberal democracy? Asking for a friend.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Activists? Activists?
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are gangs of men in black balaclavas roaming around the country, intimidating people and blocking roads and access to buildings. Why are they not being arrested? Why is the PM not calling them out?
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The BBC is losing the plot. Apart from the insane over-promotion of Reform, they are making ludicrous claims like this: “Updated 31 August 2026……… there is comprehensive coverage of the final Grand Slam of the year across the BBC”. Turns out this actually means Radio 5 Live and some podcasts.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
AI is contemporary colonisation of our minds. First the tech bros corralled and monetised our attention, now they are coming for our creativity, our problem-solving capacity, and our souls.
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
People need to jump on this “new normal” nonsense and stop it. Similarly, the notion we’ve lucked out to be getting a Mediterranean climate. The fauna, flora and ocean life of the British Isles developed over millennia based on a particular climate. A radically changing climate changes everything.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
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Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. (Gift Article)
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This Times headline needs reworking. How about “Short-sightedness will kill us all”? Not doing net zero means the planet becoming unliveable for most species. Having blackouts until we get energy sorted out should be the least of our worries.
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Net zero race ‘risks blackouts and higher bills’
A whistleblower claims the national grid operator is ‘flying blind’ because it cannot accurately forecast supply from renewable sources
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Catherine O’Neill @caitoneill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democracy is failing as the media & political power are owned by a tiny rich elite. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Apropos of current Homer fuss, may I remind you of its long tail — Alexander Pope (1688-1744) who wasn’t formally educated after the age of 12, had terrible health and was a Catholic at a bad time, escaped penury by earning >£1 million in today’s money from his translation of the Iliad alone.
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
the funniest thing I have read in a very long time. Thank you @lizcookkc.bsky.social
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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In this current harsh world, let's warm a few hearts remembering the events of 7-8 March 1991, when the 90,000 people of Brindisi woke up to find 25,000 Albanians roaming the streets of their town. For perspective, that's roughly equivalent to 25k people suddenly landing in Hastings [Thread] >> 1
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I’m teaching my year-long masters level course in Contemporary Menstrual Studies again this year, starting March 23. And the new second year starts March 24 and is open to all graduates from the inception of the course in 2022 (almost fully booked). Go to laraowen.com for details and to register.
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Contemporary Menstrual Studies - a comprehensive Master's level course with Dr Lara Owen.
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
'Reorganizing Menstruation' (OUP 2024) looks at what happens when longterm, gendered stigma is disrupted, through ethnographic research I did on the introduction of a menstrual workplace policy in Bristol, UK, and the uptake of menstrual cups among undergraduates in Melbourne, Australia.
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My latest book is 'Reorganizing Menstruation: Menstrual Innovations and the Redistribution of Boundaries, Capitals, and Labour'. It's 30% off at OUP right now. Go to global.oup.com/academic/pro... The digital version of Chapter One is free until Nov 30 at academic.oup.com/book/58155/c...
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Dr Lara Owen @laraowen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Since 2022 I've been giving a master's level course in Contemporary Menstrual Studies to students globally, from 23 countries so far. In 2025, Year One will be taught for the 4th year running, and Year Two will be introduced for those who've already done Year One. laraowen.com/contemporary...
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Registration for 2025 opens Oct 1, 2024
Book soon to ensure your place
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