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Dr Rachele Girardi

@rachelegirardi.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Lecturer @ VUB | Queer criminology, gender & sexuality, carceral geography, prison abolition | she/her

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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I wrote a short piece for Abolitionist Futures on state repression and police violence during protests, drawing from the recent demonstration in solidarity with Askatasuna in Turin, Italy. Read the piece here: abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/...
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When people disobey: Askatasuna and police violence against dissent — Abolitionist Futures
This article considers the violence of policing and the state repression of protesting by reflecting on recent clashes with the police that erupted during a national demonstration in Turin, Italy, on ...
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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
✨Reading and Practising Abolition✨ Join us for this pilot project on creative methods and abolitionist scholarship in collaboration with Abolitionist Futures! Follow this link for more information: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Dr Ed Schreeche-Powell @schreeche.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Coming soon……… Navigating Mental Health in the Male Open Prison: Pains, Power and Peer Support
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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I am so excited to announce Love in a F*cked Up World, the podcast! The first episode is out today — a conversation with adrienne maree brown — and I'll be releasing new episodes every two weeks for the next few months. youtu.be/m-a1yDmReGQ?...
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Introducing: Love in a F*cked Up World | Podcast with Dean Spade
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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Recently presented my work on #queer #resistance and #prison heterotopias at the London Conference in Critical Thought 2025 & I am still thinking about the amazing conversations we had on everyday resistance, the power of the erotic, queer affect, and empathy and cringe for knowledge production ✨
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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
If you are in London next Wednesday (21/05), and you'd like to listen to some interesting stuff about prisons, gender, societal norms, punishment and health, join us for a pint at this year's @pintofscience.uk event! 🍺 Grab your tickets here: pintofscience.co.uk/event/future...
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Beyond the Surface: Diving into Digital Human Milk Sharing and Reality of Women's Prison
This event promises to provide a thought-provoking look at the intersections of health, gender, and societal norms. <br /> <br /> First we explore the growing trend of…
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
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Not In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out - with signatures
To co-sign the statement, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiScaMEt5 Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia We are non-trans feminist academics...
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Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Delighted to share the publication of my first lead-author article! We discuss the needs & experiences of foreign national women in Irish prisons, as their narrative is often missing from research in this area. We also highlight adaptation strategies undertaken in an attempt to navigate prison life
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Katrina @katrinabryce.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Who's side are you on? First photo, Terf rally in Parliament Square with 3 attendees (25th January 2025) Second photo, Trans rally in Parliament Square with 30,000 attendees (19th April 2025)
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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Two days ago I passed my Viva! What an intense/empowering journey! Thank you to my brilliant supervisors, Dr Alex Fanghanel Dr Madeline Petrillo & Dr Giulia Zampini, to my amazing PhD group, to my wonderful examiners, Dr Michael Fiddler and Prof Kath Browne, and to my colleagues at Greenwich ✨
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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I have been awarded the PGR Research Award 2024 by University of Greenwich FLAS! 🏆 Extremely thankful to the inspiring environment at the School of Law and Criminology, especially to my fabulous supervisors! Dr Alex Fanghanel, Dr Giulia Zampini & Dr Madeline Petrillo ✨
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Dr Helen Rand @helenrand.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Sometimes as a lecturer you get to teach the most amazing students. Super pleased for @alexbrunoo.bsky.social and their first academic article based on the undergraduate thesis. journals.gre.ac.uk/index.php/co...
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Classroom Safety for Student Sex Workers: A Case Study at the University of Greenwich | Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
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Dr Ed Schreeche-Powell @schreeche.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
link.springer.com/article/10.1... My latest offering…..
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Insecurity and Fragility: The Perpetual Duo of Precarity for ‘Convict Criminologists’ in a Risk Averse Academy - Critical Criminology
Risk management in the criminal justice system reflects a wider societal risk consciousness. People with criminal records are seen as risks requiring governance. Despite the recent interest in embeddi...
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Dr Rachele Girardi @rachelegirardi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🔔 "The ubiquity of gender and the hiddenness of agency: looking inside women’s prisons in England" In my latest article, I am exploring issues of #gender, space and agency through a document analysis on women's #prisons in England t.co/5A5DTZmx3O
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