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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

What's better on a bad weather weekend than a podcast?!? Check out this new "Emerging Research in Educational Psychology" episode with Drs. @wcastillophd.bsky.social and @sarahgillborn.bsky.social, who talk all about QuantCrit and how to apply it to your research. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Dr. Wendy Castillo and Dr. Sarah Gillborn join podcast host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss their recent Educational Psychologist article,

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

For the avoidance of doubt, the decision to disregard research on inequalities is also an ideological one. Choosing to focus on individual differences is an ideological decision; unsurprisingly, one that is preferable to government, despite their framing of it as apolitical

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The logical positivism permeating this piece is something. Come take a humanities class where we can help to explain positivism, it’s historical genealogy, counter perspectives, and lots of other cool things!

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

we’ve still got some tickets remaining for our symposium! join us in Birmingham to hear about social justice work happening in psychology and to collectively reimagine a psychology for systemic change

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

donating to Palestinian-led organisations on the ground in Gaza is the best way to get help directly to Palestinians now. two organisations are Reviving Gaza and The Sameer Project - please donate whatever you can (links below)

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 02/07/2025

I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

“we reject the sterile fantasy of the detached scientist & call for the unapologetic recognition of subjectivity as central to all scientific work…we argue that the ongoing erasure of the human element in science weakens intellectual integrity & undermines the very rigor reformers claim to uphold” 👏

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Darren Chetty @darrenchetty.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I mean, there’s a whole wiki entry about the connection between veganism and punk: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_...

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Animal rights and punk subculture - Wikipedia

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edpsy @edpsy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🌟💥🎪 Announcing our Festival headliners We're...proper...excited! Keri Opai, Dr Cora Sargeant and Bernard Coard. Join us on 19th September for inspiration, challenge and hope. More about our headliners: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/an... #epfest2025 #edpsychs

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

transphobic feminists uphold patriarchy, exhibit A: (tweet from JK Rowling: “The highest calling of men is using their strength to defend and protect, and I honour every one of you who does it ❤️”)

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

delighted to announce our upcoming symposium entitled "Critical futures: Reimagining psychology for systemic change" join us in Birmingham in September to explore critical psychology and to collectively reimagine a psychology for social justice! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critical-f...

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Critical futures: Reimagining psychology for systemic change

Join us to explore critical psychology and to collectively reimagine a psychology for social justice

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

The degree to which fees have made everything in HE shittier should never be underestimated

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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Critical futures: Reimagining psychology for systemic change

Join us to explore critical psychology and to collectively reimagine a psychology for social justice

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

the most powerful men in the world are being pathetic online and right wing men are using it as evidence that men are better than women

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

liberals will dunk on Elon Musk and Trump with their feud, but not without drawing on misogynistic tropes e.g. “cat fights” etc

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

look at this shit! there is no post-white when white supremacy exists. white supremacy won’t be dismantled by coddling white people and pretending they have nothing to do with it and don’t benefit from it

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Struggling with the silence… The Leicester Chapter of the Psychologists for Social Change meet unfolding horrors with 'anger brewing'… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

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Struggling with the silence | BPS

The Leicester Chapter of the Psychologists for Social Change meet unfolding horrors with 'anger brewing'…

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

the only benefit purportedly here for women is that “marriage benefits women more than men” - observably not true - and then the rest of it is all about what men want/deserve. man, we do not care

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

beautiful film! hope they never make a remake of it that totally strips it of all original meaning, turns the ending into an individualist nightmare, and takes away the cop villain in favour of making the scientist the villain instead (sarcasm 😃)

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

we’re closing this survey after the weekend, so please do take part if it’s relevant to you 😊

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 28/05/2025

Ignoring scientific consensus, Labour have found some bigoted 'experts' to support the conclusion they had already come to. It seems Malcolm Tucker is the inspiration behind the Labour Govt's approach to trans healthcare. Policy-based evidence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lADB...

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Malcolm Tucker - Expert

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Miss Rachel isn’t on Bluesky, but her posts about Gaza should be. I wish this wasn’t so unusual to see from people with big platforms.

A post on Threads from Miss Rachel, a well-known children’s educator and entertainer: “What’s it like for kids in Gaza?” my little boy asks me.

Well, kids don’t have medical care & can’t go to the doctor like us. They don’t get to go to school like you & learn & play. They don’t have enough food or water or a safe place to live.

“Why?”🥺

I feel my heart breaking. I can’t tell my son it’s some natural disaster. That there’s not enough food or medicine in the world. It’s that grown-ups are keeping these basic human rights away from children. It’s a choice.

Two posts on Threads from Miss Rachel, a well-known children’s educator and entertainer.

The first post says: “Leaders -

Be so ashamed that your constituents are begging & pleading for you speak out and you stay silent.

Be so ashamed that you put money & power & your career before the lives of precious children of God.

Be so ashamed that our religions tell us to give to the poor, feed the hungry & open our arms to all children & you pretend that they mean only for some children.”

The second post says: “Celebrities as well. If everyone says something it won’t be controversial anymore. It’s never been wrong to say starving and bombing kids is wrong.

God help everyone have the strength to say something. Please, God.”

A post on Threads from Ms Rachel, a popular children’s educator and entertainer: “If you want to be remembered for saying something about Gaza before the entire world does, now would be the time.”

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 23/05/2025

“I'll start with myself. During my decades at the university I've been an extraordinary bigot.”

I'll start with myself. During my decades at the university I've taught many controversial ideas, including the reality of sex differences, the heritability of intelligence and the evolutionary roots of violence (while inviting my students to disagree, as long as they provide reasons). I claim no courage: The result has been zero protests, several university honors and warm relations with every chair, dean and president.

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

last chance to get your thoughts into this survey! really enjoying hearing people’s experiences with critical approaches to psych, and understanding how it’s being drawn on in the UK. there’s still time to take part in an interview too, if you want to chat in more depth - details in the next tweet!

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

calling all UK psychologists! we are hoping to hear from psychologists who draw on critical approaches to psychology in their work, through our qualitative survey that will close in 1 week: t.co/6u6wBeMN3v (1/3)

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https://bham.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7U8oDCz8e2fWo6y

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

my all time favourite movie. changed my life. could not stop thinking about it for weeks afterwards. the original and cover versions of “anthems for a seventeen year-old girl” are still my number 1 and number 2 most played songs on spotify a year later

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

i feel like nvivo was specifically designed to make people not want to use it. in every way possible. i’m usually a pen and paper person but this data set is too big and nvivo is ruining my life

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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The Simpsons @simpsonsquotes.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Out of the way, you!

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The Simpsons @simpsonsquotes.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hey, Bart! Summer's almost here. Which kind of sprinkler do you like?

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 09/05/2025

I feel like women have been saying this forever. Back in 2015 I had this large painful bulge in my lower stomach and went to see my GP. He recommended I lose weight. Mind you I was around 130lbs at 5'7 at the time. Went to my gyno it was 22 cm ovarian cyst. I'm shocked the numbers aren't higher

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Doctors often gaslight women with pelvic disorders and pain, study finds

In a survey, patients reported dismissive comments and being told to lose weight, go to therapy or drink more alcohol to cope with sexual dysfunction.

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Women seeking help for certain gynecological disorders may have their symptoms gaslighted by their doctors or nurses, a new study suggests.

The flood of dismissive and invalidating remarks by health care providers about disorders affecting the vulva and vagina can be devastating for women, sometimes leading them to abandon their search for help with their pain, researchers reported Thursday in JAMA Network Open.

The study focused on patients at a vulvovaginal clinic who were seeking medical care for a variety of disorders that may cause pain, sexual dysfunction, and bowel or bladder dysfunction.

Of the health care providers you have seen, how many made you feel your symptoms were 'all in your head?""

• "Have you ever been told that you just need to relax more?"

• "Have you ever been told your vaginal opening was just 'too small?»»

• "Have you ever been told that you just 'need a glass of wine' or a similar suggestion?"

⚫ "I have been told that the pain I experienced during my physical exam was normal despite reporting significant pain during the exam."

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“men and boys are drawn to him because he offers simple solutions” the shit this man offers:

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Just seen this "de-policing study" that purports to show that defunding police results in more murders. It is one of the most ridiculous pieces of nonsense I've read in some time. A few thoughts 1/n

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Hannah @hanstacey.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

...and yet the are players in the men's premier league who have been accused of sexually assaulting multiple women and continue to play every week, and the FA has nought to say. this has nothing to do with 'protecting women'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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CPS given file over Premier League footballer rape claims

The prosecution service will make a charging decision after being handed an evidence file by police.

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Dr Sian Jones (she | her) @drsianjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I'm rather pleased with this one. I could have written a book: 2000 words was *hard* So much more to say, but here's start. It's #openaccess #Disabled joy is resistance’: Insights and recommendations from social psychology on reducing #ableism. BJSP 64 doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I spoke with a lonely guy years ago about his struggles finding a gf. He confidently told me what women want according to some self-help bro. I asked why he wouldn't instead ask women directly and he said "Because what women actually want and what they say they want are two different things"

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

you reds! regardless of the result, it was very nice to be at wembley again yesterday 🤩❤️

Me and my dad on Wembley way. I’m (on the left) wearing a red forest shirt and red and white scarf. My dad, on the right, is wearing a red forest shirt and red baseball cap.

A picture of Wembley way, taken from the top of the stairs outside Wembley. There are thousands of people, most of whom are wearing red football shirts

Our view of the pitch. Most of the photo shows the Forest end of Wembley. To the left, you can see a small section of Man City’s fans.

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

been going through the motions with healthcare professionals the past 6 months to investigate whether i have endo. had several different appointments, my first specifically with a gyno today, who asked me whether i had tried ibuprofen for the pain. IBUPROFEN… yes, i have indeed tried ibuprofen

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

women participating in this make me sick. the “gentler, softer” faces of patriarchal violence

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Just here feeling quietly heartbroken for Virginia Giuffre and her family, on news of her death by suicide. And quietly raging at all who get away with (men's) abuse of women and girls, and a society that doesn't care enough to stop it - but yeah, trans women in loos. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

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'Deeply loving, wise, and funny': Virginia Giuffre, who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has died

"It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia," the family said in a statement.

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Sarah Gillborn @sarahgillborn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

“Giuffre was one of the earliest and loudest voices calling for criminal charges against Epstein and his enablers. Other Epstein abuse survivors later credited her with giving them the courage to speak out.” Rest in peace and power, Virgina ✊❤️ (tw: suicide, abuse) www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide

Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 24/04/2025

Now they’re coming directly for the medical journals. www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n...

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