Reposted by Sarah KeenanVanessa Spedding @vanessaspedding.bsky.social · 02/02/2026This is brilliant! “Outsmarting the descendants of its colonial captors, Japanese knotweed destabilises human-centred understandings of value, life and land. It invites new modes of being and relating in the more-than-human world.” 031
Reposted by Sarah KeenanThe Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Plants against Property🌱 In our latest blog, @sarahkeenan.bsky.social explores how corporate risk, colonial histories and market logics shape land value - and how plants push back, forcing land to be used as a habitat & resource rather than a market commodity ccccjustice.org/2026/02/02/e... 042
Sarah Keenan @sarahkeenan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Come work with me? qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...qmul-jobs.tal.netQuick Check Needed 021
Reposted by Sarah KeenanAndreas Folkers @afolkers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025@sarahkeenan.bsky.social terrific piece “Plants Against Property” shows how Japanese Knotweed became a nightmare for homeowner’s but not necessarily for home dwellers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comPlants Against Property: Japanese Knotweed as Companion Species - Sarah Keenan, 2025In Britain, the non-toxic herbaceous perennial ‘Japanese knotweed’ is the subject of intense fear and anxiety amongst property owners. Though the plant does no ... 121
Sarah Keenan @sarahkeenan.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Japanese knotweed is a queer asexually reproducing female alien clone attacking the UK real estate market without actually damaging land. Could we learn from it? My @theoryculturesociety.org article Plants Against Property: Japanese Knotweed as Companion Species journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comPlants Against Property: Japanese Knotweed as Companion Species - Sarah Keenan, 2025In Britain, the non-toxic herbaceous perennial ‘Japanese knotweed’ is the subject of intense fear and anxiety amongst property owners. Though the plant does no ... 0123
Reposted by Sarah KeenanMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 01/05/2025Thank goodness for lesbians 1196
Reposted by Sarah KeenanRuth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social · 01/05/2025This is so good. Thankful for the work of feminist colleagues like Emily and Sarah, everyday 011
Sarah Keenan @sarahkeenan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Parody Alternative Judgment: For Women Scotland [2025], by Emily Grabham criticallegalthinking.com/2025/05/01/p...criticallegalthinking.comParody Alternative Judgment: For Women Scotland [2025]Following the Supreme Court’s decision in the For Women case last week, colleagues thought it would help to have a case summary for use in 066
Reposted by Sarah KeenanFelicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Geographers! Please join 300 of us — at every career stage — who are urging the Royal Geographical Society to reaffirm its commitment to trans inclusion in the face of Supreme Court ruling, and to oppose the EHRC’s interim update. Sign by WED 30 April 1700 GMT docs.google.com/document/u/0...docs.google.comOpen letter to RGS on Supreme Court and EHRC events April 2025If you are an academic geographer (broadly conceived) of any career stage, To sign the open letter please fill in this form: https://forms.gle/AmjaJh37xLt4CMwx5. Your signature will be added manually.... 03323
Sarah Keenan @sarahkeenan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025From Zara Dinnen, a brilliant co-chair of my UCU branch, on the realities of UKHE and life for students and staff www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...lrb.co.ukZara Dinnen | A Sector in FreefallThe Queen Mary University of London branch of the University and College Union, of which I am co-chair, hosts a webpage... 053
Reposted by Sarah KeenanLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 29/04/2025‘Brent University appears to fulfil the meritocratic promise of New Labour’s commitment to increase the number of students in higher education by 50 per cent. But the promise was always false.’ Zara Dinnen on what ‘Big Boys’ gets right about the crisis in universities: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...lrb.co.ukZara Dinnen | A Sector in FreefallThe Queen Mary University of London branch of the University and College Union, of which I am co-chair, hosts a webpage... 0104
Reposted by Sarah KeenanLen Lukowski @lenski666.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I'm sorry to report that I now have a substack. I wrote a post about the Supreme Court stuff and some absurd things I've seen in the wake of it that have been gnawing at my mind.open.substack.comApril 2025I keep waking up with the dawn chorus at 5am. 043
Reposted by Sarah KeenanMorgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 16/04/2025What will happen to us un-women? My thoughts on today’s UK Supreme Court decision excluding trans women from the legal category of women. Over at Autostraddle: www.autostraddle.com/uk-supreme-c...autostraddle.comIllegally FemaleThe UK's Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that trans women are not legally considered women. 9579208
Reposted by Sarah KeenanGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/04/2025We believe the UK is now in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention of Human Rights and we plan to ask the High Court for a declaration of incompatibility. We would be grateful for your help:goodlaw.socialHelp us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law ProjectWe use cookies where necessary to allow us to understand how people interact with our website and content, so that we can continue to improve our service. 3545217
Sarah Keenan @sarahkeenan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Looking forward to hosting Libby Porter, Director of the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT for this seminar on housing crisis under settler-colonialism on Tuesday 8 April 3pm at Queen Mary Law @cclas1.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social. All welcome, pls join us www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/precarious...eventbrite.co.ukPrecarious DwellingPrecarious Dwelling: Encounters with housing crisis under settler-colonialism 042