Rachelle J. Chadwick

Thank you Claire 🩵

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The Question of Joy And some thoughts on academia

Random musings on joy in academia (from my personal point of view) - i.e. is it possible, what is it worth, does it matter?

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Thanks for sharing ☺️

New article, ‘Tense Concepts: Obstetric Violence, Structural Injustice and Moral Injury’ published online today in ‘Gender and Justice’ ➡️➡️

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The real world isn’t carved up into disciplines.

Revolutionary thinkers know this

Women are lagging behind on AI but they can catch up Curiosity, experimentation and learning are crucial if women are to shape the future of work

Counterpoint: Women are ahead of the curve on knowing AI is bullshit.

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If you reply to emails at the same rate that they arrive, then email numbers and email arrival rate will increase and increase until that is all you do.

Take. Your. Time.

Life is the things you do inbetween emails.

Finally some sense, lol.

So kind! Thank you, that motivates me to find an outlet. ☺️

So I’ve written a short piece (approx 1400 words but could be cut down) on ‘The Question of Joy’ in academia. Any ideas or tips about where I might send this? I’ve written for the LSE Impact Blog before but keen to explore other possibilities.

Any advice welcomed. Thank you.

Hungary has just passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

'The University of Bristol has embarked on a path like a death spiral' UCU members are opposed to academic departments across the university having to make at least a 50% operating surplus

The university death spiral is everywhere, and for everyone: they're all just on a convoy into the same black hole. Oxbridge, LSE and Imperial excepted, they must all *necessarily and inevitably* end up crushed to the size of an Oxo cube if we go on like this.
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

It’s very amazing!!! Highly recommended.🩷🩷

In defence of what’s there: scavenging as queer and feminist methodology. Part of the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar Series.

We're excited to welcome Sophie-Marie Niang for their talk on "In defence of what’s there: scavenging as queer and feminist methodology" on Monday 12:30. Join us in person ARB S1 or online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-defence...

First daffodil sighting in Bath. 🩷

Given that the word "women" is on the NSF list of words that flat a proposal for rejection and "men" is not, that seems to be the case. As a women's health researcher this is obviously enormously troubling.

The US has us asking: where's Scotland’s reproductive health agenda? The hot-button issue in the 2024 Presidential election remains sexual and reproductive health, specifically abortion rights. But what about Scotland?

In October, I wrote about how Trump’s potential presidency could impact reproductive rights in Scotland.

Never did I think it would be as explicit as the US veep spouting fear mongering, nonsensical lies about Scotland’s buffer zones.

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years.

The one thing that has made my university experience a good one is the staff on the philosophy team. The lecturers and staff at the university ARE WHAT MAKE THE UNIVERSITY. Their plans to cut over 50% of staff are morally horrendous and will lead to the downfall of the university as a whole

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Yes.

Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor indicted in Louisiana for prescribing abortion pill An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online to a pregnant minor. Dr.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country.

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Lent term Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminars start next Monday the 27th, 12:30-1:30 ARB S1. Dr Helen Charman will speak about "Absent Mother States: the emotional afterlives of the British welfare state". Come in person or register online! www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/gende...

Here is a statement by my colleague Katherine Franke about the end of her time teaching at Columbia. Please read it. drive.google.com/file/d/1i4cO...

‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders Statement from 30 groups including BMA and royal colleges says current law is causing “trauma and cruelty”

‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Congratulations!! 👏👏

Historical Materialism Paris 2025 (26-28 Juin 2025) : Conjurer la catastrophe / Combating the Catastrophe - Historical Materialism Le dernier « Congrès Marx International » a eu lieu à Paris en 2010. Depuis lors, dans l’espace francophone, aucune conférence internationale s’inscrivant explicitement dans le cadre du marxisme, dura...

It doesn't get better than this.

Historical Materialism Conference, in Paris, 26-28 June 2025.

Would have loved to have been able to attend! Next time 💗