Gender Research Group (Newcastle Uni)

weird how they keep leaving the women out of the picture

“Demoralised university staff, whose pay has been declining steeply in real terms, are not responsible for the dysfunctional marketisation of higher education, which is at the root of today’s financial black hole.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What can you do with English Studies? Anything! I am sharing @EnglishAssoc Skills for the Future link again, with student stories about the skills they are learning, plus some amazing case studies from the world of work. See 🧵 englishassociation.ac.uk/skills-for-the…

Only in a year where #GiselePélicot holds 50 men who raped her to account does a rapist President get named Person of the Year (for the second time). The message is clear: misogyny rewards power, while survivors like Gisele fight to ensure #ShameMustChangeSides.

Listen here to find out how the SHAPE-STEM Bee-ing Human team is using a 17th-century book to create a research 'hive', and why multi-disciplinary projects benefit from a longer lead-in time to observe and listen to each other: englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-forwa…📷

Dec 11th @UniofNewcastle - Symposium: Cultural Politics of Gerwig's Barbie. Programme and sign-up here: feministtheoryjournal.com/2024/11/26/sym….

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.” ― Hannah Arendt

The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.

Gisèle Pelicot finished taking the stand in mass rape trial against 51 men, and said the "macho, patriarchal society that trivialises rape" must change. What this woman has done for history and women is astounding, her courage unfathomable, no honour is too great. MERCI 💙🤍♥️

💼 Equal Pay Day Facts: 📉 11.3% mean full-time gender pay gap 💷 £631 less in monthly take-home pay 📅 November 20: Women work for free from today until year-end Let’s make noise. Let’s demand change. fawcettsociety.org.uk/equal-pay-day-… #EqualPayDay24 #JoinFawcett

GP: "...But I have grandchildren who are called Pelicot. I want them not to be ashamed to have the name. i want them to be proud of their grandmother. I want people to remember Madame Pelicot not Monsieur Pelicot."

Avignon. Mass rape trial. Gisèle Pelicot takes the stand for the last time: "This is a trial of cowardice. It is a trial of Dominique Pelicot and a trial of cowardice. It is time that this machist society stops banalising rape". #Mazan #Pelicot

Due to low enrollments, we are cutting the women studies minor, but we are pleased to approve a new minor in Trump studies with the following courses! Trump Businesses Trump Marketing Overcoming Legal Challenges Trump Politics Trump Strategic Communication Golf

📰👀Delighted to see my latest article out in the world, published by @FeministTheory as part of a #Barbie Special Issue! doi.org/10.1177/146470…

The key lesson of the Trump victory for us is that Labour has to deliver the significant improvement in quality of life that people can feel or we face the rise of right wing populism that has swept America. Half measures won’t be enough.

Our bursary scheme is now open for applications! £750 available to early career researchers, independent scholars, or PhD students working on women's studies in our period (1558-1837). Deadline: 15 Dec 2024. Please spread the word! #funding #ECR #PhD womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/

15-year-old Holly Newton’s murder should move all of us to speak out and raise awareness of coercive control. What are our govt, police, schools and employers doing to tackle this? Why should Holly’s harms be classed as knife crime?! This is domestic abuse. This is escalation.

Her courage is a silent roar that shakes the foundations of oppression.