Ryah Thomas

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The lifecycle of a PhD project from proposal to submission: youtu.be/zsnSyWSKFw8?si…

@mmpaker @OxfordESH @GrinnellEconom1 Congratulations!!! /sound of pages turning

Thrilled to see my first sole-authored paper published in Explorations in Economic History, “The jobless recovery after the 1980-1981 recession”! I’m very grateful for the excellent editors and referees as well as many mentors @OxfordESH @GrinnellEconom1 authors.elsevier.com/a/1hgod3I%7EdP…

‘Our system fails to hold the powerful to account for their lasting impact on our society…. This failure leaves a vacuum, & activists will seek any tactic that is peaceful but attention-grabbing to create the sort of accountability that is lacking.’ bit.ly/3XMEuBk

This is such great work. It’s good to see others think so too. It deserves any praise and awards. And Robin, who sadly is not on Twitter, is the best. Very happy for him.

Notice how normalised men killing women is.

Student support is truly fantastic❤️ HUGE thank you to the @nusuk who have launched an open letter to @UCEA1 demanding they come back to the negotiating table Students, you can add your name to the open letter here👇 🔗 nus.org.uk/ucea-open-lett… #SettleTheDispute | #ucuRISING

2) This is because deindustrialisation was not just one 'thing'. I offer a typology based on straightforward criteria which allows us to see the different paths taken by formerly industrial places...

Uni of Oxford now* prohibits staff (includ grad students) from having intimate relationships with their students. Also, non-intimacies 'which transgress the boundaries of professional conduct' are now* discouraged. [*Well, from 17 April 2023.] @transfrmsilence #ithappenshere

The cast for THE WOMAN KING training is always going to be our #MondayMotivation Looking forward to showing this entertaining, Bafta nominated epic one more time on the big screen: this Wednesday at 20:00 for #InternationalWomensDay! 🎫 ow.ly/8YUB50MY1v3

(5/5) The readiness of owners and miners alike to deflect costs onto unpaid labor in the miner’s home, and of women to perpetuate this system, suggests perverse effects on human capital that arose when women were excluded from earning. bit.ly/3ZlOi5w @UN_Women

(4/5) Our case study compares pit women to 'double shift' #factory women: colliery women worked longer hours for lower household income per capita. bit.ly/3ZlOi5w #herstory

(1/5) ‘The Best Job in the World’ out now in @FeministEcon, co-authored with Jane Humphries. UK economists and policymakers have underestimated the significance of gendered labor in #coal mining. bit.ly/3ZlOi5w @luhc @OxfordESH

Joint Feminist Reflection on the Economic Impact of Overturning Roe v. Wade us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

A reminder as elections for MCR and JCR roles approach to ask candidates if they will help protect victims of sexual assault at your college. Ask them to endorse our 5 demands.

Tell me you quite like your privilege without telling me: 'I have an open door policy. All are welcome here.' -- "The fundamental problem with that model is that it pushes even more of the burden onto the people who are not on the 'inside'." A thinker from bit.ly/3MxSAA5

Why would you not ask if your new hire leaves a trail of sexual harassment complaints behind him? Especially if he is to work with vulnerable adults in a context of heightened power imbalance. It's as if universities don't care about harassment... bit.ly/3Nlv7Tr

It's #StalkingAwarenessWeek: get informed. Looking forward to crowdcast.io/e/no-more-livi… @transfrmsilence