Lisa Bower (Kelly)

Right I’m coming back in here because the world is burning and I need to see sensible people with plans for action!

I’m setting up a new project this year and am looking to connect with people who can talk about health education for those born female, strength training for aging, nutrition for different ages and knowledge around common ailments that are left untreated or poorly diagnosed (pcos, endometriosis etc)

Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza.

"What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground throughout this conflict is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza”, say Doctors Without Borders.

Home at 3 AM. 11 hours in the end.

9.5 hours wait tonight in a&e with mum. 36 hour wait for a bed. The state our NHS is in after being ransacked is depressing.

a close up of a shrimp with the caption " you kriiled him " ALT: a close up of a shrimp with the caption " you kriiled him "

I’ve got a couple of students who spend the entire teams session posting ocean- based puns and word play in the chat even when (accurately) answering questions and I am 100% here for it.

Especially when they answered a question with “it’s as shrimple as that”.

🥁It is #PublicationDay!! With B. De Cock, P. Hambye & N. Shchinova

Happy to see this article about the use of "I am not populist" on social media.

We study negation + stigma terms by applying Membership Categorisation Analysis (#MCA) 1/3
bit.ly/496G2vB

A “Gender Critical” and “TERF” Primer for readers trying to make sense of “feminists versus transgender activists” debates

since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share!
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...

🚨‼️🎉Hey, #Qualitative #Researchers!
📚📖There’s a brand new #Routledge #book series: “Expanding Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry.”

😊❤️Series Editors: Jennifer R. Wolgemuth, Kelly W. Guyotte, & Stephanie Anne Shelton
@sashelton.bsky.social

📧💻 Email us at: expandingqual@gmail.com

Abso-insertswearwordhere-lutely

So long as it’s a welcoming, safe space, why should any hard working folk - or any folk for that matter - be excluded. That being said, I’d appreciate an update on the swearing policy from long term residents, because I do like to get emphatic occasionally!

Starter pack of scholars whose work looks critically at schooling & efforts to interrupt the social reproduction of inequality through education in transformative ways (U.S. & global) - updated w/ requests (sorry if I missed your request - inundated with notifications today) go.bsky.app/BYF1JZJ

All my feed has been about love and books. I like this place!

Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.

They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.

Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .

Thank you.

Hi - I’m Lisa and I have no idea what the score is but I’m here so hi fellow academics, chronic iconics, justice seekers and anyone else who can have a respectful conversation!