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To any wacko heads who believe this story I invite you to go find a goose in a pond and carry it away. Call me if you live.

Sobie Kaker presenting on an inspiring panel of scholars at our 60th Anniversary Conference, chaired by Tara Mahfoud | تارا محفوض, with Gurminder Bhambra, Joan Busfield and Labour MP + honorary prof Pam Cox. Sociology @ Essex Sobia Ahmad Kaker Colchester Labour

Almost all the care homes shut down for endangering children or vulnerable adults were run to make a profit, according to a landmark study. Over the last two decades, care has been increasingly outsourced to the private sector. theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind | John Harris theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Delighted to have been interviewed with my co-editor Dr. Amy Tooth Murphy for the Queer Lit podcast about our new book ‘Queering Desire: Lesbians, Gender and Subjectivity’! Libro Levi Bridgeman Sarah-Joy Ford Eleanor Medhurst (she/her) Rebecca Jennings Hannah McCann podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/que…

Very chuffed that May Day is the Guardian’s audio book of the week! May Day by Jackie Kay audiobook review – family, love and activism theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

Very moving interview with the actor Luke Evans on growing up gay in a Jehovah’s Witness family: theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/…

What sort of society rations support for children with special learning needs? | Sonia Sodha theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This was super fun! Delighted to do this podcast with my co-editor Prof Róisín Ryan-Flood

What if we redefined consent beyond the reductive Yes/No model? My latest paper argues we can nuance consent by learning from the ways BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+ and disabled survivors navigate trauma, pleasure, and community care. Open access Queer Joy Lab #queerjoy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Trump's apparent victory has 5 big implications for the UK: 🧵 1️⃣ It can happen here. He will back Farage, the Musk propaganda machine will crank up against Labour; the Tories will remould themselves into Trump-lite Islamophobes ...

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As an out trans man my very existence has made me ab activist Every day I walk out & engage with friends, the wider community & sometimes society at large I am being an activist by showing I am as ordinary as my neighbours & entitled to the same respect, safety & equal treatment

Looking forward to chairing this webinar by Professor Debbie Ging ! Come join us on zoom! essex-university.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I thought prepping for a colonoscopy this week would be the worst thing endured. I was wrong.

Erm, what in the goddess name is this? He's been found not guilty of attempted murder & not guilty of possessing a knife when he took a knife to meet a woman he had been harassing & then stabbed her over 15 times & had to be dragged off her? bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-new…

“The supreme court refused to hear me, or my evidence, to provide them with information about the impact on those trans people affected by the judgment and failed to give any reasons.” theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Looking forward to teaching this one day course on gender and social research with my colleague Dr. Phoebe Kisubi-Mbasalaki next week! Come join us! shortcoursesgateway.essex.ac.uk/Course?courser…

Come study with us at Essex! essex.ac.uk/scholarships/n…

“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/55xx