Researcher, educator, enthusiastic but terrible dancer, writing about gender, governance, security, pop culture. Views mine. She/they.
Laura J. Shepherd
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In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Academia can be soul crushing. Protect your hearts. #academicsky
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In their critical perspectives article, "WPS at 25", @doris-asante.bsky.social and @drljshepherd.bsky.social look at NAPs in the context of a growing WPS Agenda.
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👩🔬 How is gender knowledge and gender expertise constructed, mobilized and institutionalized within international governance?
Learn more in Lenka Olejníková, @drljshepherd.bsky.social (@sydney.edu.au) & Alba Rosa Boer Cueva’s #openaccess article: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag045
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Hey @paulcinnamon.bsky.social, here's the H-Diplo forum on our book 🥳 Many thanks to the editors and reviewers whose engagement was both thoughtful and provocative, in the best possible way.
Special themed section of @signsjournal.org on transnational anti-gender politics and resistance, edited by Clare Hemmings and @sumimadhok.bsky.social out now!
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/signs/cu...
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International Affairs
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Politics & Gender
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
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With @drljshepherd.bsky.social, revisiting our plea to 'forget' Women, Peace and Security in light of the governments currently trying to make it disappear.
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1/x For no particular reason, a thread of books to remind you that gender matters to international security. #polisky
@oraszekely.bsky.social, Jessica, and I wrote Insurgent Women to highlight the involvement of women in multiple conflicts.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Insurge...
