BDSM & The Self

Anna Segal researching women's engagement with BDSM, how it influences their sense of self, and their self development at SSPSSR at the University of Kent

[Dr. Liz Powell (they/them) @drlizpowell]

👏INFORMED 👏CONSENT👏

Keep in mind, abuse can take a lot of different forms.

The thing about consent is that for it to be consent, it must be informed, it must be revocable at any time, it must be freely given, and it must be explicit.

https://t.co/lqjUDxjz4p

[Dr Anna Krzywoszynska @Anna_K_speaking]

This fact about UK academia may surprise you!
I wonder if others feel the same way: UK academia is weirdly ani-intellectual. I had a good academic career in UK, and left 2 years ago, ended up, happily, in Finland . I did all my degrees in the UK, and got to SL. And yet....

[Dr. Asha de Vos @ashadevos]

Two years ago, my mentee was diagnosed with cancer very young. It was sudden and unexpected. She was determined as heck though and filled with grit. Once things settled a little I offered her a project to work on to keep her distracted with NO timeline. 🧵 1/10

[Keiran Edgar Wilson @thekeiranwilson]

🌈📢Call for research participants! 📢🌈

Excited to share that I'm recruiting participants for my PhD research - I'm looking for #LGBTQ people who would like to share about their experience being #sectioned under the Mental Health Act

DM or email me for more details!

[BDSM & The Self @BDSMresearch]

@Nathali37295793 @SexWorkRights @AsaSexualities Can’t wait to read!

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

I cried in PT today bc the therapist asked me to number scale rank my pain to track improvement over time and that is not how an EDS body + years of medical abuse and neglect work. 1/5

[Cameron @world_on_a_wire]

Accommodating depression: A student struggling with major depression fell off the face of the earth for a few weeks. They resurfaced and asked if they could make up the work they missed. I said of course. They were confused. "Will I get points marked off?" 1/5

[Sammy @0bscureFilm]

Open call for participants!

[Sophia Smith Galer @sophiasgaler]

🚨 New sex research thread! 🚨

A study has found that early sexual debut - while associated with more risk - could be associated with healthier sexual function. You know why?

Because for one of the first times in research, it’s looked at debut *beyond* first penetrative sex 1/

[Harry Dyer @HarryTDyer]

Can we use this moment of bad qualitative research to shout out some examples of good research into sex, sexuality, touch, and autoethnography? I'll start:

[Suzanne @SJohnsdottire]

Pro-lifers don't like complexity. At 17 weeks my placenta detached and he was much too small. I thought I felt my baby's frantic attempts to breathe. My OBGYN advised me to terminate the pregnancy, there wasn't much time. But I couldn't.

[Nicholas Coles, PhD @coles_nicholas_]

A year ago, a non-academic friend listened to a talk I gave. I thought it went great. My friend disagreed.

She said that academics are experts at making interesting stuff boring—and that we should all take a speech class.

So I did. And here are 6 most useful things I learned.

[BDSM & The Self @BDSMresearch]

@DiaryofaSickGrl My friend/colleague is actually doing research on this atm (though focused on mental health settings so a bit different). Here’s the first paper of their findings: https://t.co/9swjTSVe69

[BDSM & The Self @BDSMresearch]

Come see me present my work on BDSM as transformative play at this event at @UniofGreenwich (&online) on Jan 20th! #kinkresearch #AcademicTwitter #sexresearch #BDSM

[The Tweedy Mutant @the_tweedy]

If academia doesn't have an ableism problem, why did a TT professor recently tell me that for a long time they were afraid to even like my tweets because it might "out" them as disabled?

[Dr. Trude Sundberg (they/them) @SundbergTrude]

Thank you for everything bell hooks <3

[BDSM & The Self @BDSMresearch]

@taracdennehy Legally Blonde or Little Miss Sunshine

[Eric Sprankle, PsyD @DrSprankle]

It’s a lot easier to say “All porn is harmful” than to admit the reality of “I personally find watching porn unsettling for reasons I’m not ready to explore or acknowledge.”

[Dominatrix Rin ❤️‍🔥 The Blasphemy Queen @sfDomme]

I have a lot of thoughts about my experience leaving the service industry and becoming a sex worker. Warning, this will be a long read