Maxine Ali

Sociolinguist, ESRC-funded PhD candidate and teaching fellow @KingsCollegeLon. Exploring gender, health + mis/disinformation in digital wellness cultures.

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

"Language has played no small part in fuelling the narrative of women's bodies, and women themselves, as inferior" - I wrote about the role of language in sustaining the gender health gap for @MeetDaye .

https://t.co/LqHJOcsccU

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

I love language 😂

[Health and Science Communication SIG @health_sig]

We're really excited for this online seminar on 28/5 'Digital Health Communication': Positioning the Self, ppts from @maxineali_ @karinpt @elenasemino @AnnCerm , 1-2 BST
To register https://t.co/BBe9F1ynTt

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@natashalipman @meandorla Ditto.

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@louis_strange @UofGEnglishLang Congratulations!!

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@NaomiDoesWords @SarahMarieOB Certainly made me feel a lot better about my own work while proof-reading my upgrade documents today though!

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

A brilliant analysis of inclusive language in public health messaging by @SarahGraham7. Thank you for including my thoughts and highlighting that, whilst sometimes imperfect, inclusive terminology enhances access to healthcare for everyone.
https://t.co/xpkrhGevEZ

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

An entertaining thread for the multi-modal discourse analysts among us!

[Dr Adam Rutherford @AdamRutherford]

Resignation letters. A formatting review 🧵

Sajiv Javid. Plus points for hand written salutation, minus for no 'Dear'. Left justification, good, standard serif font, weird centred signature. 7/10

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

@rachelsdraper @ginnybraun @drvicclarke of my thesis so that readers can understand the narrative that lies behind the work.

In terms of the ‘sitting with vs problem solving,’ I think you’re on the mark there! Perhaps some of that is reflective of the attitude that emotions in research = a problem. 4/

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

@rachelsdraper @ginnybraun @drvicclarke Certainly some of my methodological decisions have been emotion-driven, and it’s important to acknowledge that for transparency and rigour. I’ve come to see that as a strength. My primary supervisor actually suggested making sections of reflective writing a guiding aspect 3/

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@rachelsdraper That said, sometimes this feels a little ‘self-reflect and suck it up.’ There seems to be little out there by way of actual guided-support. I’ve only recently turned to student services, so admittedly can’t comment so far on that approach.

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

@rachelsdraper I definitely try to make it known to my supervisors when the work brings about difficult emotions, and we’ve had great discussions about making space within the work to reflect and explore those feelings which acts as a somewhat therapeutic role to a degree. 1/

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

@BanHass 🇬🇧 or 🚩?

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Any former journalists have tips on opting out of these comms for good? It seems no matter how many lists I unsubscribe from (which I never signed up for in the first place), the emails just keep coming.

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

I left wellness journalism more than double the number of years ago that I actually spent working as a journalist, yet I fear I am doomed to receive PR emails relating to the latest ‘wellness releases and trends’ forever.

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

Just looking sadly at all the half written articles, papers and book proposals that have been abandoned somewhere over the past few years wondering when (if) this sense of dullness will start to lift and return that spark.

[Maxine Ali @maxineali_]

I know I’m so late this conversation, but almost 2.5 years into the pandemic, my sense of creativity still hasn’t recovered. Just generating new ideas is such a slow and painstaking process that by the time I’m at a place where the work can begin, I’m already losing mojo.