Carrie Purcell
Professional nosy parker | Enthusiastic Glaswegian | Qual sociology & interdisciplinary repro health | Reproduction, Sexualities & Sexual Health Research Group @openuniversity.bsky.social | She/her
- 📢 Really pleased to see the findings from our qualitative survey of experiences of pain in SRH procedures published today in BMJ SRH with my co-authors @julieriddell.bsky.social & @marigreenfield.bsky.social srh.bmj.com/content/earl...
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- Settling in to a day of thinking about reproductive rights, politics & activism hosted by @carolina-topini.bsky.social & @maudannebracke.bsky.social Looking forward to presenting our work on a feminist abortion framework this afternoon.
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- Reposted by Carrie PurcellLabour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l
- Dear @theguardian.com Please could you not refer to a pregnant person seeking abortion as 'the mother'. Thanks www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- 📢 Dignity in Maternity Care: latest ep. of Sex, Research & Resistance (via @openuniversity.bsky.social) is now online. What do we really mean when we talk about dignity? Who is entitled to it? Panel discussion feat. Lisa Käll, Shanthi Gunesekera, Sarah Hamed. open.spotify.com/episode/3S06...
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- 📢 New publication: Our interim report from phase 1 of the Gender Pain Gap in Sexual & Reproductive Health project is now available here: doi.org/10.21954/ou.... In it we highlight 4 key findings...
- Brilliant episode - well worth a listen 👇
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- 🥳 Thank you @alcs.co.uk! 👏
- Reposted by Carrie PurcellLe Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
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- Reposted by Carrie PurcellLast month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread]
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- In 'Shifting discourses, changing interests?' @aioshaug.bsky.social & I look at how language choices in #BMJSRH have changed over the journal's first 50 years. There's still much do, but we saw a welcome shift toward inclusivity in that language. 📖 Paper 👉 srh.bmj.com/content/earl... (OA link 👇)
- Reposted by Carrie PurcellRead this: it really captures the reality of mass redundancies in the university sector, which will only snowball from here. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
- 👏A huge thank you to everyone who has already taken the time to complete our #PainfulProcedures consultation. 🕛 It closes at midnight tonight so, if you fit the criteria below & haven't yet had your say, please follow the link. 🔗https://openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cv8Sg9L4c4FKSRE
- 📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
- 📆 There are 3 days left to complete our consultation on #PainfulProcedures. If you've experienced this, are UK-based & want to have your say, please follow the link. And if you know someone who else who might want to do so, please pass it on! 🔗 openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- 📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
- 💬 There's still 1 week to take part in the #GenderPainGap #PainfulProcedures consultation. If you've experienced a painful procedure and would like to have your say, we'd love to hear from you. 💬 🔗 openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- 📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
- Thanks for sharing this highly unpleasant experience @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Encounters like this are exactly why we're carrying out the our #PainfulProcedures consultation - open to anyone in UK who has experience of this & wants to have their say 👉 openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- Thanks so much Bluesky colleagues for sharing our consultation - we've had a big response in the first few days. 🗓 There are still another 10 days to complete it if you're in the UK & would like to have your say on #painfulprocedures (or know someone that would). 🔗Link below 👇
- 📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
- We've had a huge response to the #GenderPainGap consultation in the first 48hrs. 💬 If you're in the UK and have experienced a #PainfulProcedure (e.g. smear, coil fitting, hysteroscopy, assisted conception, abortion) you can have your say here: 🔗 openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- 📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
- One of our key aims with the #GenderPainGap consultation is to find out what those with experience of #PainfulProcedures in the UK want to tell decision-makers & those that might need procedures in future. Have your say here: 🔗https://openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cv8Sg9L4c4FKSRE
- 📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
- @rspbscotland.bsky.social Hi - I just spotted one of these in my garden and haven't seen it before. Google suggest a varied thrush but also says these are v rare in UK. Any thoughts? Bit smaller than a blackbird (much bigger than a robin), bright orange breast, dark/light striped face?
- 📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
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- Our article on pain in medication abortion is currently free to read in #BMJSRH. We look at the issues that arise when pain is worse than expected, and the confusion that can come from comparisons with 'period pain'. srh.bmj.com/content/51/1...
- The report on our first year of the SRJ Scotland project - including the collaborative workshop in Glasgow in May - is now available here: oro.open.ac.uk/101754/ We v much hope this is the start of a wider conversation through 2025 and beyond. @ingridkyoung.bsky.social @julier282.bsky.social
- Pleased to see this report highlight the significant problems w/ not only chronic conditions but also #painfulprocedures. Our work on the #GenderPainGap looks at exactly this issue and will have early findings to publish soon. societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/challenges/t...
- All my Christmases at once - FINALLY! 🎉 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2472567...
- Please can we revise this headline to: **Women need to access safe abortions and should not be punished 'for the actions of abusive men'** www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Love the little skedaddler that lives in my garden fence
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- Delighted we've had so much interest in this project. Still time to get in touch if you're thinking of applying!
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- New piece by Aideen O'Shaughnessy and me on the language of sexual and reproductive health in @bmj.com SRH this month. Sadly not OA (but it is available OA on my OU profile if you're interested) srh.bmj.com/content/earl...
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- Reposted by Carrie PurcellWe've just created our first Starter Pack for staff at The Open University (UK)... join us! go.bsky.app/UhqW8VR #OUfamilyat://did:plc:ibnrtfnfu35fygb3zrugwcxn/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3law4svpgbb2m
