I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

The brand new, social media-focused issue of TSW just dropped! /1 #medievalsky #arthuriansky

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The So What welcomes your articles! Email thesowhatpub@gmail.com with your submissions exploring the ‘so whats’ of medieval studies and medievalisms, as well as short, pedagogical and/or creative pieces.

When I die, please ice the shape of whatever killed me on a cookie cake and serve it at the funeral. Kay? Thx.

Maybe of interest to @guildmedmak.bsky.social!

The So What@thesowhat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Calling submissions 4 a special issue on Arthurian “Kitsch”! The issue’s editors seek pieces examining how #Arthuriana takes material form; how it is ingested, worn, driven, marketed, & generally consumed. Proposals due: 8/1/26 #medievalsky #arthuriansky Full #CFP: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-calls-page

Another exciting #CFP! “Playing Camelots,” is a special issue interested in pieces that examine #Arthuriana in various game genres thru the lens of play, illuminating how Camelot continues to evolve—not only as text & myth, but as system, strategy, & shared experience! #arthuriansky #medievalsky

Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court first upholding the Voting Rights Act. We have gotten so, so far away from a Court that cares about democracy. New from me at @brennancenter.org:

The Bygone Era of Supreme Court Support for Voting Rights

Sixty years after upholding the Voting Rights Act, the Court has dismantled most of it.

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People are wisely bringing up how this will be used to disrupt mail-in ballots, but it's also part of the continuing Repub effort to make USPS unreliable, so they can dismantle it in favor of forcing everyone to use private services (ex: you can bet someone from UPS or FedEx would be fired for this)

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You can't sue the government if postal workers accidentally drop the glassware you ordered or lose a letter from your pen pal The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that this means you also can't sue if postal workers refuse to deliver your mail because you're Black ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/posta...

Check out the newest Issue of TSW! #medievalsky #arthuriansky #academicsky #publichumanities The preview 🧵 starts NOW👇/1

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Just dropped! A #CFP for a Sports Medievalism Special Iss of TSW, guest ed. by @mairistirlinghill.bsky.social! We’re seeking proposals for pieces that engage w/ the relationship between sporting culture & medieval aesthetic! Full CFP attached Deadline: 3/31 #medievalsky #academicsky #sports

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Call for Proposals:  Sports Medievalism - TSW Special Issue *** Submission Deadline for Proposals: March 31, 2026*** In athletics, athletes are often described as ‘throwing down the gauntlet’ when t...

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Free academic publishing workshop coming up! #academicsky #medievalsky

The So What@thesowhat.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join Arthuriana and Arthurian Literature for a free workshop on academic publishing and behind-the-scenes glimpse at how scholarly journals operate. The workshop will be on March 2nd at 3:00 pm EST and is open to all.

the ancient world just intuitively understood that hot beverages taste better when poured out of a little dude. we had the technology before, and we can again.

Just over two weeks left to submit your abstracts! Had quite a few already. Please share with your networks. Welcoming colleagues across time periods and disciplines!

Rachel Moss@menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

CFP: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present (15-16 June, @uninorthampton.bsky.social) 🗃️We are interested in how nostalgia – which has often been associated with conservatism – is utilised by individuals, groups and movements that may be characterised as politically radical.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Congrats to the winners of this year’s CELJ Awards! 🏆 Best Special Issue: James Baldwin Review 🏆 Best New Journal: Regeneration 🏆 Best Public Outreach: The So What, Arthuriana 🏆 Phoenix Award: Labor 🏆 Best Digital Feature: Modernism/modernity 🏆 Distinguished Editor: Charles H. Rowell, Callaloo

Winners — Council of Editors of Learned Journals

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Many thanks to @celj.bsky.social! Keep sending us your stuff #medievalsky!!

The So What@thesowhat.bsky.social · 7mo ago

TSW is honored to win The Council of Editors of Learned Journals award for 2025 Best Public Outreach! We’re excited to continue making discussions of the medieval period accessible to everyone. Link: www.celj.org/winners

We’re thrilled to announce that issue 3 is up & features a special cluster on Netflix’s The Decameron!m! The full issue is available here: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-issues! #pubhums #medievalsky #arthuriansky And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1

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One more while we’re at it! We’re interested in offering TSW authors the chance to commission images to companion their pieces (if they wish). If you are an artist whose work aligns with our values & you'd be interested in being listed, send us an email (thesowhatpub [at]gmail [dot]com) #medievalsky

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Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I know a fae trap when I see one

Call for #medievalsky & related other ski’s!! Guest editors for issues & clusters—we summon you!!! We’re currently looking for individuals or teams interested in #bardcore, craft medievalism & medieval crafts, changing climates, early globalities, & more! #cfp Full guest ed call linked 👇

Call for Guest Editors

Call for Guest Editors: The So What Special Issues The So What welcomes proposals for individual or teams interested in guest editing a special issue on one of the following topics: Bardcore Medieva...

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Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

The number of people buying used DVDs in this store, especially of Disney movies, is oddly heartening?

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There are few looks of disdain as withering as that of a teen happening upon a Millennial emotively lip syncing to “Backstreet’s Back” in the aisle of a grocery store. I kept dancing tho. Can’t stop won’t stop…as the kids no longer say 😂

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Friends. It’s international dog day, and we need to talk about one of the greatest unrecognized threats to dogs … U.S. Republican Leadership — video: www.instagram.com/reel/DN0_9v4... #republicans #gop #internationaldogsday #nationaldogday #trump #kristinoem

6/ last but very certainly not least, Sarah Barringer offers detailed lesson plans and pedagogical guidance for having students investigate and critique the appeal #Beowulf to the Far Right. www.arthuriana.com/tsw/beowulf-...

Beowulf and the Far Right (Pedagogical) — Arthuriana

Why do we still read medieval stories? This is the question I ask my students before my lesson on Beowulf and far-right groups. One reason, they decided, was that many medieval lessons and ideas r...

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5/ check out a creative piece in context! Amanda Brighton Payne shares her poem, “The Window Bog,” and it’s origins in: “A New Poem in Context: A Medieval Bog Woman in Northern Europe.” www.arthuriana.com/tsw/a-new-po...

A New Poem in Context: A Medieval Bog Woman in Northern Europe — Arthuriana

It’s not easy being a historian of the early Middle Ages. Historians most commonly use primary sources to reach into the experience of people whose world was far different from our own. But the very l...

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4/ then read Seeta Chaganti’s “IRRECOVERY,” a powerfully written exploration of scholarly methods, medieval outlawry, and contemporary resistance; a moving call to “leave the agents of certain collective actions undetectable.” www.arthuriana.com/tsw/irrecovery

IRRECOVERY — Arthuriana

Archival and critical projects referred to as ‘recovery’ allow scholars to make heard the voices of those historically inaudible and marginalized. When discourses of representation, centers and margin...

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3/ next we have Maggie Hawkins’ fascinating essay on “Black Neomedievalisms in Late and Post-Covid Music Videos”! And yes, those do include videos by Lil Nas X and hemlocke springs, thank you for asking! www.arthuriana.com/tsw/black-ne... More on the author: liberalarts.utexas.edu/english/grad...

Black Neomedievalisms in Late and Post-Covid Music Videos — Arthuriana

The world of man was ending, rapidly, or so it seemed to me as I sat in my lonely New Jersey apartment in late Spring of 2020. Looking out at the skyline of the city I loved, I watched my friends flee...

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