My article "Disability and Queer Fiction" is now out in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies. It reads Radclyffe Hall and Truman Capote on sexual inversion and the queer-crip body, and on queer fiction's unspoken ableism. doi.org/10.1093/9780... #DisabilityStudies #Queerlit #acwri

buy @rossbrooks.co.uk's book! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life

A revelatory history of sex, gender, and science from Linnaeus to DarwinWhat did Darwin and Linnaeus really think about sex? In print, their descriptions of ...

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AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!

I’m really delighted that Teaching Gender has received the WHN/WHAI prize, and to share it with the wonderful @sarahcrook.bsky.social!

Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 4d ago

We are delighted to announce the joint winners of the WHN/WHAI book prize for 2025: Sarah Crook for Unhappy mothers @sarahcrook.bsky.social and Samuel Rutherford for Teaching Gender @echomikeromeo.bsky.social For full details on the winners, please see: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

Really super piece . . . 🌈🐘 'Like elephants moving through a broken-up forest, many queer people grow up in communities where acceptance comes in patches: open with a few people, guarded with most.' news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/10/14/f... #queer #ecology #queerecology @climate.columbia.edu

Finding My Wild: A Summit for Pride and the Planet

Inspired by the freedom found in the mountains, this M.S. in Sustainability Management alum calls for restoring ecosystems and building communities where every living being can flourish authentically.

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Eye Spy with my little...iNaturalist? A paper from our Zoological Journal was recently featured on nature video! Using citizen science data from iNaturalist, researchers uncovered the evolution of parental guarding behaviour in harvestmen (AKA Daddy Long Legs)! Watch it here: buff.ly/osZ8MPR! 🧪

Daddy long legs are actually good dads

Paternal care varies widely across the animal kingdom, but in spiders, it’s vanishingly rare. Good thing this eight-legged familiar face isn’t a spider. A new study investigated the parental (and…

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📢IRISH QUEER HISTORY KLAXON📢 newly published article by Tom Ward www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Somewhere between Ireland and England’: navigating gay politics in the 1980s through the housing experiences of Irish men in London

Focussing on the period from 1970 to 1990, this article examines how gay men, many of whom moved from Ireland to London, adapted their activism in the face of evolving housing pressures. It pays pa...

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I'm now quite a ways into DARWIN AND THE QUEER ORIGINS OF LIFE @rossbrooks.co.uk Really enjoying it. We've come through a wave of "penguins can be gay!" writing that has left many young people excited about queer biology, but with few real weapons to face the world about it. This book will help!!

Our Institute’s Colloquium Program 2026–27 is now available online! This year, we will look at “Histories of Science That Lie Beneath” 🔍 📍 MPIWG 🔗 For the full program and information on registration, please check https://bit.ly/4hLkRp6 #HistSci #SciComm #EventSeries

Delighted to see the final cover of Queer Under Siege, out May 2027 with Temple University Press. Its bold colours and protest image evoke queer repression and resistance since the 1950s to struggles for freedom today. Thank you, Temple UP!

Looking forward to the publication of my second book next month that examines the legacies of women’s suffrage for education and youth activism for women’s rights in the 1920s and 1930s! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/daughters-... 🗃️ #history #suffrage #womensstudies #academicsky @lwv.org #alicepaul

Daughters of Democracy: The Post-Suffrage Women's Movement, Youth Activism, and American Campuses Between the Wars

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Today is bookshop day. Go out and support your favourite bookshop. While you're there: pick up a copy of @ajwestauthor.bsky.social How Queer Bookshops Changed the World. It's an important read about spaces that literally changed the world.

Very honoured to have an essay appearing in the forthcoming Simeon Solomon exhibiton catalogue (exhib at the Delware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA, March 2027) - you can preorder the catalogue from Yale University Press here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Simeon Solomon - Yale University Press London

A landmark study of Simeon Solomon, a queer Jewish artist who reimagined faith, beauty, and desire in Victorian BritainRadiant biblical subjects. Haunting my...

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It's #WorldOctopusDay! Here's an 1861 clipping from the London Illustrated Times of 'A Marine Monster Discovered Near Teneriffe'. From the description, it's likely that this was a giant squid rather than an octopus, but it's described as a 'giant polypus' by the crew.

Got several very cool events coming up! This Sunday I'm doing A Brief Queer History Of The Whole Universe with @wearequeerwell.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...

Register Now – A Brief Queer History Of The Whole Universe with Dr. Alfredo Carpineti – 55 Dean Street

A Brief Queer History Of The Whole Universe with Dr. Alfredo Carpineti – 55 Dean Street, Sun 11 Oct 2026 - Sunday Sanctuary: A Brief Queer History Of The Whole Universe with Astrophysicist Dr Alfredo ...

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Happy to see this doc get a screening at The Revue, the Minnow team are lovely folks #Toronto Understanding Myself as an Amphibian - A Queer Ecology documentary by May Matchim, presented by Minnow Magazine www.eventbrite.ca/e/screening-...

Understanding Myself as an Amphibian Official Trailer

YouTube video by May Matchim

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"Ich sehe den mir verliehenen Bundesverdienstorden als Auszeichnung für die Arbeit der gesamten Hamburger queeren Community": Der Historiker Gottfried Lorenz wurde am Dienstagabend im Hamburger Rathaus geehrt

Ein Orden für die Sichtbarmachung queerer Geschichte

Der Hamburger Historiker Gottfried Lorenz ist mit dem Bundesverdienstorden ausgezeichnet worden - Kultursenator Carsten Brosda (SPD) überreichte die Auszeichnung am Dienstagabend im Hamburger Rathaus. (07.10.2026, Bild des Tages)

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Whoop, whoop — discount AND free shipping! 🤩🌈📚🦋🗃️✨ uk.bookshop.org/p/books/darw... #books #booksky #histsci #sts #Darwin #histsex #queerhistory

Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science

A revelatory history of sex, gender, and science from Linnaeus to DarwinWhat did Darwin and Linnaeus really think about sex? In print, their descriptions of animal courtship painted a comfortingly tra...

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Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 2w ago

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Looking forward to this . . . 🌈🦋🗃️ #histbio #histsci #Darwin #queer #queerhistory

RUB History & Philosophy of Science@roto-rub.bsky.social · 2w ago

New semester, new lecture series! This time with the fantastic @federicabocchi.bsky.social, @rossbrooks.co.uk, @drandyflack.bsky.social and others. Join us online on Mondays at 4pm (CET). Just click here to register: www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/... #HPBio #HistSci #PhilSci

This one is a bit odd. For years, Canada Customs seized pretty much any queer books entering Canada. Little Sisters Bookstore, a frequent target, took them to court. The arbitrary nature of CC's seizures was holding a shipment of this book based on title alone. They thought it was about sex.

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w ago

name your fav banned book.

@susanstryker.bsky.social will be at Glad Day Lit on Tuesday, 6 October in #Toronto!! 🌈🗃️ 🏳️‍⚧️

Susan Stryker's Toronto BOOK LAUNCH for Changing Gender

In a very rare Toronto appearance, legendary trans trailblazer SUSAN STRYKER will join us at Glad Day to launch her new book.

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We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

Pride in STEM's Small Grants scheme is open! The theme this year is “Empowering Queer People With STEM”. The deadline is October 31, and it is for projects exclusively in the United Kingdom! prideinstem.org/2026/10/01/s...

Eyes on the sky tonight!! It's Saturn's 'Time To Shine' But Not A Once In 500 Years Event This Time www.theastroholic.co.uk/its-saturns-...

It's Saturn's 'Time To Shine' But Not A Once In 500 Years Event This Time

Tonight, Saturn is at opposition, which is just astro lingo to say that the Earth is right between the Sun and Saturn. This means that Saturn is at its closest and brightest, and it will be nice and v...

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Another strong performance from Bethany and Nancy! A super choice for movie week. #Strictly 🏳️‍🌈💃💃✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=axEY... #tv #dance

Bethany Antonia & Nancy dance a Paso Doble to Wicked: For Good ✨ BBC Strictly 2026

YouTube video by BBC Strictly Come Dancing

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'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: calls for panels now invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. Closing date: 16 October HAP27 focuses on connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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The new edition of A Practical Guide to Studying History is out, just in time for anyone starting a history degree. Want to see my material on trans history? Check out 'Identities' in the Activities and Annotated Bibliography sections. www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com/a-practical-... 🌈🎓

AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!

So good to see QUEER ORIGINS in my local public library! I love spotting the different ways that bookshops and libraries categorise the book. Some put it in their science section, others history, others (as here) LGBTQ. All are correct! 🌈📚🦋🗃️ #books #booksky #reading #histsci @yalebooks.bsky.social

Please join us for an online screening of SECOND NATURE, the critically-acclaimed film about everything you didn’t learn in high school biology! October 10th, 3pm. Tickets are $25 each and $40 for a group of 2 or more. Proceeds benefit Allies in Arts. Get tickets: watch.eventive.org/secondnature...