Monica B. Pearl
@mbpearl.bsky.social
teacher reader expat/immigrant newyorker in Manchester UK monicapearl.com
So many thanks to @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social for hosting the launch of New York: A Literary Anthology last night & to my brilliant colleague @mbpearl.bsky.social for a delightful conversation about this book & the city that inspired it.
One night left at the Lowry in Salford. Dyke Systems Ltd. Go! www.thelowry.com/whats-on/dyk...
DYKE Systems LTD
DYKE Systems Ltd is a sharp, subversive takedown of pyramid schemes, ruthless heteronormativity and corporate feminism.
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That's my mother @sylviadpearl.bsky.social (in the Immigrantes Bienvenidos Aqui t-shirt): she turned 90 last Wednesday. Go mom!
Julie Cohen ❌👑@filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn case there’s any doubt about who’s on the right side of history… 2 pics from our visit this afternoon to Delaney Hall ICE Detention in Newark, where 300+ wrongfully detained people are on a hunger strike.
An ACT UP hero. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92
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Bella Abzug If you know who she is - or don't know who she is: watch it and learn. Eye opening. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
Bella! This Woman's Place is in the House - Watch the documentary now! | American Masters | PBS
Follow the meteoric rise of politician Bella Abzug. See how her commitment to progressive causes upended the status quo in Washington.
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🎉 New York: A Literary Anthology will be out May 7th. I love that it let me highlight NYC’s radical past in the selections included & the short bios I wrote for it. To celebrate its launch, I’ll be in conversation with @mbpearl.bsky.social on Fri, 12 June 6:30-8 pm @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social.
NEW YORK: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY - J. Michelle Coghlan in conversation
Join us to hear J. Michelle Coghlan in conversation with Monica B. Pearl, with readings from the anthology.
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First time in Coimbra (Portugal): the university (founded 1290) has a prison - for students!
@chrislhayes.bsky.social honors “legend of liberal politics” Ronnie Eldridge, who died at 95.
Tomorrow! 📢 bonus post-show 'In Conversation' event with @mbpearl.bsky.social and EACW alumnus Gabriel Clark, star of David Drake’s The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me - an urgent conversation on activism and art:
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me – Hope Mill Theatre
Hive North presents
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Really looking forward to this. On February 10th, Opening Night, I will be in conversation with Gabriel Clark who will be performing in David Drake's The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester.
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me – Hope Mill Theatre
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Come hear my Introduction to Peter Hujar's Day on January 8th at HOME in Manchester.
Peter Hujar’s Day (12A) — A recreation of a 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz.
A recreation of a 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz.
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The Manchester launch of The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law (Edinburgh UP) by the wonderful @senthorun.bsky.social.
World AIDS Day vigil. Sackville Gardens. Manchester. I remember.
If you are in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in December - or can get there! www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
Research Symposium: The Cultural Memory of AIDS | Radboud University
In this symposium, experts reflect on cultural responses to AIDS through keynotes, a roundtable on memory, and staged readings by Underground Theatre Nijmegen.
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It begins. Year 19 (!) of cutting edge international queer art. Outburst Queer Arts Festival
OUTBURST QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2025
Queer Art, Revolutionary imagination
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Grateful for the inspired and inspiring talks that @libankerdc.bsky.social @posypoet.bsky.social @mbpearl.bsky.social gave at today’s “Resistance in the Age of Trump 2.0” roundtable today & for the great student turnout!
Remarkably unincendiary Daily Mirror article about Trans life - in 1937. Unearthed by @elierlick.bsky.social.
