For all the people saying that the forthcoming same-sex relationship between two women in Bridgerton would occlude the infertility/struggling to have children narrative, please go & watch Season 2 of Gentleman Jack (Episode 8) where this topic is navigated sensitively, albeit somewhat inaccurately.

I use this clip every time I teach research methods: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgj...

For and Against National Service | Yes, Prime Minister | Comedy Greats

YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats

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Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Saw a study the other day that described how the wording of polling options can alter poll outputs by +/- 20% which when you think about it really turns pretty much every piece of polling data into a set of preordained outcomes.

Your regular reminder that right wing pundits and governments demean "Media Studies" as a worthy area of study because it directly teaches people to spot bullshit like this

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Attacks leave dead vs killed

📣 Call for Papers! Join us for the Women’s History Network Annual Conference, celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library. Open to scholars, independent researchers & heritage practitioners. Full info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... Deadline: 29 March 2026 #WomensHistory #GenderHist

Today is the day! Record your day and be part of recording queer lives and histories in the UK. Sketch, type, write, or photograph your day. Even if you think your day isn't very interesting we'd still love to have it in our collection! All types of days, boring or brilliant are welcome #LGBTplusHM

Mass Observation Archive@massobsarchive.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

The second way you can get involved is by responding to our directive questions! These are inspired by questions asked by the National Lesbian and Gay survey in the 1990s and 2000s. Again, there's no set way to respond to these and you only have to respond to whatever you're interested in 🧵 (3/4)

If you get the opportunity to go see #LoveLetters at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy take it take it take it! The diversity of relationships represented in this exhibition is phenomenal and there really is something for everyone.

Packed with Potential @packedwith.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🖋️📜 Some #LoveLetters are written in longing. Some are written in law. We had the chance to preview @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy's new exhibition, free through April 12. Among many incredible items on display... Anne Lister & Ann Walker’s wills! (📹: @sazwingrove.bsky.social)

I am terrible at promoting my own stuff, but I was recently on a very cool podcast with absolute delights @krheyam.bsky.social and Ann of @vulgarhistory.bsky.social talking all things Anne Lister! It really does get rather vulgar...

Ann Foster@vulgarhistory.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Regency Era power lesbian Anne Lister was many things: secret sex diarist, land-owner, mountain climber, womanizer. We're joined by returning guest @krheyam.bsky.social and new guest Sarah Wingrove to dish all about Anne Lister’s wild life and legacy! pod.link/1489560920/e...

go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary "employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class." www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...

Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum

The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.

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For those lucky enough to be near London ⤵️

Clarisse Loughrey@clarisseloughrey.bsky.social · 10mo ago

if you can get to selfridges between now & 9 november, book for the frankenstein exhibition (it’s free!), all of the major props and costumes are in there PLUS some rare mary shelley-related volumes. it is an ecstatic religious experience for the del toro fan

The irony that every time I taught as a PhD student, I was addressed as Dr and Prof, and now I have the PhD, I keep getting called Miss 🙄

I remember helping run a hp quiz at the bookshop I worked at yrs ago. Group of grown adults arrived late, demanding to be allowed to compete against the room of 9-year olds. They won by 1 point and were the worst winners, checking their quiz sheet bc they thought there should be a wider margin. 💀

Rose Schmits@roseschmits.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Being seen as childish is the least of your problems if youre an adult harry potter fan

#CFP for the Spring 2026 special issue of NCGS! Corresponding with the bicentenary of the Chatterton Massacre, this issue aims to examine connections between gender & martyrdom & how the lives & afterlives of women who engaged in industrial & political mobilisation in the 19thC have been recorded.

The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

Semi-regular reminder that if you want to understand and combat our current transphobic moment in the UK, then 'TERF Wars' from @notrightruth.bsky.social and many other incredible activists and academics is essential reading - and nearly all available for free: ruthpearce.net/books/terf-w...

TERF Wars

“A powerful, exciting and much-needed salvo in one of the most urgent battles against bigotry.” – Sandy Stone The emergence of trans-exclusionary movements raises many questions for feminism …

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I am absolutely delighted to be speaking about ways of doing lesbian history alongside @norenashopland.bsky.social, @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social and Professor Lisa Weston next month!

Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We are thrilled to share the programme for our upcoming seminar series. Please continue to check our socials and our website over the coming weeks as the links to register for each of the seminars are published. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Incredible work!! I am intrigued by the ability to toggle between a modern transcription and the semi-diplomatic version on the project website. This is something still being debated in Lister studies circles with regards to readability and access, and the option to simultaneously view both is fab.

Alice Thornton's Books@thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Today our project is linked on the front page of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social's website! Our fantastic postdocs @hagenilda.bsky.social and @sharonhoward.bsky.social get a well-deserved mention: www.ed.ac.uk/news/memoirs... #EarlyModern #DigiHums #BookHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

So grave! This might be one of my favourite comparisons, seeing their different perspectives so clearly and their later resolution. This also isn't the first time I have seen AL describe how frightened AW is by a situation and AW not mention it at all 😆 Is one exaggerating or the other hiding..?

AcrossThePond88@acrossthepond88.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Dearest is grave and silent. Too grave for Adney. They discussed and were better friends than ever. All made up. As per usual...they worked it out. Read entries at insearchofannwalker.com/tuesday-12th... #BringBackGentlemanJack #AnneLister #AnnWalker @BBC @netflix.com @netflixuk.bsky.social

Looking forward to attending! And I recognise that handwriting from somewhere...

Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025. 🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections. 🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025. 🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections. 🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

Phenomenal work! I was absolutely captivated listening and learning more about Byron's ancestral home and his antics whilst there!

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last yr.

Hey... I made a proper film with Adrian Towell. I get to be a talking head (the dream) Come explore Byron's life and poetry at Newstead Abbey with us www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_3...

ACADEMIC READING ALREADY COMES WITH A SUMMARY IT IS CALLED THE ABSTRACT

John Warner@biblioracle.bsky.social · last yr.

The Appendix on an AI policy is actually quite bad. Having an AI deliver a summary before reading has major implications in terms of the experience of student learning. What we want students to do and how they do it is the question. The experience of reading is not the same as reading a summary.

I cannot express how excited I am for this!

Dr Andrew McInnes@drbeard79.bsky.social · last yr.

CFP for Sex in the #19thC (deets in alt) Abstracts (300 words), biographies (100 words), and should be submitted on Monday 22d September 2025 to rrr @ soton.ac.uk. Please indicate if you would like to be considered for a travel bursary, and include your full name, discipline & institution.

Shout out to the unexpected fire alarm test that not only scared the wits out of me mid-interview with a research participant on video call but also made me give off pure Joyce Byers vibes as he couldn't hear the ringing bells on his end or see the flashing lights 😱

a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face .

ALT: a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face .

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It's so funny Trump says Zohran Mamdani looks TERRIBLE because when I saw Mamdani at my bodega, before I realized who he was, I was like "What a handsome man in an impeccably tailored suit!" And I'm one of those lesbians who usually proceses men like the faceless WAH WAH adults in a Peanuts cartoon.

Sacre Bleu! According to the BBC absolutely nothing happened in Westminster hall today, hundreds of Trans people definitely did not undertake a mass lobby and MPs certainly didn't hear from their constituents about why the EHRC is a liability. Meanwhile in France... www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Trans campaigners descend on UK parliament to protest 'bathroom ban'

Hundreds of transgender people and their supporters flocked to the UK parliament on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to oppose new guidelines that would deny them access to certain single-sex spaces.

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MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote

MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales so that women cannot be prosecuted for terminating their pregnancy at any stage.

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Lovely Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp writing about Tove Jansson's wonderful Moomins: 80 years of anarchism, welcome & care. In Moominvalley, no one is illegal.

@worldkidlit.bsky.social · last yr.

The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.

🏔️ Our Summer Summit is almost here! Whether you’re an #AnneLister scholar, a history or genealogy enthusiast, or simply curious about her life, this Summit is the place to connect, learn, and share. 🗓️ Sat, June 21 📍 Free online!

Anne Lister Research Summit - Summer 2025

An online conference for Anne Lister enthusiasts.

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