Ten Things I Hate About You is just 97 minutes long, in addition to its many other strengths.

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

Damn, Bill Clinton just called Trump & Pam Bondi's bluff. Clinton released a statement calling on Bondi to release all of the Epstein files that mention him - including photos. This is what a president with a spine looks like. Meanwhile, Trump is having the FBI scrub his name from the files.

Just to mention that the discourse over protest and free speech at British universities has a long history, which is covered in my book ‘No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech’ (now available for 20% off). www.routledge.com/No-Platform-...

So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.

Happy Christmas from me and the kiddo. May you find light in the dark x

Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated. Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

given everything we know about the forces that have intentionally destroyed higher education as a site of secure employment, anyone making the argument that they didn’t get a job because they’re white and male is either a lying grifter or so bad at analysis they should lose their PhD

Gee who predicted this, oh wait most of us did. It's only going to get worse. We are passing beyond enshittification now--because the content of scholarly knowledge is now substantially digitized, generative AI is potentially going to start altering already published work, not just new work.

A fantastic online Latin palaeography course taking place (via zoom) in February 2026. See the link in original post for more information.

How desperately sad.

"Being an editor was intensely sociable as well as stimulating ... I loved being a History Workshop editor and the intellectual excitement that came with it." Barbara Taylor on the social and political fervour of History Workshop Journal in the 1980s.

My personal take on why Rob Reiner meant a lot to me - rachelemoss.com/2025/12/16/t...

just a reminder that she was not an accomplice — Maxwell was an active sexual abuser herself

Really delighted that the initiative we are running with the University Archives under @uninorthampton.bsky.social Centre for Historical Studies to bring together and support local groups working with or around archives and collections got featured in This Year In Archives! Find us in the Midlands!

I'd also like to remind people that for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social I am teaching a new LIVE course from April on medieval chivalry! You get a live hour of teaching with me per week but also tons of online contact and resources. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/medi...

Excited to announce I'm teaching a week-long summer school for @ox.ac.uk in August! Sign up for a deep dive into the Wars of the Roses, including a full day field trip. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...

I have set up a bsky for MATER! Please feel free to follow. :) 🗃️

Excited to see that COMFAS are having a conference in June! And it's in Lisbon! comfas.org/News/index.p... Democracy Under Siege: Global Fascism, Populism, Illiberalism I plan to attend - will I see any of you there? 🗃️

In @errnetwork.bsky.social's latest blog post @siobhanhyland.bsky.social explains how she's working on my British Academy/Leverhulme Trust funded project as a research assistant: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... 🗃️

Calling all creative writers, both published and unpublished. First prize is £1500, including publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology. Enter your short story of up to 4000 words until 31 Jan 2026, with low income entries available on a limited basis every month.

These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions. What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.

Of course. And it’s also local jobs for a lot of people who aren’t academics — there’s a tendency in Labour I think to assume that it’s just pretentious middle class people losing privileged positions, but my uni employs about 6,000 people and the vast majority of them aren’t lecturers.

universities got a tiny fee rise that was immediately wiped out by the national insurance raises. they used international student fees to subsidise capped domestic fees and now that’s going to be taken away too. universities are going to collapse and thousands of jobs will go with each collapse.

It’s a pity that Starmer, Reeves and co haven’t followed Denmark’s other policies. They tax capital gains up to 42% vs Britain’s top rate of 28%. This funds free university and excellent public services, providing the world’s second highest standard of living. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Eight years since I said goodbye to periods forever by having an endometrial ablation! For me a miracle cure to nearly 25 years of pain, fatigue, and mess. Of course it doesn't work for everyone. Ask me anything!

Thanks for the shares on this - already have 3 abstracts and the deadline isn’t until February!! 😍

Really excited for another event (and hopefully edited volume) as part of the Political Nostalgias network - do consider submitting a paper proposal!

I’m going to keep boosting this because it makes me giddy any time Disability Studies & Archaeology do a team-up!

"Jon Minadeo is a neo-Nazi on a mission—a mission to meet America’s children in online video chats and convince them to hate."

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'Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.' 1/3

This was fun, thanks for having me!

CFP for "Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present," 15 – 16 June 2026 that forms the latest @menysnoweballes.bsky.social exciting series of events and publications on this theme. Deadline 14 February 2026! Details are included on the link below. 🎉 www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...

CFP: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present, a 2 day workshop (15-16 June 2026) 🗃️Please share - and submit an abstract!

Apparently the appropriate response to ‘dark forces’ is to give them what they want. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Fifteen years of allowing people to get away with claiming that being called a racist was in fact worse than saying and doing racist things, and here we are...

'Even the notion of “quality of life” as a measurable standard is based on assumptions that a “good” healthy life is one without disability, pain, and suffering. I live with all three intimately and I feel more vital than ever at this point in time, because of my experiences and relationships.'

Tomorrow is the second meeting of MATER (Medievalists Against The Extreme Right) - if you want to come along, it's at 4pm, email rachel dot moss at northampton dot ac dot uk 🗃️

What does this echo? Which other countries took jewellery/valuables off people they decided didn't belong? "Alex Norris, a Home Office minister, has confirmed that refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases."

tomorrow!

This is a really good summary! TL;DR: the Paris Agreement has stopped us from entirely torching the world (yay!) but things are still not looking great - and there's a lot we COULD do to improve that.

🚗BEEP BEEP🚗 Reminder that next Tuesday (18 Nov) Dr Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social will be giving the annual Carantes Samain talk online, this time on the extreme right and medievalism! See the link below about how to RSVP. All are welcome! Fáilte roimh chách! carantes.org/2025/10/15/o...

It’s legit! You can find the photo here and also learn that the Pope went to see The Blues Brothers when it was released youtu.be/nYzssRwE7Gg?...

Just a reminder that this is next week - if you'd like to hear me talk about the extreme right and medievalism, sign up! :)

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to sign up for my ‘Fundamentals of Academic Grant Writing’ workshop, which starts tomorrow! There’s 1 spot still available—if you’re someone who dreams of winning a Big Fat Grant someday, this is for you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’