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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

'Applicants should have no more than seven years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application (discounting career breaks, but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry).' Deadline is 18 March, so get your skates on.

I’m opposed to infighting. But we should be accurate about (historical) fascism right now. Fascistic states have inconsistencies baked into their ideology and practice, with a hydra mix of wilful incompetence and clinical execution at their head. They’re no less deadly for it.

The (U.K.) National Archives launches guidance for archivists working in fast response situations 📜 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/t...

Not to be over-dramatic, but we have less than 24 hours until our crowdfund deadline, have to raise £1164 to continue our campaign for the NHS and complete our research about the financial links between MPs and the private health sector, and if this was a film the montage would kick in now. HELP!…

Important reflections by @DavidMotadel this morning, drawing on history, on whether we have reached a critical turning point. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The UK is spending £369m refurbishing Buckingham Palace for King Charles, who has £22bn and gets £500m more a year. He can pay for his own renovations, £369m is more than England spends on building Social Housing in an entire year for the whole country.

Petition: An independent evaluation of the Cass review on child gender services At 10k the Government will give a written response (it’s currently at 7k) ✍🏼 Please sign (even if it’s just to keep the pressure on) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Straight people love to stumble upon the concept of a twink and struggle to describe it, like if an ancient Roman saw someone vaping

I have been thinking about this a lot lately: that the “phasing out” of humanities scholarship as part of popular education is an effort to prevent people from being able to interpret their political reality.

BFTSI was the first thing I experienced when I arrived at Duke and I still feel the benefits of the intellectual generosity that Jen has nurtured within this summer workshop with deep appreciation! Apply!

Since Alito and others are quoting the Cass Report like it's definitive science, this is the moment to repost @polgreen.bsky.social's excellent piece on the Cass Report , which is,"for all its claims of impartiality, is fundamentally a subjective, political document." www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/o...

“Trans people have always existed!” Even if we hadn’t, the fact is that we do currently exist. And so society has two options: living with us or killing us. But either way, we are bell that cannot be unrung.

"Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead." @roxanegay.bsky.social. in shorturl.at/zJgKT

A very thoughtful article by historian Mark Mazower — on the label “fascism” and how it applies (or doesn’t apply) to the past/present situation in the US and Europe www.ft.com/content/4195...

Hi 👋 people in this new place! I’m a historian of modern Germany that specializes in the history of medical and legal forms of transition, trans subjectivity, and the historical production and state regulation of categories such as sex, sexuality, and labour. Hoping to have a regular time here

Moving this from X to here - reminder that Black feminist theory summer institute applications are open. Details here: gendersexualityfeminist.duke.edu/black-femini...

Waiting at the airport for a connecting flight to Amsterdam, and some kind woman returns my wallet that I had dropped an hour ago, saying: ‘it’s a good thing you’ve got such distinctive hair, or else I wouldn’t have identified you’. Moral of the story: mullets make life better

The application period is open to join us at UBC as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Please circulate to folks who may be interested. cenes.ubc.ca/news/call-fo...

A sharp and vital contribution from the brilliant @lauriem.bsky.social on the history (and contemporary relevance) of trans life and persecution under the Nazi State: a must read!

Hey new place! Posting to say that my second publication is out. If you’re interested in the intersecting histories of trans life and the Holocaust, and how the present cultural and emotional landscape informs both memory politics and history writing, this one’s for you. doi.org/10.1111/1468...