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. 💀

#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...

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!

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.

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..?

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

📢 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!

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

I cannot express how excited I am for this!

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 😱

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...

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote

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

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!

Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.

Conclusions now I’ve had a break: - EHRC aren’t trying to hide that they’re transphobic & their interpretation of the Supreme Court judgement makes no sense - MPs regularly cited what they’re hearing from members of the public in their questioning. Keep writing to them. They’re listening.

It is so 2025 that a film with a trans storyline that the trans community fucking despises wins some of the most prestigious film awards in the world and the cisgender winners don’t even mention what’s happening to the trans community in the very country they’re accepting the awards in

On the 11th October 1820, Anne Lister declared that she was 'the best doctor' (WYAS, SH:7/ML/E/4/0089). I'm delighted to say that as of yesterday morning, I might not be the best, but I *am* a doctor!

Excited to be speaking on the panel, Reading for Pleasure: Sexuality, Morality, & Erotic Literature of Anne Lister with Prof Deborah Kamen & Jann Kraus! In this, I will be discussing Lister's reading of de Sade. Join us for this phenomenal #OpenAccess conference, returning for its fifth iteration!

If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:

Deadline has been extended to Dec. 20 for those who are interested!

Infuriating. Please note that this decision only applies to trans kids— cis kids going through precocious puberty still get to have them. Because they’re only experimental and dangerous when used for a purpose some people find icky

#OtD 10 Dec 1984 Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners put on a benefit show at Camden's Electric Ballroom featuring Bronski Beat to support striking miners. They raised over £5,000. Hear their inspiring story in our podcast with former members of @LGSMPride workingclasshistory.com/2019/...

6th December 1824, #AnneLister had a meeting with Guillaume Dupuytren, who was treating her for venereal disease - 'asked what he thought the complaint was. "Would you have me give you a long dissertation on it now?" said he...however he said he had no doubt this plan would cure me in a month'

Whilst I don't have a physical advent calendar this year (though the cat has somehow wound up with one...), I am thoroughly enjoying @dianewatt.bsky.social's Margaret Paston Advent Calendar each day. Check it out and learn more about this fascinating medieval lady of letters!

Sasha worked with TBIJ to successfully expose a conversion therapy group working with Westminster to undermine protections for trans children and sharing tips amongst themselves on abusing their kids. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

I cannot wait for the opportunity to read this!!

LOVE Lynn's work on Lister and Walker. I never knew they visited Chatsworth so this was an enlightening read!

doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century

Been here a while but thought it's worth a proper intro - hello, I'm Sarah! I'm an interdisciplinary scholar who has recently submitted her PhD thesis on heritage, queer mobilities and Anne Lister! I have a website if you'd like to have a look (sarahwingrove.com) & I'd love to make new connections!

In 1999, the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) was founded by US activists Gwendolyn Ann Smith, Nancy Nangeroni, and Jahaira DeAlto to honour the memory of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was murdered the previous year. Her murder remains unsolved.

Very miffed that I came all the way to midwest America and it snows in England first 😭

Clarification for anyone who needs it: Transfeminism isn't just general positive affect towards trans women as a category of human being, nor is it anything that a trans woman happens to say she supports.

Reading the google books preview with exaggerated nonchalance so it can't sense which parts to omit

Am in the post-PhD submission but pre-viva period of life, wintering in semi-rural Nebraska (I'm from Cornwall and usually based in Guildford, England so this is not my usual sitch). Any recommendations for approaching this time would be much appreciated! #PhDlife

1) Conference proposal/future journal article on the train travel of Anne Lister and Ann Walker in the 1830s 2) The development of heterosexuality studies, particularly in relation to the evolution of recent feminist movements