UCU is calling for a global academic boycott of Sheffield uni! www.ucu.org.uk/article/1453...

3 people have messaged me separately to say “same”

I’m not saying I’m a crazy cat lady, but I am saying I got up at 4am so they could have their breakfast before it got too warm

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I am so, so sick of all my social media ads being for GLP-1s and other weight loss drugs

I’m in a cafe with the aircon blasting so much I’m actually cold 🥹

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Turnitin barely works at the best of times, so I don’t know what wave of hubris caused me to think I could do the last of my marking using train wifi …

We should be allowed to just … not mark AI assignments

Come see me talk about Greek myth in Birmingham! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

Sicily! This is a 9th century Arab-Norman fortress 🏰

finally got my paws on this in the airport ✈️ budget airline, first-class reading 📖

It’s 10am and I’ve already been marking for HOURS

Please check out & share this incredible new digital humanities archive w/ interactive map, the Black Church Burning Project. blackchurchburningproject.org It exists to identify & document every Black church & congregation that was burned, bombed, or otherwise attacked during the Civil Rights era.

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And for the love of every deity, DO NOT stick an ice lolly up your vag. Ever.

Looking forward to giving a talk for the Derby Book Festival tomorrow! 📚🎙️ derbytheatre.co.uk/event/dr-she...

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I would say “my loot from the Acropolis & Parthenon” but I’m not the British Museum

Another great Seed Talk by @shelbyjudge.bsky.social Too many great bits to mention here, but I do think there is a strong case for someone making an anime of The Adventures of Baby Hermes...

I’m a 1st gen uni student. My mum, nan & godfather sat in Canterbury Cathedral on my graduation day, waiting to *hear my name called out* It’s such an important, human moment. This college tried to automate and dehumanise it & in doing so, ruined one of the most important days in their lives.

I'm writing a talk and I'm honestly trying to make it deeper than "I really like Sappho" but ... I really like Sappho

Of course, those are not rights we want to have. But we also don't want anyone else to have those rights especially when THEYRE NOT EVEN BORN YET, OR ARE A COMPUTER

This is so true to the point that both the "unborn" and genAI already have more rights than me & you! We don't have the right to be inside another person's body against their will for even a second never mind for months! We don't have the right to coax teenagers into killing themselves!

There are two wolves inside me. One wants to rant about these idiot men saying that Achilles is “the main character” of the Odyssey and “hypermasculine” so Elliot Page can’t play him (just say you hate trans people jfc). The other wolf is so tired. #classicssky

Oh what a hero Jess Phillips is for resigning because she cares just so, so much about VAWG 🙄

Very busy week ahead 😮‍💨 but it’s all fun stuff, it’s the last week of term, and I’m going to Athens next week!!

Really looking forward to this on Tuesday! See you then @openuniversity.bsky.social

Folklore fans in Reading! Come see me at Sub89 tomorrow www.sub89.com

Spent bank holiday monday building* a new sofa and two new office chairs. Spending post-bank holiday tuesday achey and tired and missing my comfortable new chairs while I'm in the office. *mostly "supervising" my partner doing it

I deleted a post because the OP was a pervert.

On my way to Bristol for a night of Greek Mythology! Only a few final release tickets left 🏺 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

If you're a lecturer interested in pedagogy and in particular, helping working class students who might need a little extra advice to help them catch up with their privately schooled cohort, drop me a DM. Let's create something that will really benefit students.

If you google, "manosphere" or "what is the manosphere," almost every resource you find is aimed at concerned parents worried about their children. Why are we acting like the majority of manosphere users aren't grown men? As if misogyny is just a matter of being a misguided teenage boy?

I spent the weekend dressing as a pirate and playing D&D. Hard landing today into the reality of Monday morning.

I want to promote writers and historians who are excellent writers, who write about ancient history and myth, but who don't get enough attention because they weren't a mega famous comedian first: Let's do a thread - feel free to add your own

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My friend had no time for my self-pity party earlier 😂🫠

☂️ VC Showcase, @derbyuni.bsky.social ☂️

So excited to do Folklore & Women online for a US audience! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-w...

Such a nice feeling to come back from a week off and see that my event for the Derby Book Festival is now live! Tickets available from the link below!! 📚 www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/civic...

a nice corner of the internet in which to take refuge: www.libraryofshortstories.com

I’m not saying I’m stressed but my masseuse brought in a colleague for backup on my shoulders 😂🫠

The absolute best Hamlet I’ve ever seen @nationaltheatre.org.uk

I always feel so bad for authors whose books have been published by major publishers but they’re so poorly edited/proofread

Does anyone want to publish my review of Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere documentary & why I was … underwhelmed by it

I'm finally convinced by looksmaxxing

What if we just went back to reading a bunch of books and thinking about them together, and that was the class? With syllabi no longer than three pages.