👁️ 'Unravelling our Anthropocentric Gaze' by Stevie Berneray. In Issue 1 Volume 2 of 'Origins', Stevie shares their reflections on how the language we use perpetuates a human-centred lens. Read more on our website, link in bio!

OBSESSED with this song and video from Muse Can’t wait for the new album 🤘🎸 youtu.be/XVvLRbR4Pa0?...

☕️ 'The Coffee House' by Gavin Jones. Gavin shares their experience of the writing process through their time spent in a local coffee house. Read more in 'Origins' Issue 1 Volume 2, link in our bio!

Had the urge to pull a card from The Hedgewitch Tarot and The World literally jumped out. Hope it resonates with some of you today ✨🌍

🔥 'Ignorance is Bliss: Confronting Utopian Ideals in Fahrenheit 451 (1953)' by Zoe Keating. Zoe confronts utopian and dystopian ideas shared in the classic novel by Ray Bradbury in Issue 1 Volume 1 'Origins' of Curiositas. Read over on our website (link in bio)!

Lowen has had their beautifully evocative poem entitled ‘A Dream of St Ives’ published in the YSJ ‘Folklore Anthology - Bedtime Stories’. “All that remained to mark their lives -Those seven wives of old St Ives - Were empty frames in empty homes, Their paintings daubed upon the stones.”

Beyond chuffed to find a clump of Tansy plant with the uber rare Tansy beetle in residence 🪲

York St John has the most flamboyant poppies

🔇 'Smothered Voices and Epistemic Harm: How Wortcunners Navigate Spirituality and Legitemacy in British Academia' by Dr Clare Lesley Hughes. Clare shares their research into the experiences of wortcunners in British academia in Issue 1 Volume 1 'Origins' of Curiositas. Read today over on our website

Just a brief blog on what I have been up to so far this May 📘🍏🧚‍♀️ www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/the-mon...

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🖋️ Join the Editorial Team! We're looking for our next Creative Editor to join us at Curiositas. Interested in knowing more? Swipe to find out about the role. ➡️ This role is open to York St John PGRs only.

🌙 'Maiden, Mother Crone: Reflections on the symbol of the Triple Moon within the changing 'feminine'' by Niamh Drain. Niamh explores their current research in Issue 1 Volume 1 'Origins' of Curiositas. Read today over on our website (link in bio)!#

Clare, Lowen, Niamh, and Zoe K from the research group have all had articles published in the inaugural edition of Curiositas, the YSJ, PGR-led journal for the School of Humanities. These, and the other articles can be read by clicking the link below. blog.yorksj.ac.uk/curiositasjo...

All the articles in Issue One of Curiositas are now available online and free to read. As a journal, we were keen to make this publication accessible to all, so please click the link and start exploring the humanities-based research being conducted at YSJ blog.yorksj.ac.uk/curiositasjo...

🎊 Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday at our in-person launch event! It was lovely to see so many people at the School of Humanities PGR Flagship Event yesterday, and to share with you our journey of launching Curiositas.

It’s Curiositas Launch Day 🚀📘 One year ago, a group of PGR students from York St John decided to create an academic journal and today we launched the first issue in volumes I and II 🎉. As editor, I want to say a massive thanks to the editorial team, the contributors and everyone who helped us.

🎉 'Issue One: Origins' Available Now! Our first issue is now available over on our website. The Editorial Team would like to thank everyone who contributed to 'Origins' at every step of the way; from conception to final publication.

Lowen Frampton-Thorburn & Clare Lesley Hughes recently held a joint event at YSJ for York International Shakespeare Festival. Lowen recited/performed verses from plays containing botanical elements whilst Clare shared folklore stories. Plants discussed were rosemary, apple, cowslip, hawthorn & thyme

Co-led a session today on Shakespeare and Plants and we found ourselves beneath this wonderfully fragrant apple tree 💚

📆 One Week Until Publication! Just 7 more days until Issue 1: Origins is published. We can't wait to share our first issue with you at our in-person and online launch events (more details on our previous posts). Keep your eye on our website next Wednesday 6th May for 'Origins'!

Blowing my mind with some “light” Sunday reading 🤯

Spent the morning in beautiful Bridlington, collecting sea glass and paddling in the waves 🩵

Thank you to all the Year 8 students who came to York St John University as part of York International Shakespeare Festival. My workshops explored the folklore of two plants Ariel sings about in The Tempest; the cowslip & apple (blossom) & were concluded by the students making some great artwork.

💻️ Curiositas' Online Launch Event Join us online on Friday 8th May where members of our Editorial Team will be sharing the journey of the launch of our first issue, and we would love for you to come along. Please email us for the link to join. This event is for Humanities PGRs at York St John only

Had the urge to pull a tarot card from the gorgeous Hedgewitch Tarot Deck and received one of my favourites, The Queen of Swords. To me, she represents force of thought from within. She is intellect and consideration and a powerful ally when you need to speak your truth or clarify your thoughts.

Many thanks to the participants who turned up to my plant folklore and ecospirituality workshop yesterday. We explored the symbolism of the beech tree before co-creating moments of enchantment and art.

🥂 We are excited to share that we will be celebrating the launch of our first issue 'Origins' at the Humanities PGR Flagship Event! Our Editorial Team will be sharing the journey of Curiositas so far. We look forward to welcoming you! This event of for Humanities PGRs at York St John only

Call For Chapters for an edited volume entitled “The Witch and Activism” is now live ✨ Please click the link below for further details on how to submit your proposal. Deadline for proposals is 22nd May 2026. blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

Clare, one of members, has written a blog about her attendance at the BSA Annual Conference 2026 where she presented her latest research on new materialism. Click the link to read all about it. @yorkstjohn.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

Despite suffering the after effects of a nasty cold virus, I managed to make the journey across the Pennines to present a small part of my research for the British Sociological Association Annual Conference. Not having the voice to do much networking, I instead spent lunch in Manchester Museum 🙏

Crossing the Pennines to speak at the BSA Annual Conference in Manchester @britsoci.bsky.social

Another unsuccessful day house-hunting 😔 But I met some beautiful daffodils 🌼

My blog on Artemis II and Grandmother Moon www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/grandmo...

My blog on Artemis II and Grandmother Moon www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/grandmo...

📅 Save the Date! We are excited to share that 'Issue 1: Origins' will be published in physical print and online, over on our blog. Details of our launch at York St John's Humanities PGR Event will be coming soon.

Myself and other members of the Curiositas editorial team gave a training seminar today on how the journal was created and developed 📚 🌞 @curiositasjournal.bsky.social

Delivered a short, but highly enjoyable guest lecture for Converge’s “Exploring Spirituality” course. I introduced and spoke about my paganism spirituality and introduced participants to the Green Man 🌿

Session 2 of the Rootstock/Converge programme saw us exploring the folklore of yew and daffodils, and very aptly took place in view of York City Walls. Thank you to all who turned up 🌼 Happy Spring Equinox Everyone 🌞

Our website has had a bit of a revamp ✨ Be sure to keep an eye out for a new blog series coming soon which explores the research, interests and witchy pursuits of our members @yorkstjohn.bsky.social blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

Thank you to everyone who attended my research seminar for the YSJ Centre for Religion in Society 🌿 @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

The finished piece 🧡 An entanglement of bodies and stories for York International Women’s Week. Thank you to all who shared their stories and energy with us.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Brilliant news! 🐦‍⬛🦔🐞🦌

Today, my feed is full of International Women’s Day posts from those who may claim to champion women, and yet whose politics may tell a different story. Feminism that excludes migrant women, non-white women, or women deemed “other” is not feminism; it is selective and performative.

On the 4th March, Cultivate and @curiositasjournal.bsky.social held a wonderfully illuminating and collaborative event for International Women’s Week. Thank you to all who turned up and shared their artistry, wisdom and time with us.

Last week we launched the YESI Environmental Artivism Network! 🎨🔬 We’re bringing artists and researchers together to amplify environmental impact through "artivism"—moving beyond data toward immersive, community-grounded exchange. 🧵

TODAY AT YSJ and UoY Entangling Stories and Bodies across York for York International Women's Week Come and see me (and share a story or some words of wisdom) in Future You (Holgate) at YSJ from 10am to 4pm and then 6pm to 9pm at SPARK in York @yiww.bsky.social @curiositasjournal.bsky.social

📚️ Join us on campus for the Publishing your Research as a PGR event! As part of a full day event hosted by PGR School, Curiositas are excited to share the journey of setting up our humanities journal. To book your free place, please email [email protected] for the booking link

Thank you to everyone from the Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival 2026 at the University of York who came to my talk today on the folklore of the birch, the weeping willow and daffodils 💛 Humans and plants co-created a beautiful enchanted word cloud and even the sun appeared for a while.

Just a photo of my altar ✨