Dr. Shelby Judge

Working on the glossary for my book (!!!!) and realising how familiar I've become with some truly disgusting internet terminology.

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Had such a great time at the Media Literacy Ambassadors symposium, chatting to @derbycollege.bsky.social pupils about political red flags on social media, in collaboration with @theguardianfoundation.org 📖

Winds me up when big recipe accounts are like “new ideas for your midweek dinners” and it’s literally pasta bakes

White chalk on a blackboard: "Beware the Ides of March..."

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Two lambs jumping in the air, they are facing away with a brick wall in the background

When you realise it's still light outside at 5pm!

Photo: Justin Minns

Louis Theroux is releasing a manosphere documentary next month!!

Zoomed in picture of printed text on a white sheet of paper. There are annotations in blue highlighter and blue pen. One paragraph has the annotation: } quote from Ovid Another has the annotation: } quote from Homeric hymns

Editing 📖

I was definitely hoping 😅

Thanks, Sean! I had a great time, I want to come back soon ✨

Highly recommend Shelby. She gave a most engaging Tom's Talk last year.

Only final release & live stream tickets left!

An open laptop on a table in a cafe that also has a teapot and teacup on it

Change of scenery today 🫖

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.

It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

Stage with chairs in front. A colourful screen says "Seed Talks: Folklore & Women: The power of folklore in reclaiming female stories with Dr Shelby Judge"

A folklore eve

The History of Greek Mythology with Dr Shelby Judge From Mount Olympus to Medusa, discover the fascinating history of Greek mythology and its echoes through the ages. Followed by Q&A.

I'm starting a new series with Seed Talks! "The History of Greek Mythology", opening in Brixton & online on 18th February 🏺 More dates to come 🏺
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

The Republic is Gen Alpha

screenshot of a Bing search. the question is 'when did plato write the republic' and the AI response at the top says 25 Feb 2003.

example 375,000,000 of AI being stupid

Congratulations Dr Dhindsa!

It’s too cold for my brain to form a single coherent thought

Theorising Incels and Co.: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of the Manosphere This article will scope out the field of manosphere studies, providing a literature review of relevant and timely research into the manosphere, with a particular focus on Incels. The paper employs a ...

So happy to have published an article in Sociology Compass! I've been working on this literature review of the manosphere since 2023, and I'm so glad to see it out in the world now.

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Screenshot of a zoom call with the presentation: Edith Wharton as Musician - Musicians in Her Fiction Frederick Wegener Edith Wharton's Birthday Talk January 21, 2026

Happy birthday Edith Wharton! @edithwhartonsoc.bsky.social @drlaurarattray.bsky.social @laurakatherine95.bsky.social 🥳🎂

Me too! (It’s unsurprising really, I basically live in it)

I already have the Iliad one in pink, so I’ve gone for the Odyssey in blue 😻

a small brown and white puppy is standing on a tiled floor . Alt: a small brown and white puppy is standing on a tiled floor .

waiting for my second @flaroh.bsky.social hoodie to be delivered:

@edithwhartonsoc.bsky.social @laurakatherine95.bsky.social @drlaurarattray.bsky.social

January Tea with TLW: Joint Birthday Event with the Edith Wharton Society – Professor Frederick Wegener on “Edith Wharton as Musician – Musicians in Her Fiction” Wednesday 21 January 2026, 5pm UK/12 noon EST on Zoom We can’t believe it is nearly 2026, but we are very excited to begin the new year with our joint event with our friends at the Edith Wharton So…

So excited for our Transatlantic Literary Women x Edith Wharton Soc joint event this Wednesday to celebrate Wharton's birthday! Come along to learn more about musicians in Wharton's fiction. Free, fun, and friendly, as always 📚💙
transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/j...

I’ve joined the ranks of iPhone users who have had the Liquid Glass update forced upon them ☹️

This marking is going much slower than usual 🫠

Just learned that my undergraduate university was built on top of an underground rail tunnel & the line was the world’s first steam powered passenger railway! 🚂