Palaeography sit com called Bob's Your Uncial
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Palaeography sit com called Bob's Your Uncial
Collection of logos of organisations that have signed our 'biological sex' letter
Organisations that have signed our βBiological Sexβ and Its Variants are Transphobic Slurs open letter.
Any organisation that would like to sign the letter in support, please get in touch with us via DM or our website.
tacc.org.uk/biological-s...
Individuals can also sign via the link above.
Interested in #PlanetaryHistories?
Co-organised by EUI professors Glenda Sluga and Giorgio Riello, this seminar series returns on January 22 with a panel on Geologies of Planetary Histories.
π @ihr.bsky.social & Online
π All details to the whole seminar: loom.ly/LXhG0d4
π₯³New #medievalsky #earlymodern Open Access Article!
It's about the roles and lives of women in the Alps, including:
- How generic male language in sources hides the presence of women
- βοΈ Female construction workers building roads across the Alps
-βοΈ A lord turning women into men (legally speaking)
This order withdraws the US from major environmental cooperation, including:
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC);
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES);
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Meme. Charcoal drawing of an old dam and mill with an overshot feed. The mill actually has two wheels, but there is only water running over one of them Below the mill, surrounding the pond, are jagged rocks and broken building stones. The way that the drawing is done makes the buildings feel dilapidated, as if there are holes in the roofs and the the walls are in disrepair. But a closer look shows that, in fact, the buildings are intact and maybe even well taken care of. Eels can buy a lot of building maintenance, it seems. Behind the mill is a larger, two-story building. It looms ominously, like the shadow of a wicked thought. It's the sort of building that folks would warn you not to enter, because you don't want to end up like Bobby Crenshaw, do you? And you'd brush that aside an nonsense, until you stood on the threshold and felt the churning evil. Then you'd know fear, but too late. The mill would claim you. Meme text reads: "The eels didn't care They were dammed either way"
Why would you want a mill? For the eels, yo!
In 1211, William Blundell built a mill at Raven Meols & collected eels in rent from the miller. Later on, his family donated the mill to local monks. But they kept the rights to all those eels.
Some things gotta stay in the family!
Weβve today formally written to multiple public bodies about BBC reporting on transgender people.
Hereβs who weβve contacted and why. 1/6
Did medieval people buy each other Christmas gifts? New Year's Day was the main gifting day, but little is known about everyday people's present giving. Our project on London's customs records has uncovered a wealth of affordable items imported around this time: gloves and hats to toys and rattlesπ§΅
In light of the Levy Review potentially giving transphobes oversight of medical research on trans healthcare, Trans Safety Network recommend English trans people OPT OUT of their healthcare data being used in research.
Information on how to do this can be found in the quoted post and thread.
Conflating gender and biological sex is pseudo-science. Biological males can't become biological females, and vice versa, AND TRANS PEOPLE KNOW THAT. They are performing their preferred GENDER, not changing their SEX. You know, the same way cis men get hair plugs and cis women shave their legs.
It is 2025. The EHRC in the UK keeps trying to materialize a trans bathroom ban out of a muddled UKSC opinion third-sexing all trans people. A bill to criminalise those who provide trans minors with transition care passed in the US House of Representatives.
And cis "allies" still think this helps.
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry π©·
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
Attention creative medievalists! Eleanor Barraclough & I are co-editing a special issue of Public Humanities entitled CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW! See the cfp for details: essays of 2,000-3,000 words due 1 May 2026. (Amazing artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social). 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
I keep forgetting that this is the season for buying all the shit. So if you want to shop queer, shop small, and shop medieval weird then Sticker Church is for you
Postcards! Stickers! Gift wrap, oh my!
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www.sticker.church
This month I feature @placesjournal.bsky.social, @urbanhistorya.bsky.social, @charlotte-leib.bsky.social, @ginastar.bsky.social, @miskoaki.bsky.social, and more!
#envhist
I spend A LOT of volunteer time supporting the work of people who make 10s of $1000s (sometimes 100,000+) more than me, so yes, I think you can spare $25 annually to support me, precarious contributors, & @nichecanada.bsky.social broadly.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
How is it that healthcare decisions for trans people are influenced so heavily by cis people *with absolutely no relevant expertise, training or experience*?
In no other area of healthcare would this be tolerated. FOR GOOD REASON.
The paperback of Medieval Twitter has landed omfg
Not quite a stocking stuffer price, but much much more affordable than before, thankfully
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270265...
#MedievalSky ποΈ @archumanities.bsky.social
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! π³οΈββ§οΈπ #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
The titlepage for a special issue of the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies. The title of the collection is "Environmental Challenges in Premodern Eurasian and Medi-terranean Narratives." Cover image: Illuminated Manuscript, Book of kings (ShΔhnΔma), Rustam kills a dragon (the third feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.602, fol. 76b,by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts.
Oh wow, major work of interest to #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges #EnvironmentalHistory. A new special issue devoted to "Environmental Challenges in Premodern Eurasian and Mediterranean Narratives": journals.uio.no/JAIS/article.... Kudos to the editors for bringing this work so quickly into print!
As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! ππ‘οΈ
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood π€
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
AI misrepresents news 45% of the time. Hasn't stopped every major search provider enthusiastically adopting it www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order.
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
This week we're back at the IHR on Weds 15 October, where we welcome Maroula Perisanidi (Leeds), speaking on "Beyond Punishment: Speech Difference, Sin and Disability in Byzantine Thought, c. 1000-1200". All welcome, please sign up here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Check out the newest #envhist journal!
Looking to get caught up on your #ClimateHistory? This review of the concept of the (early modern) Little Ice Age is very useful: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1.... #skystorians #MedievalSky #EarlyModern π§ͺποΈ #OpenAccess
Announcing the new Animal History Group seminar series for the 2025-26 academic year! - All seminars held online at 8pm UK time. π The details are here: animalhistorygroup.org/seminar-seri...
And here is a list for your calendar! π§΅π
