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Dr Fabiola Creed

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Health Historian (Glasgow Uni). • Gambling sports sponsorship @kthabitproject.bsky.social • Tanning/beauty/fitness industry • Maternal mental illness 📙 Sunbed: Tanning Culture, Fad to Fear: http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350450363 📚 fabiolacreed.com

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 5d

📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙

☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 10h

The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
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SSHM 2026: In/Out

Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…

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Mark Orton @markaorton.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted that my new book on the Argentine national team, including chapters on the women's team from the 1971 World Cup, is being published next May and is available for pre-order now

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Conor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social · 21d

🚨Published in the American Historical Review!🚨

My article argues that historians can treat the body as an archive. Using my own training alongside J.C. Hise’s 1930s squat experiments, I explore how fitness culture reshapes bodies, identities & anxieties.

👉 bit.ly/46xlcVw

Mistakes I Carried: Building Strength in a Time of Crisis

Abstract. My critical mistake as a historian was ignoring the physical body as a site of knowledge production. For years, I analyzed fitness history in arc

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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 19d

We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project

The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering.

Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference.

Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford.

Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’.

This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

Fascinating topic and by a brilliant presenter, plus it's at www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

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Kicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting News! The project's very own @d-oneill.bsky.social will be talking about tobacco sponsorship in F1 and its associated public health challenges at the Silverstone Museum next weekend. Do consider attending if interested. Info is in the linked post.

Dan O'Neill @d-oneill.bsky.social · 3d

I'll be presenting at @silverstonemuseum.bsky.social on Saturday 18 October as part of their annual research forum. Hear me talk about the history of tobacco sponsorship in Formula One and the challenges this posed for public health. Info and tickets here: www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Silverstone Museum Research Forum: 75 Years of Formula 1

Join Silverstone Museum’s Research Forum celebrating 75 years of Formula 1, featuring expert talks, museum exhibition access, and refreshments.

www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Kate. Hope to catch up soon - still owe you dinner for all your help! 😄

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Lisa! 😀 I remember well as a newbie PhD - was enthralled and inspired by your Kellogg's talk!

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

No way, that's my whole chapter 2! You would have been the perfect person to interview, which I really struggled to find at the time when looking at the 'fitness, health, sunbed' industry. Thanks for sharing! 😀

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

It's a hot topic! 😂

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you - my talented sister did them and assisted with the deliberate colour match 😂🍊

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Jenny - hope you're doing super well.

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Vanessa 😀

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 3d

Oooo, thank you. Huge fan of your research, btw, especially your podcast (Henry Ford is my fave so far as I'm biased to business history)! 😂

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for supporting Jamie - see ya tomorrow 😀

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 5d

🫣 How does tanning culture speak to class, gender, race, sexuality and age-bound stigma?

📈 Were the public health campaigns effective?

💉 Finally, when reflecting on the past, what’s the future of tanning (and marketing) technologies?

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 5d

Some of the questions it answers are:

🌧️ Why are sunbeds more prevalent in North(-West) Britain?

🚭 Is the sunbed industry similar to the tobacco, nicotine and alcohol industry?

🔥 Can you trust the sunbed industry’s ‘skin’ and ‘health-enhancement’ campaigns?

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IHPST | University of Toronto @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social · 10d

🧠 Prof. Marga Vicedo warns: "At the end of the day, saying it's a mother's fault is a very strong and powerful way of keeping mothers as the main caretakers." www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
Must-read piece from @npr.org
#Autism #Tylenol

'Long history of blaming mothers': Trump's Tylenol warning echoes past misconceptions

Medical scholars say that efforts to find a singular cause for autism have historically led to scrutinizing parents and fueling stigma about autism

www.npr.org

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 11d

To echo our team, we really valued your feedback. Hope to see you at the next few sports history conferences, and will definitely take on board your kind offer of proof-reading, etc. Thanks again.

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Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social · 11d

1/3 Great day at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social yesterday for the 1st Advisory Board meeting for @kthabitproject.bsky.social . This is a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project on the history of addictive sport sponsorship in UK 1965-2025, with strands on alcohol, tobacco, and gambling

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 11d

Ordered, and can't wait to read! Wonderful meeting you yesterday - thank you for all your helpful suggestions. Please feel free to send the non-online publication about Newcastle to [email protected] (if you can)

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Robin Ireland @robinireland.bsky.social · Sep 7

Such a pleasure to visit Kett’s Books in Wymondham on Friday. You can now buy Cutting the Mustard there. Great community bookshop to support.

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Kicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to everyone who came to our first project Advisory Board meeting yesterday. We had some really fantastic conversations about our research, and meaningful ways of disseminating it. Really looking forward to everyone's input over the course of the project.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · Apr 24

They believe that personal letters from other academics explaining how they value the established services of the Written Archive Centre and how they are concerned about the changes would be very helpful.

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