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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 3d

It’s actually insane how somehow you’re expected to cite stuff on this when all the abuse is out there. Genuinely gets me worked up.

Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 3d

Yes I remember :(((( it’s bloody awful. Have you published anything about it? It’s an icky question I know. I keep hearing that “nothing is out there” bc I think we deal with this stuff differently. Sorry I sound garbled. Basically it’s ridiculous to expect actual peer reviewed articles on this

Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 4d

Did anyone else watch and fall in love with Riot Women on BBC?

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 4d

Yes Lorna kindly offered suggestions. I suspect we can collect a handbook of this sort of crap. Sigh.

Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 4d

Oh you’re a star thank you. Will do. Xx

Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 5d

Ooh yes. Kind of struggling what to search for to find research heh.

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 5d

Folks. Can you point me towards published work on women in archaeology/ academia being trolled/ harassed online for their research? I appreciate it’s mega hard 2 write abt & most of us stay silent. I know we all have war stories. I wonder about published research on this.

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 7d

I have one question about the #Traitors. Why is @bobmort.bsky.social not in it? Think of the delicious chaos!!

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 8d

Already loving the Celebrity Traitors 😂

Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 8d

Another busy day @uclarchaeology.bsky.social with #JebelMoya material and processing #pXRF results from figurines curated by @maacambridge.bsky.social I have a lot of love for London but my heart is always in #Sudan 🏺

Composite image showing figurines from jebel Moya, a view of the site, some graphs and some numbers.

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 10d

If you’re in the mood for ironing I can supply you with a giant pile 😂😂

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 11d

Timeline cleanse :-) we all need a frog on a Sunday.

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 11d

A marvellous #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of porphyry (height 1.2 cm).
Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.

Dating ca. 1295–1185 BC, New Kingdom.

📷Metropolitan Museum

🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

A small frog-shaped amulet carved from dark reddish-brown porphyry, patterned with irregular white spots, shown in a crouching position against a plain light background.

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 11d

And here’s my view for the day. This is what is behind the figurines from @maacambridge.bsky.social #Sudan #archaeology #JebelMoya 🏺

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t be too jealous but I’m spending Sunday in the company of Excel and my research assistant.

Ginger cat curled up and asleep. He’s on a blue and white blanket.

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14d

Anyone else watching Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue? I’m convinced it’s comedy. Husband disagrees.

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14d

Swapsies! I hate prunes 🤣🤣🤣

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14d

And dates. I love dates. I buy a giant box of medjool from my local veg market. Sometimes I’m weird and have carrots and hummus. Or cucumber and hummus. Those small cucumbers are delish and I just munch them whole 😂

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14d

Ps berries are lower in carbs and have all the goodies. Hence why I picked those :-)

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14d

Nuts. Blueberries. Babybel? I normally fling those in a lunch box with a random piece of cheese but you can buy those off the shelf on the day too :-) or yoghurt and nuts and blueberries.

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 15d

No:( news.sky.com/story/jane-g...

Primatologist Jane Goodall, famous for her study of chimpanzees, has died

Jane Goodall, known for her ground-breaking studies involving chimpanzees, has died aged 91.

news.sky.com

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah started the daily short story and then it’s back in Nov :-)

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 15d

#Uncanny is back @ladyliminal.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social :-)

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 16d

Finally deleted my academia.edu account. Hadn't used it in a long time cos it's nothing but them spamming & and trying to extract money. Its latest AI shenanigans make it even more untenable. Find me on ResearchGate (but who knows what fresh hell awaits us all?).

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 18d

A much needed paper. Makes for grim reading. Thank you for this.

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 20d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

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