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Lesley A Hall

@erinacean.bsky.social

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Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist @erinacean @[email protected] www.lesleyahall.net https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/

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Michael Lombardi-Nash @lombardinash.bsky.social · 6h

I serve historians, sociologists, anthropologists & ethnologists by providing resources, and activists with encouragement found in the Early #GermanGayMovement, especially from Magnus Hirschfeld #MagnusHirschfeld and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. #LGBTQhistory
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Prometheus: Contributions to the Research into the Riddle of Nature and of Uranism (Book Ten)

Amazon.com: Prometheus: Contributions to the Research into the Riddle of Nature and of Uranism (Book Ten) eBook : Ulrichs, Karl Heinrich, Lombardi-Nash, Michael: Kindle Store

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 7h

The BBC are currently reporting a huge pro-Trump rally in Tel Aviv but 500,000 marching for Palestine in London is of course not *news*
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Who won the peace in Gaza? Beyond the art of the deal to 500,000 making history on the streets in London

Picture 11th October central London, Met Police Who won the peace in Gaza. Beyond the art of the deal to making history on the streets The start of another ceasefire in Gaza is hugely welcome. Anyt…

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10h

Repairs plan for Bradford's 'precious' Grade I listed Ilkley Manor House, dating from 1390s. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Repairs plan for 'precious' Ilkley Manor House - council

The Grade I listed Ilkley Manor House dates back to the 1390s and was built on a Roman fort site.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 12h

The prequel, of sorts: academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

Moral Panic in the Industrial Town: Teenage ‘Deviancy’ and Religious Crisis in Central Scotland c. 1968–9

Abstract. This article argues that Falkirk—a medium-sized industrial town in Central Scotland—became the scene of a localized, yet typical moral panic abou

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NPR @npr.org · 16h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 16h

FOR he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; / the needy also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalm 72.12 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 418)

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 16h

The Edinburgh Journal of Botany now has its entire archives freely accessible online (if you go back far enough, you can read Beatrix Potter’s papers…)

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Journals

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 16h

Rachel Reeves's Budget is expected to contain multiple tax rises, which is making many with large assets nervous

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 16h

Delighted that latest article from forthcoming Special Issue of @genderandhistory.bsky.social is now available, co-edited by @writinghelena.bsky.social, Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste & me! Elisabetta Iob explores purdah & resistance in 1950s Pakistan 🌟

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The Girls Are in Town: Purdah, Emotions and Everyday Resistance in Urban Pakistan

Pakistan, mid-1950s. Many upper-class women had already left or were about to leave purdah (or its remnants). This article investigates how these women challenged seclusion, redefining relations of p...

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 17h

Back when trans studies actually *was* relatively new, rather than continually being reinscribed as such! Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998: www.chronicle.com/article/tran...

Dr. Gilbert is among a growing cadre of “trans” people on campuses who are going public. Organizations for gay, lesbian, and bisexual students have already begun tacking a “T” on the end of their names to embrace “transgendered” or “transsexual” students. In the past year, students and professors have also pushed universities to extend protection to transgendered people under policies that prevent discrimination against minorities.

What’s more, work by transgendered scholars is making transgender studies a hot new topic. One of the most important contributions to the field, a transgender issue of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, edited by Susan Stryker, is due out next month from Duke University Press. A flurry of other publications on the topic is expected this spring and summer, and transsexual academics have started an electronic mailing list on the subject. (Those interested in joining the list, called “transacademic,” can send an e-mail message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk)

“We are pioneering a new field of scholarship,” says Dr. Stryker, an independent scholar, who changed from male to female in 1991, a year before earning her Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Berkeley. “This whole area is going to become an increasingly big social concern over the next decade.”

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18h

Should AI developers use copyrighted works to train models without permission or compensation?

“current debates privilege the interests of Big Tech exploiting online data for profit, neglecting policies that could ensure technology innovation & creative labour both contribute to the public good”

A capitalist contest: the AI industry v. the creative industries

This paper examines whether artificial intelligence industry developers of large language models should be permitted to use copyrighted works to train their models without permission and compensation ...

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 19h

On the blog: “A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930–2000” by Olivia Mason. An important read on overlooked contributions to Britain’s healthcare system.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2022 #GenderHist

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A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000 by Olivia Mason

In a standout piece from Olivia Mason of the Young Historians Project, we hear about the latest project of the group: A Hidden History: African women and the British Health Service, 1930-2000. The …

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Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸 @karsugrue.bsky.social · 19h

Homophobia 🤝 transphobia

Growing up in the 70s, 80s, & 90s we heard the exact same stuff - word for word - being said about gays and lesbians.

#transrightsarehumanrights

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James Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 19h

Thoroughly enjoyed my week at @gladlib.bsky.social.

Strongly recommend to anyone wanting to do some reading, writing or just pondering, in the stillness and companionable quiet of a Grade 1 listed reading room, surrounded by Gladstone’s own books.

Great food too.

An Edwardian library reading room, with shelving, wooden desks, armchairs and a wooden gallery above.

An Edwardian building of red stone with a central section and two wings on the left and right.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20h

Thinking historically and looking globally to envision gender equalities.

Why it’s worth taking a wider look at biarchal cultures | Letters

Letter: In places such as Canada, the US, parts of Africa, southern India and Polynesia, biarchal traditions are almost within living memory, says Simon Dawson

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20h

'One does not wish to dignify this kind of vandalism with a response and you have to wonder whether the Tories will give Badenoch even one election before booting her out.'

In praise of “rip-off” degrees | The Observer

Kemi Badenoch’s attack on the arts and humanities isn’t just culturally short-sighted, it’s economically illiterate

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 21h

You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t

Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be

[FREE TO READ] Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 22h

In Wales, Cornwall, Edinburgh, London and so many places when most 30mph roads were changed to 20mph, people injured or killed by motor vehicles reduced by 20%+. With minimal change to journey times and £2bn saving in insurance costs it's a huge win. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 1d

Marian Wilson Kimber: It’s painful to realize the people in charge of Iowa’s history apparently have no idea how history works. If they did, they'd know there is no way to predict what parts of the collection will be of interest 5, 20, or 100 years from now. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t...

The theft of history

Marian Wilson Kimber: I have wondered if the box of women’s club programs that changed my life will end up in the dumpster.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1d

"To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating."

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1d

Who did Nigel Farage have lunch with after resigning as UKIP leader 4 July 2016?

Why, it's Russian bribe enthusiast Nathan Gill, who then did the important news briefing on his behalf to Russia Today.

Why was Putin's mouthpiece so interested?

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 1d

AI “summaries” are not summaries but slop

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LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 1d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

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Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · 1d

And also to point out that there was a lot more out there than one much-cited work....

Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · 1d

Noticed that's it World Mental Health Day: posting here for info my webpage of bibliography and other sources on Victorian psychiatry (in the UK) which grew out of answering v similar questions on the subject back in the day of listservs www.lesleyahall.net/victpsyc.htm

Victorian Psychiatry

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

It is finally time for somebody to say CITIZEN KANE is a good movie: defector.com/breaking-som...

Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived | Defector

Rare indeed is the headline-and-dek combo worth noticing, or caring about. In many publications these aren’t even written by the same person who wrote the actual blog; at any rate they’re many hundred...

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d

“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”

My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:

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Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core

Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990

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Social Science History Association @socscihistory.bsky.social · 1d

Our 50th Meeting program is nearly complete. If you plan to come to the conference, book your hotel soon as the special rate ends on October 15th. To find out how and to register for the conference, visit: ssha.org/conference/t...

Travel and Hotel Information | Social Science History Association

Travel and Hotel Information SSHA 2025 will be held at the Palmer House Hotel in downtown Chicago, a usual stop for the SSHA. Rooms are $199 (USD) per night ...

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