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Dr Sarah Wingrove
@sazwingrove.bsky.social
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ECR @ Surrey Literature & Languages and Sociology, and freelance technical editor.
Queer pilgrimage practices, Anne Lister, and Lister enthusiasts. www.sarahwingrove.com
she/her 🏳️‍🌈
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sazwingrove.bsky.social
I am terrible at promoting my own stuff, but I was recently on a very cool podcast with absolute delights @krheyam.bsky.social and Ann of @vulgarhistory.bsky.social talking all things Anne Lister! It really does get rather vulgar...
vulgarhistory.bsky.social Vulgar History @vulgarhistory.bsky.social · 17d
Regency Era power lesbian Anne Lister was many things: secret sex diarist, land-owner, mountain climber, womanizer.

We're joined by returning guest @krheyam.bsky.social and new guest Sarah Wingrove to dish all about Anne Lister’s wild life and legacy! pod.link/1489560920/e...
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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annakornbluh.bsky.social
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary

"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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bars.bsky.social
For those lucky enough to be near London ⤵️
clarisseloughrey.bsky.social Clarisse Loughrey @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social · Oct 16
if you can get to selfridges between now & 9 november, book for the frankenstein exhibition (it’s free!), all of the major props and costumes are in there PLUS some rare mary shelley-related volumes. it is an ecstatic religious experience for the del toro fan
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
The irony that every time I taught as a PhD student, I was addressed as Dr and Prof, and now I have the PhD, I keep getting called Miss 🙄
September 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
I remember helping run a hp quiz at the bookshop I worked at yrs ago. Group of grown adults arrived late, demanding to be allowed to compete against the room of 9-year olds. They won by 1 point and were the worst winners, checking their quiz sheet bc they thought there should be a wider margin. 💀
roseschmits.bsky.social Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · Aug 29
Being seen as childish is the least of your problems if youre an adult harry potter fan
yougov.co.uk YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Aug 29
Is Harry Potter mainly for kids?

Entirely/mostly for children: 43%
Equally for children and adults: 50%
Entirely/mostly for adults: 3%

yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
August 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
#CFP for the Spring 2026 special issue of NCGS! Corresponding with the bicentenary of the Chatterton Massacre, this issue aims to examine connections between gender & martyrdom & how the lives & afterlives of women who engaged in industrial & political mobilisation in the 19thC have been recorded.
August 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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cnlester.bsky.social
Semi-regular reminder that if you want to understand and combat our current transphobic moment in the UK, then 'TERF Wars' from @notrightruth.bsky.social and many other incredible activists and academics is essential reading - and nearly all available for free: ruthpearce.net/books/terf-w...
TERF Wars
“A powerful, exciting and much-needed salvo in one of the most urgent battles against bigotry.” – Sandy Stone The emergence of trans-exclusionary movements raises many questions for feminism …
ruthpearce.net
August 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
I am absolutely delighted to be speaking about ways of doing lesbian history alongside @norenashopland.bsky.social, @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social and Professor Lisa Weston next month!
womenshistnet.bsky.social Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Aug 21
We are thrilled to share the programme for our upcoming seminar series. Please continue to check our socials and our website over the coming weeks as the links to register for each of the seminars are published. We look forward to seeing you all there!
A document entitled 'The Women's History Network Autumn Seminar Series' detailing the five seminars which will comprise our upcoming series. The seminars are as follows: A Special Roundtable on 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View' at 4pm BST on 10 September 2025, a paper entitled 'Overlooked Occupiers: Women, Family, and the Home in Occupied Germany and Japan' by Christine De Matos at 10am BST on 24 September 2025, a paper entitled 'Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty' by Margarette Lincoln at 4pm BST on 1 October 2025, a paper (title TBC) by Merry Wiesner-Hanks at 4pm BST on 15 October 2025, and a special roundtable entitled 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' at 4pm GMT on 5 November 2025.
August 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
Incredible work!! I am intrigued by the ability to toggle between a modern transcription and the semi-diplomatic version on the project website. This is something still being debated in Lister studies circles with regards to readability and access, and the option to simultaneously view both is fab.
August 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
So grave! This might be one of my favourite comparisons, seeing their different perspectives so clearly and their later resolution. This also isn't the first time I have seen AL describe how frightened AW is by a situation and AW not mention it at all 😆 Is one exaggerating or the other hiding..?
acrossthepond88.bsky.social AcrossThePond88 @acrossthepond88.bsky.social · Aug 12
Dearest is grave and silent. Too grave for Adney. They discussed and were better friends than ever. All made up. As per usual...they worked it out.

Read entries at insearchofannwalker.com/tuesday-12th...

#BringBackGentlemanJack #AnneLister #AnnWalker @BBC @netflix.com @netflixuk.bsky.social
Dearest is grave and silent. Too grave for Adney. They discussed and were better friends than ever. All made up. As per usual...they worked it out.
August 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
Looking forward to attending! And I recognise that handwriting from somewhere...
womenshistnet.bsky.social Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7
📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
August 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reposted by Dr Sarah Wingrove
womenshistnet.bsky.social
📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
July 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
Phenomenal work! I was absolutely captivated listening and learning more about Byron's ancestral home and his antics whilst there!
romgothsam.bsky.social Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · Aug 5
Hey... I made a proper film with Adrian Towell.

I get to be a talking head (the dream)

Come explore Byron's life and poetry at Newstead Abbey with us

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_3...
Byron 200 - Newstead and I stand or fall together: Byron and Newstead Abbey
YouTube video by Nottingham City Museums 2022 onwards
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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lottelydia.bsky.social
ACADEMIC READING ALREADY COMES WITH A SUMMARY IT IS CALLED THE ABSTRACT
biblioracle.bsky.social John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 5
The Appendix on an AI policy is actually quite bad. Having an AI deliver a summary before reading has major implications in terms of the experience of student learning. What we want students to do and how they do it is the question. The experience of reading is not the same as reading a summary.
August 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
I cannot express how excited I am for this!
drbeard79.bsky.social Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · Jul 21
CFP for Sex in the #19thC (deets in alt)

Abstracts (300 words), biographies (100 words), and should be submitted on Monday 22d September 2025 to rrr @ soton.ac.uk. Please
indicate if you would like to be considered for a travel bursary, and include your full name, discipline & institution.
July 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
sazwingrove.bsky.social
Shout out to the unexpected fire alarm test that not only scared the wits out of me mid-interview with a research participant on video call but also made me give off pure Joyce Byers vibes as he couldn't hear the ringing bells on his end or see the flashing lights 😱
a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face .
ALT: a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face .
media.tenor.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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heatherhogan.bsky.social
It's so funny Trump says Zohran Mamdani looks TERRIBLE because when I saw Mamdani at my bodega, before I realized who he was, I was like "What a handsome man in an impeccably tailored suit!" And I'm one of those lesbians who usually proceses men like the faceless WAH WAH adults in a Peanuts cartoon.
June 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social
Sacre Bleu! According to the BBC absolutely nothing happened in Westminster hall today, hundreds of Trans people definitely did not undertake a mass lobby and MPs certainly didn't hear from their constituents about why the EHRC is a liability. Meanwhile in France... www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trans campaigners descend on UK parliament to protest 'bathroom ban'
Hundreds of transgender people and their supporters flocked to the UK parliament on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to oppose new guidelines that would deny them access to certain single-sex spaces.
www.france24.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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news.sky.com
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote
MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales so that women cannot be prosecuted for terminating their pregnancy at any stage.
news.sky.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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suchmayer.bsky.social
Lovely Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp writing about Tove Jansson's wonderful Moomins: 80 years of anarchism, welcome & care. In Moominvalley, no one is illegal.
June 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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soozuk.bsky.social
Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.
June 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Reposted by Dr Sarah Wingrove
packedwith.bsky.social
🏔️ Our Summer Summit is almost here!

Whether you’re an #AnneLister scholar, a history or genealogy enthusiast, or simply curious about her life, this Summit is the place to connect, learn, and share.

🗓️ Sat, June 21
📍 Free online!
Anne Lister Research Summit - Summer 2025
An online conference for Anne Lister enthusiasts.
www.eventbrite.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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stephenkb.bsky.social
Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Reposted by Dr Sarah Wingrove
bernietranders.bsky.social
Conclusions now I’ve had a break:

- EHRC aren’t trying to hide that they’re transphobic & their interpretation of the Supreme Court judgement makes no sense

- MPs regularly cited what they’re hearing from members of the public in their questioning. Keep writing to them. They’re listening.
bernietranders.bsky.social Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · Jun 11
I’m watching parliament’s women and equalities committee grill Baroness Falkner and the EHRC so you don’t have to, follow along with this thread for a summary of what’s said
June 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM