Vanda Wilcox
@vandawilcox.bsky.social
professional procrastinator, precarious historian, cat serf, romanista. Writes about the First World War, Italy, imperialism & Georgette Heyer, not usually all at once.🪡🥧🐈⬛️
Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays
A successful morning in the archive, finding
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A successful morning in the archive, finding
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
which of us have not yearned for a 3-bed, 7-bath bungalow?
I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
which of us have not yearned for a 3-bed, 7-bath bungalow?
this is why you should always push your publisher for a snazzy book cover! it encourages people to put it in their conference slides 😅
Good showing of @fwwsoc.bsky.social members at this year’s Society for the History of War conference, both in person and in references. #fww #ww1 #milhist #historyofwar
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
this is why you should always push your publisher for a snazzy book cover! it encourages people to put it in their conference slides 😅
My history, memory & popular culture seminar students have just submitted their final projects & they are SO GREAT, I am really thrilled. Topics include sectarian murals in Belfast, the Gettysburg Cyclorama, Mary Q of Scots on TV, local FWW memories in the Alps, Italian (neo)facism & FWW theatre
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My history, memory & popular culture seminar students have just submitted their final projects & they are SO GREAT, I am really thrilled. Topics include sectarian murals in Belfast, the Gettysburg Cyclorama, Mary Q of Scots on TV, local FWW memories in the Alps, Italian (neo)facism & FWW theatre
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I take one tablet daily, the only reminder that I'm living with HIV. It keeps my viral load undetectable, meaning that I can't pass HIV on. I can expect a normal lifespan. One of the greatest challenges is stigma, due to a lack of knowledge. HIV has changed. #WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I take one tablet daily, the only reminder that I'm living with HIV. It keeps my viral load undetectable, meaning that I can't pass HIV on. I can expect a normal lifespan. One of the greatest challenges is stigma, due to a lack of knowledge. HIV has changed. #WorldAIDSDay
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239 years ago, on the 30th of November 1786, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany became the first modern state to abolish the death penalty. Grand Duke Leopold I, who was influenced in the decision by the book 'On Crimes and Punishments', would later become Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II. #otd #history 🗃️
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Breakfast of champions on the first Sunday in Advent: panettone pain perdu!
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Breakfast of champions on the first Sunday in Advent: panettone pain perdu!
Marathon of baking now completed!
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Marathon of baking now completed!
Am eavesdropping on the conversation of a visiting conductor + opera singer on this tram in Milan & their chat is amazing... truly stellar gossip 🔥 one just broke into song to illustrate the interpretative iniquities perpetrated in a recent production of Tosca by a young conductor ("only 45") 😂
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Am eavesdropping on the conversation of a visiting conductor + opera singer on this tram in Milan & their chat is amazing... truly stellar gossip 🔥 one just broke into song to illustrate the interpretative iniquities perpetrated in a recent production of Tosca by a young conductor ("only 45") 😂
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To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
Wartime fascist propaganda from before July 1943:
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Wartime fascist propaganda from before July 1943:
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
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🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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If you’re a Dennis Showalter fan, you need this book. Period.
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
For those who enjoy ebooks on Kindle, it seems that 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' is *massively* discounted today down to $1.99 in the US and £7.99 in the UK. Which feels like a pretty good deal really.
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UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Ri...
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you’re a Dennis Showalter fan, you need this book. Period.
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
When I think about it in the abstract, the enormous time-sink of working on this vast edited book on Rome since 1870 feels like a pain
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
When I think about it in the abstract, the enormous time-sink of working on this vast edited book on Rome since 1870 feels like a pain
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Are you working on literature and culture in the First World War? have you considered submitting to First World War Studies? meet our Associate Editor @afrayn.bsky.social who is keen to receive more submissions in these fields!
👥 Associate Editors introductions: Andrew Frayn
Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.
Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Are you working on literature and culture in the First World War? have you considered submitting to First World War Studies? meet our Associate Editor @afrayn.bsky.social who is keen to receive more submissions in these fields!
Tfw when you find a whole file on the person you're researching in the archive only it's in the 'closed indefinitely pending works' portion of the Archivio Centrale dello Stato so who knows if you'll ever get to see it
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tfw when you find a whole file on the person you're researching in the archive only it's in the 'closed indefinitely pending works' portion of the Archivio Centrale dello Stato so who knows if you'll ever get to see it
Ma ti mandano anche a questo? @t-daley.bsky.social
#ARTICOLO Torneo ATP di bestemmie: Musetti in finale contro pensionato veneto
----> di @ESettembrini
www.lercio.it/torneo-atp-d...
----> di @ESettembrini
www.lercio.it/torneo-atp-d...
Torneo ATP di bestemmie: Musetti in finale contro pensionato veneto
Codroipo – Non solo Coppa Davis e ATP Finals: il momento d’oro dei tennisti italiani prosegue anche grazie a Lorenzo Musetti. Però stavolta non si tratta di tennis, ma di un’altra disciplina altrettan...
www.lercio.it
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Ma ti mandano anche a questo? @t-daley.bsky.social
Making tea last night in a state of tiredness I managed to pour boiling water all over my wrist. It's remarkably painful and super irritating.
On the other hand, having a flask of hot tea on my early train this icy morning is really amazing.
On the other hand, having a flask of hot tea on my early train this icy morning is really amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Making tea last night in a state of tiredness I managed to pour boiling water all over my wrist. It's remarkably painful and super irritating.
On the other hand, having a flask of hot tea on my early train this icy morning is really amazing.
On the other hand, having a flask of hot tea on my early train this icy morning is really amazing.
Roma & Arsenal both top of their respective leagues... an excellent weekend.
it won't last, obviously, because football is about wretchedness and disappointment, but still.
it won't last, obviously, because football is about wretchedness and disappointment, but still.
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Roma & Arsenal both top of their respective leagues... an excellent weekend.
it won't last, obviously, because football is about wretchedness and disappointment, but still.
it won't last, obviously, because football is about wretchedness and disappointment, but still.
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Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Sky sport Italia doing a weird mini documentary + interview about Sol Campbell moving to Arsenal 😅
Highly topical, guys
Highly topical, guys
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sky sport Italia doing a weird mini documentary + interview about Sol Campbell moving to Arsenal 😅
Highly topical, guys
Highly topical, guys
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⚠️ Time is running out! ⚠️
🗓️ The deadline for applications for The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is 1 December.
📣 No topics are off limits, ANY First World War research considered!
#FWWHist #PhDchat
🗓️ The deadline for applications for The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is 1 December.
📣 No topics are off limits, ANY First World War research considered!
#FWWHist #PhDchat
We at The WFA have launched our PhD Grant Scheme for 2025.
The grant is open to doctoral students researching ANY aspect of the First World War.
Where will our grant take you?
See website for full details 👇🏻
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
#Fwwhist #phdchat
The grant is open to doctoral students researching ANY aspect of the First World War.
Where will our grant take you?
See website for full details 👇🏻
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
#Fwwhist #phdchat
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM