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Farah Mendlesohn
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SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein and Rhetorics of Fantasy. Publishing a book on Joanna Russ's The Female Man with Luna Press in 2026. Pre Order now! Supporter of 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 Pronouns: Farah/they .. more

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Farah Jane Mendlesohn is a British academic historian, writer on speculative fiction, and active member of science fiction fandom. Mendlesohn is best-known for their book Rhetorics of Fantasy (2008), which classifies fantasy literature into four modes based on how the fantastic enters the story. Their work as editor includes the Cambridge Companions to science fiction and fantasy, collaborations with Edward James. The science fiction volume won a Hugo Award in 2005. Mendlesohn is also known for books on the history of fantasy, including Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction, co-written with Michael Levy. It was the first work to trace the genre's 500-year history and won the World Fantasy Award in 2017. .. more

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Thomas D. Lee @thomasdlee.bsky.social · 21h
Anyone need a good proofreader or queer sensitivity reader? A friend of mine is going through a rough time at the moment and could do with some paid work. She has loads of experience with editing & proofreading, and I've paid her to do sensitivity reads for me in the past. DM me if interested.
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 1d
It's just occurred to me.

The Cromwell Association is meeting this year on the same day as my American friends will be demonstrating for No Kings Day!

Now wondering how I can sneak that into my talk.
A contemporary etching of Charles I at his execution.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 2d
@thepixelproject.bsky.social works to reduce violence against women, and they're putting together "Quotes for Pixels" wherein past interviewees talk about why violence against women *specifically* needs so badly to be addressed. Here's mine:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZT...
QUOTES FOR PIXELS: Read For Pixels Author Marie Brennan on Stopping Violence Against Women
YouTube video by The Pixel Project
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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 2d
I am happy to announce that our dear colleague and associated researcher in the Prize Papers project Alejandro Salamanca @desvelandooriente.com has just published a new book: A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration
The Frigate Agata (1747). Congratulations!
#earlymodern #history
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 3d
Reinforcements have been dispatched to Portland… 🤣🐸🤣
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 3d
I used to dog walk with a woman who wore a snow coat with shorts. And just check out the runners in winter! I'm the other way round: tights and t shirts because my upper body gets hot.
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d
Wow!!!!!

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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d
Really insulting title.
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d
And yet there is very little actual sex in Heinlein. Lots and lots and lots of kissing tho.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 4d
“Few commentators have considered how Trump v. United States has changed the distinction between lawful and unlawful orders.”

www.justsecurity.org/121919/milit...
The Crisis in Uniform: The Danger of Presidential Immunity for the U.S. Military
Military personnel are increasingly aware that they may be asked to prioritize loyalty to an individual over their rights and responsibilities
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d
Waves from Quaker land.

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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d
I think I mostly agree with thread. I'd also add in To Sail Beyond the Sunset. I thought the book sexist shit when I read it in my twenties. In my 50s I read it and realised he was downloading stories of lousy treatment that his female friends (and he had lots) had told him.
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d
Waves. I spend quite a long section of my book disentangling the shit show that is Farnham's Freehold and working out how a manifest and active anti racist (see also the opposition to segregation and miscegenation laws in TMIAHM) managed to produce such an awful book.
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 4d
He had a TMI while writing it.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 6d
Dr Angela Byrne, author of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 32, Ballyshannon//Béal Átha Seanaidh, talks about what new perspectives it can offer on the history of the town.
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 6d
Fairly sure the answer was : Israel set out to undermine the PLO by supporting [checks notes] Hamas. (I know you know this. I'm just always appalled at how many people don't).
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d
Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM
Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM
Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors. The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 6d
And that is why I chose not to read it. It's one thing to fish out For Us the Living (fascinating because it's clear he mined it for a decade) but RAH really wouldn't have wanted this published
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 6d
It's the original draft of Number of the Beast (which is a shambles anyway, he had a TMI during its writing). He ditched it and started again. The original was published in 2020 entitled The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel about Parallel Universes. See Wikipedia. I've chosen not to read it
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 9d
This judge has been subject to death threats from Trump supporters in response to prior rulings
House of SC Circuit Judge Destroyed by Massive Fire
Due to limited access, St. Paul Fire District crews used canoes and kayaks to get to the house on Edisto Island.
www.firehouse.com
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d
1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To
After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.
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The Epiphany Times @theepiphanytimes.bsky.social · 9d
"I would have thought the church was a safe place, too, until the results came in from my research with more than 2,800 women who worked in the church. I have compiled these results in my new book, Safe Church: How to Guard Against Sexism & Abuse in Christian Communities." - Andrew J. Bauman
What I learned when I asked women if church is safe for them – Baptist News Global
These stories are disturbing and humbling. I hope they propel us to change the system from which many of us (especially men) have benefited.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10d
Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 10d
If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
CFP: A Time of Monsters
The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 10d
We are the Wrong Kind of Jews Zack!
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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 10d
Because it's not enough to provide care, WAWC believes in community-building, too, we are proud to announce we have become the fiscal sponsor of The Obsidian Milk Collective, a nonprofit that will improve breast feeding policy and support for Black mamas in the state.

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Support The Obsidian Milk Collective and Help Black Mamas and Babies Thrive!
Give Today to Strengthen Black Breastfeeding Equity
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10d
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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