Carlie Pendleton (they/she)
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Fat Historian. PhDing at Goldsmiths UoL.
Thesis: “Riots Not Diets: A Queer History of Fat Activism in 20th-Century Britain”
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Thesis: “Riots Not Diets: A Queer History of Fat Activism in 20th-Century Britain”
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Fat Lib Live: Voices of Fat Resistance / The Garden Cinema
Join us for the first in our IRL panel series, Fat Lib Live: Voices of Fat Resistance, an evening of celebration, community, and thinking about the future with fat activists from across the spectrum. ...
www.thegardencinema.co.uk
So bloody excited to be part of this fabulous fat panel!
📍 The Garden Cinema, London
⏰ Friday, 15th August, 7:30pm
🎟️ www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/fat-lib...
#FatLiberation #FatHistory #FatAndQueer #History #FatLibLondon
📍 The Garden Cinema, London
⏰ Friday, 15th August, 7:30pm
🎟️ www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/fat-lib...
#FatLiberation #FatHistory #FatAndQueer #History #FatLibLondon
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Why do we call it a 'turkey'?
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Why do we call it a 'turkey'?
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Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
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Hopefully the knowledge that advanced degrees ward off the most insecure men on the planet will encourage more women to pursue PhDs
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hopefully the knowledge that advanced degrees ward off the most insecure men on the planet will encourage more women to pursue PhDs
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Food for thought: students don’t want ‘cheap AI’ instruction (anyone with half a brain cell knows this already). But worth telegraphing to a sector being tapped for AI investment: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Food for thought: students don’t want ‘cheap AI’ instruction (anyone with half a brain cell knows this already). But worth telegraphing to a sector being tapped for AI investment: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Friday, 28 November Naked tour through the museum
🖼️ Guided tour of the current exhibition
📅 28 November German: 6:30 p.m. | English: 8:00 p.m.
🌈 Participation naked, ages 18 and up
📩 Registration necessary: [email protected]
www.queermuseumvienna.com/en/naked-in-...
#Vienna #Wien
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🖼️ Guided tour of the current exhibition
📅 28 November German: 6:30 p.m. | English: 8:00 p.m.
🌈 Participation naked, ages 18 and up
📩 Registration necessary: [email protected]
www.queermuseumvienna.com/en/naked-in-...
#Vienna #Wien
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Naked in the museum - QUEER MUSEUM VIENNA
Why do we see so many naked bodies on canvases in museums, but never any in the room?There is a curious tension in museums: houses of images full of bodies, yet stubbornly void of embodiment. We are surrounded by nakedness, but we are never naked ourselves. What happens when the body steps out of the canvas and into the gallery? We take this question as an opportunity for an unusual art and body experience.We invite you to the first naked tour in our museum - a tour in which both visitors and tour guides are naked.
www.queermuseumvienna.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Friday, 28 November Naked tour through the museum
🖼️ Guided tour of the current exhibition
📅 28 November German: 6:30 p.m. | English: 8:00 p.m.
🌈 Participation naked, ages 18 and up
📩 Registration necessary: [email protected]
www.queermuseumvienna.com/en/naked-in-...
#Vienna #Wien
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🖼️ Guided tour of the current exhibition
📅 28 November German: 6:30 p.m. | English: 8:00 p.m.
🌈 Participation naked, ages 18 and up
📩 Registration necessary: [email protected]
www.queermuseumvienna.com/en/naked-in-...
#Vienna #Wien
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Call for chapters! Amy Tooth Murphy and I are editing the Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory, and we are seeking contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners. See our full call here. oralhistory.org/2025/11/11/c...
Call for Chapters: Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory - Oral History Association
Co-editors George Severs and Amy Tooth Murphy are inviting expressions of interest to contributechapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory
oralhistory.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Call for chapters! Amy Tooth Murphy and I are editing the Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory, and we are seeking contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners. See our full call here. oralhistory.org/2025/11/11/c...
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A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
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"you don't fix patriarchy by dating it"
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"you don't fix patriarchy by dating it"
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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You know those "mad", "woke" PhDs that the press go nuts over every so often? I think they sound great: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
I never went to university but I’d love to do a mad PhD
‘I always thought students spent three years getting stoned, lying that they were into jazz — then got their parents’ mates to give them a job’
www.thetimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
You know those "mad", "woke" PhDs that the press go nuts over every so often? I think they sound great: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Happy Reformation Day to all those who celebrate!
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happy Reformation Day to all those who celebrate!
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POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet
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“We will hold the millionaires and billionaires accountable!”
“So you’re going to raise taxes on billionaires?”
“Whoa whoa whoa commie let’s not go overboard. Why do you hate freedom?”
“So you’re going to raise taxes on billionaires?”
“Whoa whoa whoa commie let’s not go overboard. Why do you hate freedom?”
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“We will hold the millionaires and billionaires accountable!”
“So you’re going to raise taxes on billionaires?”
“Whoa whoa whoa commie let’s not go overboard. Why do you hate freedom?”
“So you’re going to raise taxes on billionaires?”
“Whoa whoa whoa commie let’s not go overboard. Why do you hate freedom?”
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Join us 28 October, 5:30pm (UK) for the first IHR History of Sexuality Seminar of the new term!
This Early Career Researcher Double Bill is an ONLINE ONLY seminar.
For more information and to register in order to receive the Zoom link please go to: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
This Early Career Researcher Double Bill is an ONLINE ONLY seminar.
For more information and to register in order to receive the Zoom link please go to: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Early Career Researcher Double bill
www.history.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Join us 28 October, 5:30pm (UK) for the first IHR History of Sexuality Seminar of the new term!
This Early Career Researcher Double Bill is an ONLINE ONLY seminar.
For more information and to register in order to receive the Zoom link please go to: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
This Early Career Researcher Double Bill is an ONLINE ONLY seminar.
For more information and to register in order to receive the Zoom link please go to: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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The IHR History of Sexuality Seminar is now on Bluesky! Check out our upcoming seminars at www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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History of Sexuality
The seminar series explores historical perspectives on themes as varied as queer(ing) history, sexual reform and identity-based movements and sexuality
www.history.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The IHR History of Sexuality Seminar is now on Bluesky! Check out our upcoming seminars at www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please follow for updates and share widely!
Please follow for updates and share widely!