Dr Corrina Readioff
@fierengraw.bsky.social
Literary detective & long 18th-centuryist. Honorary Research Associate at the University of Liverpool.
Currently working on early modern whales
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https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/corrina-readioff#tabbed-content
https://18thcparatext.wordpress
Currently working on early modern whales
She/her
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/corrina-readioff#tabbed-content
https://18thcparatext.wordpress
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November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Get set! Our #StAndrewsDay sale is days away! Browse our books and top-up your shopping lists...
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This is appalling: the jury system is a fundamental aspect of the British approach to justice, ensuring that individuals are judged by their peers & not just by a legal professional.
Essentially, it keeps justice in the hands of the people
Essentially, it keeps justice in the hands of the people
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is appalling: the jury system is a fundamental aspect of the British approach to justice, ensuring that individuals are judged by their peers & not just by a legal professional.
Essentially, it keeps justice in the hands of the people
Essentially, it keeps justice in the hands of the people
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Can anyone remember a time when there wasn't an ongoing “crackdown on benefit fraud”?
The entire basis of the benefit application system is that you, as a claimant, are probably lying.
The entire basis of the benefit application system is that you, as a claimant, are probably lying.
Reeves to launch crackdown on benefit fraud alongside lifting two-child limit
Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spending
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Can anyone remember a time when there wasn't an ongoing “crackdown on benefit fraud”?
The entire basis of the benefit application system is that you, as a claimant, are probably lying.
The entire basis of the benefit application system is that you, as a claimant, are probably lying.
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I’m looking forward to delivering the plenary lecture at this multidisciplinary conference, which marks the tercentenary of the first publication of the world’s greatest prose satire, in 2026:
www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
Gulliver’s Travels at 300. The Global Afterlives of a Bestseller in Print, Transmedial Adaptations, and Material Cultures (Seventh ILLUSTR4TIO International Symposium, London)
Plenary Lecture: Professor Daniel Cook (University of Dundee) Artist’s Talk: Martin Rowson (in conversation with Brigitte Friant-Kessler) Venue: St. Bride Library (London, U.K.) Dates: 23–25 September...
www.fabula.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I’m looking forward to delivering the plenary lecture at this multidisciplinary conference, which marks the tercentenary of the first publication of the world’s greatest prose satire, in 2026:
www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
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Vaccines don't cause autism
Pass it on
Pass it on
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Pass it on
Pass it on
Vaccines don’t cause Autism.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Vaccines don't cause autism
Pass it on
Pass it on
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
Does anyone have any good recommendations for scholarship summarising popular perceptions of the British East India Company & nabobs in Britain in the 1780s/90s?
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Does anyone have any good recommendations for scholarship summarising popular perceptions of the British East India Company & nabobs in Britain in the 1780s/90s?
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
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It's here! Our special issue of JECS (journal of @bsecs.bsky.social), a bumper vol of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on 18c networks, gender, sociability & manuscript, deriving from @maryhamiltonpapers.bsky.social project. I'll be skeeting today about the contributions in turn...stay tuned!
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's here! Our special issue of JECS (journal of @bsecs.bsky.social), a bumper vol of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on 18c networks, gender, sociability & manuscript, deriving from @maryhamiltonpapers.bsky.social project. I'll be skeeting today about the contributions in turn...stay tuned!
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You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Kind of feel like this kind of removal to a fundamental right should be getting more attention.
The whole foundation of the justice system in this country is that people are judged by their peers
The whole foundation of the justice system in this country is that people are judged by their peers
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
*
UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Kind of feel like this kind of removal to a fundamental right should be getting more attention.
The whole foundation of the justice system in this country is that people are judged by their peers
The whole foundation of the justice system in this country is that people are judged by their peers
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Thrilled to announce the completion of phase II of the #ElegyInTranslation project: 55 early #19thC #translations in Armenian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, and Welsh:
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thrilled to announce the completion of phase II of the #ElegyInTranslation project: 55 early #19thC #translations in Armenian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, and Welsh:
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems/...
#ThomasGrayArchive #c18th #DH #TEI
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Really great thread here on why film producers should stop casting Heathcliff as white (because he isn't white in the book)
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Really great thread here on why film producers should stop casting Heathcliff as white (because he isn't white in the book)
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This week I submitted my manuscript for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a Cultural History of Female Beauty to @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social This book has been a (long) labour of love and I owe so many thank yous to so many people for helping me reach this stage!
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week I submitted my manuscript for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a Cultural History of Female Beauty to @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social This book has been a (long) labour of love and I owe so many thank yous to so many people for helping me reach this stage!
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It's so stupid for me to get pissed about this, but I still remember the radical shift when Advil went over-the-counter, when I was a freshman in college— I was wrecked by cramps, non-functional, & suddenly, this cheap miracle fixed it all in 20 min
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's so stupid for me to get pissed about this, but I still remember the radical shift when Advil went over-the-counter, when I was a freshman in college— I was wrecked by cramps, non-functional, & suddenly, this cheap miracle fixed it all in 20 min
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Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
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So, uh, I'm quoted in the @nytimes.com today in an article about C. S. Lewis and the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Cool! 🦁 🧙 🚪
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. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
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. #lionwitchwardrobe #CSLewis #NYTimes #fantasy
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The First Time I Read ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
So, uh, I'm quoted in the @nytimes.com today in an article about C. S. Lewis and the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Cool! 🦁 🧙 🚪
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. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
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. #lionwitchwardrobe #CSLewis #NYTimes #fantasy
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. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
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. #lionwitchwardrobe #CSLewis #NYTimes #fantasy
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
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'His book tour brought him to Cambridgeshire, where he would marry and have two children with Susannah Cullen, an Englishwoman from Ely. They settled in Soham, supported by a local network including abolitionist friends, safe...when reactionary “church and king” mobs were targeting reformers.' 1/3
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'His book tour brought him to Cambridgeshire, where he would marry and have two children with Susannah Cullen, an Englishwoman from Ely. They settled in Soham, supported by a local network including abolitionist friends, safe...when reactionary “church and king” mobs were targeting reformers.' 1/3
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We need a critique of AI in academic publishing. Following my decision not to sign an AI addendum to my contract with Cambridge University Press, I wrote this short essay which is now out in the Dublin Review of Books.
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drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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drb.ie/move-over-fo...
Move over for AI - DRB
Katja Bruisch writes: I recently completed a scholarly monograph – an environmental, economic and energy history of peat in imperial and Soviet Russia. After years of thinking and writing, I approache...
drb.ie
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We need a critique of AI in academic publishing. Following my decision not to sign an AI addendum to my contract with Cambridge University Press, I wrote this short essay which is now out in the Dublin Review of Books.
👇
drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Giveaway! 🎉
We're offering four copies of our new book, Women Who Dared, which spotlights powerful and defiant women who made their mark.
Want to win a copy?
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We're offering four copies of our new book, Women Who Dared, which spotlights powerful and defiant women who made their mark.
Want to win a copy?
Here's how to enter:
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