Dr Tanya Rideout (Hawkes)
@tanyabluedog.bsky.social
Historian on working-class lives, environmentalism, health. PhD coal gas, pollution & heritage. I also do radical HR systems to humanise workplaces. She/her. 🐇🏴
https://substack.com/@tanyahawkes
https://substack.com/@tanyahawkes
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At the start of 2025 @wccalliance.bsky.social collaborated with the Class Work Project to co-edit a special, Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen journal. Featuring working class writers from across the Global North & Global South 🍃
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
At the start of 2025 @wccalliance.bsky.social collaborated with the Class Work Project to co-edit a special, Just Transition themed edition of Lumpen journal. Featuring working class writers from across the Global North & Global South 🍃
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
You can read & download it for free here: tinyurl.com/33fazexv
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Whenever I read a story about one of these hard-discipline schools, I shudder, thinking about the horrifying stories of abuse and trauma we’re going to hear in the future from kids who went through them.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Whenever I read a story about one of these hard-discipline schools, I shudder, thinking about the horrifying stories of abuse and trauma we’re going to hear in the future from kids who went through them.
‘Plastic progressive.’ Starmer’s comms people are terrible. Like just actually bad, and don’t even understand what insults would stick.
The Prime Minister can call me names - “plastic progressive”? (Nope, me neither!)
Meanwhile, I’m travelling across England and Wales, meeting people fired up and ready for change.
We’re going to turn this country around – and no one gets left behind.
Meanwhile, I’m travelling across England and Wales, meeting people fired up and ready for change.
We’re going to turn this country around – and no one gets left behind.
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
‘Plastic progressive.’ Starmer’s comms people are terrible. Like just actually bad, and don’t even understand what insults would stick.
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Sim, vamos espalhar a palavra de andor
August 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Sim, vamos espalhar a palavra de andor
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
How beautiful 🤩
April 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
How beautiful 🤩
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For International Women's Day let's also celebrate the MANY women who have fought for nature. An early example: Emily Williamson. Denied membership in the British Ornithologists' Union, her work led to the Royal Soc. Protection Birds & the saving of countless birds' lives. time.com/6076571/hist...
The Woman Who Took on the Fashion Industry to Save the Birds
A global trade in feathers, with London at its heart, saw hundreds of millions of birds killed every year. Emily Williamson waged a long and furious campaign against it
time.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For International Women's Day let's also celebrate the MANY women who have fought for nature. An early example: Emily Williamson. Denied membership in the British Ornithologists' Union, her work led to the Royal Soc. Protection Birds & the saving of countless birds' lives. time.com/6076571/hist...
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Here’s the thing — is school about achieving the highest possible grades regardless of the methods, or is it about nurturing the whole child? One of the horrible things about edutwitter was how many teachers were happy to advocate cruelty so long as it helped schools hit targets.
This is adults bullying children. The whole organisation needs to be put under new management. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
March 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here’s the thing — is school about achieving the highest possible grades regardless of the methods, or is it about nurturing the whole child? One of the horrible things about edutwitter was how many teachers were happy to advocate cruelty so long as it helped schools hit targets.
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I don’t think the theft of the toilet is the real problem here
It was not your typical smash-and-grab burglary and the booty was precious: a toilet worth more than its weight in gold.
Read more on the trial: cnn.it/4bnBYZe
Read more on the trial: cnn.it/4bnBYZe
February 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I don’t think the theft of the toilet is the real problem here
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Insisting boys must be strong is “gender ideology.”
Telling girls to be nurturing is “gender ideology.”
Assuming that kids ought to grow up to be heterosexual and get married is “gender ideology.”
This gender ideology is everywhere. It just goes unnoticed because society mandates it as “normal.”
Telling girls to be nurturing is “gender ideology.”
Assuming that kids ought to grow up to be heterosexual and get married is “gender ideology.”
This gender ideology is everywhere. It just goes unnoticed because society mandates it as “normal.”
February 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Insisting boys must be strong is “gender ideology.”
Telling girls to be nurturing is “gender ideology.”
Assuming that kids ought to grow up to be heterosexual and get married is “gender ideology.”
This gender ideology is everywhere. It just goes unnoticed because society mandates it as “normal.”
Telling girls to be nurturing is “gender ideology.”
Assuming that kids ought to grow up to be heterosexual and get married is “gender ideology.”
This gender ideology is everywhere. It just goes unnoticed because society mandates it as “normal.”
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The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.
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How do historical narratives and memories shape our understanding of national identity and collective memory? 💭
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February 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How do historical narratives and memories shape our understanding of national identity and collective memory? 💭
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Tomorrow on my live webcast: “History Matters:”
The Department of Education: Why It Matters
Wondering about its history and what it does?
Join us!
It’s…timely, to say the least.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
The Department of Education: Why It Matters
Wondering about its history and what it does?
Join us!
It’s…timely, to say the least.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tomorrow on my live webcast: “History Matters:”
The Department of Education: Why It Matters
Wondering about its history and what it does?
Join us!
It’s…timely, to say the least.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
The Department of Education: Why It Matters
Wondering about its history and what it does?
Join us!
It’s…timely, to say the least.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
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Ahead of next Tuesday's 'Parliaments, Politics and People' seminar at @ihr.bsky.social, @alfiesteer.bsky.social has written for #HistParl about the Campaign Group of Labour MPs, and their radical approach to the parliamentary system, and an MPs role within it. historyofparliament.com/2025/02/06/c...
‘A Socialist Identity in Parliament’? The Campaign Group of Labour MPs, 1982-2015 - The History of Parliament
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Alfie Steer of Hertford College, University of Oxford. On 11 February
historyofparliament.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ahead of next Tuesday's 'Parliaments, Politics and People' seminar at @ihr.bsky.social, @alfiesteer.bsky.social has written for #HistParl about the Campaign Group of Labour MPs, and their radical approach to the parliamentary system, and an MPs role within it. historyofparliament.com/2025/02/06/c...
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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
A birthday for a loved one ❤️
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A birthday for a loved one ❤️
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just a reminder that despite somewhat dismal sales numbers, people who've read my book said they found it important and clarifying, and emotionally resonant, and thoughtful, and well-written. and i hope you'll consider buying it as we move into the era it describes:
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America a book by Talia Lavin
Esquire Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are en...
bookshop.org
January 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
just a reminder that despite somewhat dismal sales numbers, people who've read my book said they found it important and clarifying, and emotionally resonant, and thoughtful, and well-written. and i hope you'll consider buying it as we move into the era it describes:
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
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My newest fave curse is "May you be the sole subject of a Menswear Guy thread"
January 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My newest fave curse is "May you be the sole subject of a Menswear Guy thread"
Yes to all of this.
The failure to reckon with transphobia as a currently central motivation of the far right will continue to plague those disturbed by its rise for a decade or more
Rather than standing with trans people many liberals have pursued appeasement and helped the wider shift to the far right in the process
Rather than standing with trans people many liberals have pursued appeasement and helped the wider shift to the far right in the process
January 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Yes to all of this.
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The tireless anarchist organizer Errico Malatesta was born on this day in 1853. 🏴
In 1884, he and other anarchists defied the state to treat a cholera outbreak in Naples—demonstrating a model for grassroots healthcare and mutual aid that remains relevant in the #COVID19 era:
crimethinc.com/cholera
In 1884, he and other anarchists defied the state to treat a cholera outbreak in Naples—demonstrating a model for grassroots healthcare and mutual aid that remains relevant in the #COVID19 era:
crimethinc.com/cholera
The Anarchists versus the Plague
In 1884, despite a looming prison sentence, Errico Malatesta joined other anarchists on a daring mission to Naples to treat a cholera outbreak.
crimethinc.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 AM
The tireless anarchist organizer Errico Malatesta was born on this day in 1853. 🏴
In 1884, he and other anarchists defied the state to treat a cholera outbreak in Naples—demonstrating a model for grassroots healthcare and mutual aid that remains relevant in the #COVID19 era:
crimethinc.com/cholera
In 1884, he and other anarchists defied the state to treat a cholera outbreak in Naples—demonstrating a model for grassroots healthcare and mutual aid that remains relevant in the #COVID19 era:
crimethinc.com/cholera
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Decided to make this my first post. It is just symbolic BUT we must all do our part to be outwardly a d loudly comrades.
January 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Decided to make this my first post. It is just symbolic BUT we must all do our part to be outwardly a d loudly comrades.
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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📢CfP deadline extended!
We are extending the deadline for applications to our 2025 Conference (which takes place 7-9 July).
⏰You now have until 24 January to apply!
👉https://socialhistory.org.uk/2025/01/17/social-history-society-2025-conference-cfp-deadline-extended/
We are extending the deadline for applications to our 2025 Conference (which takes place 7-9 July).
⏰You now have until 24 January to apply!
👉https://socialhistory.org.uk/2025/01/17/social-history-society-2025-conference-cfp-deadline-extended/
Social History Society 2025 Conference – CfP Deadline Extended!
We are extending our deadline for our call for papers for the Social History Society’s 2025 Conference! We are now taking proposals for papers and panels up until the 24 January (rather than …
socialhistory.org.uk
January 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
📢CfP deadline extended!
We are extending the deadline for applications to our 2025 Conference (which takes place 7-9 July).
⏰You now have until 24 January to apply!
👉https://socialhistory.org.uk/2025/01/17/social-history-society-2025-conference-cfp-deadline-extended/
We are extending the deadline for applications to our 2025 Conference (which takes place 7-9 July).
⏰You now have until 24 January to apply!
👉https://socialhistory.org.uk/2025/01/17/social-history-society-2025-conference-cfp-deadline-extended/
Watching The Long Shadow and I’m raging at the police 😡
January 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Watching The Long Shadow and I’m raging at the police 😡