Dr Tanya Rideout (Hawkes)
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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
A birthday for a loved one ❤️
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My great grandfather, Fred Little once photographed a mermaid 🧜 apparently…
January 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Granton Gasholder. Spared the fate of demolition. The disused gasholders leave traces of pollution and memory, and the more-than-human-world finds a home in the relative safety of their empty structures.
January 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. I’ve never been so emotionally invested in a book. Extraordinary.
January 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A calm and loving Christmas day ❤️
December 25, 2024 at 9:51 PM
I grapple with my own chronic illness and am part of a support group of people with chronic illness and disability. Three of my family are disabled, rooted in class and poverty. This book is a wonder for unpicking way certain bodies and communities are abandoned or expendable in capitalism.
December 17, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Last years Xmas tree survived 🎄
December 10, 2024 at 11:44 PM
It’s that time.
December 10, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Best food experiences? I once went to a restaurant where they plonked their elderly rescue dog on my lap. 🥰
December 7, 2024 at 11:17 PM
December 7, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I became an accidental rabbit 🐇 parent 3 years ago, and honestly- look at them 🤩 such magical and playful animals.
December 7, 2024 at 11:06 PM
This book. Be absorbed into the more-than-human world in the most beautiful way possible.
December 3, 2024 at 9:03 AM
What lives within discarded industry? The fox in the disused Redhill gasholder, looking straight at the camera.

Photo from Laura Fisher, Decommissioned. 2021.
November 22, 2024 at 10:36 AM
November 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
18 years ago today that my mum died. A day of emotion and reflection.
November 17, 2024 at 11:54 PM
My punk and zine days…so many Southampton gigs at The Joiners Arms (mostly) A blur of chaos and fun times. 🖤✊🏼
November 16, 2024 at 11:12 PM
London - it’s been a while 🥰
November 16, 2024 at 11:08 PM