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Alicia Spencer-Hall

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Writer. Researcher. Editor. Genderqueer femme. Crip. She/they. // medieval lit / media / gender / disability / pop culture // https://linktr.ee/aspencerhall

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · Nov 18

So I wrote a book about Twitter. Medieval Twitter to be exact---the interconnections between Twitter's textual modes & medieval literary culture(s), plus medievalists' use of Twitter and the #MedievalTwitter hashtag

www.arc-humanities.org/978194240195...

@archumanities.bsky.social #MedievalSky 🗃️

Front cover of "Medieval Twitter" by Alicia Spencer-Hall, published by Arc Humanities Press in October 2024. Series: Arc Impact. On a bright, textured blue background, neon pink birds from medieval manuscripts circle three medieval monks. The monk on the left reacts with a heart, the middle monk, agog, retweets, and the monk on the right wags his finger, tweeting a response.

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Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social · 21h

When the ibuprofen starts kicking in

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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 8h

Ireland has a population of 5m and we've a waiting list approaching 15 years. Why? Because their mandatory, archaic and traumatic psychiatric and psychological assessments are a deliberate bottleneck to ensure as few people as possible can access healthcare a nurse can do!

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 14h

The ‘Transit’ gender clinic in Spain has a 3 WEEK waiting list! 😳😳😳

It covers a population of 8 million, (equivalent to the population of Scotland & Wales combined, or 1/7th of the population of England) It has a total of 43 staff, a majority of whom are part-time, working 6-7 hours per week!

Trans health waiting lists are a political choice

I’m just back from an awesome trans healthcare conference in Norway (blog on that to follow). Here I wanted to share information from a presentation by the founder of the transit trans health…

growinguptransgender.com

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Boo!-story (disturbingly absent) @withouthistoryband.bsky.social · 22h

(stolen from a friend)
Gender affirming train ticket

Screenshot from a train app with the date and the journey Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly. The abbreviation reads NOT -> MAN

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly Peel, fishwife and smuggler, South Shields, 1850. When her husband and son were press-ganged, she snuck on board ship and hid. Discovered, she was allowed to work as a nurse and stay with her family.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 2d

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

Text has been altered from original. It reads
Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 2d

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: https://linktr.ee/disabilityark

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 2d

New Frankenstein Spider Found in Thailand Is Half Male and Half Female www.discovermagazine.com/new-frankens...

New Frankenstein Spider Found in Thailand Is Half Male and Half Female

A newly discovered species, Damarchus inazuma, displays a rare split-sex trait known as gynandromorphism and takes its name from a shape-shifting anime character.

www.discovermagazine.com

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT

UT Austin wants to eliminate its Black studies, Latino Studies, and gender studies departments. Tell them you won't stand for it.
UT President, Jim Davis, president@utexas.edu
UT Executive Vice President and Provost, William Inboden, provost@utexas.edu
College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, david_sosa@austin.utexas.edu
#EducationalLiberty #SaveUT

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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Academic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 2d

People go on about how research is isolating but rarely acknowledge how much worse this can be as a disabled, chronically ill or neurodivergent researcher.

Find your people via remote co-working sessions with out the usual bullshit: join our new Spark Sessions, starting Tues 14 Oct @ 10:30am BST

Spark Sessions: Virtual Co-Working Spaces for Tired Researchers

Unapologetically pro-disability and intersectional virtual co-working sessions designed to give you the time and space you need to get your sh*t done.

funnels.academicaudiotranscription.com

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 2d

When I was your age, searching for a phrase in quotes returned results for that exact phrase

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 3d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 2d

It was two OUP books.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 3d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 2d

I think my previous post got censored, but I do think you need to see this little guy and his enormous tooth - as he points to where it hurts! 🦷
(From a medical ms - Edinburgh CRC ms 314)

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Dial M for Marfurder @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 2d

Once again I am reminded that someone can be a prominent member of a marginalized group and still be a huge jerk. Sometimes they can even be a huge jerk to other, different marginalized people.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2d

youfeellikeshit.com my therapist told me about this. it's a little walk through on how to feel better when you feel like shit. im working through it now. it is, delightfully, in twine

Need a nap?

youfeellikeshit.com

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · 2d

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 2d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 2d

may your lattes be oatmilk'd and brews be cold. blue hair and pronouns for young and for old

Rain Drop @rainofdroplets.bsky.social · 2d

this will be the american civil war greeting as the woke agenda marches to war for the right to have nonbinary baristas

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · 2d

I knowwwwww

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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