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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 4d

Girls only have one thing on their minds and it’s Adoratio by Stephan Sinding (1909).

It’s me. I’m girls.

Detail from an incredibly erotic marble sculpture showing a handsome man kissing a woman’s bare calf with religious reverence

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 5d

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

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A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

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🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 Valkyrie Eleison @anitmata.bsky.social · 4d

More like Stephan Simping amirite

Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 4d

Girls only have one thing on their minds and it’s Adoratio by Stephan Sinding (1909).

It’s me. I’m girls.

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 4d

Sinding’s career took off when he moved to Copenhagen. A lot of his work can now be seen at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, a museum dedicated to the art and antiquities collection of Carl Jacobsen of the Carlsberg brewing empire

A closer detail of the man kissing the woman’s leg

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 4d

I mean—

The same statue from another angle. The muscle definition on the man’s back would stop you in your tracks

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 4d

Sinding studied in Paris and was influenced by Rodin, but he was rejected there because his style was “too modern.” I don’t know about you, but I prefer this to Rodin

The full sculpture: a naked woman sits on a platform while a naked man kneels at her feet with more than adoration, it’s worship. He gently holds her leg as he kisses just below her knee

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 4d

Girls only have one thing on their minds and it’s Adoratio by Stephan Sinding (1909).

It’s me. I’m girls.

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Trump: “They call me President of Europe.”

Europe:

Graffiti on a major street in Copenhagen: it’s an illustration of Trump’s head with “The Enemy Within” written across it in huge red letters. He looks like the Corinthian in Sandman, but instead of teeth for eyes, in each eye is written the word “villain.” In his hair is written “USA” and beside it is a heart with the American flag that says “love American style.”

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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 5d

A former library director in Wyoming has won $700,000 in a settlement after she was fired for refusing to remove Sexual health and LGBTQ+ books. www.advocate.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

www.advocate.com

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Trump: “They call me President of Europe.”

Europe:

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨🚨As Rutgers professor and anti-fascist researcher @Mark__Bray and his family tried to escape death threats, they found their tickets to Spain had been cancelled at their gate at Newark airport. apple.news/At9zbVrllRta...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport — Guardian US

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 7d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 11d

A beautifully-illustrated circa 1920s ad drawn by the gifted and iconic Gerda Wegener. But before you get this framed or tattooed on yourself, we regret to inform you it's advertising a soap for vaginal douching.

Illustration of two cherubs with tumbled, curly hair. They are standing over a large bowl at waist height. The angel on the left scatters in flakes from an art deco tin labelled Gyraldose. The angel on the right tips water from a Grecian-style jug into the bowl.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 12d

Those Democrats are sooo unreasonable

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 12d

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F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill

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Eric Bottorff @torff.bsky.social · 13d

If we had a halfway responsible government, all this kind of tech would be taken down until we could ensure a responsible way to regulate it. Instead we’re just letting them drop these incendiary devices on our society and hoping we can put out the fires before anything burns.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13d

Right wingers in 2017: Dumb libs think words are violence
Right wingers in 2025: Words are violence and we're going to throw you in jail for saying the wrong ones, which is terrorism bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s my favourite miniature portrait Chapps …. an unidentified man with a Latin motto above his head ‘Alget qui non ardet / he grows cold who does not burn’.

It was painted c. 1610 by Isaac Oliver, a pupil of Hilliard. Part of the collections at Ham House.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 13d

Since I’m awake… hi there, #UK friends! I’m coming to you on book tour for THE INTERMEDIARIES, a timely history of science, #transrights and the LGBTQ+ fight against Nazis. This thread has the events, and here is the full list on my site:

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Home | Brandy Schillace

MY Book TOUR DATES Historian. Novelist. Adventurer at the Intersections. BOOKS BYLINES NEWSLETTER PECULIAR BOOK CLUB PRESS KIT CONTACT ME MY Book TOUR DATES ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. BRANDY SCHILLACE (skil...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14d

If you were in the room during Hegseth and Trump's speech, and you'd like to share your response anonymously, reach out to me on Signal (in bio.) Share widely.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14d

The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14d

To explain:

At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”

Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14d

Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:

Case 1:25-cv-10685-WGY Document 261
Filed 09/30/25
Page 1 of 161
Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers)
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TRUMP HAS PARDONS
AND TANKS..
WHAT DO
You
HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States -- you and me --have our magnificent Constitution.
Here's how that works out in a
specific case --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS -- HARVARD FACULTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY, RUTGERS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, and
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiffs,
)
CIVIL ACTION NO.
25-10685-WGY
v.
MARCO RUBIO, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, and the DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KRISTI NOEM, in her official
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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 14d

That’s what he said.

I feel like people are too focused on the fat shaming thing and not focused enough on the fact he said war crimes are fine now

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14d

I’m still processing what happened this morning.

Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?

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