Dr Amy Fuller
@amyfuller.bsky.social
She/her | Historian of colonial Mexico: Sor Juana; La Llorona; narratives of conquest/conversion |
Host of Challenging Colonial Narratives Seminar Series | Trans inclusive feminist | Free Palestine 🍉
Called William H Prescott a dirty old man on the BBC
Host of Challenging Colonial Narratives Seminar Series | Trans inclusive feminist | Free Palestine 🍉
Called William H Prescott a dirty old man on the BBC
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Dr Amy Fuller
@amyfuller.bsky.social
· Feb 14
You're Dead to Me - Hernán Cortés and Malintzin: the Spanish conquest of Mexico - BBC Sounds
Join Greg and his guests in 16th-century Mexico to learn about Cortés and Malintzin.
www.bbc.co.uk
Happy Valentine’s Day all! ❤️ What could be more romantic than listening to me dragging Hernán Cortés for filth on #YDTM? I had a great time with Jen Brister & @gregjenner.bsky.social & even got to call William Prescott a dirty old man on the BBC 😂 What a result!
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NO SHIT
Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NO SHIT
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I’m delighted that Jay Silverstein felt so positive about the Aztecs episode of BBC Civilisations for @theconversation.com. But I am baffled that anyone interested in challenging colonial myths would recommend a hundred-year-old translation of a (massive) conquistador account as ‘further reading’!
Does BBC Civilisations get its four stories of collapse correct? Experts weigh in
The new series attempts to chart the fall of four major empires but doesn’t always get it right.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m delighted that Jay Silverstein felt so positive about the Aztecs episode of BBC Civilisations for @theconversation.com. But I am baffled that anyone interested in challenging colonial myths would recommend a hundred-year-old translation of a (massive) conquistador account as ‘further reading’!
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I think being tried by a jury of your peers is quite important actually.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I think being tried by a jury of your peers is quite important actually.
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He IS a racist. Why are we focusing on him publicly admitting or not & not on fact that many share his views? They will try and get him elected based on his (not at all hidden) racist views. So will the silent, (not really) on the fence group of people who will also vote for him.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
He IS a racist. Why are we focusing on him publicly admitting or not & not on fact that many share his views? They will try and get him elected based on his (not at all hidden) racist views. So will the silent, (not really) on the fence group of people who will also vote for him.
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And so Civilisations: Rise and Fall hits iPlayer. If you cant wait until 8 December, catch @carolinepennock.bsky.social and @amyfuller.bsky.social, and some bumbling non-specialists, on the Aztecs here.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Series 1: 3. Aztecs
The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
And so Civilisations: Rise and Fall hits iPlayer. If you cant wait until 8 December, catch @carolinepennock.bsky.social and @amyfuller.bsky.social, and some bumbling non-specialists, on the Aztecs here.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Can’t believe my face is going to be on the telly and iPlayer FOREVER 😳🙈
Eek! My episode doesn't technically air until 8 December, but the whole series of the new BBC Arts Civilisations series is out now on iPlayer, including this episode on the Aztecs with me and friends @amyfuller.bsky.social & @restall.bsky.social (& others not on the Sky). Airs Mondays at 9pm, BBC2.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Series 1: 3. Aztecs
The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Can’t believe my face is going to be on the telly and iPlayer FOREVER 😳🙈
People still blindly defending Starmer, just because you have always voted Labour: it’s time to wake up. Unless you want Tory (or even Reform) policies, you need to place your vote elsewhere.
Came across a cooked centrist who called Zack Polanski standing up to Starmer "infighting". Two options here...if he thinks the Greens opposing Labour is infighting he's wrong coz they're two different parties. If he thinks it's the LEFT infighting, well, Labour hasn't been the left for years now.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
People still blindly defending Starmer, just because you have always voted Labour: it’s time to wake up. Unless you want Tory (or even Reform) policies, you need to place your vote elsewhere.
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Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
Meanwhile, Mamdani didn’t back down on his previous assertion that Trump is a fascist. Those people accusing Zamdani of kissing up to Trump are way off. If anything, Trump was kissing up to Mamdani.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Meanwhile, Mamdani didn’t back down on his previous assertion that Trump is a fascist. Those people accusing Zamdani of kissing up to Trump are way off. If anything, Trump was kissing up to Mamdani.
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The left joins with right against the middle takes on the Trump/Mamdani meeting are way off. There is nothing substantive here. There will be no policy breakthroughs. That’s not what this is about. It’s about a young smart guy who knew how to play an old fool who worships stars.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The left joins with right against the middle takes on the Trump/Mamdani meeting are way off. There is nothing substantive here. There will be no policy breakthroughs. That’s not what this is about. It’s about a young smart guy who knew how to play an old fool who worships stars.
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
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mamdani understood what his assignment was, which was to protect funding to the city of new york.
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
mamdani understood what his assignment was, which was to protect funding to the city of new york.
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This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
PSA: if you insult me (especially in order to defend Starmer, who has been pandering to fascists ever since he got in power) just know that I will block you. I will also mute weirdos who put words in my mouth. I learned my lesson on Twitter to ignore people like this. Enjoy ranting into the void!
Zohran Mamdani has shown us a brilliant lesson in why you should always stand up to bullies. Nothing good can ever come from giving in to a bully, or kissing a bully’s arse. Starmer, take note.
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
PSA: if you insult me (especially in order to defend Starmer, who has been pandering to fascists ever since he got in power) just know that I will block you. I will also mute weirdos who put words in my mouth. I learned my lesson on Twitter to ignore people like this. Enjoy ranting into the void!
Zohran Mamdani has shown us a brilliant lesson in why you should always stand up to bullies. Nothing good can ever come from giving in to a bully, or kissing a bully’s arse. Starmer, take note.
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Zohran Mamdani has shown us a brilliant lesson in why you should always stand up to bullies. Nothing good can ever come from giving in to a bully, or kissing a bully’s arse. Starmer, take note.
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One thing I really wish for my trans and NB siblings is that they can just live their lives and do normal stuff rather than have to be plugged into batshit hateful discourse every five seconds and make everything about their identities and right to exist as they are.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One thing I really wish for my trans and NB siblings is that they can just live their lives and do normal stuff rather than have to be plugged into batshit hateful discourse every five seconds and make everything about their identities and right to exist as they are.
This has to be rage bait.
The fear of not having enough money is familiar. But there’s a quieter struggle at the top: feeling uncomfortable with having too much, says money psychotherapist Vicky Reynal ⬇️
Why my ultra-rich clients are ashamed of their wealth
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This has to be rage bait.
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I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes."
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes."
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
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No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
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As we honor this year’s Trans Day of Remembrance, we are reminded of how all our movements for liberation and justice across the world are connected. None of us are free until all of us are free — from here to Palestine.
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As we honor this year’s Trans Day of Remembrance, we are reminded of how all our movements for liberation and justice across the world are connected. None of us are free until all of us are free — from here to Palestine.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Imagine NOT thinking that that's the lesson of the Holocaust.
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Imagine NOT thinking that that's the lesson of the Holocaust.
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My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
This comes out next Monday. I’m in episode 3 on the Aztecs, and they used a quote from me here:
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Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Everything you need to know about the landmark new four-part series from BBC Arts
Explore the ancient worlds of Rome, Egypt, the Aztecs and Japan... and what led to their fall
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This comes out next Monday. I’m in episode 3 on the Aztecs, and they used a quote from me here:
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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