Bethany Keats
@bethanykeats.bsky.social
Writer ✍️ Reader 📚 Dancer 🩰 cyclist 🚲
PhD: creative writing, family history, 1950s Australia, gothic literature, women's history 🎓
Also: languages
Geelong ✈️ Townsville (sometimes 🇫🇷)
co-editor @sudojournal.bsky.social
co-host @editsannotations.bsky.social
PhD: creative writing, family history, 1950s Australia, gothic literature, women's history 🎓
Also: languages
Geelong ✈️ Townsville (sometimes 🇫🇷)
co-editor @sudojournal.bsky.social
co-host @editsannotations.bsky.social
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Books I read in 2025: a thread
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66 years ago today, artist Yves Klein sold antiques dealer Jacques Kugel an artwork – which seems like an unremarkable anniversary, but for the fact that the art was invisible, and the buyer was supposed to burn the receipt
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
66 years ago today, artist Yves Klein sold antiques dealer Jacques Kugel an artwork – which seems like an unremarkable anniversary, but for the fact that the art was invisible, and the buyer was supposed to burn the receipt
Hello, Canberra! 👋
I have not brought my woollies. Please don’t make me regret this decision.
I have not brought my woollies. Please don’t make me regret this decision.
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hello, Canberra! 👋
I have not brought my woollies. Please don’t make me regret this decision.
I have not brought my woollies. Please don’t make me regret this decision.
What was a 45min stopover is now a 3.5h stopover.
Thanks. I hate it.
Thanks. I hate it.
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
What was a 45min stopover is now a 3.5h stopover.
Thanks. I hate it.
Thanks. I hate it.
Excellent review from @johannawiggers.bsky.social 👏
I love the project and now I want to read that novel!
I love the project and now I want to read that novel!
Our first by @johannawiggers.bsky.social is live!
Read it on our Substack: exhume.substack.com/p/the-plot-t...
Read it on our Substack: exhume.substack.com/p/the-plot-t...
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Excellent review from @johannawiggers.bsky.social 👏
I love the project and now I want to read that novel!
I love the project and now I want to read that novel!
Sorry, that’s my fault. I couldn’t find a wreath but I could find a ribbon so I tied that around the door and yes I will be claiming this as my influencer moment.
Who decided that a big red bow would be this year’s Christmas wreath?
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sorry, that’s my fault. I couldn’t find a wreath but I could find a ribbon so I tied that around the door and yes I will be claiming this as my influencer moment.
Washed my water bottle like a responsible adult and I have now, of course, forgotten to pack it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Washed my water bottle like a responsible adult and I have now, of course, forgotten to pack it.
OH a lady reading the reviews page of a newspaper: “Oh no. Look at all the books I can read.”
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
OH a lady reading the reviews page of a newspaper: “Oh no. Look at all the books I can read.”
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This description from a 1966 Le Monde article covering President de Gaulle's visit to New Caledonia: "Everyone here agrees that General de Gaulle drew far fewer people [this time] than during his 1956 visit, and infinitely fewer than the Santa Claus paraded every year in the city streets". 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This description from a 1966 Le Monde article covering President de Gaulle's visit to New Caledonia: "Everyone here agrees that General de Gaulle drew far fewer people [this time] than during his 1956 visit, and infinitely fewer than the Santa Claus paraded every year in the city streets". 🤣
Résultats - Dommage...
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Dommage? Mais non. I'm stoked I got one!
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Dommage? Mais non. I'm stoked I got one!
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Résultats - Dommage...
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Dommage? Mais non. I'm stoked I got one!
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Keep an eye on your email inbox tomorrow — our first Exhume piece by @johannawiggers.bsky.social is going live!
Subscribe to our Substack, so you won’t miss the release of issue I: exhume.substack.com
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December 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Keep an eye on your email inbox tomorrow — our first Exhume piece by @johannawiggers.bsky.social is going live!
Subscribe to our Substack, so you won’t miss the release of issue I: exhume.substack.com
Subscribe to our Substack, so you won’t miss the release of issue I: exhume.substack.com
Useful advice for table conversations this silly season. You just don't know who is struggling with food anxiety or disordered eating.
theconversation.com/how-to-host-...
theconversation.com/how-to-host-...
How to host a meal if one of your guests has an eating disorder or is anxious around food
With a little thought, you can host a meal with family and friends that’s supports everyone.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Useful advice for table conversations this silly season. You just don't know who is struggling with food anxiety or disordered eating.
theconversation.com/how-to-host-...
theconversation.com/how-to-host-...
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This is an important report by @kayatbarry.bsky.social & colleagues on just some of the issues faced by workers who come to Australia on the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. Much room for improvement and government needs to take action.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Thousands have left Pacific worker scheme and are stuck in visa limbo
Pacific Islanders have been leaving Australia's guest worker scheme, a decision that breaches their visa conditions and leaves them "extremely vulnerable".
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is an important report by @kayatbarry.bsky.social & colleagues on just some of the issues faced by workers who come to Australia on the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. Much room for improvement and government needs to take action.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"If the suits can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"If the suits can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Honest to god. “Conservatives” are so embarrassing.
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Honest to god. “Conservatives” are so embarrassing.
"In Australia, the mainstream media often treats racialised fears about demographic 'threats' as legitimate national concerns...framed as a neutral worry about the country’s future."
theconversation.com/euphemisms-a...
theconversation.com/euphemisms-a...
Euphemisms and false balance: how the media is helping to normalise far-right views
The mainstream media doesn’t simply cover far-right politics from a critical distance, it also helps to define what counts as politically acceptable.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"In Australia, the mainstream media often treats racialised fears about demographic 'threats' as legitimate national concerns...framed as a neutral worry about the country’s future."
theconversation.com/euphemisms-a...
theconversation.com/euphemisms-a...
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And no one knows how many of the dolphins that leap in the waters of the Inmost Sea were men once, wise men, who forgot their wisdom and their name in the joy of the restless sea.
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
And no one knows how many of the dolphins that leap in the waters of the Inmost Sea were men once, wise men, who forgot their wisdom and their name in the joy of the restless sea.
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🚨🧵More than 240 women were assaulted in France over 9 years by a senior culture minister. The attacks are being called "chemical submission," but the article doesn't address an additional, far more insidious and pervasive form of submission: that of women...
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
🚨🧵More than 240 women were assaulted in France over 9 years by a senior culture minister. The attacks are being called "chemical submission," but the article doesn't address an additional, far more insidious and pervasive form of submission: that of women...
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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It's a time-honored tradition. Being a nun meant escaping what it means to be a woman (social, not chromosomal/biological) - childrearing, husband dealing, homebound. That anyone could promote nuns as escape today speaks to where we are on sex roles
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It's a time-honored tradition. Being a nun meant escaping what it means to be a woman (social, not chromosomal/biological) - childrearing, husband dealing, homebound. That anyone could promote nuns as escape today speaks to where we are on sex roles
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WE’RE LIVE!!
You can now find our editorial introduction on our Substack: exhume.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Many thanks to all who have subscribed so far, and to the @roderickcentrejcu for supporting us.
We hope you enjoy reading Exhume’s first issue.
You can now find our editorial introduction on our Substack: exhume.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Many thanks to all who have subscribed so far, and to the @roderickcentrejcu for supporting us.
We hope you enjoy reading Exhume’s first issue.
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Get on it!
I’ve read two of these and have a third on my shelf yet to be read.
Of the two, one deserves a spot on this list. The other, not so much.
theconversation.com/best-books-o...
Of the two, one deserves a spot on this list. The other, not so much.
theconversation.com/best-books-o...
Best books of 2025: our experts share their picks
We found out the favourite 2025 books of 35 expert readers – and the Books & Ideas team shares our own picks, too.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I’ve read two of these and have a third on my shelf yet to be read.
Of the two, one deserves a spot on this list. The other, not so much.
theconversation.com/best-books-o...
Of the two, one deserves a spot on this list. The other, not so much.
theconversation.com/best-books-o...
I crave the whimsy of an advent calendar but don’t have the bandwidth to decide which kind I want.
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I crave the whimsy of an advent calendar but don’t have the bandwidth to decide which kind I want.
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I do genuinely really enjoy this platform but good lord there’s a lot of people out here who enjoy scolding complete strangers over meaningless things for sport
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I do genuinely really enjoy this platform but good lord there’s a lot of people out here who enjoy scolding complete strangers over meaningless things for sport
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Pro-trans, pro-transit
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Pro-trans, pro-transit
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The best way to reduce crime is not by building more prisons and employing more police.
The easiest way to reduce crime is by having better social welfare, strong economies, improved education, low unemployment, women’s rights and stable governance.
The easiest way to reduce crime is by having better social welfare, strong economies, improved education, low unemployment, women’s rights and stable governance.
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The best way to reduce crime is not by building more prisons and employing more police.
The easiest way to reduce crime is by having better social welfare, strong economies, improved education, low unemployment, women’s rights and stable governance.
The easiest way to reduce crime is by having better social welfare, strong economies, improved education, low unemployment, women’s rights and stable governance.
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The most relatable part of a Radcliffe novel is the protagonist repeatedly becoming frustrated with someone who simply cannot tell a story in an abbreviated manner.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The most relatable part of a Radcliffe novel is the protagonist repeatedly becoming frustrated with someone who simply cannot tell a story in an abbreviated manner.