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Dr Fabiola Creed

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Health Historian (Glasgow Uni). • Gambling sports sponsorship @kthabitproject.bsky.social • Tanning/beauty/fitness industry • Maternal mental illness 📚 fabiolacreed.com 📙 Sunbed: Tanning Culture, Fad to Fear: http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350450363

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 2d

📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙

☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 13h

Fascinating topic and by a brilliant presenter, plus it's at www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

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Kicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 13h

Exciting News! The project's very own @d-oneill.bsky.social will be talking about tobacco sponsorship in F1 and its associated public health challenges at the Silverstone Museum next weekend. Do consider attending if interested. Info is in the linked post.

Dan O'Neill @d-oneill.bsky.social · 14h

I'll be presenting at @silverstonemuseum.bsky.social on Saturday 18 October as part of their annual research forum. Hear me talk about the history of tobacco sponsorship in Formula One and the challenges this posed for public health. Info and tickets here: www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Silverstone Museum Research Forum: 75 Years of Formula 1

Join Silverstone Museum’s Research Forum celebrating 75 years of Formula 1, featuring expert talks, museum exhibition access, and refreshments.

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks Kate. Hope to catch up soon - still owe you dinner for all your help! 😄

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks Lisa! 😀 I remember well as a newbie PhD - was enthralled and inspired by your Kellogg's talk!

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

No way, that's my whole chapter 2! You would have been the perfect person to interview, which I really struggled to find at the time when looking at the 'fitness, health, sunbed' industry. Thanks for sharing! 😀

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

It's a hot topic! 😂

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you - my talented sister did them and assisted with the deliberate colour match 😂🍊

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks Jenny - hope you're doing super well.

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks Vanessa 😀

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 17h

Oooo, thank you. Huge fan of your research, btw, especially your podcast (Henry Ford is my fave so far as I'm biased to business history)! 😂

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for supporting Jamie - see ya tomorrow 😀

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 2d

🫣 How does tanning culture speak to class, gender, race, sexuality and age-bound stigma?

📈 Were the public health campaigns effective?

💉 Finally, when reflecting on the past, what’s the future of tanning (and marketing) technologies?

Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 2d

Some of the questions it answers are:

🌧️ Why are sunbeds more prevalent in North(-West) Britain?

🚭 Is the sunbed industry similar to the tobacco, nicotine and alcohol industry?

🔥 Can you trust the sunbed industry’s ‘skin’ and ‘health-enhancement’ campaigns?

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IHPST | University of Toronto @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social · 7d

🧠 Prof. Marga Vicedo warns: "At the end of the day, saying it's a mother's fault is a very strong and powerful way of keeping mothers as the main caretakers." www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...
Must-read piece from @npr.org
#Autism #Tylenol

'Long history of blaming mothers': Trump's Tylenol warning echoes past misconceptions

Medical scholars say that efforts to find a singular cause for autism have historically led to scrutinizing parents and fueling stigma about autism

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 8d

To echo our team, we really valued your feedback. Hope to see you at the next few sports history conferences, and will definitely take on board your kind offer of proof-reading, etc. Thanks again.

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Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social · 8d

1/3 Great day at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social yesterday for the 1st Advisory Board meeting for @kthabitproject.bsky.social . This is a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project on the history of addictive sport sponsorship in UK 1965-2025, with strands on alcohol, tobacco, and gambling

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 8d

Ordered, and can't wait to read! Wonderful meeting you yesterday - thank you for all your helpful suggestions. Please feel free to send the non-online publication about Newcastle to [email protected] (if you can)

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Robin Ireland @robinireland.bsky.social · Sep 7

Such a pleasure to visit Kett’s Books in Wymondham on Friday. You can now buy Cutting the Mustard there. Great community bookshop to support.

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Kicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you to everyone who came to our first project Advisory Board meeting yesterday. We had some really fantastic conversations about our research, and meaningful ways of disseminating it. Really looking forward to everyone's input over the course of the project.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · Apr 24

They believe that personal letters from other academics explaining how they value the established services of the Written Archive Centre and how they are concerned about the changes would be very helpful.

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Aug 29

Job klaxon: full time, permanent lectureship in Liberal Arts at the University of Glasgow: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM506/l...

Lecturer in Liberal Arts (R&T) at University of Glasgow

Discover Lecturer in Liberal Arts (R&T) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:

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Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show…

#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky

Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service (2008–2017)

The BBC’s readaptation of the adventures of Britain’s most famous fictional postman mirrored many concurrent neoliberal transformations of its postal service.

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · Jul 30

Tonight I finished a complete redraft of my book, An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class.

There's only formatting and a last proof read to go!

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