Jack Shoulder
@jackshoulder.bsky.social
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธCo-writer and Co-Curator of @museumbums: https://museumbums.com/book/museum-bums/
Queer history, comics and lots of running.
Queer history, comics and lots of running.
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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"Captain Planet isn't real but his enemies are" is a skeet that lives in my head rent free
people older than me and people younger than me are equally ignorant of climate change as a global crisis
Captain Planet target audience stands firm
Captain Planet target audience stands firm
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Captain Planet isn't real but his enemies are" is a skeet that lives in my head rent free
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
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I feel like it should be quoted more in everyday life
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I feel like it should be quoted more in everyday life
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This painting thinks classical statues should be covered up! It's immoral!!! ๐คฃ
๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums
"Apollino", 1st century AD, Rome, in the @uffizigalleries.bsky.social , but he used to live at the Medici villa!
๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums
"Apollino", 1st century AD, Rome, in the @uffizigalleries.bsky.social , but he used to live at the Medici villa!
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This painting thinks classical statues should be covered up! It's immoral!!! ๐คฃ
๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums
"Apollino", 1st century AD, Rome, in the @uffizigalleries.bsky.social , but he used to live at the Medici villa!
๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums
"Apollino", 1st century AD, Rome, in the @uffizigalleries.bsky.social , but he used to live at the Medici villa!
A bonus #TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A bonus #TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
"However, the time has now come for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth, and I hope everyone will join with me, my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease."
๐งต 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
๐งต 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"However, the time has now come for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth, and I hope everyone will join with me, my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease."
๐งต 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
๐งต 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
๐งต1/2
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
๐งต1/2
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
๐งต1/2
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
๐งต1/2
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
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A very good boy! ๐พ๐๐
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met ๐ท by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met ๐ท by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! ๐พ๐๐
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met ๐ท by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met ๐ท by me
#Archaeology
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94 years ago today, Frankenstein is released. #svengoolie
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
94 years ago today, Frankenstein is released. #svengoolie
Now I ponder it more deeply, keep Alfred. He's the true star of the Burton/Schumacher era.
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Now I ponder it more deeply, keep Alfred. He's the true star of the Burton/Schumacher era.
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Fed up with the wet cold dark already? Get yourself a copy of "Museum Bums" and dive into our Beach Bums chapter for an escape to the height of summer (and remember your suncream!) ๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums
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HS Tuke's "Gleaming Waters", 1910, at the @royalacademy.bsky.social ๐
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HS Tuke's "Gleaming Waters", 1910, at the @royalacademy.bsky.social ๐
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Fed up with the wet cold dark already? Get yourself a copy of "Museum Bums" and dive into our Beach Bums chapter for an escape to the height of summer (and remember your suncream!) ๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/muse...
HS Tuke's "Gleaming Waters", 1910, at the @royalacademy.bsky.social ๐
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/muse...
HS Tuke's "Gleaming Waters", 1910, at the @royalacademy.bsky.social ๐
Seasonally Appropriate Film season has kicked off with my favourite Super Hero film: Batman Returns.
The seasonal depression; capitalism; strained relationships with family - has any film summed up winter better?
The seasonal depression; capitalism; strained relationships with family - has any film summed up winter better?
a woman in a catsuit is holding a mafia sign above her head
ALT: a woman in a catsuit is holding a mafia sign above her head
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Seasonally Appropriate Film season has kicked off with my favourite Super Hero film: Batman Returns.
The seasonal depression; capitalism; strained relationships with family - has any film summed up winter better?
The seasonal depression; capitalism; strained relationships with family - has any film summed up winter better?
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#TodayImQueerHistory
November 21 (1777)
๐ฏ"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliรฉre d'Eon".๐ฏ
#OTD the Chevaliรฉre is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
November 21 (1777)
๐ฏ"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliรฉre d'Eon".๐ฏ
#OTD the Chevaliรฉre is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#TodayImQueerHistory
November 21 (1777)
๐ฏ"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliรฉre d'Eon".๐ฏ
#OTD the Chevaliรฉre is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
November 21 (1777)
๐ฏ"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliรฉre d'Eon".๐ฏ
#OTD the Chevaliรฉre is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
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In 1889, schoolkids in Britain held a nationwide wave of school walkouts, taking to the streets to demand shorter hours, less homework, less corporal punishment and free education. We have now mapped lots of these & built a timeline on our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/15377/18...
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In 1889, schoolkids in Britain held a nationwide wave of school walkouts, taking to the streets to demand shorter hours, less homework, less corporal punishment and free education. We have now mapped lots of these & built a timeline on our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/15377/18...
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
"Hey, do you wanna build a snowman?"
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Hey, do you wanna build a snowman?"
Super Mario Chess is checkmating gender norms โ๏ธโ๏ธ
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Super Mario Chess is checkmating gender norms โ๏ธโ๏ธ
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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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That IS puzzling ๐ค๐คจ
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
That IS puzzling ๐ค๐คจ