Dr Amanda Brunton
@amandycat.bsky.social
Lover of early modern drama, PhD on early modern epitaphs in manuscripts. Chicken wrangler. she/her
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Gonna be going to the girl guiding protest in London to do some live reporting.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gonna be going to the girl guiding protest in London to do some live reporting.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
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We will be reporting on this protest today.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Gonna be going to the girl guiding protest in London to do some live reporting.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We will be reporting on this protest today.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Folks, I'm genuinely so excited about this, please come along! We've got a whole bunch of very talented and very queer artists and makers together for a NIGHT MARKET in a LIBRARY and honestly if those vibes aren't IMMACULATE I don't know what is.
Children, Wintermas Giftoween is almost upon us - it is this Friday at Milton Road Library, 6:30-9:15pm
Perhaps you'd like to see some more of our lovely vendors?
YES YOU WOULD
Perhaps you'd like to see some more of our lovely vendors?
YES YOU WOULD
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Folks, I'm genuinely so excited about this, please come along! We've got a whole bunch of very talented and very queer artists and makers together for a NIGHT MARKET in a LIBRARY and honestly if those vibes aren't IMMACULATE I don't know what is.
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Brought to us via This Is Not A Drill: a toilet with the words "no trans segregation" & "where do we go now?" was left at the Labour Party office. Our MP Daniel Zeichner both-sideses emails about fascist nu-wave transphobia so we empathise with whoever did this!
To read more see thisisnotadrill.info
To read more see thisisnotadrill.info
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Brought to us via This Is Not A Drill: a toilet with the words "no trans segregation" & "where do we go now?" was left at the Labour Party office. Our MP Daniel Zeichner both-sideses emails about fascist nu-wave transphobia so we empathise with whoever did this!
To read more see thisisnotadrill.info
To read more see thisisnotadrill.info
I've had extensive conversations with Daniel Zeichner about the EHRC guidance and he just...does nothing. Seems I'm not the only one who is underwhelmed by his failure to speak up for his constituents who are facing segregation.
Brought to us via This Is Not A Drill: a toilet with the words "no trans segregation" & "where do we go now?" was left at the Labour Party office. Our MP Daniel Zeichner both-sideses emails about fascist nu-wave transphobia so we empathise with whoever did this!
To read more see thisisnotadrill.info
To read more see thisisnotadrill.info
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I've had extensive conversations with Daniel Zeichner about the EHRC guidance and he just...does nothing. Seems I'm not the only one who is underwhelmed by his failure to speak up for his constituents who are facing segregation.
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GIFTOWEEN VENDORS: part 1 of 4!
Take a gander at the gorgeous wares of five of our 20 winter market vendors!
Wintermas Giftoween Market: 6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December, Milton Road Library
Access and travel info in our previous post about the market :)
Take a gander at the gorgeous wares of five of our 20 winter market vendors!
Wintermas Giftoween Market: 6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December, Milton Road Library
Access and travel info in our previous post about the market :)
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
GIFTOWEEN VENDORS: part 1 of 4!
Take a gander at the gorgeous wares of five of our 20 winter market vendors!
Wintermas Giftoween Market: 6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December, Milton Road Library
Access and travel info in our previous post about the market :)
Take a gander at the gorgeous wares of five of our 20 winter market vendors!
Wintermas Giftoween Market: 6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December, Milton Road Library
Access and travel info in our previous post about the market :)
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I know other people have said this, but it's making me angry, so I want to rant about it more.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I know other people have said this, but it's making me angry, so I want to rant about it more.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
Hanging out with my bestie, and we turned up wearing the same outfit but just in different colours. Them with green hair, striped shirt, green dungas. Me, red hair, red shirt, black dungas. She's got a green tea-cosy hat on. I've got an orange one. Realise we are just Tilly and Tiny from Tots TV
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hanging out with my bestie, and we turned up wearing the same outfit but just in different colours. Them with green hair, striped shirt, green dungas. Me, red hair, red shirt, black dungas. She's got a green tea-cosy hat on. I've got an orange one. Realise we are just Tilly and Tiny from Tots TV
Friends, I have a really absurd number of plants to give away, please come take some!
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Friends, I have a really absurd number of plants to give away, please come take some!
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
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Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War.
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Makers' Market!
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Makers' Market!
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
Lenny says 'hi'
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Lenny says 'hi'
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
I am continually impressed by just how much TLC does with a pretty modest budget - if you're able to chip in at all to their costs, I can guarantee even a small sum of money goes a really long way.
Friends, we've been busy little bees cooking up lots of delicious events for you all - watch this space for a Christmas market, life drawing, a plant swap, a clothes tailoring session, a grief café, and probably lots of things I've forgotten about because there are SO MANY LOVELY THINGS TO REMEMBER
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am continually impressed by just how much TLC does with a pretty modest budget - if you're able to chip in at all to their costs, I can guarantee even a small sum of money goes a really long way.
![A WhatsApp conversation as follows:
[begin transcript]
Her: Were medieval/early modern fandoms a thing
Me: Wtf else do you think saints are for
Her: Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Did they have fandom fights like my saint is cooler than your saint BITCH
Me: Idk but I know some friends who would know
[End of transcript]
Historian nerd friends of mine, what do we think?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwpgaf3fobitr46jvnibaurc/bafkreifvh3jge3pcmkdkmlwmewz44qixqt6sksmovcrucwgj4csmv4h74i@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I am so angry that trans people have been excluded from Cambridge rowing, and so glad to see that so many other people are too.
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TLC AND FRIENDS DISRUPT CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I am so angry that trans people have been excluded from Cambridge rowing, and so glad to see that so many other people are too.
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TLC AND FRIENDS DISRUPT CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
TLC AND FRIENDS DISRUPT CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Bit offended *I* didn't get the cheese talk
The other night, @amandycat.bsky.social just read ice cream flavours to me down the phone. Sarah lets me infodump about indefinable cheese-goo. Autistic conversations are the best conversations.
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Bit offended *I* didn't get the cheese talk
I am also one of the sewing machine gremlins who helps alter clothing! Trans and queer Cambridge friends, if you'd like your clothes to be More Gender, or repaired, or altered in some way, we will do it for free!
TWO EVENTS FOR THE PRICE (free) OF ONE: Sympathetic Tailor + Plant Swap!
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am also one of the sewing machine gremlins who helps alter clothing! Trans and queer Cambridge friends, if you'd like your clothes to be More Gender, or repaired, or altered in some way, we will do it for free!
It's me, I'm the one who has been propagating cuttings of all my plants, please come to the plant swap and take them, every flat surface in my home has plants on it
TWO EVENTS FOR THE PRICE (free) OF ONE: Sympathetic Tailor + Plant Swap!
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's me, I'm the one who has been propagating cuttings of all my plants, please come to the plant swap and take them, every flat surface in my home has plants on it
Absolutely delighted to see this project go live. It's a community created directory of GPS in Cambridgeshire, rated according to how well they treat their trans patients.
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Trans Liberation Cambridge presents:
✨Trans Healthcare Map✨
gp.translib.cam
Share your experiences of GPs in Cambridgeshire!
Do you need: blood tests? referrals? letters? shared care?
Post your experiences of accessing healthcare services in Cambridgeshire, and search for a GP practice to help you.
✨Trans Healthcare Map✨
gp.translib.cam
Share your experiences of GPs in Cambridgeshire!
Do you need: blood tests? referrals? letters? shared care?
Post your experiences of accessing healthcare services in Cambridgeshire, and search for a GP practice to help you.
October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Absolutely delighted to see this project go live. It's a community created directory of GPS in Cambridgeshire, rated according to how well they treat their trans patients.
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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Clothes, am I right? You want different ones? No problem we've got you. 1.30-4.30pm, 18th Oct, East Barnwell Community Centre. Take what you like, give as you can! Access and more below 🧵
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Clothes, am I right? You want different ones? No problem we've got you. 1.30-4.30pm, 18th Oct, East Barnwell Community Centre. Take what you like, give as you can! Access and more below 🧵
Trans + Queer speed friending! In Cambridge! Accessible, free, and neurodivergence-friendly!
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)
What's that? That sound of friends being made, as if at speed? That's right! It's another round of TLC'S SPEED FRIENDING on the 25th of Oct, 2.45-5.15pm at Lichfield Community Hall!
September 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trans + Queer speed friending! In Cambridge! Accessible, free, and neurodivergence-friendly!
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)