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Carolyn Day

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British historian, historian of medicine, & lover of fashion. Author of Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion and Disease & Remembering Anne Beach: Love, Scandal & Sickness in 18th century Britain (forthcoming UTP).

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Mar 19

Sorry for the shameless self promotion but I hope you will all help me remember Anne Beach who was wiped out of the archive just as she was cast out of her family! #histmed #18thcentury

University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · Mar 19

@carolynaday.bsky.social engages deeply with the intertwined histories of gender, disease, and status while also providing compelling reflections on the twists and turns of the historian’s craft.” Paul Deslandes @uvmvermont.bsky.social

Learn more: bit.ly/3NTpWf2

#archive #mentalhealth

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 10h

You might be cool, but are you stealing (aka borrowing) a skeleton (model) for your history class cool? 😂 why yes we just walked it across campus!

Skeleton model in front of the chapel & fountains

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 5d

Hahaha no was definitely in the passenger seat 😂

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 5d

Why yes I did just write an abstract in the car & submit it using the hotspot on my phone #academiclife

Highway surrounded by tree covered mountains & blue skies above

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 6d

Ooops mistakes were made & I did not manage breakfast this morning because I had to sort out the toile for an 18th century waiscoat that my student needed today. So now I’m Going to teach 3 back to back classes hungry— wish me luck because I’m going to need it!

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 7d

Campus vibes

Church with steeple & fountain in front & cloudy sky

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 9d

I am exhausted, that is all. Hope your Monday is going better than mine.

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 14d

Fortified by breakfast tacos! Once more into the breach!

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you so much!

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 27d

You are so sweet! Thank you!

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 27d

Awwww thank you!!!

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · 29d

Hey all! Please request Remembeting Anne Beach for your libraries & consider it for your courses. Also I’m happy to chat about this 18th century scandal to any interested parties! #histmed #britishhistory #MicroHistory #research #18thcentury

utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Remembering Anne Beach - University of Toronto Press

Love, Scandal, and Sickness in Eighteenth-Century Britain

utppublishing.com

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Sep 7

Went up to the mountains for a little apple picking fun. Cider doughnuts & cider flights were had by all 😂

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hahaha if only — teaching 3 classes back to back & then have a committee meeting

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Sep 4

Welp I tried to make an effort & was immediately corrected by the universe— my drink spilled & as I was desperately wiping it off I snagged the necklace I put on & broke it! That will teach me 😂! Hope everyone has a good Thursday despite any inauspicious beginnings.

Desk with broken gold necklace with blue & green shapes along the chain

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 30

It was a wonderful event & you both did a fantastic job! Congratulations!

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today’s workflow includes making toiles!

A desk with pieces cut out of muslin, sewing implements, & coffee cup

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 26

1st day of classes! Time to get my teaching on.

Brick sidewalk leading up to a building flanked by trees

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 24

I think it will be on the museum YouTube so you can catch it & they have some signed copies of the book available online & in the shop but it’s limited quantities. We were going to try Lydia’s but sadly ran out of time. Next trip!

Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s been wonderful— looking forward to visiting again

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 23

Can’t wait for this talk!! So proud of Alex Churchill (@alexchurchill.bsky.social) & Nicolai Eberholst (@pikegrey1418.bsky.social) launching the US version of their new Global History of World War I at the National WWI museum #militaryhistory #WWI

Empty stage with podium on the right & 3 chairs & a low table in the center with a background with the book cover for Ring of Fire

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 23

I’m liking the vibes in Kansas City!

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 21

So excited for @alexchurchill.bsky.social just saw her book in the wild in South Carolina! Congratulations to her and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social — go out & get a copy!

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 10

Starting our Sunday off with some bourbon brown sugar peach French toast

2 pieces of French toast on a plate with a blue & white diamond design. Toast is topped with a peach sauce & whipped cream

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Aug 5

It’s a tiny bit damp out here😂 but worth it to see Chris Thile, Trombone Shorty, Nathaniel Rateliff, Hootie (no Blowfish), and Mumford & Sons!

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Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social · Jul 31

Regular nachos are always a delight but it’s fun to get creative