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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 2d

Mskwaasin Agnew (Dene/Cree, Salt River First Nation) was among the humanitarians on board Conscience that was illegally boarded by Israel in international waters.
We are asking everyone to contact the Canadian Government (email addresses & phone numbers on the poster)
#EyesOnGaza #EndGazaBlockade

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · 22d

The Wanderer, at that!

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Sep 9

foiled again by my willingness to teach night classes!!!

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Sep 9

!! Unfortunately it’s an evening class and we’re seven hours behind you.

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Sep 9

Adding this to the Keats week in my grad class!

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you don’t already, I recommend learning how to lounge on a sofa and type simultaneously.

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · Sep 8

The WPHP had an amazing project team ❤️ Michelle, Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social, and Kate @kkatemoffatt.bsky.social let me work with them because I showed up one day, and I am a much stronger bibliographer and scholar for it.

Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · Sep 8

I really enjoyed reading these really lovely and helpful reflections from Michelle Levy and Kandice Sherran on the Women's Print History Project and its work over the last decade. I always point students to it (and @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social's work) +

womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/152

Reflections of a Project Director and Lead Editor: Last Words

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Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · Sep 8

I really enjoyed reading these really lovely and helpful reflections from Michelle Levy and Kandice Sherran on the Women's Print History Project and its work over the last decade. I always point students to it (and @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social's work) +

womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/152

Reflections of a Project Director and Lead Editor: Last Words

womensprinthistoryproject.com

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Sep 8

No worries! This happens all the time!

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Sep 8

You guysssssss 😭

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Micah @rincewind.run · Sep 1

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars.

Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Sep 2

Being sincere in public sets off my fight-or-flight response, but adding my favourite meme of all time to the social media posts helps.

The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social · Sep 2

For our final spotlight in the Research in Reflection series, join PI Michelle Levy and Lead Editor Kandice Sharren as they muse on 10 years of the WPHP—their regrets, their accomplishments, and how they have tried to keep the humans involved at the forefront of of the project: tinyurl.com/23ajexte

A classic meme: Hugh Laurie's head on top of a giant manatee that is crashing into an air station. The caption reads, "OH, THE HUGH MANATEE."

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Aug 29

Kate's turn!

The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social · Aug 29

In Kate’s contribution to our “Research in Reflection Series” she reflects on how the WPHP (delightfully, inevitably) shaped her her PhD work—and provided her with the opportunity to drop books in the British Library. Oops. Read about her ongoing love story with the WPHP here: tinyurl.com/5k55cpxm

A woman pushes a the book cart of shame, laden with old books, through the Rare Books and Manuscripts reading room at the British Library.

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Tim Watson @timwatson.bsky.social · Aug 19

People working in universities know a lot of the work that makes the organization function is outsourced to for-profit companies (catering, landscaping) or runs on platforms requiring payments to such companies: Workday, Canvas, Microsoft, Zoom.

This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/

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The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social · Aug 20

In our next installment of the "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series, join RA Salena Wiener as she recounts how the WPHP helped shape her PhD research on women's labour in the production of manuscripts: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/149.

Thirteen lines of black cursive script on beige paper background

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Aug 19

A while back I saw a blog post linked to on here about the hidden curriculum in humanities grad programs, and I cannot for the life of me find it now! I was planning to assign it! Does this sound familiar to anyone else? (It had tips like "read strategically" iirc).

Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Aug 16

Sometimes I can't quite believe the WPHP has been going for ten years, and then I see the old pictures with the side parts...

The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social · Aug 14

How it started How it ended

Two women stand and smile in an office with a desk, laptop, open books, papers, and a computer with a screen displaying data.

Seven people sit around a table in a brightly lit cafe, smiling, with books, drinks, and snacks on the table.

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The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social · Aug 15

First up, in "Reflections of a Research Assistant:
The Multitudes of WPHP Work," Amanda Law discusses the several roles she took on as an RA for the project, and the special place Phillis Wheatley Peters and her book of poetry hold in her memories: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/146.

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Aug 16

Clever "title page" design is all Kate!

Leslie Howsam @lesliehowsam.bsky.social · Aug 16

Reposting the podcast news as I finally appreciate the clever design of the “title page”.
But it’s also worth listening to.
womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147

The WPHP Monthly Mercury, Season 5: Episode 5, "Finding, Building, Sustaining, Supporting"

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Leslie Howsam @lesliehowsam.bsky.social · Aug 14

I had forgotten quite how long I’ve been doing #fembib #bookhistory till this lovely podcast opportunity with @thewphp.bsky.social .

The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social · Aug 13

In the penultimate (!!) episode of The WPHP Monthly Mercury, we’re joined by three scholars whose work has been vital to our research—Isobel Grundy, @lesliehowsam.bsky.social, and Maureen Bell. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147 (1/3)

A graphic in the style of a nineteenth century title page that reads: "The WPHP Monthly Mercury No. 5.5 FINDING, BUILDING, SUSTAINING, SUPPORTING feat. Isobel Grundy, Leslie Howsam, Maureen Bell | VANCOUVER: Hosted by Moffatt & Sharren, Vancouver and Saskatoon 2025." Pencil annotations note the names "Kate & Kandice) and the date "Aug. 13."

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Aug 14

Only one episode left!!!

The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social · Aug 13

In the penultimate (!!) episode of The WPHP Monthly Mercury, we’re joined by three scholars whose work has been vital to our research—Isobel Grundy, @lesliehowsam.bsky.social, and Maureen Bell. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147 (1/3)

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Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social · Jul 13

EXTREMELY.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Jul 1

The name "Edith Wharton" might not be your first thought when it comes to ghost stories and the gothic, but this particular story will stick with you: Let's discuss the haunting events of "Afterward" 👻

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All the Pieces Matter: "Afterward" by Edith Wharton - Reactor

Welcome back to Dissecting The Dark Descent, where we lovingly delve into the guts of David Hartwell’s seminal 1987 anthology story by story, and in the process, explore the underpinnings of a genre w...

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · Jun 16

This was my redheaded chanteuse era

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 9

Psst…the only way to stop climate change is to stop burning fossil fuels. Pass it on.

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