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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 18h

The consequences of self
-defilement

To pubescent young men, I would medically advise against self-defilement as such actions will result in :
1. The sterilisation of one's sperm,
2. The shrinkage of one's manhood,
3. The loss of one's hair
4. The development of a distinctive STENCH
5. The decay of one's teeth,
6. The development of madness taking over one's mind

Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 18h

One wank a day will send you to an early grave 🙈😂

A most horrific case of self abuse has found foot in our good and moral community. A young man of not sixteen years of age has pulled his member clean off his body much to the dismay of his family and friends. The cause of this untimely disememberment had been found as practice in the sin of rigorous sessions of the most evil pleasure. The member was found on the window sill, with this horrific case leading to an avalanche of confessions from his peers as they know the same fate awaits them. As an expert physician on this sordid topic, I offer my advice as follows : then irreversible loss of one's manhood.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 18h

Meet the gruesome twosome. A married couple ruined by masturbation.

The past week I have dealt with a patient who was suffering greatly. I visited a woman's house last week and after talking for a bit she informed me she was involved in a sexless marriage. From our first she was clearly ill. Her teeth were as yellow as the sun and her eyes appeared lifeless.

The following week I paid another visit to find her in a much worse state. She was hunched over clearly experiencing problems with her spine, from further inspection it appeared she grew a penis and had boils all over skin. From these symptoms it was clear she became involved in masturbation.

When I called the husband in to talk to him he hobbled in hunch over with boils on his skin. This is a case of not performing your obligations as a married couple and then sinning in front of God.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 18h

Onanist? Oh no you don't!

*masturbation ruins you for marriage
*the virgin Mary is hot

Throughout my studies I have observed a concerning uptick of young women afflicted with unnatural fantasies of the sapphic variety.

When once they had been pure an pious girls, admiring statues of the virgin Mary for hours on end, exposure to morally corrupt peers in the school house who have seized the minds and bodies of these fair maidens, has manifested in the insular and eager exploitation of ones own body, before descending into bacchaulian debauchery without the aid of one's husband.

It is my sincere and grave concern that due to these practices, no husband can be attained. And if one shall be, he will find his facilities inadequate to bring about the necessary pleasure for conception.

To counteract such sinful falls from grace, it is my medically informed advice that daughters should be confined to the home in favour of the schoolhouse to receive Christian education under the watchful eye of a married woman.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 18h

It's been such a busy semester but this morning I was howling with my students. It's masturbation week & I had them craft some advice literature in the style of Onania... If you're easily offended, skip. If not, read on for dismembered penises, yellow teeth and folks turned ugly...

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 1d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Meet the runaway husbands and eloping wives of 18th century Ulster. @DrLeanneCalvert @UL @Researchirel explores the elopement advertisements which were placed by aggrieved spouses to notify the public that their partners had deserted the marital home www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Meet the runaway husbands & eloping wives of 18th century Ulster

Elopement advertisements were placed by aggrieved spouses to notify the public that their partners had deserted the marital home

www.rte.ie

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 1d

This was the topic of my class last week with my final years. They loved that Margaret took the dog with her. Good woman ❤️🐶 @ulhistory.bsky.social

Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Today on RTE Brainstorm, a piece from me on 'Runaway husbands & eloping wives in 18th century Ulster' in advance of book publication day 😘 #HistFam #Marriage #NewBook @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Meet the runaway husbands & eloping wives of 18th century Ulster

Elopement advertisements were placed by aggrieved spouses to notify the public that their partners had deserted the marital home

www.rte.ie

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Today on RTE Brainstorm, a piece from me on 'Runaway husbands & eloping wives in 18th century Ulster' in advance of book publication day 😘 #HistFam #Marriage #NewBook @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Meet the runaway husbands & eloping wives of 18th century Ulster

Elopement advertisements were placed by aggrieved spouses to notify the public that their partners had deserted the marital home

www.rte.ie

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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · 6d

If you'd like to know more about her new book, Dr Leanne Calvert will be part of a panel discussion, ‘Women, Struggle and Resilience’, taking place at @ria.ie on 6 November as part of this year's Dublin Book Festival.

@leannecalvert.bsky.social
@ulhistory.bsky.social
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 6d

Should send her a copy of my book!

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 6d

Don't forget the discount code for the book ends today! Put 'PiousLimerick' at checkout for 20% off shop.ria.ie/products/pio...

Pious and promiscuous

Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication. Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...

shop.ria.ie

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 6d

If you need a pick me up this rainy afternoon, here's some colourful stories of sex & C18th Ulster Presbyterians to whet your appetite! #HistSex #HistFam @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-sex-live...

The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th- and 19th-century Ulster were surprisingly colourful

The Presbyterian church closely regulated the intimate lives of its members through a system of church court discipline.

theconversation.com

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 8d

I had my MA lot critique a journal article I wrote. The idea was that they had the author in front of them that they could pose the "why did you do that" and "why not this instead" questions. Sat sweating feeling like I was in viva again but a useful exercise
nonetheless 😅

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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · 9d

Our first event is a reading group of @leannecalvert.bsky.social's article on queer approaches to the 18C Irish family on 22 October. Brilliantly, Leanne will be joining us to discuss her article

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Tom :)

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 9d

Such brilliant work being done by @leannecalvert.bsky.social, finding the sorts of surprising everyday stories about sex, love and romance that don’t often appear in histories of religious Ulster! AND even without the 20% discount her book is a bargain!

Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 9d

#ICYMI You can bag 20% off my new book with the code PiousLimerick until this Thursday. Add the code to the checkout at shop.ria.ie/products/Pio... Pls share ☺️ #Family #IrishFamily #IrishHist #History #NewBook

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 9d

#ICYMI You can bag 20% off my new book with the code PiousLimerick until this Thursday. Add the code to the checkout at shop.ria.ie/products/Pio... Pls share ☺️ #Family #IrishFamily #IrishHist #History #NewBook

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 12d

Clodagh, don't post this ... I've been going on about wanting pet chickens 😂once we manage to buy, we are getting chickens!

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Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social · 27d

Tickets for my talk on the letters of sympathy sent to Canon Begley and his parishioners following the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire are now available through the link below. The talk is on Sunday 28 September in Newcastle West county Limerick.
register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Mar...

Martin Walsh- Limerick History Festival | The Limerick Civic Trust

register.enthuse.com

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 14d

Send me your email Claire

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 14d

I have mine somewhere Claire but mine was awarded 2019, so a while ago.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 14d

This makes me so cross 😡 On my way into work to teach a class that will inevitably involve me #stammering and blocking on words (lots of m words today!) But that's just how I talk. Good for Jessie speaking up & speaking out.

bbc.com/news/article...

TikTok influencer 'mocked' for stammer refuses Dortmund apology

Jessie Yendle says videos posted by Borussia Dortmund and Ironman used her as "clickbait".

bbc.com

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 19d

You can currently pre-order @leannecalvert.bsky.social's Pious and Promiscuous: Life, Love, and Family in Presbyterian Ulster from the @ria.ie for 20% off shop.ria.ie/en-us/produc...

Pious and promiscuous

Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication. Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...

shop.ria.ie

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks for sharing ☺️

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