Nicole Kirchler
@nicolekirchler.bsky.social
'I must be a mermaid... I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.‘ Anaïs Nin
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`This self obsession is a waste of living, It could be spent surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.’
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Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
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"The study revealed high levels of anti-feminist sentiment amongst UK men, with 50 per cent endorsing ‘red pill’ rhetoric underpinned by misogynistic ideology."
1 in 4 men believe no one will ever fall in love with them
A new survey published today reveals that the majority of UK men believe women expect too much of men in relationships, while over a third of young men believe they are unlovable
www.dazeddigital.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"The study revealed high levels of anti-feminist sentiment amongst UK men, with 50 per cent endorsing ‘red pill’ rhetoric underpinned by misogynistic ideology."
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Coming soon-ish (March 2026) to your favorite purveyor of fine reading materials.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Coming soon-ish (March 2026) to your favorite purveyor of fine reading materials.
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This week I hosted some wonderful scholars for an interdisciplinary workshop on r*pe in law and culture. Thanks to @manongarcia.bsky.social @veragraf.bsky.social @claremcglynn.bsky.social and all the participants for making it such an enriching and encouraging exchange.
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This week I hosted some wonderful scholars for an interdisciplinary workshop on r*pe in law and culture. Thanks to @manongarcia.bsky.social @veragraf.bsky.social @claremcglynn.bsky.social and all the participants for making it such an enriching and encouraging exchange.
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📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
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Der Chef der Konservativen im EU-Parlament, Manfred Weber, hat erneut seine Fraktion dazu gebracht, zusammen mit den Rechtsextremen ein Gesetz abzuschwächen. Anders hätte er keine Mehrheit erhalten.
Mit dem bestehenden Gesetz sollten eigentlich Wälder weitwelt geschützt werden.
Unglaublich!
Mit dem bestehenden Gesetz sollten eigentlich Wälder weitwelt geschützt werden.
Unglaublich!
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Der Chef der Konservativen im EU-Parlament, Manfred Weber, hat erneut seine Fraktion dazu gebracht, zusammen mit den Rechtsextremen ein Gesetz abzuschwächen. Anders hätte er keine Mehrheit erhalten.
Mit dem bestehenden Gesetz sollten eigentlich Wälder weitwelt geschützt werden.
Unglaublich!
Mit dem bestehenden Gesetz sollten eigentlich Wälder weitwelt geschützt werden.
Unglaublich!
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Witkoff is much more than a useful idiot for Putin. He and Trump are deeply embedded in Russian syndicate networks. See, eg, the thread below or, @timothysnyder.bsky.social The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19933...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19933...
Thread by @IneBackIversen on Thread Reader App
@IneBackIversen: 1: Let’s talk about Steve Witkoff, because I think the narrative of him being a “useful idiot” is a dangerous trap to walk in. It’s darker than that. Witkoff has spent three decades s...
threadreaderapp.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Witkoff is much more than a useful idiot for Putin. He and Trump are deeply embedded in Russian syndicate networks. See, eg, the thread below or, @timothysnyder.bsky.social The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19933...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19933...
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Join us for a webinar on Creative Europe's Circulation of European Literary Works call on 02 December at 11am.
Supports projects that translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction.
Register: tinyurl.com/yknuh8y5
Supports projects that translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction.
Register: tinyurl.com/yknuh8y5
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Join us for a webinar on Creative Europe's Circulation of European Literary Works call on 02 December at 11am.
Supports projects that translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction.
Register: tinyurl.com/yknuh8y5
Supports projects that translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction.
Register: tinyurl.com/yknuh8y5
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A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
engelsbergideas.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
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Nicht vergessen: Am 2.12. um 18.00 Uhr geht es im @gartenbaukino.at weiter mit den "Feminist Frames" und GIRLFRIENDS von Claudia Weill.
Im Anschluss Gespräch mit the one and only Regisseurin, Autorin und Dramaturgin Kathrin Resetarits (and me).
See you there!
Im Anschluss Gespräch mit the one and only Regisseurin, Autorin und Dramaturgin Kathrin Resetarits (and me).
See you there!
GIRLFRIENDS im Gartenbaukino | Gartenbaukino Wien
Ein Film von Claudia Weill | Nach dem Film spricht Kuratorin Julia Pühringer mit Dramaturgin, Autorin, Regisseurin und Schauspielerin Kathrin Resetarits über Drehbuchstrukturen und Erzählformen: Wie k...
www.gartenbaukino.at
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nicht vergessen: Am 2.12. um 18.00 Uhr geht es im @gartenbaukino.at weiter mit den "Feminist Frames" und GIRLFRIENDS von Claudia Weill.
Im Anschluss Gespräch mit the one and only Regisseurin, Autorin und Dramaturgin Kathrin Resetarits (and me).
See you there!
Im Anschluss Gespräch mit the one and only Regisseurin, Autorin und Dramaturgin Kathrin Resetarits (and me).
See you there!
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Nicht nur heute »Mit Männern leben« von @manongarcia.bsky.social lesen!
#TagGegenGewaltAnFrauen #OrangeDay
#TagGegenGewaltAnFrauen #OrangeDay
»›Mit Männern leben‹ ist ein Buch, dem man die unmittelbare Erschütterung anmerkt, die der Prozess um Gisèle Pelicot in der Autorin ausgelöst hat. Und dem man insbesondere männliche Leser wünscht.« Johanna Adorján, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Zum Buch: shrk.vg/MitMaennern-B
@manongarcia.bsky.social
Zum Buch: shrk.vg/MitMaennern-B
@manongarcia.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Nicht nur heute »Mit Männern leben« von @manongarcia.bsky.social lesen!
#TagGegenGewaltAnFrauen #OrangeDay
#TagGegenGewaltAnFrauen #OrangeDay
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LGBT+ people face additional barriers when accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare. This study by the Guttmacher Institute explores contraceptive use and method within the LGBT+ community. Check out the findings here: www.guttmacher.org/article/2025...
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
LGBT+ people face additional barriers when accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare. This study by the Guttmacher Institute explores contraceptive use and method within the LGBT+ community. Check out the findings here: www.guttmacher.org/article/2025...
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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We were pleased to welcome as one of our key note speakers @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social who spoke about the work of the philosopher Mary Midgley. #ThoughtfulConference2025 #PhilosophyMatters #WorldPhilosophyDay
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We were pleased to welcome as one of our key note speakers @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social who spoke about the work of the philosopher Mary Midgley. #ThoughtfulConference2025 #PhilosophyMatters #WorldPhilosophyDay
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Lovely review of my new book @engelsbergideas.bsky.social
Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
engelsbergideas.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lovely review of my new book @engelsbergideas.bsky.social
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Heute ist der internationale Tag gegen Gewalt gegen Frauen. Geht auf die Straße, seid laut, seid solidarisch.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Heute ist der internationale Tag gegen Gewalt gegen Frauen. Geht auf die Straße, seid laut, seid solidarisch.
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Grief created by Joan Wisdom, November 1967, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital, Surrey where she was compelled to live.
Her surviving works express distress & critique the psychiatric system which held power over her & the dehumanisation she experienced within it
Her surviving works express distress & critique the psychiatric system which held power over her & the dehumanisation she experienced within it
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Grief created by Joan Wisdom, November 1967, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital, Surrey where she was compelled to live.
Her surviving works express distress & critique the psychiatric system which held power over her & the dehumanisation she experienced within it
Her surviving works express distress & critique the psychiatric system which held power over her & the dehumanisation she experienced within it
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Historian of Ancient Greece Claire Taylor has an important, open access article on "Women, gender and the ancient economy: towards a feminist economic history of the ancient Greek world" in JHS 🧶 I really like this as a method for recovering more invisible labor. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
![oinochoe
Object Type
oinochoe
Museum number
1873,0820.304
Description
Pottery: White-ground oinochoe.
A woman in a long sleeved, dotted chiton, a bordered himation, and sandals, with earrings, bracelets, and hair wound into a ball on the neck and fastened with a fillet, standing to right, twisting between the thumb and first finger of her right hand a thread from a hank of wool on a distaff which she holds up with her left. On…
Producer name
Attributed to: The Brygos Painter
Cultures/periods
Attic
Production date
490BC-470BC (circa)
Production place
Made in: Attica (Greece)
Europe: Greece: Attica (Greece)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot: Locri (said to be from)
Europe: Italy: Calabria: Reggio di Calabria (province): Locri
Materials
pottery
Ware
White Ground
Dimensions
Height: 21.59 centimetres
Inscriptions
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: on shoulder/body of vase
Inscription language: Greek
Inscription script: Greek
Inscription content: HE ΠAIΣ KAΛΕ
Inscription transliteration: ή παΐς καλή
Inscription translation: the girl [is] beautiful
Inscription note: 'kalos' inscription, painted pre-firing
Curator's comments
BM Cat. Vases
The type of face is very similar to that of the Hera on the Brygos cup, BM Vase Ε65; the dotted dress also suit the style of this artist.
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (D13)
Location
On display (G69/dc5)
Exhibition history
Exhibited:
2006 8 Jun-4 Sep, Los Angeles, The Getty Villa, The Colors of Clay
2015, 26 Mar-5 Jul, The British Museum, Defining Beauty: the body in ancient Greek art.
Subjects
spinner/spinning
Acquisition name
Purchased from: Alessandro Castellani
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
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November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Historian of Ancient Greece Claire Taylor has an important, open access article on "Women, gender and the ancient economy: towards a feminist economic history of the ancient Greek world" in JHS 🧶 I really like this as a method for recovering more invisible labor. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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One of the many virtues of Rebellinnen der Philosophie is that it allows me to continue my series of impressive head gear sighted in Berlin
#hume #germainedestael #beauvoir
#hume #germainedestael #beauvoir
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
One of the many virtues of Rebellinnen der Philosophie is that it allows me to continue my series of impressive head gear sighted in Berlin
#hume #germainedestael #beauvoir
#hume #germainedestael #beauvoir
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Philosophical sighting in the #Berlin wild! Congratulations again to @kristingjesdal.bsky.social and happy day after World Philosphy Day!
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Philosophical sighting in the #Berlin wild! Congratulations again to @kristingjesdal.bsky.social and happy day after World Philosphy Day!
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
#angeladavis #zetkin #luxemburg #annajuliacooper
#philsky #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory @dalianassar.bsky.social @skyecleary.bsky.social
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Die Politik der „Demontage“ der Sozialhilfe spitze Probleme zu, statt Lösungen zu liefern, besonders in Steiermark, Oberösterreich und Niederösterreich.
orf.at/stories/3412...
orf.at/stories/3412...
Sozialhilfe: Warnung vor Einschnitten bei chronisch Kranken
orf.at
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Die Politik der „Demontage“ der Sozialhilfe spitze Probleme zu, statt Lösungen zu liefern, besonders in Steiermark, Oberösterreich und Niederösterreich.
orf.at/stories/3412...
orf.at/stories/3412...
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Hab jetzt 10 Mal gegoogelt um zu überprüfen, ob das echt passiert ist und wenn ich google noch trauen kann, dann eher schon.
Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?”
Mamdani: “I've spoken about–”
Trump: “That's ok. You can just say yes. It's easier than explaining it. I don't mind.”
Mamdani: “I've spoken about–”
Trump: “That's ok. You can just say yes. It's easier than explaining it. I don't mind.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hab jetzt 10 Mal gegoogelt um zu überprüfen, ob das echt passiert ist und wenn ich google noch trauen kann, dann eher schon.
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Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story: The Story of Socialism as we resume the story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in part three @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Terror 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
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More evidence that the Trump/Witkoff “peace plan” for Ukraine came straight from the Russians - it uses Russian syntax.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Ukraine risks losing key partner or its dignity, warns Zelenskyy, as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline to accept deal – as it happened
US president says ‘Thursday is an appropriate time’ in radio interview as Ukrainian leader weighs up US proposal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
More evidence that the Trump/Witkoff “peace plan” for Ukraine came straight from the Russians - it uses Russian syntax.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...