That’s so kind of you, Ross! I really appreciate you checking. Hope you’re well.

Good question! The obituary was published in the Springfield Republican on the 10 January 1919.

Or if you know ANYTHING about Goodall, pls hit me up! I wanna know all the gossip x

Bluesky friends, please signal boost! I am trying to read an obituary in the Springfield Republican (1919) for a ESN Goodall who might, just *might*, be the author of the ‘George Eliot Birthday Book’, but it’s behind a paywall 😭 Can anyone help?

After two months off with burnout, and a new ADHD diagnosis, I’m back in the PhD and feeling ready for anything!

Last month, I was formally diagnosed with ADHD! Really happy 🥳

A few weeks ago, I contacted the bookshop where a friend had bought a misbound George Eliot novel for my birthday. I wanted to say thanks and share the queer things I’d learned from studying it. Today, the owner surprised me with ‘a gift from the shop’. What a lovely man 🥹

My goal for 2025 x

Two good writing days, and this afternoon I learned that I’ll be getting some assistive technology from the uni 🥹 #ADHD

On a journey of self-discovery #ADHD

Suits you!

Today, I disclosed my ADHD to the university. I’m going to get lots of help, and, hopefully, the PhD won’t be so hard anymore 😭

The term 'trans' (in relation to sex and gender) is over 350 years old...

Thomas Blount's 'Glossographia' from 1656, the first full-length English Language Dictionary, had two different words for changing sex. These were "Tranſection" and "Transfeminate".

Gave my first lecture today 🥹

Inspired *presses ‘instant purchase’*

Wearing my favourite trans-affirming t-shirt to campus today because my university is hosting an event on ‘academic freedom’. Events like this make me - and other LGBT+ people I know - feel anxious and deeply uncomfortable. But I won’t give up. Trans people belong.

‘Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards’ | If you are a UK resident, please sign this parliamentary petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/66...

I would read that!

I am always so inspired by your work, Kadin!

Do not listen to their lies. I have zero concerns about sharing a hospital ward with a trans, non-binary or intersex person. And I’m not the only one who feels this way. Trans people belong. Always. amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...

The strangest thing about the NHS ‘biologically segregated’ wards is that there’s already a commitment in place to have male/female wards & that often gets broken. Where will these ‘single rooms’ for trans patients be found? It’s a bit unrealistic isn’t it?