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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · 12d

The irony that every time I taught as a PhD student, I was addressed as Dr and Prof, and now I have the PhD, I keep getting called Miss 🙄

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 29

I remember helping run a hp quiz at the bookshop I worked at yrs ago. Group of grown adults arrived late, demanding to be allowed to compete against the room of 9-year olds. They won by 1 point and were the worst winners, checking their quiz sheet bc they thought there should be a wider margin. 💀

Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · Aug 29

Being seen as childish is the least of your problems if youre an adult harry potter fan

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Aug 29

Is Harry Potter mainly for kids?

Entirely/mostly for children: 43%
Equally for children and adults: 50%
Entirely/mostly for adults: 3%

yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 29

#CFP for the Spring 2026 special issue of NCGS! Corresponding with the bicentenary of the Chatterton Massacre, this issue aims to examine connections between gender & martyrdom & how the lives & afterlives of women who engaged in industrial & political mobilisation in the 19thC have been recorded.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Aug 27

The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 25

Are you referring to the one under 50-54 High Street, currently a Waterstones? If so, I believe the plaque on the outside of the building mentions it! The old framed sign referencing the chamber that used to be on display in the shop was, when I stopped working there in 2021, stored in a backroom.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · Aug 23

Semi-regular reminder that if you want to understand and combat our current transphobic moment in the UK, then 'TERF Wars' from @notrightruth.bsky.social and many other incredible activists and academics is essential reading - and nearly all available for free: ruthpearce.net/books/terf-w...

TERF Wars

“A powerful, exciting and much-needed salvo in one of the most urgent battles against bigotry.” – Sandy Stone The emergence of trans-exclusionary movements raises many questions for feminism …

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am absolutely delighted to be speaking about ways of doing lesbian history alongside @norenashopland.bsky.social, @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social and Professor Lisa Weston next month!

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Aug 21

We are thrilled to share the programme for our upcoming seminar series. Please continue to check our socials and our website over the coming weeks as the links to register for each of the seminars are published. We look forward to seeing you all there!

A document entitled 'The Women's History Network Autumn Seminar Series' detailing the five seminars which will comprise our upcoming series. The seminars are as follows: A Special Roundtable on 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View' at 4pm BST on 10 September 2025, a paper entitled 'Overlooked Occupiers: Women, Family, and the Home in Occupied Germany and Japan' by Christine De Matos at 10am BST on 24 September 2025, a paper entitled 'Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty' by Margarette Lincoln at 4pm BST on 1 October 2025, a paper (title TBC) by Merry Wiesner-Hanks at 4pm BST on 15 October 2025, and a special roundtable entitled 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' at 4pm GMT on 5 November 2025.

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 15

Incredible work!! I am intrigued by the ability to toggle between a modern transcription and the semi-diplomatic version on the project website. This is something still being debated in Lister studies circles with regards to readability and access, and the option to simultaneously view both is fab.

Alice Thornton's Books @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today our project is linked on the front page of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social's website! Our fantastic postdocs @hagenilda.bsky.social and @sharonhoward.bsky.social get a well-deserved mention: www.ed.ac.uk/news/memoirs...
#EarlyModern #DigiHums #BookHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

Memoirs share vivid life of 17th century woman | News | The University of Edinburgh

Research into a manuscript discovered at Durham Cathedral has provided insights on the captivating life of a 17th century writer and memoirist.

www.ed.ac.uk

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 14

Coachmen and bedbugs!

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 12

So grave! This might be one of my favourite comparisons, seeing their different perspectives so clearly and their later resolution. This also isn't the first time I have seen AL describe how frightened AW is by a situation and AW not mention it at all 😆 Is one exaggerating or the other hiding..?

AcrossThePond88 @acrossthepond88.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dearest is grave and silent. Too grave for Adney. They discussed and were better friends than ever. All made up. As per usual...they worked it out.

Read entries at insearchofannwalker.com/tuesday-12th...

#BringBackGentlemanJack #AnneLister #AnnWalker @BBC @netflix.com @netflixuk.bsky.social

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 6

Looking forward to attending! And I recognise that handwriting from somewhere...

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Aug 6

Phenomenal work! I was absolutely captivated listening and learning more about Byron's ancestral home and his antics whilst there!

Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hey... I made a proper film with Adrian Towell.

I get to be a talking head (the dream)

Come explore Byron's life and poetry at Newstead Abbey with us

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_3...

Byron 200 - Newstead and I stand or fall together: Byron and Newstead Abbey

YouTube video by Nottingham City Museums 2022 onwards

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Aug 5

ACADEMIC READING ALREADY COMES WITH A SUMMARY IT IS CALLED THE ABSTRACT

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Appendix on an AI policy is actually quite bad. Having an AI deliver a summary before reading has major implications in terms of the experience of student learning. What we want students to do and how they do it is the question. The experience of reading is not the same as reading a summary.

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Jul 25

@annelistersociety.bsky.social

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Jul 25

I cannot express how excited I am for this!

Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · Jul 21

CFP for Sex in the #19thC (deets in alt)

Abstracts (300 words), biographies (100 words), and should be submitted on Monday 22d September 2025 to rrr @ soton.ac.uk. Please
indicate if you would like to be considered for a travel bursary, and include your full name, discipline & institution.

CFP with caricature of a throuple on a sofa: a man in the middle between two women with breasts more or less exposed

Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century
15th January 2026
University of Stirling, Scotland
Keynote speaker: Dr. Michael Shaw
In The History of Sexuality (1976), Foucault outlines the 'discursive explosion' that occurred around
sex during the long nineteenth century. Sexuality became a distinct personal identity for the first time, as shown in literature and art, and sexual discourses often reflected the period's political and
social anxieties around gender and power. Modern queer theorists first situated their work within
nineteenth-century studies (Eve Kofosky Sedgewick, Between Men, 1985), and recent work in the
field historicises marginalised groups (Jen Manion, Female Husbands: A Trans History, 2020). Sex
encourages us to consider the broader cultural and societal dynamics of the long nineteenth century, and the lasting influence of these structures today.
We invite papers of 15 minutes on the topic of sex in the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) in all its forms and in a global context for our in-person conference. We encourage broad interpretations of the topic and invite submissions that explore its fluid and multifaceted nature. The journal
encourages multi- and interdisciplinary papers from across the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities and invites contributions from those at any career stage, including PGRs and ECRs.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
• Sexuality and queer studies • Women's writing
• Gender, feminism, and masculinities • Sexual health, contraception, and the medical
• Trans studies humanities
• Pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare • Sex work
• Sex scandals in court and politics • Print culture; pornography and Victorian erotica
• Gothic literature • Postcolonial and ecocritical perspectives on
• Decadence; hedonism gender and sex

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Jul 24

Shout out to the unexpected fire alarm test that not only scared the wits out of me mid-interview with a research participant on video call but also made me give off pure Joyce Byers vibes as he couldn't hear the ringing bells on his end or see the flashing lights 😱

a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face .

ALT: a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face .

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Jul 17

Alas, it'll be a wee bit too early for me in the CET zone, but excited for all those who get to hear Imogen Cook's research on Lister's venereal disease! I heard some of her analysis of this period of Lister's life at ALS '25 and its well worth tuning in for.

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's not extensive analysis, but I detail responses to the cancellation of Gentleman Jack in 2022 here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-cancella.... Also, the recent documentary Bulletproof: A Lesbian's Guide to Surviving the Plot (Latimer, 2024) also engages with this topic and might be of interest.

The Cancellation of Gentleman Jack: A Year On – Sarah Wingrove

On the morning of the 8th of July 2022, fans of the television series, Gentleman Jack (HBO/BBC, 2019-22) awoke to the news that their hopes of a third season were not going to be realised – or cert…

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · Jun 25

It's so funny Trump says Zohran Mamdani looks TERRIBLE because when I saw Mamdani at my bodega, before I realized who he was, I was like "What a handsome man in an impeccably tailored suit!" And I'm one of those lesbians who usually proceses men like the faceless WAH WAH adults in a Peanuts cartoon.

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Emily Hamilton @emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social · Jun 25

Sacre Bleu! According to the BBC absolutely nothing happened in Westminster hall today, hundreds of Trans people definitely did not undertake a mass lobby and MPs certainly didn't hear from their constituents about why the EHRC is a liability. Meanwhile in France... www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Trans campaigners descend on UK parliament to protest 'bathroom ban'

Hundreds of transgender people and their supporters flocked to the UK parliament on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to oppose new guidelines that would deny them access to certain single-sex spaces.

www.france24.com

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Dr Sarah Wingrove @sazwingrove.bsky.social · Jun 24

Finishing up my application!

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Sky News @news.sky.com · Jun 17

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in historic vote

MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales so that women cannot be prosecuted for terminating their pregnancy at any stage.

news.sky.com

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · Jun 16

Lovely Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp writing about Tove Jansson's wonderful Moomins: 80 years of anarchism, welcome & care. In Moominvalley, no one is illegal.

worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · Jun 16

The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit

worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...

Welcoming refugees with respect and kindness: 80 years of the Moomins

by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp This year is the 80th anniversary of The Moomins and the Great Flood, originally published in Swedish in 1945 by Finnish artist, illustrator, and writer Tove Jansson. And this…

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.

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