Tony Keen
@tonykeen58.bsky.social
Teacher/academic/classicist/critic/reviewer/sf fan. Writes on classical reception & popular culture, comics, & Doctor Who. Available for talks. UK. He/him. Professor!
I note that, every time I see an article in the Guardian about trans rights, it's illustrated by a GC march.
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I note that, every time I see an article in the Guardian about trans rights, it's illustrated by a GC march.
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The very important point that, to make their “case”, transphobes have to lie about what the Supreme Court actually said, and do lie about it, every day, and the government and media colludes in their lying.
Ridiculous, both from the EHRC and the guardian reporting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Supreme Court did not rule that "the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex"
The judgement itself makes this clear:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Supreme Court did not rule that "the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex"
The judgement itself makes this clear:
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The very important point that, to make their “case”, transphobes have to lie about what the Supreme Court actually said, and do lie about it, every day, and the government and media colludes in their lying.
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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Please share: I am delighted to release the programme for the July 11 2026, Symposium on the work of Frances Hardinge, at Kings College, London. We can't manage virtual attendance but we do offer cheap conference proceedings. Tickets at Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-one-day-...
A One Day Symposium on Frances Hardinge
Politics, Ethics and the Material World: the Interrogative Fiction of Frances Hardinge.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Please share: I am delighted to release the programme for the July 11 2026, Symposium on the work of Frances Hardinge, at Kings College, London. We can't manage virtual attendance but we do offer cheap conference proceedings. Tickets at Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-one-day-...
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@Jed Hartman, Melanie Fishbane, Emily Tesh and Farah Mendlesohn talk about the fantastic, weird, controversial and now 50 year old! The Female Man. Free online, December 30th. Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1697987549... or at facebook: fb.me/e/3F0xoFwPh
@Jed Hartman, Melanie Fishbane, Emily Tesh and Farah Mendlesohn talk about the fantastic, weird, controversial and now 50 year old! The Female Man. Free online, December 30th. Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1697987549... or at facebook: fb.me/e/3F0xoFwPh
Discussing the Female Man
The Female Man is Farah Mendlesohn's favourite science fiction novel. Melanie Fishbane has been thinking about its Jewishness. Jed Hartman h
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November 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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@Jed Hartman, Melanie Fishbane, Emily Tesh and Farah Mendlesohn talk about the fantastic, weird, controversial and now 50 year old! The Female Man. Free online, December 30th. Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1697987549... or at facebook: fb.me/e/3F0xoFwPh
@Jed Hartman, Melanie Fishbane, Emily Tesh and Farah Mendlesohn talk about the fantastic, weird, controversial and now 50 year old! The Female Man. Free online, December 30th. Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1697987549... or at facebook: fb.me/e/3F0xoFwPh
There's some pretty foul victim-blaming going on in Labour's announcement. Blame the Home Office that wouldn't allow people to use public transport? Blame the taxi firms ripping the taxpayer off? No, it's all the asylum seekers' fault.
When I was on my chaplaincy placement, I met a young woman seeking asylum who was in deep grief following a miscarriage. She had taken multiple taxis to and from her accomodation because there was literally no other way to get to the hospital to receive the medical care she required.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There's some pretty foul victim-blaming going on in Labour's announcement. Blame the Home Office that wouldn't allow people to use public transport? Blame the taxi firms ripping the taxpayer off? No, it's all the asylum seekers' fault.
I wonder how many working class parents waving their kids off to unis said "Oh no, our intergenerational bonds are being destroyed!" and how many said "It's great that our children will have better opportunities than we ever had."
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I wonder how many working class parents waving their kids off to unis said "Oh no, our intergenerational bonds are being destroyed!" and how many said "It's great that our children will have better opportunities than we ever had."
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We've now reviewed the entire run of @pauljenkins.bsky.social on Spider-Man. He's not always best served by the art, although Mark Buckingham's always great, but this is a thoughtful and fun Spider-Man.
theslingsandarrows.com/peter-parker...
theslingsandarrows.com/peter-parker...
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We've now reviewed the entire run of @pauljenkins.bsky.social on Spider-Man. He's not always best served by the art, although Mark Buckingham's always great, but this is a thoughtful and fun Spider-Man.
theslingsandarrows.com/peter-parker...
theslingsandarrows.com/peter-parker...
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I'm pretty sure the gospels are crystal clear on providing support, material and otherwise, to the poor, and on what happens to those who don't do it
Matthew 25:31-46 (The Sheep and the Goats)
Matthew 25:31-46 (The Sheep and the Goats)
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I'm pretty sure the gospels are crystal clear on providing support, material and otherwise, to the poor, and on what happens to those who don't do it
Matthew 25:31-46 (The Sheep and the Goats)
Matthew 25:31-46 (The Sheep and the Goats)
My dear friend @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social has a new pub to manage, the Queen's Head in Stratford (the East London one). Pop in if you're in the area. www.craftunionpubs.com/queens-head-...
Queens Head Stratford | Community Pub in Stratford
Welcome to Queens Head Stratford, your local Craft Union Pub in London! We show live sport every day, so stop by for a pint.
www.craftunionpubs.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My dear friend @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social has a new pub to manage, the Queen's Head in Stratford (the East London one). Pop in if you're in the area. www.craftunionpubs.com/queens-head-...
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To charm a dragon
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
To charm a dragon
Funny how difficult decisions always involve taking money away from the poor and needy, and never from people like this git.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Funny how difficult decisions always involve taking money away from the poor and needy, and never from people like this git.
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Lost in Time: Labyrinths is a beloved French SF series from Jean-Claude Forest and Paul Gillon, the @nbmpub.bsky.social
edition now long out of print in English. Try to pick up a lost masterpiece second hand
theslingsandarrows.com/lost-in-time...
edition now long out of print in English. Try to pick up a lost masterpiece second hand
theslingsandarrows.com/lost-in-time...
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Lost in Time: Labyrinths is a beloved French SF series from Jean-Claude Forest and Paul Gillon, the @nbmpub.bsky.social
edition now long out of print in English. Try to pick up a lost masterpiece second hand
theslingsandarrows.com/lost-in-time...
edition now long out of print in English. Try to pick up a lost masterpiece second hand
theslingsandarrows.com/lost-in-time...
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Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
The next time I read 'A Christmas Carol's, I will hear the Ghosts in these voices.
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The next time I read 'A Christmas Carol's, I will hear the Ghosts in these voices.
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If there is any Doctor Who news today, I hope it will be scheduled for 5:15pm and then get delayed by news of the American president being assassinated - After all, it's how it all started.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
If there is any Doctor Who news today, I hope it will be scheduled for 5:15pm and then get delayed by news of the American president being assassinated - After all, it's how it all started.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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Ryan Ferrier and Valentin Roman supplied three very funny volumes of D4VE, a world where robots have replaced humans. Great imagination and fantastic designs. @idwpublishing.com are releasing the first book in their classic line next year.
theslingsandarrows.com/d4ve/
theslingsandarrows.com/d4ve/
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ryan Ferrier and Valentin Roman supplied three very funny volumes of D4VE, a world where robots have replaced humans. Great imagination and fantastic designs. @idwpublishing.com are releasing the first book in their classic line next year.
theslingsandarrows.com/d4ve/
theslingsandarrows.com/d4ve/
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No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
Very sad to learn of the death earlier this month of Roger Ling. Like most of the archaeologists and historians I knew at Manchester, I hadn't seen him for ages, but I remember his kindness, humour and hospitality well.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Very sad to learn of the death earlier this month of Roger Ling. Like most of the archaeologists and historians I knew at Manchester, I hadn't seen him for ages, but I remember his kindness, humour and hospitality well.
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Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.
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22 volumes in, and we still love Stephen Cranie's mournful Space Boy. Feeling, tragedy and technology combine. @darkhorse.com
theslingsandarrows.com/space-boy-22/
theslingsandarrows.com/space-boy-22/
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
22 volumes in, and we still love Stephen Cranie's mournful Space Boy. Feeling, tragedy and technology combine. @darkhorse.com
theslingsandarrows.com/space-boy-22/
theslingsandarrows.com/space-boy-22/
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Electric Life by Sander Funneman & Pete Brouwers offers an astoundingly readable summary of current thinking about the connection between electrical energy and life. "mindbending stuff" @23rdstbooks.bsky.social
theslingsandarrows.com/electric-lif...
theslingsandarrows.com/electric-lif...
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Electric Life by Sander Funneman & Pete Brouwers offers an astoundingly readable summary of current thinking about the connection between electrical energy and life. "mindbending stuff" @23rdstbooks.bsky.social
theslingsandarrows.com/electric-lif...
theslingsandarrows.com/electric-lif...
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Rich Koslowski's insightful and funny F.A.R.M. System returns for a sequel with Rage. "improves on a very good opening volume". @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
theslingsandarrows.com/f-a-r-m-syst...
theslingsandarrows.com/f-a-r-m-syst...
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Rich Koslowski's insightful and funny F.A.R.M. System returns for a sequel with Rage. "improves on a very good opening volume". @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
theslingsandarrows.com/f-a-r-m-syst...
theslingsandarrows.com/f-a-r-m-syst...
It's an astonishingly stupid thing for a minister to say, though it's been framed as a bit worse than it actually was. But it really should be a guiding principle of public life not to say things that will immediately cause people to think of the Nazis.
Taking jewellery also has direct echoes of what the Nazis did. Direct.
www.timesofisrael.com/jewelry-seiz...
www.timesofisrael.com/jewelry-seiz...
Jewelry seized from Poles in Nazi concentration camps returned to families
Germany's Arolsen Archives hands over Stanislawa Wasilewska's bracelet, watch and crucifixes to her grandson and great-granddaughter at an emotional ceremony in Warsaw
www.timesofisrael.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's an astonishingly stupid thing for a minister to say, though it's been framed as a bit worse than it actually was. But it really should be a guiding principle of public life not to say things that will immediately cause people to think of the Nazis.