Got my floppy hat!! π
What they don't tell you when you start crocheting or knitting is that you will spend more time untangling yarn than working on an actual project.
Sneakily changed my display name because on Thursday I passed my viva with minor corrections!! πππ
Had such a fab time at #VPFAExtremes (as usual) and met so many lovely people (also as usual). Saw this cool window, too (less usual).
Just submitted my thesis. Time for a nice, long nap.
Happy Pride Month! Don't forget to check out the Midlands Art Papers (featuring yours truly) to see the exciting queer work going on in midlands museums!
Had a surprise blood test sprung on me today. The nurse said I had the veins of a dead person. I was very brave even though my blood did NOT want to leave my body.
My lovely friend Beth is not on Bluesky, but her book comes out in 2 days! I got mine early because I'm special ππ
It's getting close, lads.
Now that I'm done with work, I can finally start reading this 1300-page monstrosity I've been anticipating all year! Will I finish it before Christmas? Doubtful.
Hey Bluesky people! I'm currently a PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham studying queer fiction by suffragist and socialist women authors in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I also run the online project Queer Nineteen which I will transfer here too as soon as possible!