Ayne Gray

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

We are raising $150K to buy and destroy the world's largest Labubu (The alpha demon)

god fucking damn it this is so good

Photo of a snail and its trail: it's climbed up the side of a brick, then made a sharp turn down again.

Parkour.

Ironed them!! They fit so well and have lovely details

I also bought some drawers (French, 1890s) from a kind older French gentleman at Chelsea flea but I have yet to take a photo where they're ironed. They are SO CUTE though

I do have the thread scissors of my dreams now though. Also pictured is the most gorgeous lace I've ever seen and I should have got WAY more of it because it was insanely cheap since the store is closing and I probably will not be back in NYC before they officially close...

I would do anything for a fancy thimble and there's this one woman on Instagram who sells some gorgeous sterling silver ones but they are SO expensive

Did you guys know the American Museum of Natural History has a highway for ants because I didn't and I was thrilled. Look at them go

In light of this, I want to share some resources on trans people in the medieval and early modern period, for anyone who might be interested. There is a thriving field of research into the lives, identities, and experiences of trans people globally before the advent of modern medicine (a 🧵)

Hypervigilance for real !!

You are Andrew Cuomo. Can you beat Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral election? Probably not. But try anyway, and learn some Real Cuomo Facts in the process! merrittk.itch.io/cuomo-and-th...

26. trans women scholars are underrepresented in premodern trans studies to the detriment of the field.

Ben and Jerry's pints are so appealing because the chunks of toppings are so satisfying to dig out. I always finish a pint 5x slower if there's no big chunks to mine for. It's like one of those dinosaur excavation kits you can buy for kids at science museums but if you could eat the dirt and bones

cis historians need to fight like hell for their trans peers, and that includes standing up to hostile colleagues and administrators. every single one of the tiny handful of trans women in the field faces shit like this, and much of it will be coming from people they work with.

I'm glad Tom Lehrer got to spend over a year in a world without Henry Kissinger

ihatetomatoes3000 if you enjoyed WHALE CARVING FROM 1200-600 CE CHUMASH CULTURE you'd enjoy SNAKE SCULPTURE FROM U THONG DISTRICT 6TH - 11TH CENTURY, BANGKOK NATIONAL MUSEUM! A happy little snake figure like a delighted coiled spring.

2. sodomy as theological category and sodomy as actually applied in judicial practice could be quite divergent and some historians of sexuality have overemphasised the continuity between the two

Gaza Soup Kitchen work to feed the people currently being starved by the Israeli govt. If you’d like to join me in donating, here’s their website: gazasoupkitchen.com

Found an antique pinafore for $19 at my favorite antique store <3

Anyway I try to give here whenever I can gazasoupkitchen.com

We don’t make much that would fall under “adult content”, but I think it is very wrong for payment processors to seize moral control of what can be sold.

‘Adult content’ has long been the canary in the coal mine. And it is wrong and dangerous for art and creators to be attacked this way.

Oh I've been thinking of reading that one for a bit now!

An unbearably sad statement from the Editorial Committee (SDJ) of the AFP news agency, please read:

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die.
AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip… /1

Went to a cute vintage store and spent way too much money on this mid century bustier and this antique petticoat

Let me add that AI can't do this. Consuming the historiography leads to new questions leading to new sources leading to new discoveries. This is a creative act. But facts alone are never enough. Facts must be interpreted. That means immersing oneself in historians' understanding of context.
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legal history gets stereotyped as dry and pedantic but engaging seriously with this material exposes you to the discursive (and often literal) violence of medieval misogyny (and queerphobia, racism etc) just as if not more vividly than what you can get from literary sources

SOME OF US USED THESE WORDS BEFORE JFC

So far I know that Tryphine's story is depicted in—at least as far as medieval primary texts go—one of the Lives of Saint Gildas from the 9th century, and then in 1514 she is mentioned in Les Grandes Croniques de Bretaigne by Alain Bouchart

All the sources on Saint Tryphine are in French 😭