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Kate Lister

@k8lister.bsky.social

Blonde Bombsite. Sex Historian. Author of A Curious History of Sex & Harlot, Whores, & Hackabouts. Host of Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. Consider this your fair dos warning. https://linktr.ee/drkatelister

23,650 Followers  |  334 Following  |  857 Posts  |  Joined: 09.05.2023  |  2.0722

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Thank you! 🀩

07.12.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Ah. I see they went with a totally normal headline for this article.

05.12.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Personally, I’d rather see a PornHub wrapped from everyone each year.

05.12.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the flippin marvellous Campbell Price about sexuality in #AncientEgypt

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

05.12.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

That’s good! I’m glad you don’t.

04.12.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting!

04.12.2025 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahahaha!

04.12.2025 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm sick of parent smugness towards people who don't have kids Even those closest to you begin sentences with the dreaded phrase, 'as a mother'

β€œOf all the stigmas that accompany not wanting children (and there are many), this is the one that upsets me the most. Just because someone doesn’t want to be a full-time parent doesn’t mean that they aren’t good with children or aren’t to be trusted with them.”

inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...

04.12.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you!

03.12.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome writer! "A Curious History of Sex" was great! Looking forward to this one.

03.12.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing my brand new book FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure. Coming May 2026. You can preorder now through the link in my bio.

03.12.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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The True Origin of the 'China' nickname for Merthyr's Prostitute District. China in Merthyr Tydfil was the most notorious area of prostitution and criminality in Victorian Wales. The problem is no-one knows why i...

A History of sex work in Merthyr 🍻

"This area was already notorious as a sex work and brothel area since the 1820s, and it was where prostitutes and their bullies (pimps) congregated."

upsetvictorians.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...

#Wales #History

02.12.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the tour de force that is @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
about her new book #Legenda, which looks at how the lives of historical women have been exploited in order to create myths of nationhood.

02.12.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow!!

02.12.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a Facebook comment that reads, β€œHello, strange request.....has anyone got any human, animal teeth please for my charivari project/craft please x thank you x”

Screenshot of a Facebook comment that reads, β€œHello, strange request.....has anyone got any human, animal teeth please for my charivari project/craft please x thank you x”

Haha. My local Facebook community group is madder than your local Facebook community group.

01.12.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the completely spectacular Stephanie Budin about her work on the origins of Aphrodite.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

28.11.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I booked to meet my mate and her toddler at a soft play near me but she’s had to cancel suddenly and they don’t refund the fee. I can’t… I can’t go on my own, can I? That’s not allowed, is it? A 43 year old woman in a ball pit by herself?

28.11.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm buying warm socks, leggings, pjs, thermals and knickers for sex workers this winter. Ive done the first bag. If you want to support this and help out, let me know!

27.11.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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26.11.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm 44 and already want a facelift In the interest of serious journalism, I have been investigating what that would entail

If you had the money, would you get a Kris Jenner β€œforever 35 facelift”?

I am investigating what that would mean - and how much it would cost.

inews.co.uk/opinion/im-4...

26.11.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the one and only Mimi Pond about her new book on the #MitfordSisters.

And you thought your family was mental. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

25.11.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Roma Agrawal and Kate Lister A structural engineer and a historian of sex share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

Structural engineer Roma Agrawal & historian of sex @k8lister.bsky.social share A Good Read with @harriettsg.bsky.social 3pm @BBCRadio4 - The woman who took on Georgian Britain's worst husband and won; an artist's childhood & a novel about a Sri Lankan architect. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

24.11.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the complΓ¨tement incroyable Dr Estelle Paranque about her doubts that #HenryVIII really did have an affair with Anne’s sister, Mary.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

21.11.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to Rosie Gailor about her research on the work and life of #RoaldDahl and asking if you can ever separate the art from the artist.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

18.11.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Awwwww! Thank you!! X

14.11.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I swear my mate just told me her toddler has foot and mouth disease. In my role of child free auntie, I have no idea how to help. Do I send a get well soon card, or help her burn the farm down to stop the infection spreading???

14.11.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 266    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 1

'cast your mind back over your dating history and then ask yourself how good your gut instinct really is'

En vaak weet je het ergens ook wel, maar toch proberen, hè.

13.11.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | It gives us a great deal of comfort to believe we have innate instincts that can wheedle out a social menace and spot a liar on sight, but the truth is that we don’t

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Read more: trib.al/RFqEXaB

13.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The reason you can never tell if someone is lying to you Despite our 'gut' being unreliable to say the least, we often prefer to follow it

If Traitors taught us anything it’s this, don’t trust your gut. Your gut is an idiot.

inews.co.uk/opinion/know...

13.11.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1