sexhistorian.bsky.social
Historian of health, welfare, childhood & sexuality. Expertise in public health education, HIV/AIDS, activism, gender, queer health, & emotions.
Researching the health history of fuel poverty in North East England @ Northumbria University
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Ah this is such excellent news about an excellent book from an excellent person.
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Really calling this archival search system Calm is just trolling at this point.
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4/4. In Chap 15 @sexhistorian.bsky.social interrogates the concept of experiential expertise in terms of safe sex practices among women who have sex with women:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Today's #ArchiveAdventCalender is another 'High speed gas' advert, this time focused on cooking, it uses some very authentic voxpops to sell gas.
One voxpop excitedly exclaims 'you can even boil eggs' with gas, & describes a cooker as 'funky' - so I'm sold! 🥚🔥
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Woops, missed a day again, was too busy trying (and failing) to do Christmas crafting.
Here's Sunday's #ArchiveAdvertCalendar from 'Homefire coal' which was apparently 'available throughout the galaxy' according to this very silly alien-themed advert.
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Today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar features a cat enjoying 'high speed gas'! Warmth everywhere for everyone...
Also, here's a bonus picture of my cat Mori lounging in front of the radiator. #Caturday
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Today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar is another gem from the 'Solid Fuel Advisory Service' - arguing again that coal was 'The Fuel of the Future'. #HSTM #HistSci #HistTech
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Well yesterday I was in the archives, so missed a of #ArchiveAdvent, so I'll give you two. First up this 'Heat Electric' song, with dancing builders and slight Full Monty vibes www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...
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Today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar is pure nightmare fuel - from the Solid Fuel Advisory Service - 'curl up in front of a real fire' with your gang of haunted toys.
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Have another 'Cook Electric' advert for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar - this one has dancing and a song!
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And then for today's #ArchiveAdvent - A Norweb 'Cook Electric' advert, which I can only assume is responsible for my mum thinking its okay to 'poach' fish in the microwave (it isn't, she's a vandal).
#HistSci #HSTM
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Yes please! 🤓
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Just think, if you apply, you might get paid to explain this absolute monstrosity of an advert for hot water!
[Content warning for sexist creepiness, bad accents, unnecessary nudity, and rubber-duck-based violence]
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I can't wait for this!! 🎉
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Before that?
I did my PhD on the representation of HIV to children and adolescent's in Britain (book forthcoming with MUP).
Can't wait for my book? Read some of my work on HIV & teenagers here:
academic.oup.com/shm/article/...
Or if you love Grange Hill, here: academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
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Before the NHS project, I worked as the historian of emotions on 'Placing the Public in Public Health', collaborating with the excellent Alex Mold, Daisy Payling, Peder Clark & @millieqed.bsky.social
Curious? Here's our article on polio vaccine promotion:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Curious about my work on queer women's health? Read my article ‘The Wild Women of the West (Midlands)’ where I chat about how some very cool Birmingham dykes defined queer health & activism in the 1990s. #HistMed #HistSex #LGBTQ
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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If you don't feel like reading, watch my talk with Janet Weston at the Wellcome on less told histories of HIV. #HistMed #HistSex
Here I also spoke about queer women's health activism, based on my work for the 'Cultural History of the NHS' project.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_cS...
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Interested? You can read my chapter on mother's experiences of HIV/AIDS health activism in Edinburgh here:
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
Other pubs from this project should be out imminently!
#HistSex #HistMed
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Before 'Carbon Bodies', I researched the history of HIV-affected families in Edinburgh, looking at how they were built and maintained through love, care and activism.
You can read the project blurb here:
wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
#HistSex #HistMed #HistChild