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Ben Dawkins

@bendawkins12.bsky.social
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Film photography enthusiast, wanderer/traveller, sometimes activist. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 Uni Kent PhD researcher on covert homosexuality in late 19th century art.

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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Before the days of Tinder and Grinder there was The Link. A London based publication from the late 1910s where queer coded language was used for men to find same-sex relations. benjamindawkins.uk/2026/07/quee...
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Queer Coded Language in The Link
A Monthly Social Medium for Lonely People Before the days of Tinder and Grindr, there was The Link. A lonely hearts publication which allowed members of the public to reach out for friends or …
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HARMAN Photo @harmanphoto.co.uk · 05/03/2026
It's time to switch it up with our brand new film HARMAN SWITCH AZURE Available in both 35mm & 120, SWITCH AZURE 125 allows you to flip the familiar on its head & turn the everyday into something strange See more image examples on harmanphoto.co.uk #harmanphoto #harmanazure #harmanswitch
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James Falciano @jamesfalciano.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Heating up the Winter Nights ❤️‍🔥 Watercolor, Gouache + Colored Pencil on Paper, 11x14 #queerart
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Attitude Magazine @attitudemag.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A new book unearthing artefacts relating to queer life in Britain and Ireland since 1945 is rich with scarcely seen material. Attitude meets the editors of The Queer Scrapbook www.attitude.co.uk/attitude-lov...
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7 photos, artefacts and other hidden treasures from LGBTQ history
A new book unearthing artefacts relating to queer life in Britain and Ireland since 1945 is rich with scarcely seen material. Attitude meets the editors of The Queer Scrapbook
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A blog post on one of my absolute favourite photographers from the early 1900s, the Baron Adolph de Meyer. #queerhistory benjamindawkins.uk/2026/01/the-...
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The Baron Adolph de Meyer
Of the poor, pathetic phantoms of the past, a faint memory of the day before yesterday, the Baron de Meyer is forgotten today by all but a few who still appreciate the contributions he made to this…
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Two book purchases this week and so happy. I’ve wanted these for such a long time now. 😍🧜‍♂️
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 17/12/2025
Do you remember this? Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Screen grab of a tweet from Sir Stephen Fry on 29 August 2019. It is a quote of a headline about the Cerne Abbas Giant 'Giant's erection to be polished by hand for two weeks'. His quote is 'I think we can all agree this is a fine headline'. The National Trust replied under saying, 'Hi Stephen, our top priority has always been taking care of our members.'
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daddis.bsky.social @daddis.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
pastel oil/wax on paper
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Brilliant @nytimes.com article on the collaborative art making and homoeroticism of the PaJaMa artist trio, and their influence today. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
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The Trio Whose Erotic Photographs Inspired a Generation of Artists
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
As a gay ace, I love that the uni college where I’m living flies the #asexuality flag for #PrideMonth. We’ve had numerous calm weather days recently, so was hard to get a photo. I captured this one, flying to the left and not right. It’s not straight. It’s not conforming. I like that! Happy Pride!
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ILFORD Photo @ilfordphoto.com · 02/04/2025
#kentmere400 is a high speed, fine grain film. It offers a lower price point as well as good sharpness and a broad tonal range along with a wide exposure latitude. Making it a smart choice for beginners and for those returning to film. #ilfordphoto #factory #35mm #filmphotography #production
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New story by @jonsleigh.bsky.social ✍️ Read about the legacy of the queer 1960s in art today 👉 buff.ly/4uybEDq 'Two Men on a Tram' by Ian Alan Rowe (b.1963) © the artist. 📷 Epping Forest District Museum
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Beyond revolution: the legacy of the queer 1960s in art today | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 500,000 artworks by over 55,000 artists.
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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Check out this blog post by Jess Gregory, my PhD student, on indecent advertisements in public toilets in the late c19th/early 20th: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-history-...
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The history of ‘indecent advertisements’ in public toilets - The National Archives blog
PhD student Jessica Gregory examines illicit advertising in the early 20th century.
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I’ve been collecting 1950s bodybuilder magazines for a while now. These two front covers (1953 & 55) are by Arax of Paris. Like most physique photographers of the time he obscured his identity to avoid obscenity laws. Real name Krikor Djololian-Arax, he captured the male form from the 1930s to 70s.
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
My current top 10 books for exploring homosexuality in Western art history, late 19th/early 20th century. 🤩🌈📚 #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM 10. Queer X Design - The coded images, signs, symbols, tools used pre-1970s. 9. Art & Homosexuality - Brilliant title exploring Renaissance to modern day.
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Artist Yuvi. Spotted in a local gallery window. #loverules #enjoylife
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 08/02/2025
💜 “I’d heard of the term asexual, but dismissed it out of hand, because I assumed that meant a disgust and revulsion towards sex entirely; and what I felt wasn’t that” - Sarah Kenchington www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-i...
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Asexuality is a spectrum that answered a lifetime of questions
Asexuality is a spectrum, and all of us who fall somewhere on that spectrum have different relationships with sex and sexual attraction
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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It begins today!! 🏳️‍🌈 LGBT+ History Month matters. Our past shapes our future—without knowing our history, we can’t fight for our rights today. Visibility, education & progress go hand in hand. 📚✊ #LGBTHistoryMonth 🔗 lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Please sign and share the government petition Rights Beyond Borders to improve employment policies for international students. An increase to the cap on working hours and more flexibility for intermission would make UK study more achievable for so many. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Rights Beyond Borders: Improve employment policies for international students
We want the government to change the employment restriction policies imposed on international students holding a student visa.
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☀Hyde Angelus☀ @ RCCC : K26 @hydeangelus.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
💗 Stupid Cupid 🏹
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hi! I’m very new here. Escaping the Meta-Musk mess. History of Art PhD student researching homosexuality within late 19thC art. Interested in modern art, photography, queer history, film, media. Expecting to post mostly the above. Maybe a little environment, activism, spirituality, witchcraft too.
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Ben Dawkins @bendawkins12.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Could there be any better book title than this in queer academia? 💚 #phdlife
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