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Bethany Dahlstrom

@cryingtheoretic.bsky.social
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Studying the Victorian connection between women and birds is great fun, but I’d love a job. Network & Development Officer for VPFA and Co-Reviews Editor for VPFJ. All views my own.

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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For someone who has studied the 1880s a lot in the context of the RSPB and feather fashion, I am so out of touch with fin-de-siècle and Decadence 😭
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thanks for the tip! I was about to dive back into my research today on the BNA, so I appreciate the heads up!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
That’s my #BAVS presentation done and dusted!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Loved this roundtable with Claudia, Mariaconcetta, Helena, and Julia! “‘Gendered Narratives of The Easts’: Research Methods and Pedagogical Applications” left me with a lot to think about. Thank you so much! #BAVS2026
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I completely forgot that we met at the BL for Pictorial Punch! 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I don’t blame you after looking up some of the stuff he’s said. I only recognised him because I live in Lancaster.
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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Most Victorians read poetry in periodicals instead of in book form. Alison Chapman is leading the following database 👇 3 projects over 29 periodicals: - index - encoded editions - personography #BAVS2026
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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I was so shocked 🤣🤣
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It was so great to see you!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
How do we think about measuring impact? Social media can actually be a really useful tool (she says, writing on BlueSky 🤣)! Really enjoying hearing from Mary Shannon and Bob Nicholson about public engagement! #BAVS2026
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Listening to Clare, Claudia, and Sarah talk about pathways to readership and professorship, and I feel like there’s so much good info here for PGRs and ECRs as well. Already thinking of new VPFA professional development panels! #BAVS2026
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
See you there!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’m sorry I couldn’t attend your paper, but it was so lovely to meet you!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026
And #RSVP2027 will be hosted next year at…the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre of Carleton University in downtown Ottawa! 🇨🇦
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Fingers crossed! It will be quite a distance but I’m hoping to have steady employment by then to be able to afford it! RSVP is always such a lovely time. It was great to see you again this year 💖
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
So long, Dublin! What a fantastic time - and got to meet Tyson Fury at the airport 🥰 #RSVP26
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Did you know that the smallest cemetery in Dublin is located inside the walls of Trinity College? #RSVP26
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Fascinating workshop on the Curran Index led by @vicmanch.bsky.social. This is a fab list of resources. I think it opens up conversations about accessibility and how we can make resources more affordable/accessible to larger audiences as well!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
There’s something so satisfying about seeing a pretty presentation slide 🤣 If you’re undecided on which panel to attend this morning, might I suggest Panel 3E? 🥰 #RSVP26 #PrintInMotion
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ummm we get to have our welcome drinks in HERE?! I feel like I’m walking into the halls at Oxford again! #RSVP26 #PrintInMotion
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Andrew Hobbs @drewhobbs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Anelise: famine reporting was 'out of time' in that a story is not published immediately, rather it is withheld until it is politically useful, according to the agenda of a particular newspaper. #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I would love to attend lectures from all of the three panellists I’ve just listened to at #RSVP26: Laurel Brake, Anelise Hanson Shrout, and Anne-Marie Millim. I took a ridiculous amount of notes and can’t wait to mull over these ideas tonight. #PrintInMotion
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The seagulls here are menaces - I saw one hiding behind a sculpture trying to stalk someone’s sandwich yesterday 🤣
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Is this the shop by the Front Gate or the Book of Kells shop? Or neither 😅
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Pre #RSVP tomorrow, I took a Book of Kells tour (and saw Gaia!) and did a sunset bus tour of Dublin. So ready for the conference to start! #PrintInMotion
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If you’re attending #BAVS or #RSVP this year, I’d love to connect!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’m happy to do this, as I was planning to anyway 😅
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’ll be coming straight from Dublin to Liverpool, can’t wait! 🤩
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Getting ready to travel to Dublin for the annual #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion conference! Paper is finalised (two days before, oops) and my slides are done, so I’m ready to go! 🇮🇪
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Can’t wait to work with you!! 💖
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Welcome to our new VPFA co-President, Claudia Capancioni! #VPFAPublics
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“Murder by beast rampage” just makes me think of “30-50 wild hogs” 🤣🤣 #VPFAPublics
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Lovely to meet you as well - truly a highlight of the conference for me! 💖
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Can you imagine trying to de-anonymise 22 Victorian sensation novels? Because Janine Hatter can! What an amazing project 😱 #VPFAPublics
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
@andrewkingc19.bsky.social talking about how Victorians marketed Pop Fiction - and I’m very excited to learn more about Victorian marketing, particularly design and product placement! Makes me think of my trawling through Punch for crumbs of context! #VPFAPublics
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Starstruck 🤩 Got to meet one of my academic heroes today and hear her amazing keynote on sex work and care work in Victorian Pop Fiction. How can we be more caring and sympathetic in our community social care systems? #VPFAPublics @tara-macdonald.bsky.social
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
On days like today (hot! 🥵), I want to be out on the lake again x
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Paula Harper @pch9857.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A thing I remember every time I interact with them is that librarians and archivists should be making one million dollars per year.
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Moga gets it. #mentalhealth
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Steve Sanderson @steve-sando1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Meadow Pipit on Bodmin moor. #birds #birding
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Learning about William Holman Hunt’s orientalist religious works set in front of this beautiful backdrop. Absolute perfection. #VPFAPublics
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A great reminder from Dr Jennifer Jones in her session on creating good writing habits this morning. I spend far too much time trying to have the ‘perfect’ first draft, which often results in unfinished projects. Reflecting on how I can ‘un-perfect’ my process at #VPFAPublics ✍🏻
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This was such a fun day!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thank you for an amazing workshop!! What a blast!
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I’m sure the @vpfa.bsky.social acct can put out a call asking people to share!
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
WE HAVE AVOCET NEWS!!! An Avocet spotted at RSPB Middleton Lakes has been confirmed as the oldest ever recorded in the UK. At 36 years old, it's lived more than five times longer than the species' average lifespan. First ringed in 1990, it's still out there doing Avocet things. Go on Avocet. 😍
An Avocet strides across the edge of a wetland, one leg lifted mid-step as if caught in an elegant strut. Its striking black-and-white plumage and long upturned bill stand out against a softly blurred backdrop of green reeds.
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Rebecca Nesvet @ttendthetale.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"If you think students are using AI, what are you doing to make them NOT use AI?" - Lucie #VPFAPublics
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Emma Butler-Way @ebutler-way.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Delightful that as we gear up for #VPFAPublics, the new issue of VPFJ is out, featuring yours truly in some great company! Have I been wanting to write this since my MA? Quite possibly. Alcott, sensation, Genette, Goethe ... What more could you want? doi.org/10.46911/YER... @vpfa.bsky.social
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Victorian Popular Fictions 8.1 3 Butler-Way
“The omen never fails”: Appropriating Intertexts in Louisa May Alcott’s A Long Fatal Love ChaseEmma Butler-WayDownload PDF hereAbstractNot seeing publication until 130 years after it was written, L…
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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I’m sorry, I get to present in THIS GORGEOUS ROOM?! #VPFAPublics
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