Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Cat sitting this quietly purring beauty this #caturday 150 5
Reposted by MelGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 11/06/2025The right to make a decision about our families and bodies must be protected by law. Write to your MP to put decriminalise abortion 👇 goodlaw.social/f2eef3 012143 121
Reposted by MelDr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...forms.gleNot In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against TransphobiaWe call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran... 5464235 464
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4 020 2
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 03/04/2025First flowers of the year in my garden! I am a fond but neglectful plant parent, so the success belongs entirely to the plants 030 3
Reposted by MelFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025If you want to write to your Labour MP about disability benefit cuts but have limited spoons, here’s a template from @sensecharity.bsky.social you can use: t.co/E8QB6EDi9o Public backlash *does* work at times so let’s keep the pressure up. You too, non-disabled allies!t.cohttps://action.sense.org.uk/page/167765/action/1?ea.tracking.id=twt-org 19390285 390
Reposted by MelMarlborough Productions @marlboroughprods.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Diverse Alarums: Queer Histories in Cabaret! Five LGBTQ+ artists bring bold, dazzling performances inspired by intersectional queer stories. Hosted by @notyetarobot.bsky.social & Subira Joy. 📍 ACCA, Brighton 📅 12th Feb, 2025 🎟️ attenboroughcentre.com/events/5330/... 041 4
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I was catsitting this ridiculously floofy boy last week. He's called Harold and has Views on access to me and my lap (computer no, Harold yes). 150 5
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 31/01/2025@fourfootedbeasts.bsky.social we need turkey security for the farm. 120 2
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Thanks to @fourfootedbeasts.bsky.social for the photo - I was too excited to remember to take photos 😣 010 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 13/01/2025The farm now has GUINEA PIGS. Anyone needs me, I'll be cuddling furry, squeaky potatoes. 140 4
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Winter solstice hits harder when I was basking in this glorious sunshine 48 hours ago. Still, halfway out of the dark! 020 2
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Explored the ceramics museum in Triana today - the deep blue of these tiles was beautiful 😍 040 4
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Some major side eye from the parakeets visiting the farm bird feeder today - I had the temerity to interrupt their dinner with a squeaky wheelbarrow! 030 3
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Sadly, I don't think it garnered the attention it should have! But I was really taken with the idea of who 'gets' to play Juliet - Sophie Duncan's work was v helpful in this too! 030 3
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024About 10 years ago, Storme Toolis and Glen Milner did 'Redefining Juliet' - a short adaptation ft. 3 or 4 disabled actors as Juliet. It was a BBC documentary and then had a run at the Barbican. Don't know if it suits your purposes, but it was v interesting! www.barbican.org.uk/redefining-j...barbican.org.ukRedefining Juliet | Barbican 110 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I volunteer at Surrey Docks City Farm every Sunday, mucking out and feeding the animals. I then get my serotonin topped up for the week by cuddling the goats, calves, or guinea pigs! Come and visit us if you're in the area 😊 060 6
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024It's this one, on display at Hampton Court Palace! www.rct.uk/collection/4...rct.ukBritish School, 16th century - The Family of Henry VIIIThis important dynastic portrait of Henry VIII and his family shows the king seated in the centre beneath a canopy of state flanked by his third wife, Jane Seymour, and the couple’s son Prince Edward,... 110 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024She pops up in household records looking after geese, she has a horse, and lots of clothes bought for her! She's also in a painting with Henry, his family, and his fool Will Somer, which I find fascinating! 110 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024We've only got a few scattered records of her in the archives, but she seems to have been at court for about 20 years, from c.1538-58 and she's mentioned in connection to Anne Boleyn, Katherine Parr, and Mary I, before and during her reign. 110 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 14/11/2024No point going unless you meet a griffin or a badly drawn cat 😂 110 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 14/11/2024I can send you the paper I did this month? It's quite short! 100 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 14/11/20241 My prescriptions, including ALL the antihistamine (Gonna pet those wonderful weird medieval animals from all the MS) 2 Camera 3 A friend! (Preferably one whose Middle English is better than mine) 131 3
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you're working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1 Jane the Foole, who lived, worked, and performed in Tudor courts 2 how props/prosthetics/bodies work and change together 220 2
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I'd love to be added if there's any space left! Thank you! 010 1
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 04/11/2024To counter the US election squirrel discourse (I don't know the details and don't want to know!), here's a busy black squirrel I met today! 030 3
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 31/10/2024In Toronto for the Sixteenth Century Society conference! They've very kindly put a big sign outside the hotel in case I forget where I am... 131 3
Mel @earlymodernmel.bsky.social · 18/10/2024Longtime lurker, first-time poster... I'm delighted to be presenting a paper at the Malone Society's conference on John Lyly's Campaspe this weekend! I'll be talking about race and desire, or 'What Alexander Did Next'. See you in Oxford everybody! 030 3
