Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What was this? It's been deleted!? And is there an external linky? I'm guessing it was sunbed/tanning stuff, as you werevn't the only one, and Tania Woloshyn's/Cleaves work was mentioned.... 110
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedSociety for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026SSHM has been asked to share a call for submissions for a special issue for Black Histories: Dialogues journal Editors Simon Buck and Ogundiran Soumonni Abstracts by 1 September with manuscripts due by 31 January 2027 All details 👇 #histmed #histSTM @eahmh.bsky.socialthink.taylorandfrancis.comMedical histories in the Black Atlantic: Transversal perspectivesExamine the history of medicine in the Black Atlantic. Share research on health and healing in African and African diasporic contexts. 01411
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedJamie Banks @milkwknives.bsky.social · 01/06/2026If you missed it, why not also read my excellent colleague @d-oneill.bsky.social blog about tobacco sponsorship from a few weeks ago: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/cavalie... My other excellent colleague @fabiolacreed.bsky.social's blog about gambling to follow shortly!kickingthehabit.ukCavaliers, Cars, and Cancer: a short history of tobacco sponsorship in British sport - Kicking The HabitSmoking remains a pressing public health issue in Britain, with the NHS estimating that there were 74,600 deaths attributable to smoking in England in 2019 032
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedAlison Pedley (Dr when appropriate ) @aliped.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Finally after editing & refining, my article was published online today. Many thanks to Prof Hilary Marland, @fabiolacreed.bsky.social for your invaluable help ‘Kind, Judicious Treatment’: Infanticidal Mothers, Criminal Insanity, and Institutional Care, 1895 to 1919 academic.oup.com/shm/article/...academic.oup.com‘Kind, Judicious Treatment’ 1: Infanticidal Mothers, Criminal Insanity, and Institutional Care, c. 1895 to c. 1919Abstract. Between 1895 and 1919, 185 women were admitted to Broadmoor and Rampton State Criminal Lunatic Asylums for the murder or attempted murder of thei 0137
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedKicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Just in time for the final on Sunday, have a read of our latest blog post about the history of 'addictive sponsorship' (tobacco/alcohol/gambling) at the World Cup: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/all-the...kickingthehabit.uk‘All the World’s a (Sales) Pitch’: A History of Addictive Sponsorship at the World Cup - Kicking The HabitJust before the start of this year’s FIFA World Cup, Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé made headlines for objecting to the use of his likeness by the French 023
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedKicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 08/05/2026In the first of three blogs exploring each of the project’s strands, @d-oneill.bsky.social takes us through a short history of tobacco sponsorship in British professional sport. Read more about Dan’s research here: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/cavalie...kickingthehabit.ukCavaliers, Cars, and Cancer: a short history of tobacco sponsorship in British sport - Kicking The HabitSmoking remains a pressing public health issue in Britain, with the NHS estimating that there were 74,600 deaths attributable to smoking in England in 2019 247
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedKicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Next up in our series of project blogs, Jamie (@milkwknives.bsky.social) explores the history of alcohol sponsorship in British sport. You can read about it below: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/adverti... Whilst you’re there, check out our digital map too!: kickingthehabit.uk/digital-map/kickingthehabit.ukAdvertising, Angling, and Alcohol-Free: a short history of alcohol sponsorship in British sport. - Kicking The HabitIn contrast to tobacco, the genesis of alcohol sponsorship in British sport stemmed from market forces rather than legislative necessity. Against a backdrop 445
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedJamie Banks @milkwknives.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If you're interested in learning about the history of tobacco sponsorship in British sport, you're in luck! @d-oneill.bsky.social has written all about it in a great blog (linked below). Stay tuned for mine & @fabiolacreed.bsky.social upcoming blogs about alcohol and gambling sponsorship. 031
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedKicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 01/05/2026We held our first project workshop @lshtm.bsky.social a fortnight ago. If you're interested in finding out more about it, as well as some of the wonderful papers we had the pleasure of hearing, you can read the blog on our website below: kickingthehabit.uk/blog/kicking...kickingthehabit.ukKicking the Habit’s First Workshop – “Historicising Commercial Determinants of Health” - April 17, 2026 - Kicking The HabitTwo weeks ago, the ‘Kicking the Habit’ project team hosted the first of three workshops at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 022
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Emeritus Professor Hilary Marland’s latest article, ‘Like sausages in a sausage machine’: medical resistance to the dehumanisation of obstetrics in postwar Britain (Morris 1960, 913)', has been published in Medical Humanities: mh.bmj.com/content/earl... Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social 032
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 23/04/2026📕 Social History: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03071022.2025.2543632 📚 And just when a box of the paperbacks arrived (still free to download/open access): www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... @wellcometrust.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgsps.bsky.socialbloomsburycollections.comThe Rise and Fall of the Sunbed in Britain 030
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 23/04/2026📙 My book has been longlisted for the BSHS (British Society for the History of Science) Pickstone Prize! I'd also like to thank Dr Harriet Palfreyman and Dr Beth Parkes for their kind book reviews in both: 📘 Technology and Culture: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/journa... 2254
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedUofG School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsps.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Excellent project led by our gambling harms experts @fabiolacreed.bsky.social @shwardle.bsky.social with @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social that's asking the public to share their branded sports memorabilia - please help out and shatre! 032
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 09/03/2026We've launched our project's Digital Map, which lets people submit sports-branded memorabilia from 1960 onward. We welcome clothes, programmes, toys, posters, photographs, etc. Your submissions will help us map the history of unhealthy sponsorship to create a shared public resource! 032
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 09/02/2026📕 Delighted to present all things SSHM through the new Gazette newsletter - including several insightful reports on last year's supported conferences: sshm.org/cp/ If you would like to share your CfPs or other events/networks via the SSHM website and The Gazette, feel free to email or message me ✍sshm.orgConference ReportsConferences Supported by SSHM in 2025 15-16 November, ‘Representing, Reshaping Reenacting’, Charité Museum of Medical History in Berlin.6-7 November, ‘War, Trauma and Emotional In… 025
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedDr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Made my day to read this great post and see this! 213730
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedEdward Jones-Imhotep @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social 46010
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedCharlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 03/11/2025In our new journal article, @tomhulme.bsky.social and I chart the biographies of three queer men who lived in N. Ireland between the 1900s and the 1970s. We show how their lives and sexual subjectivities were shaped by knowledge from beyond Ireland. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s 15220
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedDr Anne Hanley @drannehanley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I greatly enjoyed filming for this series. If you want to know which notorious gangster lived with #syphilis for many years, check out #OriginalGangsters with Sean Bean. Starts Tuesday 4 November 9pm on Sky HISTORY. (Catchup afterwards on Now TV and Apple TV+) 2105
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedJan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Do men rely only on women to prevent pregnancies? How do masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraception intersect? Our project's final paper is part of this month's issue of Culture, Health, and Sexuality. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.socialtandfonline.com‘How do I really want to be as a man?’ Masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraceptive decision-making – findings from an interview study in GermanyThis paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning. Through twelve qualitative interviews, three of which were couple interv... 718645
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Thank you for the repost and such kind words. 010
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedSociety for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM sshm.org/sshm-2026/sshm.orgSSHM 2026: In/OutLocation: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co… 06049
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedMark Orton @markaorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Delighted that my new book on the Argentine national team, including chapters on the women's team from the 1971 World Cup, is being published next May and is available for pre-order now 063
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedConor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social · 22/09/2025🚨Published in the American Historical Review!🚨 My article argues that historians can treat the body as an archive. Using my own training alongside J.C. Hise’s 1930s squat experiments, I explore how fitness culture reshapes bodies, identities & anxieties. 👉 bit.ly/46xlcVwbit.lyMistakes I Carried: Building Strength in a Time of CrisisAbstract. My critical mistake as a historian was ignoring the physical body as a site of knowledge production. For years, I analyzed fitness history in arc 2195
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedVoices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 24/09/2025We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference! 📍Online via Zoom 🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026 ⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025 See our website for full details 👇 voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project 13834
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Fascinating topic and by a brilliant presenter, plus it's at www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/whats-on/eve...silverstonemuseum.co.ukSilverstone Museum Research Forum: 75 Years of Formula 1Join Silverstone Museum’s Research Forum celebrating 75 years of Formula 1, featuring expert talks, museum exhibition access, and refreshments. 040
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedKicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Exciting News! The project's very own @d-oneill.bsky.social will be talking about tobacco sponsorship in F1 and its associated public health challenges at the Silverstone Museum next weekend. Do consider attending if interested. Info is in the linked post. 154
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Thanks Kate. Hope to catch up soon - still owe you dinner for all your help! 😄 110
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Thanks Lisa! 😀 I remember well as a newbie PhD - was enthralled and inspired by your Kellogg's talk! 010
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025No way, that's my whole chapter 2! You would have been the perfect person to interview, which I really struggled to find at the time when looking at the 'fitness, health, sunbed' industry. Thanks for sharing! 😀 110
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Thank you - my talented sister did them and assisted with the deliberate colour match 😂🍊 010
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Thanks Jenny - hope you're doing super well. 010
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Oooo, thank you. Huge fan of your research, btw, especially your podcast (Henry Ford is my fave so far as I'm biased to business history)! 😂 010
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Thanks for supporting Jamie - see ya tomorrow 😀 000
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2025🫣 How does tanning culture speak to class, gender, race, sexuality and age-bound stigma? 📈 Were the public health campaigns effective? 💉 Finally, when reflecting on the past, what’s the future of tanning (and marketing) technologies? 061
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Some of the questions it answers are: 🌧️ Why are sunbeds more prevalent in North(-West) Britain? 🚭 Is the sunbed industry similar to the tobacco, nicotine and alcohol industry? 🔥 Can you trust the sunbed industry’s ‘skin’ and ‘health-enhancement’ campaigns? 151
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2025📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙 ☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781... 88731
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedIHPST | University of Toronto @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social · 03/10/2025🧠 Prof. Marga Vicedo warns: "At the end of the day, saying it's a mother's fault is a very strong and powerful way of keeping mothers as the main caretakers." www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n... Must-read piece from @npr.org #Autism #Tylenolnpr.org'Long history of blaming mothers': Trump's Tylenol warning echoes past misconceptionsMedical scholars say that efforts to find a singular cause for autism have historically led to scrutinizing parents and fueling stigma about autism 185
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 02/10/2025To echo our team, we really valued your feedback. Hope to see you at the next few sports history conferences, and will definitely take on board your kind offer of proof-reading, etc. Thanks again. 010
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedMartin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social · 02/10/20251/3 Great day at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social yesterday for the 1st Advisory Board meeting for @kthabitproject.bsky.social . This is a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project on the history of addictive sport sponsorship in UK 1965-2025, with strands on alcohol, tobacco, and gambling 353
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Ordered, and can't wait to read! Wonderful meeting you yesterday - thank you for all your helpful suggestions. Please feel free to send the non-online publication about Newcastle to fabiola.creed@glasgow.ac.uk (if you can) 120
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedRobin Ireland @robinireland.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Such a pleasure to visit Kett’s Books in Wymondham on Friday. You can now buy Cutting the Mustard there. Great community bookshop to support. 142
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedKicking the Habit @kthabitproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Thank you to everyone who came to our first project Advisory Board meeting yesterday. We had some really fantastic conversations about our research, and meaningful ways of disseminating it. Really looking forward to everyone's input over the course of the project. 264
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedRMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 24/04/2025They believe that personal letters from other academics explaining how they value the established services of the Written Archive Centre and how they are concerned about the changes would be very helpful. 163
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedAdrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Job klaxon: full time, permanent lectureship in Liberal Arts at the University of Glasgow: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM506/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Liberal Arts (R&T) at University of GlasgowDiscover Lecturer in Liberal Arts (R&T) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board. 02822
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedIan Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaigntinyurl.comOpen letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan... 1241230
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedDr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 14/08/2025My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show… #skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socskyacademicbubble.substack.comPostman Pat: Special Delivery Service (2008–2017)The BBC’s readaptation of the adventures of Britain’s most famous fictional postman mirrored many concurrent neoliberal transformations of its postal service. 86827
Reposted by Dr Fabiola CreedEwan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Tonight I finished a complete redraft of my book, An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class. There's only formatting and a last proof read to go! 9706