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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

The best thing about having a cricut is my ability to now make the dumbest stickers I can think of for my water bottle

A sticker on a green water bottle which features Remus and Romulus suckling from their adoptive wolf mother which says “adopt don’t shop”

gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I decided to learn how to do Lino block printing and this is my first effort. She’s a little rustic but I’m pretty proud of her.

A Lino cut print of Lupa nursing Romulus and Remus with the caption “adopt don’t shop”

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I made a zine about what I thought the world might be like if it was Reme instead of Rome. You can read it here: gememberthat.itch.io/spqr (This is just for a bit please don’t take my masters away)

Cover of a zine titled “senatus populusque remanus: the other twin wins” which presents an alternate world where Remus triumphed over his brother Romulus. The wolf is suckling the young twins.

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Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies @awaws.org · 28/05/2025

Don’t miss out on this opportunity closing Friday!! Visit www.awaws.org/research-gra... to apply

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Shona Edwards (she/her) @shona22.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

AMPHORAE XIX postgraduate Classics conference in Adelaide, Australia - Registration is now open! Register to attend online or in-person here: events.humanitix.com/amphorae-xix...

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Amphorae XIX Registration

The 19th annual AMPHORAE conference for post graduate students in Ancient World Studies will be held at the University of Adelaide from August 25-29, 2025.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Wishing a happy birthday to my favourite Pisces (other than myself) Ovid.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Shout out to @davidrafferty.bsky.social for promoting me so I don’t have to ❤️ (I am quite proud of these though)

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I am determined to make these into stickers that only me and four other nerds will enjoy

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

If there’s one thing I can do it’s make a bunch of niche South Australian references and I think that’s very funny of me. Is there a series of SA Amphorae niche bits? Maybe…

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Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies @awaws.org · 04/03/2025

TONIGHT 📣📣📣 6PM AEDT | 8PM NZT | 3PM AWST Come celebrate #IWD2025 with AWAWS and Faezeh Dadfar! Faezeh will be sharing insights from her journey as an Iranian archaeologist navigating the intersections of gender, identity, and academia. To register, please email Dr Anastasia Bakogianni

Image advertising AWAWS’s international women’s day event for 2025 on March 4th at 6pm AEDT. Text on image says

AWAWS presents: Faezeh Dadfar for IWD 2025

Unearthing rænĵ: A Woman’s Archaeological Journey from Anshan to Sydney

Tuesday March 4th, 6pm AEDT

chaired by Dr Anastasia Bakogianni

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Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies @awaws.org · 01/03/2025

Join AWAWS on March 4th at 6pm AEDT to celebrate International Women's Day with an incredible talk by Faezeh Dadfar. To register your interest for this talk and receive the Zoom link please contact the Chair, Dr Anastasia Bakogianni: a.bakogianni@massey.ac.nz

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Shona Edwards (she/her) @shona22.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Come find our #OvidCorner at tonights post-keynote reception for #ASCS46 to hear about launching an #AustralasianOvidianSociety !

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I gave my paper on Ovid’s exile works at #ASCS46 yesterday. This is a dumb piece of artwork I made for it that I am highkey v proud of

A”tour” poster advertising Ovid’s exile to Tomis as the “Carmen et Errors Tour” digital artwork by Gemma Neall

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

And another one! @circa-candace.bsky.social gave an incredible paper on the Kerameikos exhibit at the Chau Chak Wing Museum - absolutely going to check that out when I’m in Sydney next week!

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Incredible talk from Georgia Pike-Rowney on the ARTefacts project at the ANU classics museum! LOVE the creative responses and engagement with ancient content! #ASCS46

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I took this picture of Wilfred tonight and I think I need to paint it.. he Sees

Wilfred the cat in the foreground, gazing up enraptured with the ceiling

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Keep an eye out for some very exciting events in 2025!

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

My poor old laptop seems to be properly struggling now. The ol' boy has seen me through an undergrad, honours and mphil. He needs to rest.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 25/02/2024

Ohh interesting! I’ve always thought that Taylor Swift should do an Ovid album myself - she has the right energy for it

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Me back in the Met reading group bringing EVERYTHING back to the exile poetry

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Talking about Ovid and elegy are some of my favourite things to do and if you also love to do that and are living it up down under @shona22.bsky.social and I wanna hear from you!

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

Those last few lines really take my breath away in both Ovid and McCarter’s translation. Just beautiful

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

I’m so excited for this!! Hoping that it will be in hybrid format so I can come along!

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

Do you think he’d be interested in having a chat with me? I’d to learn more about the format that might take

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

So excited for @chelschwartz.bsky.social ! She gave a great talk and it was awesome to watch her do so well

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Out of interest, has anyone on here done or knows anyone who has done a combined classics and creative practice PhD? I’ve got thoughts…

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Out of interest, has anyone on here done or knows anyone who has done a combined classics and creative practice PhD? I’ve got thoughts…

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Working on getting back in the good books after being away for a week at a very enjoyable ASCS conference

Wilfred the cat having a nap while being patted under the chin

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

This is the longest I’ve been away from my cat since I brought him home and the instructions I’ve left for the cat sitter reflect this

Picture of care instructions for a cat, saying “show him my picture so he doesn’t forget me or think I’ve abandoned him” and an arrow pointing to a partially cut off picture of a cat saying “the goblin in question”

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Just over a year ago my friend asked me if I could look after this sick kitten she found while we found him a home. Turns out that home was mine and Wilfred and I are best buds. He’s fat and mean and I love him.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

hello I have migrated over to bluesky username is gemmaneall

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Very excited to have received the marks for my MPhil thesis back a few weeks ago accepted with no revisions! I haven’t spoken about it much because I’m still recovering from the idea that I finished it at all, but thought it a good way to ring in this new profile!

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

It has been a long journey, but it feels pretty good to finally have submitted my MPhil thesis. I'm proud of myself!

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

In fairness to her though I did spend the entirety of my teens and early twenties railing against anyone who suggested I might become a teacher

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

So I’m studying to be a teacher now and it’s been very interesting and I’m learning a lot but it’s so funny to speak to my retired teacher mother who is so annoyed w herself for throwing out 40+ years worth of teaching resources last year.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 22/05/2023

Losing my job suddenly has not been my favourite experience but at least the cat is pleased I’m home more.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 08/04/2023

It appears I’ve become the type of person who spends her long weekend making this for a cat

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 31/03/2023

Happy trans day of visibility to all of my trans and gender diverse friends! And also my enemies! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 24/03/2023

Hello! Does anyone have any recommendations for resources on the teaching of Latin in Australian schools? I'd love to get a bit of an idea where we're at currently as support to a point I am making in my thesis and also for my own knowledge.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 20/03/2023

I’m a day late to wish Ovid a happy birthday but I just wanna say that it totally track that my man is a Pisces. As a fellow Pisces, writing a whole bunch of (beautiful) poetry in response to exile saying that they just don’t “get” his art is very on brand.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 17/03/2023

If anyone is wondering how the first week of my thirties is going today I serenaded my cat with a play list called “90s mom anthems” while doing my dishes so I’m doing pretty well

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 13/03/2023

I turn thirty tomorrow. Any advice for my thirties? My twenties were pretty rough and I’m not keen to do that but older.

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 09/03/2023

I bought myself a dress to wear on my birthday as a little present and it arrived today and is so unflattering on me I’m so disappointed. I just wanted to feel cute for when I turned 30 :(

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 01/03/2023

Also, because I was halfway through my weekly house clean when the betrayal hit she very kindly finished up for me so I’d have a clean space to come back to AND stayed w me in the ER until 2am when I first had to go in 🥺🥺🥺 sometimes you’re blessed to know the BEST people

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 01/03/2023

I had to go to the hospital the other day bc my organs were betraying me and my wonderful friend Kelly looked after Wilf the kitten for me and sent me this series of pictures which truly tells a story:

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gemma neall @gemmaneall.bsky.social · 08/02/2023

Small kitten friend Wilfred has put on almost 100g and I’m so proud of him! He has so much energy now and his little goblin of a personality is shining through.

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