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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 6h

Tech issues can be distressing. I had to deal with a few today and it seems I've overcome them. But they are still anxiety making so it's a great relief that I can take a good long walk to clear my head. Saw this on one of the paths. No idea what it is but it's so pretty!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Have you read this War & Society article? In 'Hegemonic masculinities and post-war reconciliation in Kenya during and after the Mau Mau Uprising'@nielsboender.bsky.social examines how reconstructed masculinity shaped Kenya’s post-colonial reconciliation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Putting out the washing is always a chore but it is much more enjoyable in spring when you can enjoy the bank see Rose in full bloom!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Our neighbourhood has some stunning gardens. The little pink rose is ours. It struggles, each year, to produce one, maybe two blooms. It needs a good hard prune but more desperately, sunshine. The original owners planted it in what turned out to be, over the decades, shade.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Perfect! I smugly thought when I typed the last full stop of the first draft. As the red pen attests, I was wrong. Hopefully things will improve by the fifth or sixth draft.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm not sure I like the idea of turning it all into 'a club' but, if making light of it helps you, well, I guess it is alright. Dark humour, making light of, are very effective coping mechanisms. For some.

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Tom Richardson @teric.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It is extremely funny that fear of negative PR has created a clearance process that is so slow that it is generating negative PR

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Niels Boender @nielsboender.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just out in War & Society (open access!): "Hegemonic masculinities and post-war reconciliation in Kenya during and after the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60)" I look at how Kenyatta and the Gikuyu elite... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Hegemonic masculinities and post-war reconciliation in Kenya during and after the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60)

This article examines how the reconstruction of masculinity shaped Kenya’s post-colonial reconciliation following the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60). It argues that debates over male authority, rooted ...

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Espied on our afternoon walk. A wall of azaleas, right around the corner house. Who needs fences when you can such colourful shrubs. Brilliant!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am still salivating at the thought of this superb buttermilk cake. Wish I had thought to get a take home pack!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Found on the street! I guess we have Nic to thank for these little treasures. Given the festive theme of two of them, perhaps I should save them for a Christmas stocking. Scarily, we have to start thinking of that soon!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Morning tea! Those cupcakes are to die for.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can't ask for much more on a first day! I hope the second and subsequent days are as successful.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Some more of the locals getting into the pre-Halloween swing of things.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of the locals. Halloween must be nigh!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Excellent reading and a good reminder to go to the original. Though, as I discovered recently, you can't necessarily trust press sources. I discovered every Australian report of a House of Common statement was wrong (declared the opposite). I went to UK Hansard as my source.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've only recently become acquainted with the Australian Women's Register which highlights the achievements of extraordinary women. I confess I only knew Sonia McMahon because of that dress & as a prime ministerial appendage. I stand embarrassed and corrected. www.womenaustralia.info/entries/mcma...

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McMahon, Sonia | AWR

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In transit. Such a dismal day!☔️☔️☔️

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mainly random shots of divine wisteria round the neighbourhood. One is from University House.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two walks: lunch time with blossoms; end of day with spectacular sky. I may live in suburbia but it has so many different 'faces'. Every walk, even if on the same path, is a surprise.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A mid-morning treat. Chocolate, chai, and croissant!

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We're hiring! History Australia is looking for a new editorial assistant -- check out the position description and get your applications in!!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Worker bees! While they are out gardening, I am in the office office-ing. It's going to be a tiring day for all of us.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is excellent! As is all of Anna Funder's work.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For various reasons the trip to Tulip Tops has been deferred until next year. Something to look forward to! It was a beautiful day so I decided to hike out in search of local blossoms and my, what a magnificent display! At the wetlands, just a ten minute or so walk from home.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That melting moment is huge! And it is one of the best I have tasted. And only four dollars!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've just heard from the Australian Dictionary of Biography that my article on Jack Sandford (30 Squadron; Beaufighter pilot extraordinaire) has gone online. Check it out! It's my 5th for the Dictionary & is coincidentally published exactly 8 years after my 1st entry! adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sa...

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There's always tonight and tomorrow!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hope you finish your chapter! At least you will have a general sense of what’s happening so you won’t need to keep reading when you get to the end of the chapter. And that’s why I don’t read thrillers in bed!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is one of the 1970s reprints. They all had the clues (& red herrings) on the cover judging by the couple I have. This is my first read of Heyer crime; I'm reading my way chronologically through the series. I am enjoying them but think I've worked out how to pick the baddy, if not the motive.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I definitely have to be careful! This cupcake is called Death by Chocolate. That's a skull on the top!

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Blast from the Past (Issue 2 2005). War & Society doesn't just publish army-related articles! In recognition of the Battle of Britain's 86th anniversary, check out Jeremy A Crang's 'Identifying the Few: The Personalisation of a Heroic Military Elite'. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s been one week since @historyaustralia.bsky.social published ‘Archives & memory: glimpses of abuse & violence in ex-POW homes’ and it’s had over 100 views! Thank you, readers. This article means a lot to me and I am pleased to share it with you. Open access. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'incidents' seem to minimise as well.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Twilight walks are getting dangerous. Yesterday, I was razzed three times by an over protective magpie (as if I could climb high enough to get at their nests) and today, once. In different spots; different routes. Note to self: change direction (again) and wear your sun hat - even at dusk.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Beautiful aromas when I walk up my path!

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Ángel Alcalde @angelalcalde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Reposting this piece for the Bluesky crowd. Wartime and Post-War Rape in Franco's Spain | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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WARTIME AND POST-WAR RAPE IN FRANCO'S SPAIN | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

WARTIME AND POST-WAR RAPE IN FRANCO'S SPAIN - Volume 64 Issue 4

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It was a pleasure to work with @tlgrady68.bsky.social and Layla Renshaw and all the contributing authors on this important special issue. I'm really pleased to see the articles now published together.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thanks for your kind words, Tim. It was a pleasure to work with you and Layla and all your authors on this important special issue.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hobart Remembers The Ones Who Waited. The National Vice President of the Air Force Association, Wing Commander Deanna Nott, turned her Battle of Britain commemorative address from the pilots who fought and died to the households that waited for them. raafa.org.au/hobart-remem...

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Hobart Remembers The Ones Who Waited - AFA - Air Force Association

More than forty years of Battle of Britain commemoration in Hobart closed at the Cenotaph on Sunday, where the National Vice President of the Air Force Association turned her address from the pilots t...

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's always a delight to visit the National Library of Australia for coffee catchups and research. It's even more of a pleasure to browse the bookshop shelves. It was a particularly happy surprise seeing one of my books on the shelves! And look at the exceptional company it keeps.

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Naturally, when you have an article published you have to celebrate with a massive slice of sponge cake and a good book (@historyaustralia.bsky.social Archives and memory: glimpses of abuse and violence in ex-POW homes, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)

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