Dr Tess Wingard
MSCA postdoctoral fellow @historytcd.bsky.social, researching sex and the Church courts in 14th century England
read more about my work: tesswingard.wordpress.com
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- also I was there on a date and I finally found a use for all the time I spent during my PhD reading Donna Haraway 👌
- went to see Staying with the Trouble at the IMMA (absolutely A+ exhibition) and overheard a grandma with her two grandkids complaining to a gallery employee that there should have been a sign posted to warn visitors about some of the artwork because "it was really horrifying and unsuitable for kids"
- went to see Staying with the Trouble at the IMMA (absolutely A+ exhibition) and overheard a grandma with her two grandkids complaining to a gallery employee that there should have been a sign posted to warn visitors about some of the artwork because "it was really horrifying and unsuitable for kids"
- to mark trans history week, I want to showcase some of the best recent work that's been published in medieval and early modern trans studies; most of it is open access, so you can freely download and read it without access to an institutional library. 🏳️⚧️🧵
- Reposted by Dr Tess WingardIn 1942, in the middle of a war for the very survival of civilisation, John Maynard Keynes explained quite clearly:
- This is next Monday!!
- Very excited to announce that our next ISMR talk will be by @micahmackay.bsky.social on ‘An Odour of Sanctity?’: The Late Medieval Carol in Dance and Devotion. 18:00 BST on Mon 12 May, on Zoom. Register for the link to the stream via ticketsource: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...
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- Reposted by Dr Tess WingardHistorian friends and colleagues! Please read, share and consider signing this letter from historians to UK MPs urging them to speak out in support of trans rights and avoid repeating mistakes that led to widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ people in the past. 🗃️
- OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
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- always a joy to return to lochrie ❤️
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- Reposted by Dr Tess WingardSTATEMENT: '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...
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- absolutely spinless statement from my alma mater and former employer, the university of york, on the supreme court ruling. www.york.ac.uk/students/new...
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- chappell roan mural off george's street, dublin
- Reposted by Dr Tess WingardThe deadline is approaching for submitting to my NCS panel on "Premodern Ecopedagogies." Feel very free to propose something experimental, cross-cultural, etc. #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #EnvHum Conf is Jul 2026 in Freiburg! Submission instructions: newchaucersociety.org/page/cfp26
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- just finished g-witch, you guys were right to tell me to hang in there after the first season. second season is some of the best gundam, best mecha, best god damn animation in history. what a damn fine giant robot show.
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- having had the chance to take an early sneak peek at this essay I can confirm it is BRILLIANT and will be of major interest to anyone working on queer medievalisms 👀
- Reposted by Dr Tess WingardA member of Labour’s NEC rips into Starmer over his proposed trans toilet ban telling him he should be held personally responsible if any trans woman are assaulted or raped as a result.
- yeah this was one of the best contemporary novels I have read this decade, stayed up till 1am finishing it while sobbing
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- increasingly of the opinion that making fun of margery kempe for crying too much reveals just how hardened one's heart has become
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- full text of the study is available here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... trans people are beaten and raped by their partners at more than *twice* the rate of cis people, but in many jurisdictions cannot even access available (insufficient, poorly-funded) support for IPV survivors
- oh this looks FANTASTIC 👀 will definitely be watching the stream!
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- Reposted by Dr Tess Wingard@jwomenshistory.bsky.social welcomes applications for 2025 Scholars Research Grants to support travel, research, or writing in women's and gender history. Deadline 23 May 25. 🗃️ See jwomenshistory.org/announcements/ for more information. Please repost.
