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Do you have any tattoos? ⚓️ I have a bunch, so I was very excited to come across these 19th century tattoo flash books in the Winterthur Library – and they’re digitized! You can see them here 📚

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‘Circuit Board Fossil Series’ (2012) Art: Peter McFarlane

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Strainer, 1730-40, England.

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Relic sweater is finished! If the pattern looks familiar it's bc I adapted it from the Franklin Relic Gloves

Shetland Heritage from Jamieson & Smith (I love this yarn, it's gorgeous) on US 2

[Rav notes, crafting instagram]

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never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

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To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

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René Magritte (1898 – 1967) , Untitled

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i learned about Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia woman who began taping whatever was on television in 1979 and didn’t stop until her death in 2012.. The 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes she made are the most complete collection preserving this era of TV. They are being digitized by the Internet Archive. (x)

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I wrote something about Nex Benedict and collective grief.

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150 meter aluminum sea serpent skeleton sculpture in Nantes, France. Artist Huang Yong Ping

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ONE Institute and Archives of LGBTQ+ History

Just attended a talk given by the ONE Institute, which organizes events and exhibitions about queer history. One of their programs is creating lesson plans to help US-based educators teach queer history! www.oneinstitute.org They partner with ONE Archives at USC in Los Angeles, which focuses on LGBTQ+ history. The archive is open to researchers and gives tours to the public: one.usc.edu The ONE Institute organizes Circa, an annual festival that takes place in October during LGBTQ+ History Month - the only queer history festival in the US! How cool is that? circafestival.org

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Recovering the Queer History of Britain’s Navy in the Age of Sail

If you missed this great talk from the Royal Museums Greenwich, the recording is available! From their YouTube channel:

What is the queer history of the Royal Navy in the age of sail? How did sailors break their society’s rules about sex and gender? Did they enter into same-sex relationships? Did they act in other ways that men ‘weren’t supposed to’ and what were the consequences? Is it possible to learn more about these sailors’ lives and why is it so important to do so? Dr Seth Stein LeJacq (New York Institute of Technology) investigates sexual cultures at sea, discipline and military justice. This includes a long string of naval sex scandals, beginning with the 1698 trial of Captain Edward Rigby.

More Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Dr Seth Stein LeJacq's website

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Do you guys have any fliers or materials handy that people can print off to hand out to spread the word that way? I was thinking of making one for some queer friendly and queer owned businesses in my area if not, but I thought I'd check (and make sure it was also cool with you guys to spread the word that way). Just explaining what the project is and how to sign up.

Hello! indeed we do.

go nuts! paste these up/hand out any/everywhere you’d like

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Right now I am going through all of the articles I have written about queer history to edit and polish them, which has revealed something quite important to me. While it is clear that I have been very lucky, it is also so obvious that the only reason I was able to get to the place I am now is because of early support.

While there is still a long way to go to make this project sustainable financially, the fact that I have gotten so far is incredible to me and makes me think of the nineteen-year-old I was when I started this project. With more audacity than sense, there was an immediate upswell of support when I started, and that is the only way I was able to become the twenty-six-year-old with almost eight years of studying queer history under my belt.

My first articles were far from perfect, but with encouragement and assistance of a large amount of strangers, I have gotten to a place that I think is miles from where I started. If nothing else, this project can show a legacy of generosity from the queer community and an attitude of resilience that is held through interconnected care.

In 2024 I am striving to reach a level of financial success beyond the simple covering of necessities, and to go forward, I really need to express my true gratitude for where I am. So thank you all for the past, present, and future of Making Queer History.

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If you're as excited about the news from the 2023 dive to HMS Erebus and HMS Terror as I am, one of the archaeologists is giving a talk tomorrow! January 24 5-6:30 PM PT | 7-8:30 PM CT, free registration for the online event

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