There’s a new featured essay on the “A Dose of History” Substack today:
📰 “I’ve never thought of nursing as a position with power”: The Role of History in Post-TRC Nursing Education by @kira-aislinn.bsky.social and Holly Reeve.
Read it here: buff.ly/LjdCtrK
#HistMed
Cat tax of the girls who always keep me company while writing.
[Some 'shameless' self-promotion 🙃]
Check out my latest publication: "Institutionalized Mad Girls: Pathologizing the Rejection of Gendered Norms in Canadian Youth, 1890–1930" graciously collected and edited by Mary Zaborskis #girlhood #madstudies #cdnhist
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
A screen cap of an article in the Atlantic about META pirated books database that used to train ai
Images of the libgen search engine and two of syrus publications : all power to all people? And building diversity in museums journal issue
Three publications listed: marvellous grounds, queering urban justice and activating diversity in museums
Until we are free and three other publications listed
So trying to get caught up the whole META stolen book thing. I checked in LibGen and many many of my publications are there- they stole 7 of my publications, mostly books. You can check here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Come join @madnesscanada.bsky.social for our mad teach-in! You'll hear from excellent speakers who will share their lived experiences, and participate in an activity on politics and intersectionality to showcase the resources available at #MadSchool! #Madstudies #cdnhistory #madhistory
A Black woman named Aliyah was struggling to find work. So, she catfished herself and made a fake profile on LinkedIn named "Emily." Emily had the same qualifications as Aliyah but received 57.9% of interview invites while Aliyah received 8.9%
This is what we mean when we say racism is systemic.
I was delighted to learn that Mars Project (2012) is now on YouTube. The film explores rapper Khari 'Conspiracy' Stewart's madness from many perspectives including his own. It challenges how we understand mental health and personal narratives #MadStudies #MadInCanada
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Y3...
Close to 85,000 students, 9 student associations across Quebec voted in favour of a two-day student strike for yesterday and today to demand their universities divest from companies with ties with Israel and weapons manufacturers, and for an end to genocide. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/7523...
Sounds right up my alley! I'm looking forward to learning more :)
She's a very sweet girl 🥰
A gray and white cat in the right corner stares directly at the camera. Behind her is a fake Christmas tree with decorations.
The top of a fake Christmas tree with Kyo from Fruits Basket as the topper. Other ornaments are felted animals and gold or green orbs.
Preparing for the season, praise Pebbles and Kyo #CatsOfSky #FruitsBasket
Neat! What's the project you're working on?
Much appreciated✨
Much appreciated!!
Disability Historians starter pack. The more the merrier: go.bsky.app/4MB7iob
I appreciate the organisational work ✨
I’d love to be added! Thanks 🙏🏻
Could you add me? Thank you! :)
Could you add me please? :) thanks!
A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
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The image is full of possibilities and welcomes many different imaginative routes. Hopefully, it will encourage them to see the place of imagination and fiction in historical scholarship. 😄
A large group of people stand out in front of a tent with the sign 'Lost Children.' Several small children face the camera and smile. Many adults are loitering in the background.
I gathered historical images for a creative writing activity for #HIST2811 at Carleton and I hope someone writes about the Lost Children tent at the CNE. digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/336712
Sharing for all the new people on Bluesky!
*Black DH Projects & Resources* an open community list of 600+ links and counting! bit.ly/Black-DH-List
Add yours, and then help us learn about someone else's work too? #BlackSky
Reposting for the afternoon crowd. Support my new project! I’m really excited about it. I also talk about space archeology!
Webpage of the Digital Humanities project, "Books of Duchesses: Mapping Women Book Owners, 1350-1550." Link in post.
Book of Duchesses, map.
Now up: S. C. Caplan, "Books of Duchesses: Mapping Women Book Owners, 1350-1550." booksofduchesses.com
Hi 👋 I'm Kira and I recently finished my Ph.D. at York. I'm a historian of madness who works at the intersection of public history and disability studies. You can check out my article on writing historical fiction here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
