We’d prefer not to air our linens in public (unless we’re showing you how vaginal acidity is normal). But we need to say something, and we need to ask your help. The pandemic has been rough for the entire museum sector. Now the Vagina Museum is at risk of becoming homeless.

Delighted to publish today our latest guest blog by Alice Raw - one of our Pandemic Awards recipients- it was a pleasure to have her on our July #writingretreat read her story chapelgarth-estate.co.uk/blog Kate Carruthers Thomas OASIS WHO? Literature Cambridge TORCH Oxford Marzia Maccaferri 📖🍸 Nikki Rutter NINE DTP

I loved making this viewpoint, perfect as the year gets colder!

Oxford friends, I am running a collaborative workshop on Friday! Please come talk about menstruation and pleasure with me! medieval.ox.ac.uk/2021/11/03/wor…

Teaching that disrupts power structures can only be built on radical love. bell hooks spoke this again and again, and it meant everything to me.

This is my one and final statement on the matter of media falsehoods & ensuing racist drama. I must return now to reading and writing.

Just heard Dr Tess Wingard on 'Unclean beasts: towards a queer ecology of the late middle ages', such a brilliant and expansive paper demonstrating how queer ecologies can bridge the gap between depictions of queer animals and how these images/ stories structure human sexuality.

Our first 2022/3 MA in Medieval Studies scholarship deadline is fast approaching (31 March). Our awards will support academic excellence, widening participation goals and our newly-launched Medieval Islamic Cultures pathway: york.ac.uk/medieval-studi…

Check out my review of A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants before the Plague, by Judith M. Bennett, here: academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-ar…

Was Christine de Pizan a feminist? This question has haunted me my entire Christine-career. I'll be sharing my final thoughts on the matter in a public lecture for Oxford Medieval Society on 9th June St John's College. Hope to see many there! #medievaltwitter More at: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2022/04/28/pub…

Join us on Friday in the Oxford History Faculty for our first event of the year!

My student made me the best gift ever, I will be taking no further entries: a pot based on detail from Bodleian MS Rawl. D 939 Part 3 r., affectionately known as ‘thumb love’. #medievaltwitter

If Chaucer and Champaigne used the quitclaim to show that he didn’t take her from her employment against her will- how do we know that she wasn’t pressurised into making that release?

For anyone who thinks there is no debate, or that the debate is settled, please be assured: it is not. #Chaucer #Chaumpaigne #medievaltwitter #feminism New Chaucer Society Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship May the feminist tut-tutting continue. Please share widely!! medium.com/the-sundial-ac…

Join us and WGIQ at Oxford for a discussion on the repeal of Section 28 and the importance of Queer History on Friday 10 March #queerhistorymonth

🌈🚨THIS FRIDAY! 🌈🚨 So excited to learn from our incredible panel of activists and scholars about the legacy of #Section28.

Lots of really fun things happening this term! All welcome.

The LGBTQ+ Network and the Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Oxford History of Science, Medicine and Technology are pleased to co-host Dr Ross Brooks @rossb_oxford for their first joint lecture! Further info: hsmt.ox.ac.uk/event/we-will-… and at our linktr.ee/oulgbtq_histor…

Oxford LGBTQ+ History Faculty Network Statement In Support of Oxford’s Trans Students: