Averill Earls
@aearls.bsky.social
Historian of sexuality and Ireland at St Olaf College. Executive Producer digpodcast.org. Layout Editor nursingclio.org. (3rd place) Winner of the 2024 MN State Fair Gingersnap competition.
SPIRITUALISM'S PLACE out now. LOVE IN THE LAV coming soon
SPIRITUALISM'S PLACE out now. LOVE IN THE LAV coming soon
Join me, @tomhulme.bsky.social & @paraickerrigan.bsky.social in Dublin on Jan 23 at the Irish Georgian Society to talk about my book, Love in the Lav! Tickets scanner.topsec.com?d=1962&r=sho...
December 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Join me, @tomhulme.bsky.social & @paraickerrigan.bsky.social in Dublin on Jan 23 at the Irish Georgian Society to talk about my book, Love in the Lav! Tickets scanner.topsec.com?d=1962&r=sho...
I considered spreading my Heated Rivalry obsession to this platform but instead enjoy Curie opening a Yule gift.
My brain is infected with queer hockey romance but at least the days are getting longer?
My brain is infected with queer hockey romance but at least the days are getting longer?
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I considered spreading my Heated Rivalry obsession to this platform but instead enjoy Curie opening a Yule gift.
My brain is infected with queer hockey romance but at least the days are getting longer?
My brain is infected with queer hockey romance but at least the days are getting longer?
Gift guide from Temple University Press! templepress.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/t...
Temple University Press’ Annual Holiday Give and Get
This week in North Philly Notes, the staff at Temple University Press close out 2025 by suggesting the Temple University Press books they would give along with some non-Temple Univer…
templepress.wordpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gift guide from Temple University Press! templepress.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/t...
A little peek behind the curtain of my history writing angst re: the Irish court records, sexual abuse, and "gross indecency"
notchesblog.com/2025/12/16/l...
It's been a while since I wrote anything for @notchesblog.bsky.social (almost 10 years?!?!?!?! wild), so this feels a bit like coming home
notchesblog.com/2025/12/16/l...
It's been a while since I wrote anything for @notchesblog.bsky.social (almost 10 years?!?!?!?! wild), so this feels a bit like coming home
Left Out: Boys, Sex, and the Challenge of “Gross Indecency” Records in Irish History
Child sex work is unspeakable, but what do we lose by avoiding those conversations?
notchesblog.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A little peek behind the curtain of my history writing angst re: the Irish court records, sexual abuse, and "gross indecency"
notchesblog.com/2025/12/16/l...
It's been a while since I wrote anything for @notchesblog.bsky.social (almost 10 years?!?!?!?! wild), so this feels a bit like coming home
notchesblog.com/2025/12/16/l...
It's been a while since I wrote anything for @notchesblog.bsky.social (almost 10 years?!?!?!?! wild), so this feels a bit like coming home
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It's a few weeks away - January 23rd - but it would be great to see a good turnout for this Dublin discussion of Averill Earls' important new book on male same-sex desire in 20th c. Ireland!
If you'll be in Dublin at the end of January, come to hear me talk for a bit (and then converse with the wonderful @tomhulme.bsky.social and @paraickerrigan.bsky.social), the eventbrite sign up is now live: www.eventbrite.ie/e/love-in-th...
'Love in the Lav' by Dr Averill Earls - Talk and Panel Discussion
Irish launch of Averill Earl’s 'Love in the Lav' with Páraic Kerrigan (UCD) and Tom Hulme (QUB).
www.eventbrite.ie
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's a few weeks away - January 23rd - but it would be great to see a good turnout for this Dublin discussion of Averill Earls' important new book on male same-sex desire in 20th c. Ireland!
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My book is now available for pre-order on the @ria.ie website shop.ria.ie/products/pio... Isn't it beautiful 😍 #PiousPromiscuous #PromiscuousPresbyterians #HistFam #IrishHist #Family #HistSex
Pious and promiscuous
Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication. Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...
shop.ria.ie
July 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My book is now available for pre-order on the @ria.ie website shop.ria.ie/products/pio... Isn't it beautiful 😍 #PiousPromiscuous #PromiscuousPresbyterians #HistFam #IrishHist #Family #HistSex
If you'll be in Dublin at the end of January, come to hear me talk for a bit (and then converse with the wonderful @tomhulme.bsky.social and @paraickerrigan.bsky.social), the eventbrite sign up is now live: www.eventbrite.ie/e/love-in-th...
'Love in the Lav' by Dr Averill Earls - Talk and Panel Discussion
Irish launch of Averill Earl’s 'Love in the Lav' with Páraic Kerrigan (UCD) and Tom Hulme (QUB).
www.eventbrite.ie
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you'll be in Dublin at the end of January, come to hear me talk for a bit (and then converse with the wonderful @tomhulme.bsky.social and @paraickerrigan.bsky.social), the eventbrite sign up is now live: www.eventbrite.ie/e/love-in-th...
Featured on the An Saoránach substack (and instagram) today! ansaoranach.substack.com?r=19ozom&utm...
An Saoránach | An Saoránach // The Citizen | Substack
A Progressive Voice For Irish America. Click to read An Saoránach, by An Saoránach // The Citizen, a Substack publication.
ansaoranach.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Featured on the An Saoránach substack (and instagram) today! ansaoranach.substack.com?r=19ozom&utm...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Missing the last day of “Queer British History” panels today but leaving #NACBS2025 with lots to think about and weird pictures after spending a day doing Montreal the @tomhulme.bsky.social way. Au revoir, montreal!
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Missing the last day of “Queer British History” panels today but leaving #NACBS2025 with lots to think about and weird pictures after spending a day doing Montreal the @tomhulme.bsky.social way. Au revoir, montreal!
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“God works fast but AO3 writers work faster”
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November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“God works fast but AO3 writers work faster”
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#NACBS2026 in Montreal! Haven't been back to this city since I was finishing my MA at UVM, so it feels nice to return (even if I am so close to VT/home but can't visit anyone because I didn't rent a car). The weirdnesses of academia
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#NACBS2026 in Montreal! Haven't been back to this city since I was finishing my MA at UVM, so it feels nice to return (even if I am so close to VT/home but can't visit anyone because I didn't rent a car). The weirdnesses of academia
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lol Target that’s not why
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
lol Target that’s not why
My first post-publication review! glreview.org/article/shor...
Short Reviews - The Gay & Lesbian Review
glreview.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My first post-publication review! glreview.org/article/shor...
Beasts and Believers: A History of Werewolf Trials in Early Modern Europe
In 1220 CE, St. Francis of Assisi tamed a ferocious werewolf terrorizing Gubbio, Italy—transforming "Brother Wolf" from savage beast to peaceful townsperson. But why did Christianity need to conquer the wolf? For millennia,…
In 1220 CE, St. Francis of Assisi tamed a ferocious werewolf terrorizing Gubbio, Italy—transforming "Brother Wolf" from savage beast to peaceful townsperson. But why did Christianity need to conquer the wolf? For millennia,…
Beasts and Believers: A History of Werewolf Trials in Early Modern Europe
In 1220 CE, St. Francis of Assisi tamed a ferocious werewolf terrorizing Gubbio, Italy—transforming "Brother Wolf" from savage beast to peaceful townsperson. But why did Christianity need to conquer the wolf? For millennia, werewolves have stalked the boundaries between civilization and savagery, humanity and monstrosity. From ancient Mesopotamian curses to Greek myths of divine punishment, from medieval theology to early modern courtrooms where hundreds died in werewolf trials, the shape-shifter has embodied our deepest anxieties about human nature itself.
digpodcast.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Made the University at Buffalo History Department's Alumni Spotlight this fall! ☺️ arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/history/news...
Fall 2025
Hello, alums!
arts-sciences.buffalo.edu
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Made the University at Buffalo History Department's Alumni Spotlight this fall! ☺️ arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/history/news...
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This Wednesday! Join us and the @nyhistory.bsky.social for a FREE virtual event on mediums, Spiritualism, and women's history. Celebrating our book's first anniversary with the wonderful folks at the NY Historical!
Register here:
www.nyhistory.org/programs/med...
Register here:
www.nyhistory.org/programs/med...
Mediums of Change: Women, Spiritualism, and Social Reform | The New York Historical
The Page Act of 1875 forbade the entry of Chinese women based on assumptions of immorality and was the first restrictive federal immigration law in the United States.
www.nyhistory.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This Wednesday! Join us and the @nyhistory.bsky.social for a FREE virtual event on mediums, Spiritualism, and women's history. Celebrating our book's first anniversary with the wonderful folks at the NY Historical!
Register here:
www.nyhistory.org/programs/med...
Register here:
www.nyhistory.org/programs/med...
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If you want to learn more, here’s a whole podcast about our current literacy crisis.
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on...
features.apmreports.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
If you want to learn more, here’s a whole podcast about our current literacy crisis.
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
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Love in the Lav:A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972
newbooksnetwork.com/love-in-the-... by @aearls.bsky.social LOTS of interesting stuff about policing choices, rural vs urban experiences. #lgbtqhistories #skystorians #irishhistory
newbooksnetwork.com/love-in-the-... by @aearls.bsky.social LOTS of interesting stuff about policing choices, rural vs urban experiences. #lgbtqhistories #skystorians #irishhistory
Averill Earls, "Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972" (Temple UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Love in the Lav:A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972
newbooksnetwork.com/love-in-the-... by @aearls.bsky.social LOTS of interesting stuff about policing choices, rural vs urban experiences. #lgbtqhistories #skystorians #irishhistory
newbooksnetwork.com/love-in-the-... by @aearls.bsky.social LOTS of interesting stuff about policing choices, rural vs urban experiences. #lgbtqhistories #skystorians #irishhistory
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What a collection to have at your fingertips!
New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
What a collection to have at your fingertips!
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My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”
Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers
"The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.
www.startribune.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”
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If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.
On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.
On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Fantastic event hosted by Maynooth University - Scholasticide in Palestine and the responsibilities of Western Universities. 21 October, in person and online. Not to be missed! www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
Scholasticide in Palestine and the Responsibilities of Western
The Israeli state has systematically targeted and repressed Palestinian education since the 1948 Nakba. Over the past two years, Israel's perpetration of ‘scholasticide’ against Palestinian scholars,
www.maynoothuniversity.ie
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fantastic event hosted by Maynooth University - Scholasticide in Palestine and the responsibilities of Western Universities. 21 October, in person and online. Not to be missed! www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...