Dr Amanda Brunton
@amandycat.bsky.social
Lover of early modern drama, PhD on early modern epitaphs in manuscripts. Chicken wrangler. she/her
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I know other people have said this, but it's making me angry, so I want to rant about it more.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I know other people have said this, but it's making me angry, so I want to rant about it more.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.
Hanging out with my bestie, and we turned up wearing the same outfit but just in different colours. Them with green hair, striped shirt, green dungas. Me, red hair, red shirt, black dungas. She's got a green tea-cosy hat on. I've got an orange one. Realise we are just Tilly and Tiny from Tots TV
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hanging out with my bestie, and we turned up wearing the same outfit but just in different colours. Them with green hair, striped shirt, green dungas. Me, red hair, red shirt, black dungas. She's got a green tea-cosy hat on. I've got an orange one. Realise we are just Tilly and Tiny from Tots TV
Friends, I have a really absurd number of plants to give away, please come take some!
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Friends, I have a really absurd number of plants to give away, please come take some!
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
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Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War.
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Makers' Market!
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Makers' Market!
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December
Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD
We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.
Lenny says 'hi'
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Lenny says 'hi'
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
I am continually impressed by just how much TLC does with a pretty modest budget - if you're able to chip in at all to their costs, I can guarantee even a small sum of money goes a really long way.
Friends, we've been busy little bees cooking up lots of delicious events for you all - watch this space for a Christmas market, life drawing, a plant swap, a clothes tailoring session, a grief café, and probably lots of things I've forgotten about because there are SO MANY LOVELY THINGS TO REMEMBER
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am continually impressed by just how much TLC does with a pretty modest budget - if you're able to chip in at all to their costs, I can guarantee even a small sum of money goes a really long way.
![A WhatsApp conversation as follows:
[begin transcript]
Her: Were medieval/early modern fandoms a thing
Me: Wtf else do you think saints are for
Her: Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Did they have fandom fights like my saint is cooler than your saint BITCH
Me: Idk but I know some friends who would know
[End of transcript]
Historian nerd friends of mine, what do we think?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwpgaf3fobitr46jvnibaurc/bafkreifvh3jge3pcmkdkmlwmewz44qixqt6sksmovcrucwgj4csmv4h74i@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I am so angry that trans people have been excluded from Cambridge rowing, and so glad to see that so many other people are too.
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TLC AND FRIENDS DISRUPT CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I am so angry that trans people have been excluded from Cambridge rowing, and so glad to see that so many other people are too.
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Reposted by Dr Amanda Brunton
TLC AND FRIENDS DISRUPT CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
TLC AND FRIENDS DISRUPT CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Here's our statement:
Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.
Bit offended *I* didn't get the cheese talk
The other night, @amandycat.bsky.social just read ice cream flavours to me down the phone. Sarah lets me infodump about indefinable cheese-goo. Autistic conversations are the best conversations.
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Bit offended *I* didn't get the cheese talk
I am also one of the sewing machine gremlins who helps alter clothing! Trans and queer Cambridge friends, if you'd like your clothes to be More Gender, or repaired, or altered in some way, we will do it for free!
TWO EVENTS FOR THE PRICE (free) OF ONE: Sympathetic Tailor + Plant Swap!
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am also one of the sewing machine gremlins who helps alter clothing! Trans and queer Cambridge friends, if you'd like your clothes to be More Gender, or repaired, or altered in some way, we will do it for free!
It's me, I'm the one who has been propagating cuttings of all my plants, please come to the plant swap and take them, every flat surface in my home has plants on it
TWO EVENTS FOR THE PRICE (free) OF ONE: Sympathetic Tailor + Plant Swap!
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
1-5pm, 22nd November, Lichfield Community Hall CB1 3SJ
FFP2 masks required (unless you're unable to wear one) and provided. Please take a covid test beforehand.
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's me, I'm the one who has been propagating cuttings of all my plants, please come to the plant swap and take them, every flat surface in my home has plants on it
Absolutely delighted to see this project go live. It's a community created directory of GPS in Cambridgeshire, rated according to how well they treat their trans patients.
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Trans Liberation Cambridge presents:
✨Trans Healthcare Map✨
gp.translib.cam
Share your experiences of GPs in Cambridgeshire!
Do you need: blood tests? referrals? letters? shared care?
Post your experiences of accessing healthcare services in Cambridgeshire, and search for a GP practice to help you.
✨Trans Healthcare Map✨
gp.translib.cam
Share your experiences of GPs in Cambridgeshire!
Do you need: blood tests? referrals? letters? shared care?
Post your experiences of accessing healthcare services in Cambridgeshire, and search for a GP practice to help you.
October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Absolutely delighted to see this project go live. It's a community created directory of GPS in Cambridgeshire, rated according to how well they treat their trans patients.
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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Clothes, am I right? You want different ones? No problem we've got you. 1.30-4.30pm, 18th Oct, East Barnwell Community Centre. Take what you like, give as you can! Access and more below 🧵
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Clothes, am I right? You want different ones? No problem we've got you. 1.30-4.30pm, 18th Oct, East Barnwell Community Centre. Take what you like, give as you can! Access and more below 🧵
Trans + Queer speed friending! In Cambridge! Accessible, free, and neurodivergence-friendly!
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)
What's that? That sound of friends being made, as if at speed? That's right! It's another round of TLC'S SPEED FRIENDING on the 25th of Oct, 2.45-5.15pm at Lichfield Community Hall!
September 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trans + Queer speed friending! In Cambridge! Accessible, free, and neurodivergence-friendly!
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)
(I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)
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*deep breath*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
September 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
*deep breath*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
Went to a beach known for its seaglass and filled our pockets, then sat in the sun and had a crow party about it, 15/10 strongly recommend
September 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Went to a beach known for its seaglass and filled our pockets, then sat in the sun and had a crow party about it, 15/10 strongly recommend
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
Alt pride variety show and picnic were both just so fun, weird, chaotic, uplifting things to be part of.
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
August 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Alt pride variety show and picnic were both just so fun, weird, chaotic, uplifting things to be part of.
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
This reads like some real 'rules horror' stuff. Like, 'you can park in the beach car park but make sure you are gone by sunset. If you stay late, a guardian will greet you. Be grateful if all she asks you for is money.'
Very English experience last night: we parked in a beach car park, returning after sunset. An elderly lady sitting in a deckchair by the locked gate, with a large torch and a cat, calmly informed me I was in contravention of two parish council regulations and would have to cough up to be released.
August 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This reads like some real 'rules horror' stuff. Like, 'you can park in the beach car park but make sure you are gone by sunset. If you stay late, a guardian will greet you. Be grateful if all she asks you for is money.'
Friends, the good people of Trans Liberation Cambridge are putting on a show as part of Alternative pride, tickets are free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)
August 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Friends, the good people of Trans Liberation Cambridge are putting on a show as part of Alternative pride, tickets are free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)