Imogen Cook
@birosmudged.bsky.social
PhD researcher, writer, someone’s gay auntie. Clumsy but resilient. Currently looking at the links between health and travel in Anne Lister’s diaries and letters. she/they
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A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
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We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?
#lgbtqhistory
#lgbtqhistory
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
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#OtD 2 Feb 1988 4 lesbians abseiled into the UK House of Lords in protest at the homophobic section 28. In 2017, 4 other lesbians climbed onto the Houses of Parliament in order to put up a blue plaque commemorating the 1988 action stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9181...
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
#OtD 2 Feb 1988 4 lesbians abseiled into the UK House of Lords in protest at the homophobic section 28. In 2017, 4 other lesbians climbed onto the Houses of Parliament in order to put up a blue plaque commemorating the 1988 action stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9181...
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Queering the British Holiday
YouTube video by SocAntiquaries
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January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
People are doing discourse about this (shocker) so I’m gonna weigh in and say I think she’s cute and this is a nice thing actually :)
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
People are doing discourse about this (shocker) so I’m gonna weigh in and say I think she’s cute and this is a nice thing actually :)
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The first pieces for our issue on Pedagogical Resilience, Challenges and Adaptive Strategies, created by students & faculty of the English Department at Al-Aqsa University, are now live!
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The first pieces for our issue on Pedagogical Resilience, Challenges and Adaptive Strategies, created by students & faculty of the English Department at Al-Aqsa University, are now live!
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
www.briefencounters-journal.co.uk/BE/issue/12/...
#EducationMatters #Gaza #Resilience #صمود #Palestine #فلسطين
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Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
This is how I feel when I post on Close Friends on insta
"Dear Friends, too busy to write a letter, so I am sending a postcard to a few of my friends to let them know they are not forgotten. W R Bradlaugh unites in Christian love to all."
W.R. Bradlaugh knew: connection doesn’t need to be complicated.
When the group chat’s too much, go Bradlaugh style.
W.R. Bradlaugh knew: connection doesn’t need to be complicated.
When the group chat’s too much, go Bradlaugh style.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is how I feel when I post on Close Friends on insta
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I am terrible at promoting my own stuff, but I was recently on a very cool podcast with absolute delights @krheyam.bsky.social and Ann of @vulgarhistory.bsky.social talking all things Anne Lister! It really does get rather vulgar...
Regency Era power lesbian Anne Lister was many things: secret sex diarist, land-owner, mountain climber, womanizer.
We're joined by returning guest @krheyam.bsky.social and new guest Sarah Wingrove to dish all about Anne Lister’s wild life and legacy! pod.link/1489560920/e...
We're joined by returning guest @krheyam.bsky.social and new guest Sarah Wingrove to dish all about Anne Lister’s wild life and legacy! pod.link/1489560920/e...
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am terrible at promoting my own stuff, but I was recently on a very cool podcast with absolute delights @krheyam.bsky.social and Ann of @vulgarhistory.bsky.social talking all things Anne Lister! It really does get rather vulgar...
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This epistolary novel could have been an email
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This epistolary novel could have been an email
Still on my way back from a cold, dark and wet Halifax visit (fortunately the archives were warm, light and dry)
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Still on my way back from a cold, dark and wet Halifax visit (fortunately the archives were warm, light and dry)
I enjoyed collaging at the queer studies symposium in Sussex :) I am pleased with my collage personally and excited to display it in our flat to unnerve visitors
October 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I enjoyed collaging at the queer studies symposium in Sussex :) I am pleased with my collage personally and excited to display it in our flat to unnerve visitors
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🖤 ANNE LISTER 🪶
(3 Apr 1791 — 22 Sept 1840)
Anne Lister died on this day, as far from her Shibden Hall home as she had ever been, æt. 49. 💫 Grateful to all who have revived her singular story — and who amplify her ver. “proud spirit” and lifelong commitment to 𝓞𝟧+𝟥 [hope].
(3 Apr 1791 — 22 Sept 1840)
Anne Lister died on this day, as far from her Shibden Hall home as she had ever been, æt. 49. 💫 Grateful to all who have revived her singular story — and who amplify her ver. “proud spirit” and lifelong commitment to 𝓞𝟧+𝟥 [hope].
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🖤 ANNE LISTER 🪶
(3 Apr 1791 — 22 Sept 1840)
Anne Lister died on this day, as far from her Shibden Hall home as she had ever been, æt. 49. 💫 Grateful to all who have revived her singular story — and who amplify her ver. “proud spirit” and lifelong commitment to 𝓞𝟧+𝟥 [hope].
(3 Apr 1791 — 22 Sept 1840)
Anne Lister died on this day, as far from her Shibden Hall home as she had ever been, æt. 49. 💫 Grateful to all who have revived her singular story — and who amplify her ver. “proud spirit” and lifelong commitment to 𝓞𝟧+𝟥 [hope].
Mimi loves queer media
September 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Mimi loves queer media
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Delighted to share our first call for contributions! We are seeking proposals to lead meetings in any format which will promote conversation and debate among junior Lister scholars. Deadline 15th October. See below & please help spread the word!
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Delighted to share our first call for contributions! We are seeking proposals to lead meetings in any format which will promote conversation and debate among junior Lister scholars. Deadline 15th October. See below & please help spread the word!