Claire Mead
@carmineclaire.bsky.social
sword lesbian historian ⚔️ artist & creator of Girls' School of Knighthood webcomic 🌹trustee at Vagina Museum 🗡️ curator Vestry House Museum 🌈 museum drag king 🥐 she/her
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Woah thank you for 500+ subscribers! I'm a #swordlesbian historian, museum worker, drag king and comics artist and writer currently publishing my webcomic Girls' School of Knighthood, about a bard who joins a school of knights to seek out the mysterious masked girl she saved...
I'm cancelling Netflix over their absurd decision to remove She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (and others like Kipo) from the platform, which is an affront to both original animation that can not be accessed elsewhere and LGBTQ+ content.
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm cancelling Netflix over their absurd decision to remove She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (and others like Kipo) from the platform, which is an affront to both original animation that can not be accessed elsewhere and LGBTQ+ content.
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They endured more than most parents sign up for, they loved, their tried, they never gave up. Unbelievably tragic, so sad and such a waste of two incredibly talented, kind, loving and successful humans. In a World of hate and evil, Love is all that matters. 💔😭🕯️🕎💞🙏
RIP Rob & Michele Reiner.
RIP Rob & Michele Reiner.
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
They endured more than most parents sign up for, they loved, their tried, they never gave up. Unbelievably tragic, so sad and such a waste of two incredibly talented, kind, loving and successful humans. In a World of hate and evil, Love is all that matters. 💔😭🕯️🕎💞🙏
RIP Rob & Michele Reiner.
RIP Rob & Michele Reiner.
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GRINDING vs HONING YOUR EDGE
or
how to improve w/o burning out! (1/17)🧵📚
I've spent a lot of time grinding, and subsequently a lot of time recovering, and then a lot of time just having fun, and I've got some thoughts I'd like to share re; energy!
(skip to post #7 for the tips)
or
how to improve w/o burning out! (1/17)🧵📚
I've spent a lot of time grinding, and subsequently a lot of time recovering, and then a lot of time just having fun, and I've got some thoughts I'd like to share re; energy!
(skip to post #7 for the tips)
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
GRINDING vs HONING YOUR EDGE
or
how to improve w/o burning out! (1/17)🧵📚
I've spent a lot of time grinding, and subsequently a lot of time recovering, and then a lot of time just having fun, and I've got some thoughts I'd like to share re; energy!
(skip to post #7 for the tips)
or
how to improve w/o burning out! (1/17)🧵📚
I've spent a lot of time grinding, and subsequently a lot of time recovering, and then a lot of time just having fun, and I've got some thoughts I'd like to share re; energy!
(skip to post #7 for the tips)
I just crunched the last update between 9am and 6pm with breaks (including a one hour lunch break and move around breaks and a phone call and STRETCHES) and honestly if I wasn't documenting it for a chaotic vlog I would imagine it's some kind of fever dream
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I just crunched the last update between 9am and 6pm with breaks (including a one hour lunch break and move around breaks and a phone call and STRETCHES) and honestly if I wasn't documenting it for a chaotic vlog I would imagine it's some kind of fever dream
Girls' School of Knighthood has UPDATED please go read my lil sword lesbian GL comic
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
Girls' School of Knighthood (GL) - Episode 97 - Sorry to interrupt
Cassidy is a bard telling tales about knights and those they protect...but defending a mysterious masked girl sets her on a path to become the hero of her stories. Will she find her lady - and become ...
www.webtoons.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Girls' School of Knighthood has UPDATED please go read my lil sword lesbian GL comic
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
Why is LIBBY of all apps using bloody AI what is the POINT of this? I'm really sick of it being really forced upon us.
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Why is LIBBY of all apps using bloody AI what is the POINT of this? I'm really sick of it being really forced upon us.
They say she's been posting modern AU Lady Oscar where Oscar and Rosalie are yearning useless "what could have been" lesbians again
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They say she's been posting modern AU Lady Oscar where Oscar and Rosalie are yearning useless "what could have been" lesbians again
They've got a point. This angle is really hard and it's only once I posted that I realised I did not even ATTEMPT to convey it properly RIP.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
They've got a point. This angle is really hard and it's only once I posted that I realised I did not even ATTEMPT to convey it properly RIP.
Ahoy brave knights making it through November...Girls' School of Knighthood had updated on Webtoon Canvas!
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
Girls' School of Knighthood (GL)
Cassidy is a bard telling tales about knights and those they protect...but defending a mysterious masked girl sets her on a path to become the hero of her stories. Will she find her lady - and become ...
www.webtoons.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ahoy brave knights making it through November...Girls' School of Knighthood had updated on Webtoon Canvas!
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gi...
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Keep calling out people and companies for using generative ai. Don't let them rest. Make sure they KNOW how harmful it is and how their audience feels about. It wasn't okay years ago and it sure as fuck isn't now. DO NOT LET THEM REST.
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Keep calling out people and companies for using generative ai. Don't let them rest. Make sure they KNOW how harmful it is and how their audience feels about. It wasn't okay years ago and it sure as fuck isn't now. DO NOT LET THEM REST.
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IT'S NOVEMBER but I'm not ready to give up the ghost just yet!! Go for it young miss!! 💚 #spookycute #ocs
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
IT'S NOVEMBER but I'm not ready to give up the ghost just yet!! Go for it young miss!! 💚 #spookycute #ocs
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my friends and i constantly quoting this post to each other whenever we feel bad about productivity
September 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
my friends and i constantly quoting this post to each other whenever we feel bad about productivity
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i am EXTREMELY bad at this honestly, i have really only been able to make my first website without a GUI like this year, but everyone smarter than me has recommended this: www.htmlforpeople.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
i am EXTREMELY bad at this honestly, i have really only been able to make my first website without a GUI like this year, but everyone smarter than me has recommended this: www.htmlforpeople.com
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The way they composited real human eyes on these puppets is the raddest, scariest thing I've seen in a while.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcdz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcdz...
Madame Tutli-Putli
YouTube video by NFB
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The way they composited real human eyes on these puppets is the raddest, scariest thing I've seen in a while.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcdz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcdz...
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We've got active two calls for papers out now!
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
September 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We've got active two calls for papers out now!
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
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It is the last few days to submit for our special issue on Trans Museology! Deadline is midnight on October 15th. Be sure to get your abstracts to us and be part of this exciting journal issue!
We've got active two calls for papers out now!
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It is the last few days to submit for our special issue on Trans Museology! Deadline is midnight on October 15th. Be sure to get your abstracts to us and be part of this exciting journal issue!
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One of my favourite spread from my upcoming comic!
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
One of my favourite spread from my upcoming comic!
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"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."
October 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."
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The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem
In my happy place, writing a talk about sword lesbian fashion for a room full of lesbians later on this eve. I really enjoy writing for museum-goers and wider online audiences. But writing for the younger dykes to see themselves through history is pure joy, truly what I was put on this earth to do!
October 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In my happy place, writing a talk about sword lesbian fashion for a room full of lesbians later on this eve. I really enjoy writing for museum-goers and wider online audiences. But writing for the younger dykes to see themselves through history is pure joy, truly what I was put on this earth to do!
I cannot sit alone with the fact that the inventor of the carabiner is an early 20th century German mountaineer who went by Rambo Herzog
October 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I cannot sit alone with the fact that the inventor of the carabiner is an early 20th century German mountaineer who went by Rambo Herzog
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Cat's out the bag! Ladies of the Knight, coming to you in July 2026 in actual bookbook form with Oni Press!!
Complete with shiny new cover!
Complete with shiny new cover!
LADIES OF THE KNIGHT Brings Medieval Flair To New Queer-Normative Historical Fantasy
It’s giving us Ser Brienne of Tarth from ‘Game of Thrones’ vibe, with a love story that will leave fans of YA queer, medieval fan fic in no doubt that this is a story for them. Pu…
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October 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Cat's out the bag! Ladies of the Knight, coming to you in July 2026 in actual bookbook form with Oni Press!!
Complete with shiny new cover!
Complete with shiny new cover!
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That is interesting. To my lettering friends, are you familiar with this and what are your opinions about it?
I’ve never seen this before! An *inward-indicating* word-balloon tail (that’s the speaker’s right arm descending below the word balloon).
FASCINATING! Does this tail technique have a name? Have folks seen it used elsewhere?? I have so many questions!!! (From HIRAYASUMI, book 3, pg 37)
FASCINATING! Does this tail technique have a name? Have folks seen it used elsewhere?? I have so many questions!!! (From HIRAYASUMI, book 3, pg 37)
October 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
That is interesting. To my lettering friends, are you familiar with this and what are your opinions about it?