Evan Hayles Gledhill
@gothicbodies.bsky.social
Professional nerd researching Gothic Fangirls and Families.
Disabled, Queer, Socialist.
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What Do We mean by Fandom Anyway? | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In tis episode I define what I mean when go looking for historic examples of fandoms, and explain how I started this research a decade ago. With a shout out to the 'Sir Harry Page Collection of Victor...
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First full episode of Historical Squee is now live! Possibly of interest if you're interested in eighteenth century literary cultures, Romantic era poets, and sentiment albums and collage, and feminist history!
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Reminder: under no circumstance should you give discord your ID.
It is gonna -suck- trying to set up alternatives, and this whole fiasco is going to damage communities, but you CANNOT give them your info
It is gonna -suck- trying to set up alternatives, and this whole fiasco is going to damage communities, but you CANNOT give them your info
so it turns out that the identity verification provder persona, with its well documented links to peter thiel from the epstein files and palintir, is keeping all data of targets and linking them to intelligence databases and watch lists, exactly like you suspected
vmfunc.re/blog/persona
vmfunc.re/blog/persona
the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds
53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN. and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account.
vmfunc.re
February 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Reminder: under no circumstance should you give discord your ID.
It is gonna -suck- trying to set up alternatives, and this whole fiasco is going to damage communities, but you CANNOT give them your info
It is gonna -suck- trying to set up alternatives, and this whole fiasco is going to damage communities, but you CANNOT give them your info
Can't. I ain't going out like that.
Can't, it took so long to bake it
can't, I'm blessing the rains down in Africa
February 19, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Can't. I ain't going out like that.
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That £ number would sink like 75% of other UK universities into financial hell, fire sale all assets must go style, and this precedent is absolutely hideous.
One irony is that post-92s like my place only did remote during lockdowns (risking us all) and probably won't have to pay out as a result.
One irony is that post-92s like my place only did remote during lockdowns (risking us all) and probably won't have to pay out as a result.
Another nail in the parlous state of UK higher education in February 2026. More nails very sadly likely coming to an HEI near you....
UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed settlement
Move involving 6,500 claimants is set to put pressure on other universities to compensate graduates
www.ft.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
That £ number would sink like 75% of other UK universities into financial hell, fire sale all assets must go style, and this precedent is absolutely hideous.
One irony is that post-92s like my place only did remote during lockdowns (risking us all) and probably won't have to pay out as a result.
One irony is that post-92s like my place only did remote during lockdowns (risking us all) and probably won't have to pay out as a result.
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The #ReluctantWidow watchalong starts at 7pm GMT on the dot! You can join in, commenting and following along by using and following the hashtag!
February 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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"Why are ADHD and Autism suddenly such a big fucking deal"
I dunno, how much louder and brighter and constant did everything get in the last 50 years
Do you not think that has overwhelmed people who are easily distracted or prone to sensory overload
I dunno, how much louder and brighter and constant did everything get in the last 50 years
Do you not think that has overwhelmed people who are easily distracted or prone to sensory overload
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 AM
"Why are ADHD and Autism suddenly such a big fucking deal"
I dunno, how much louder and brighter and constant did everything get in the last 50 years
Do you not think that has overwhelmed people who are easily distracted or prone to sensory overload
I dunno, how much louder and brighter and constant did everything get in the last 50 years
Do you not think that has overwhelmed people who are easily distracted or prone to sensory overload
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Your reminder that close friend of Peter Mandelson (the guy who was also close personal friend & corrupt enabler of Jeffrey Epstein) Emily Maitlis claims personal credit for creating the moral panic around the Tavistock gender care clinic.
This has never, ever been about the safety of children.
This has never, ever been about the safety of children.
Emily Maitlis says her BBC work led to closure of UK's only youth gender clinic
Former BBC Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis has said her work on the programme led to the closure of England's only youth gender clinic.
www.thepinknews.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Your reminder that close friend of Peter Mandelson (the guy who was also close personal friend & corrupt enabler of Jeffrey Epstein) Emily Maitlis claims personal credit for creating the moral panic around the Tavistock gender care clinic.
This has never, ever been about the safety of children.
This has never, ever been about the safety of children.
My answer in automatically something by Leonard Cohen or Marvin Gaye. But I have a sneaking suspicion the real answer is actually going to come from an overlooked 90s female rapper
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
My answer in automatically something by Leonard Cohen or Marvin Gaye. But I have a sneaking suspicion the real answer is actually going to come from an overlooked 90s female rapper
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🚨 ALERT 🚨
@ EVERYBODY
IMPORTANT ANIMAL NEWS
I have just discovered Panchi.
Panchi, and his adopted mother: a stuffed chimpanzee.
Panchi has since been adopted by a loving Macaque mother but the chimpanzee is still with them.
2026 is the year of Panchi.
@ EVERYBODY
IMPORTANT ANIMAL NEWS
I have just discovered Panchi.
Panchi, and his adopted mother: a stuffed chimpanzee.
Panchi has since been adopted by a loving Macaque mother but the chimpanzee is still with them.
2026 is the year of Panchi.
February 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
🚨 ALERT 🚨
@ EVERYBODY
IMPORTANT ANIMAL NEWS
I have just discovered Panchi.
Panchi, and his adopted mother: a stuffed chimpanzee.
Panchi has since been adopted by a loving Macaque mother but the chimpanzee is still with them.
2026 is the year of Panchi.
@ EVERYBODY
IMPORTANT ANIMAL NEWS
I have just discovered Panchi.
Panchi, and his adopted mother: a stuffed chimpanzee.
Panchi has since been adopted by a loving Macaque mother but the chimpanzee is still with them.
2026 is the year of Panchi.
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LONDON FFS
..damn it, this thing was almost wiped out. IT WAS ALMOST WIPED OUT.
(growling) Now all this work is to do again. And it's going to take years. *And thousands of kids will die.* 😡
..damn it, this thing was almost wiped out. IT WAS ALMOST WIPED OUT.
(growling) Now all this work is to do again. And it's going to take years. *And thousands of kids will die.* 😡
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
www.thetimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
LONDON FFS
..damn it, this thing was almost wiped out. IT WAS ALMOST WIPED OUT.
(growling) Now all this work is to do again. And it's going to take years. *And thousands of kids will die.* 😡
..damn it, this thing was almost wiped out. IT WAS ALMOST WIPED OUT.
(growling) Now all this work is to do again. And it's going to take years. *And thousands of kids will die.* 😡
Bloody hell Zach Polanski's good at this - just refusing the staging of the questions themselves,when this trips up so many. He clearly outlined how and why the framing of the debate is preloaded with authoritarian intent
Trevor Philips, "This is not a country where people get thrown in jail for the things that they say"
Zack Polanski, "We're spiralling down that road. 2,700 arrested for opposing a genocide"
Zack Polanski, "We're spiralling down that road. 2,700 arrested for opposing a genocide"
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Bloody hell Zach Polanski's good at this - just refusing the staging of the questions themselves,when this trips up so many. He clearly outlined how and why the framing of the debate is preloaded with authoritarian intent
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Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland is quoted in this piece saying that Dr Upton leaving the NHS will be "a relief to female patients."
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
Trans doc at centre of landmark Sandi Peggie court battle quits NHS
THE trans medic at the heart of a changing room war that cost taxpayers a staggering £400,000 has walked out on the NHS. NHS Fife bosses racked up the eye-watering bill in a failed bid to hush up n…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
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Desperately looking for anyone in Scotland to foster a 2 year old female cat named Bambi. Incredibly affectionate and friendly. Indoor-only. Whether temporary (a few weeks) or longer term.
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
February 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Desperately looking for anyone in Scotland to foster a 2 year old female cat named Bambi. Incredibly affectionate and friendly. Indoor-only. Whether temporary (a few weeks) or longer term.
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months
Pay what you can for a day of awesome creative workshops with some excellent authors, and educational fun! It's for charity!! My session is on queer cannibalism - see you there!!
It's that time of year again!!! 🥳
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
Buy tickets – Goths for Breakfast: A Charity Teach-a-thon – Zoom
Goths for Breakfast: A Charity Teach-a-thon – Zoom, Sat 28 Feb 2026 - Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children ...
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February 14, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Pay what you can for a day of awesome creative workshops with some excellent authors, and educational fun! It's for charity!! My session is on queer cannibalism - see you there!!
This is so beautiful I nearly wept. Watercolour!!!
"Valentines" (12 x 12" watercolour) just arrived at Whiterock Gallery, B.C. The type cherries are actually named "Valentine," part of Romance series developed for our cold 🇨🇦 climate at the University of Saskatchewan.They are little flavour bombs in the juiciest shades of red. #canadianart
February 14, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This is so beautiful I nearly wept. Watercolour!!!
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It's not #buyastrangerabook day but @paolaoeste.bsky.social would like to offer a book out.
Oeste will buy one lucky person a copy of No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami.
Blurb in the pic!
If you'd like it, just get in touch.
UK only
Oeste will buy one lucky person a copy of No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami.
Blurb in the pic!
If you'd like it, just get in touch.
UK only
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
It's not #buyastrangerabook day but @paolaoeste.bsky.social would like to offer a book out.
Oeste will buy one lucky person a copy of No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami.
Blurb in the pic!
If you'd like it, just get in touch.
UK only
Oeste will buy one lucky person a copy of No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami.
Blurb in the pic!
If you'd like it, just get in touch.
UK only
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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What a profound failure. Less than 0.5% of Tavistock’s actual service users complained. None of that mattered to the online rightwing mediasphere encouraged by this country’s billionaire-owned media.
Kids being punished for the failures of adults.
Kids being punished for the failures of adults.
pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
What a profound failure. Less than 0.5% of Tavistock’s actual service users complained. None of that mattered to the online rightwing mediasphere encouraged by this country’s billionaire-owned media.
Kids being punished for the failures of adults.
Kids being punished for the failures of adults.
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“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
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Labour's Manifesto promised to ban conversion therapy. But I defy anyone to explain how, looking at the totality of its policy platform, Labour's real policy is anything other than promoting desistance.
Labour continues to troll the trans community - and to prioritise pleasing the right wing press. We know Hilary Cass was selected for her transphobic views: Kemi Badenoch told us exactly that.
So why is she running trans policy for Labour?
So why is she running trans policy for Labour?
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Labour's Manifesto promised to ban conversion therapy. But I defy anyone to explain how, looking at the totality of its policy platform, Labour's real policy is anything other than promoting desistance.
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It's that time of year again!!! 🥳
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
Buy tickets – Goths for Breakfast: A Charity Teach-a-thon – Zoom
Goths for Breakfast: A Charity Teach-a-thon – Zoom, Sat 28 Feb 2026 - Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children ...
buytickets.at
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
It's that time of year again!!! 🥳
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
Struggling with my fatigue ATM. It's not completely debilitating, like I'm not bedridden. I'm really just fucking frustrated by the fact that I can't get hardly anything done. I want to get on with my life!!
a woman is sitting in a chair on a plane and talking about her life .
Alt: a woman is sitting in a chair on a plane saying 'the thing is, I'm just too tired to buy things or do things or get things or say things or face things'.
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Struggling with my fatigue ATM. It's not completely debilitating, like I'm not bedridden. I'm really just fucking frustrated by the fact that I can't get hardly anything done. I want to get on with my life!!
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Polymarket should be burned to the ground for even offering shit like this
February 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Polymarket should be burned to the ground for even offering shit like this
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a clinic that provided services to 12,000 people being closed on the basis of 8 complaints perfectly captures the nature of the uk 'trans-debate'
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
a clinic that provided services to 12,000 people being closed on the basis of 8 complaints perfectly captures the nature of the uk 'trans-debate'
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
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It's an indictment of the entertainment industry as well, because I'm fairly sure Sony (the producers of Dawson's Creek), WB (which aired it), Disney (which owned and aired Don't Trust the B*) & Paramount (which produced Varsity Blues) made money off of him & should have insured him for life.
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
www.gofundme.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
It's an indictment of the entertainment industry as well, because I'm fairly sure Sony (the producers of Dawson's Creek), WB (which aired it), Disney (which owned and aired Don't Trust the B*) & Paramount (which produced Varsity Blues) made money off of him & should have insured him for life.
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read this whole thread. Read till the end
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
read this whole thread. Read till the end