Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨
@kristinwh0.bsky.social
Historian of sex, gender and medicine 🪴 she/her
Horror fan ⚰️ tattoo connoisseur 👻 mother of cats (Salem and Binx) 🐈⬛♥️
#histmed #genderhistory #histsex
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Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨
@kristinwh0.bsky.social
· Mar 20
‘The Doctor Made Clear His Utter Contempt of Me, and I Can Remember It Still’1: Unmarried Women’s Experiences of Accessing the Pill in Scotland c. 1968–1980
Summary. In 1968, the barrier of marital status was removed from oral contraception. This meant that for the first time, unmarried women could legally acce
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✨NEW PUBLICATION✨ @sshmedicine.bsky.social
I am over the moon that my new article “unmarried women’s experiences of accessing the pill in Scotland c. 1968-1980” is finally out OPEN ACCESS in SHM.
It draws on 31 #oralhistory interviews
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
I am over the moon that my new article “unmarried women’s experiences of accessing the pill in Scotland c. 1968-1980” is finally out OPEN ACCESS in SHM.
It draws on 31 #oralhistory interviews
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Started reading the wonderful #Katabasis but this line has me thinking it’s a bit too meta for pre-semester reading:
“No one ever suggested that perhaps, in addition to doing his research, Professor Grimes should have been fulfilling his duties as a teacher…”
👀👀👀
“No one ever suggested that perhaps, in addition to doing his research, Professor Grimes should have been fulfilling his duties as a teacher…”
👀👀👀
September 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Started reading the wonderful #Katabasis but this line has me thinking it’s a bit too meta for pre-semester reading:
“No one ever suggested that perhaps, in addition to doing his research, Professor Grimes should have been fulfilling his duties as a teacher…”
👀👀👀
“No one ever suggested that perhaps, in addition to doing his research, Professor Grimes should have been fulfilling his duties as a teacher…”
👀👀👀
Some news! As of August 1 I will be the book reviews editor of Women’s History Review alongside the wonderful Tanya Cheadle ✨
If you are a researcher in women’s history in any region of the world and are interested in reviewing for us, get in touch! ☺️ 📚
If you are a researcher in women’s history in any region of the world and are interested in reviewing for us, get in touch! ☺️ 📚
July 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Some news! As of August 1 I will be the book reviews editor of Women’s History Review alongside the wonderful Tanya Cheadle ✨
If you are a researcher in women’s history in any region of the world and are interested in reviewing for us, get in touch! ☺️ 📚
If you are a researcher in women’s history in any region of the world and are interested in reviewing for us, get in touch! ☺️ 📚
Thrilled to be heading to @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today for the Oral History Society conference! I’ve got a lovely morning of fascinating papers before presenting myself on interviewing men about contraception in 1970s Scotland 🏴
Naturally, this poster features heavily…
Naturally, this poster features heavily…
June 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Thrilled to be heading to @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today for the Oral History Society conference! I’ve got a lovely morning of fascinating papers before presenting myself on interviewing men about contraception in 1970s Scotland 🏴
Naturally, this poster features heavily…
Naturally, this poster features heavily…
It was an absolute privilege to be at @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social yesterday for the premier of ‘The Boy from Bute’: a fascinating documentary tracing the unsung story of Sir William Macewen - the grandfather of #neurosurgery 🧠
May 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It was an absolute privilege to be at @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social yesterday for the premier of ‘The Boy from Bute’: a fascinating documentary tracing the unsung story of Sir William Macewen - the grandfather of #neurosurgery 🧠
I really need people to understand that in a *game* the narrative goal is to drive the player forward, alongside entertaining and challenging play.
In a *show* the narrative is central. We, as the viewer, don’t have to be compelled to move forward - the character does.
#TLOU
In a *show* the narrative is central. We, as the viewer, don’t have to be compelled to move forward - the character does.
#TLOU
May 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I really need people to understand that in a *game* the narrative goal is to drive the player forward, alongside entertaining and challenging play.
In a *show* the narrative is central. We, as the viewer, don’t have to be compelled to move forward - the character does.
#TLOU
In a *show* the narrative is central. We, as the viewer, don’t have to be compelled to move forward - the character does.
#TLOU
Happy Even in Arcadia day to those who celebrate xo
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy Even in Arcadia day to those who celebrate xo
Please follow @cgh-glasgow.bsky.social and join us in standing against transphobic, ahistorical and unscientific rulings that do nothing but further the patriarchy and the rise of fascism.
Trans rights are human rights🏳️⚧️♥️
Trans rights are human rights🏳️⚧️♥️
Our response to the recent Supreme Court ruling ‘For Women Scotland Ltd. v. The Scottish Ministers’: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Response to Supreme Court ruling ‘For Women Scotland Ltd
Response to Supreme Court ruling ‘For Women Scotland Ltd. V. The Scottish Ministers’ Centre for Gender History, 02/05/2025 The Centre for Gender History at the University of Glasgow expresses dismay...
docs.google.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Please follow @cgh-glasgow.bsky.social and join us in standing against transphobic, ahistorical and unscientific rulings that do nothing but further the patriarchy and the rise of fascism.
Trans rights are human rights🏳️⚧️♥️
Trans rights are human rights🏳️⚧️♥️
✨Teaching History and/as a Social Science✨
Registration is now open to attend our @uofgsotl.bsky.social event on 20 May. It’s free, with both in-person and hybrid options too!
Please come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345233372...
Registration is now open to attend our @uofgsotl.bsky.social event on 20 May. It’s free, with both in-person and hybrid options too!
Please come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345233372...
History and/as a Social Science: Current approaches and Future Directions
An interdisciplinary workshop at the University of Glasgow
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
✨Teaching History and/as a Social Science✨
Registration is now open to attend our @uofgsotl.bsky.social event on 20 May. It’s free, with both in-person and hybrid options too!
Please come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345233372...
Registration is now open to attend our @uofgsotl.bsky.social event on 20 May. It’s free, with both in-person and hybrid options too!
Please come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345233372...
Reducing womanhood to bio-essentialism is the most anti-feminist, conservative stance: a patriarchal tenet that fundamentally harms all women.
Sex has never been binary. Trans and intersex people have always existed. To suggest otherwise is unscientific and ahistorical.
Sex has never been binary. Trans and intersex people have always existed. To suggest otherwise is unscientific and ahistorical.
April 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reducing womanhood to bio-essentialism is the most anti-feminist, conservative stance: a patriarchal tenet that fundamentally harms all women.
Sex has never been binary. Trans and intersex people have always existed. To suggest otherwise is unscientific and ahistorical.
Sex has never been binary. Trans and intersex people have always existed. To suggest otherwise is unscientific and ahistorical.
Today on “we need rent controls/reform yesterday” I’m fighting with my landlord, whose “flat” (mould pit) I left in 1 Oct 2024.
For 6 months he hasn’t paid me my deposit. He sold the property in Jan 2025 for a £10k profit.
Today he requested £490.00 for a “sparkle clean” (which is illegal)
For 6 months he hasn’t paid me my deposit. He sold the property in Jan 2025 for a £10k profit.
Today he requested £490.00 for a “sparkle clean” (which is illegal)
March 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Today on “we need rent controls/reform yesterday” I’m fighting with my landlord, whose “flat” (mould pit) I left in 1 Oct 2024.
For 6 months he hasn’t paid me my deposit. He sold the property in Jan 2025 for a £10k profit.
Today he requested £490.00 for a “sparkle clean” (which is illegal)
For 6 months he hasn’t paid me my deposit. He sold the property in Jan 2025 for a £10k profit.
Today he requested £490.00 for a “sparkle clean” (which is illegal)
✨NEW PUBLICATION✨ @sshmedicine.bsky.social
I am over the moon that my new article “unmarried women’s experiences of accessing the pill in Scotland c. 1968-1980” is finally out OPEN ACCESS in SHM.
It draws on 31 #oralhistory interviews
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
I am over the moon that my new article “unmarried women’s experiences of accessing the pill in Scotland c. 1968-1980” is finally out OPEN ACCESS in SHM.
It draws on 31 #oralhistory interviews
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
‘The Doctor Made Clear His Utter Contempt of Me, and I Can Remember It Still’1: Unmarried Women’s Experiences of Accessing the Pill in Scotland c. 1968–1980
Summary. In 1968, the barrier of marital status was removed from oral contraception. This meant that for the first time, unmarried women could legally acce
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
✨NEW PUBLICATION✨ @sshmedicine.bsky.social
I am over the moon that my new article “unmarried women’s experiences of accessing the pill in Scotland c. 1968-1980” is finally out OPEN ACCESS in SHM.
It draws on 31 #oralhistory interviews
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
I am over the moon that my new article “unmarried women’s experiences of accessing the pill in Scotland c. 1968-1980” is finally out OPEN ACCESS in SHM.
It draws on 31 #oralhistory interviews
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
✨CALL FOR PAPERS✨ History and/as social science
1.5 Day workshop @uofgsotl.bsky.social exploring the teaching of history as/in social sciences AND/OR the experiences of historians teaching in social sciences.
Deadline 14 March. Details below (inc alt text).
Please share! ✨
1.5 Day workshop @uofgsotl.bsky.social exploring the teaching of history as/in social sciences AND/OR the experiences of historians teaching in social sciences.
Deadline 14 March. Details below (inc alt text).
Please share! ✨
February 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
✨CALL FOR PAPERS✨ History and/as social science
1.5 Day workshop @uofgsotl.bsky.social exploring the teaching of history as/in social sciences AND/OR the experiences of historians teaching in social sciences.
Deadline 14 March. Details below (inc alt text).
Please share! ✨
1.5 Day workshop @uofgsotl.bsky.social exploring the teaching of history as/in social sciences AND/OR the experiences of historians teaching in social sciences.
Deadline 14 March. Details below (inc alt text).
Please share! ✨
In the 1970s a group called “the innocents” co-opted feminist rhetorics around “choice” in Scotland, placing advertisements in the paper and targeting young pregnant woman, promising them they would talk them through all the options available to them.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2495047...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2495047...
US anti-abortion group 'planning more protests outside Scottish hospital'
A US anti-abortion group is planning a series of protests outside a hospital in Scotland despite a law banning such demonstrations.
www.heraldscotland.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the 1970s a group called “the innocents” co-opted feminist rhetorics around “choice” in Scotland, placing advertisements in the paper and targeting young pregnant woman, promising them they would talk them through all the options available to them.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2495047...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2495047...
Reposted by Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨
This. Teaching history in this moment is radical, powerful, and subversive.
February 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This. Teaching history in this moment is radical, powerful, and subversive.
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February 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
@engenderscot.bsky.social is looking to hear from you! We want to hear your views on Engender’s work and what tou would like to see from us in the future. Please fill out the survey:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/8W79765?fb...
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In October, I wrote about how Trump’s potential presidency could impact reproductive rights in Scotland.
Never did I think it would be as explicit as the US veep spouting fear mongering, nonsensical lies about Scotland’s buffer zones.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Never did I think it would be as explicit as the US veep spouting fear mongering, nonsensical lies about Scotland’s buffer zones.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
The US has us asking: where's Scotland’s reproductive health agenda?
The hot-button issue in the 2024 Presidential election remains sexual and reproductive health, specifically abortion rights. But what about Scotland?
www.heraldscotland.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In October, I wrote about how Trump’s potential presidency could impact reproductive rights in Scotland.
Never did I think it would be as explicit as the US veep spouting fear mongering, nonsensical lies about Scotland’s buffer zones.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Never did I think it would be as explicit as the US veep spouting fear mongering, nonsensical lies about Scotland’s buffer zones.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
The start of the second semester always hits like a freight train, for us and, more importantly, for our students.
I teach oral history at honours level and today, just before their dissertation submissions, I was teaching the dreaded ✨ethics✨
Guys. They KILLED IT. One of the best classes ever ♥️
I teach oral history at honours level and today, just before their dissertation submissions, I was teaching the dreaded ✨ethics✨
Guys. They KILLED IT. One of the best classes ever ♥️
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The start of the second semester always hits like a freight train, for us and, more importantly, for our students.
I teach oral history at honours level and today, just before their dissertation submissions, I was teaching the dreaded ✨ethics✨
Guys. They KILLED IT. One of the best classes ever ♥️
I teach oral history at honours level and today, just before their dissertation submissions, I was teaching the dreaded ✨ethics✨
Guys. They KILLED IT. One of the best classes ever ♥️
Thrilled to be in attendance at @engenderscot.bsky.social’s AGM this morning. The work they have done in the past year to improve the lives of women and girls in Scotland - in the middle of the cost of living crisis - is nothing short of phenomenal 👏🏼 especially their focus on #Decriminaliseabortion
January 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Thrilled to be in attendance at @engenderscot.bsky.social’s AGM this morning. The work they have done in the past year to improve the lives of women and girls in Scotland - in the middle of the cost of living crisis - is nothing short of phenomenal 👏🏼 especially their focus on #Decriminaliseabortion
Reposted by Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨
📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK).
Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures.
openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures.
openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
January 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK).
Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures.
openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures.
openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
I need #Thetraitors to release a print of the Queen Claudia painting yesterday please and thank you.
The only monarch I recognise.
The only monarch I recognise.
January 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I need #Thetraitors to release a print of the Queen Claudia painting yesterday please and thank you.
The only monarch I recognise.
The only monarch I recognise.
Reposted by Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨
My early work looked at the history of women in medicine in Ireland and medical student culture. More recently I’ve been working on the history of reproductive and sexual health and histories of activism. My next book is a history of anti-abortion activism in Ireland, c.1972-92.
November 12, 2024 at 12:06 PM
My early work looked at the history of women in medicine in Ireland and medical student culture. More recently I’ve been working on the history of reproductive and sexual health and histories of activism. My next book is a history of anti-abortion activism in Ireland, c.1972-92.
Reposted by Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨
Hello new followers! For those of you who don’t know me, I work on the history of medicine and gender in modern Ireland. My most recent book ‘Contraception and Modern Ireland’ came out last year and is free to read via this link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... (Cover image by Evelyn Hofer)
Contraception and Modern Ireland
Cambridge Core - History of Medicine - Contraception and Modern Ireland
www.cambridge.org
November 12, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Hello new followers! For those of you who don’t know me, I work on the history of medicine and gender in modern Ireland. My most recent book ‘Contraception and Modern Ireland’ came out last year and is free to read via this link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... (Cover image by Evelyn Hofer)
Reposted by Dr Kristin Hay 🔮✨
This may provide useful 'civilian' or general context for future military welfare history studies #milwelfhist
📢 Hot off Press New Book Alert 📢. 1/2: With @ruthdav.bsky.social & @evecolpus.bsky.social we are exited to share our new co-edited book that demands a re-think of histories of welfare in modern Britain. Fully OA. Links to all chapters to follow & our Chap 1 Intro 👇
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 19, 2024 at 5:56 PM
This may provide useful 'civilian' or general context for future military welfare history studies #milwelfhist
Classes prepped for 2025, merry Christmas (TAKE A BREAK) emails sent to my dissertation students, out of office on, and I’m away until the new year 🎄
Immediately walked out the door and to the gym, which I’ve avoided for 2 weeks(months) because I’ve been too tired from work, feeling good ♥️
Immediately walked out the door and to the gym, which I’ve avoided for 2 weeks(months) because I’ve been too tired from work, feeling good ♥️
December 19, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Classes prepped for 2025, merry Christmas (TAKE A BREAK) emails sent to my dissertation students, out of office on, and I’m away until the new year 🎄
Immediately walked out the door and to the gym, which I’ve avoided for 2 weeks(months) because I’ve been too tired from work, feeling good ♥️
Immediately walked out the door and to the gym, which I’ve avoided for 2 weeks(months) because I’ve been too tired from work, feeling good ♥️
