Dinah Roe
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
C19th literature. Victorian Poetry. Pre-Raphaelitism. Caregiving / Care. Editing Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti (Longman). Visit the Poetry By Carers project website https://carerspoetry.org/ for poems by caregivers.
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Dinah Roe
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey
Lucy Worsley reveals the surprising stories behind our favourite Christmas carols. From pagan rituals to religious conflicts, French dances and the First World War, carols reflect our history.
www.bbc.co.uk
For those who would like to see me dorking out over Christina #Rossetti's 'In the Bleak Midwinter' on Xmas telly, I give you:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Autocrats stoke anxieties about women’s independence, sexuality & authority. Because women who dissent defy political & gender hierarchies, they are targeted twice: 1st for threatening the regime & 2nd for violating expectations of docility & deference. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Women’s Rights Are Democratic Rights
The global authoritarian backlash to gender equality.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Autocrats stoke anxieties about women’s independence, sexuality & authority. Because women who dissent defy political & gender hierarchies, they are targeted twice: 1st for threatening the regime & 2nd for violating expectations of docility & deference. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.”
she did it! her! way!!
she did it! her! way!!
Alysa Liu’s Olympic run came with terms. Her choreographer helps her express them
Liu is the best U.S. hope for an Olympic medal in women's figure skating, which would be the country's first in the competition since 2006.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.”
she did it! her! way!!
she did it! her! way!!
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One must ymagine Sisyphus bouldermaxxing
February 20, 2026 at 4:41 AM
One must ymagine Sisyphus bouldermaxxing
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Theseus in the Minotaur's labyrinth, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1861.
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Theseus in the Minotaur's labyrinth, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1861.
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Re-upping our PGR-organised ECR conference on Place - send us an abstract by 1st May for a (hopefully) sunny day in June 😎
ICYMI our @ehunineteen.bsky.social PGRs are hosting a conference - check out our poster - please reskeet - share with your PGRs - and do come along and join us in June!
February 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Re-upping our PGR-organised ECR conference on Place - send us an abstract by 1st May for a (hopefully) sunny day in June 😎
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
February 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.
Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
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There are so many tasks that are onerous but (when done well) express a deep sense of care and community. Annual performance evaluations, letters of rec, and peer reviews are generally unremunerated acts of care and trust for one’s community. I think it’s telling that AI has targeted those tasks.
February 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
There are so many tasks that are onerous but (when done well) express a deep sense of care and community. Annual performance evaluations, letters of rec, and peer reviews are generally unremunerated acts of care and trust for one’s community. I think it’s telling that AI has targeted those tasks.
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Christina Rossetti: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges,
Plump unpeck’d cherries, Melons and raspberries,Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches
John Ruskin: Your whole poem can't just be listing food
Rossetti: SWART-HEADED MULBERRIES, WILD FREE-BORN CRANBERRIES, CRAB-APPLES, DEWBERRIES, PINE-APPLES, BLACKB
Plump unpeck’d cherries, Melons and raspberries,Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches
John Ruskin: Your whole poem can't just be listing food
Rossetti: SWART-HEADED MULBERRIES, WILD FREE-BORN CRANBERRIES, CRAB-APPLES, DEWBERRIES, PINE-APPLES, BLACKB
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Christina Rossetti: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges,
Plump unpeck’d cherries, Melons and raspberries,Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches
John Ruskin: Your whole poem can't just be listing food
Rossetti: SWART-HEADED MULBERRIES, WILD FREE-BORN CRANBERRIES, CRAB-APPLES, DEWBERRIES, PINE-APPLES, BLACKB
Plump unpeck’d cherries, Melons and raspberries,Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches
John Ruskin: Your whole poem can't just be listing food
Rossetti: SWART-HEADED MULBERRIES, WILD FREE-BORN CRANBERRIES, CRAB-APPLES, DEWBERRIES, PINE-APPLES, BLACKB
"He felt his song was felt—to poet's lays
Sympathy is more precious far than praise."
What a cracking couplet! The more I read of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the more I like.
(from 'Tasso’s last interview with the Princess Leonora', 1826)
Sympathy is more precious far than praise."
What a cracking couplet! The more I read of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the more I like.
(from 'Tasso’s last interview with the Princess Leonora', 1826)
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"He felt his song was felt—to poet's lays
Sympathy is more precious far than praise."
What a cracking couplet! The more I read of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the more I like.
(from 'Tasso’s last interview with the Princess Leonora', 1826)
Sympathy is more precious far than praise."
What a cracking couplet! The more I read of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the more I like.
(from 'Tasso’s last interview with the Princess Leonora', 1826)
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I got my MMR in adulthood too. You can get yours now! And you should. 👇
ALSO - if you missed out on your childhood measles vaccine and haven't had measles, you can get *free* MMR vaccination from your GP! (whether as an older child, teenager or adult).
I got my MMR about 10 years ago!
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
I got my MMR about 10 years ago!
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 18, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I got my MMR in adulthood too. You can get yours now! And you should. 👇
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We wrote about Oxford’s needs for homes in a series of long reads But perhaps we need to write a further one about the tension between spaces for labs and space for homes. What do you think?
oxfordclarion.uk/housing-week...
oxfordclarion.uk/housing-week...
Housing Week: Oxford needs homes. Why? And where?
Oxford is the second least affordable place to live in the UK – after Kensington & Chelsea.
In this, the first of a five part series of Clarion long reads, we examine why Oxford has such a housing sh...
oxfordclarion.uk
February 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM
We wrote about Oxford’s needs for homes in a series of long reads But perhaps we need to write a further one about the tension between spaces for labs and space for homes. What do you think?
oxfordclarion.uk/housing-week...
oxfordclarion.uk/housing-week...
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History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.
February 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.
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Celebrate Pancake Day with Christina Rossetti's 'Mix a pancake', illustrated by Arthur Hughes.
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Celebrate Pancake Day with Christina Rossetti's 'Mix a pancake', illustrated by Arthur Hughes.
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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A 2018 study (N=46K) of DNA samples & questionnaires found no genes associated with sex played a role in empathy. Women display more empathy, not because it is innate, but because girls are socialized to act on their emotions & prioritize needs of others. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The myth that women are more naturally empathetic than men
Scientific research is up-ending age-old gender stereotypes about empathy – and revealing new ways of thinking about masculinity.
www.bbc.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
A 2018 study (N=46K) of DNA samples & questionnaires found no genes associated with sex played a role in empathy. Women display more empathy, not because it is innate, but because girls are socialized to act on their emotions & prioritize needs of others. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Every year, Christina Rossetti wrote a Valentine to her mother. This is the one for 1884, when Christina was her 84 year-old mother's primary caregiver.
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Every year, Christina Rossetti wrote a Valentine to her mother. This is the one for 1884, when Christina was her 84 year-old mother's primary caregiver.
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Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
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Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
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Taking my Book Theory seminar to the Houghton next month & found this amusing record . . . The students often get the chance to view fragments, but a fragment of a HOUSE? of William Caxton's HOUSE? Not so much .. .
February 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Taking my Book Theory seminar to the Houghton next month & found this amusing record . . . The students often get the chance to view fragments, but a fragment of a HOUSE? of William Caxton's HOUSE? Not so much .. .
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Very excited to be heading to Cambridge tomorrow!! Come and see me 1.30pm @cambridgejunction.bsky.social xxx
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Very excited to be heading to Cambridge tomorrow!! Come and see me 1.30pm @cambridgejunction.bsky.social xxx
‘each Dustman shall speak, both in Latin and Greek / And Tinkers beat Bishops in knowledge.’
Yer darn tootin'!
Yer darn tootin'!
Happy 200th birthday UCL. Nice piece by Georgina Brewis placing the 'Godless Students' into the history of London. www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
The Godless Students of London University
www.historytoday.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
‘each Dustman shall speak, both in Latin and Greek / And Tinkers beat Bishops in knowledge.’
Yer darn tootin'!
Yer darn tootin'!