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stella
@anthrostella.bsky.social
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🍉 anthropologist of environment/Japan 🌈
📚 phd social anthro @ SOAS, researching impact of climate change on experiences of the seasons in Tokyo
🇬🇧 back in London
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This week I've been spending time out in the cold with the plum blossoms. I also scheduled in some interviews which I'm excited about!
White plum blossoms, against a Shinto shrine (a wooden building with gold accents), against a cold and clear blue sky
February 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Kawazu-zakura yesterday 🌸 Ebara Shrine, Shinagawa
A Shinto shrine with cherry blossoms and a pine tree. People are lining up to pray at the shrine and gazing up at the blossoms Pink fluffy blossoms against a blue sky Blossom trees above a path by a river. People are taking photos and enjoying the blooms, including a man with a very long lens for taking bird photos Pink blossoms and a little green bird
February 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Successful day today - discovered a nice local library (and got a library card!), went climbing, and joined a photo walk to get some cool edgy photos of Shibuya at night. Time for bed!
A ramen shop in Shibuya at night. The light is warm and red neon. A couple of people, one in a flashy fringed white skirt, walk in front of the shop. Various bits and bobs outside a restaurant. The vibe is concrete and beer crates and bare lightbulbs. A decorative lantern swings behind a wooden sign showing a restaurant menu. Everything is cast in a slightly purple glow from a nearby advertisement board. A cardboard sign in a restaurant window says 'there is Curry's (in Japanese). Around the window the wall is spray painted and covered in stickers.
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Today on fieldwork: the very beginnings of the plum blossoms 🌸 reserving judgement on whether they're early because only a few select varieties were in bloom and I need to look them up. Most trees were in bud! #AnthroSky #Anthropology #AcademicSky
Pink plum blossoms, around 50% in bloom, against a white apartment building More partially in bloom plum blossoms, this time white against a blue sky A closeup of pink plum blossoms Plum blossoms in bud, above a pond. In the pond there is a reflection of the cityscape above
January 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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If you see this quote with a photo of a bridge from your gallery 🌉
Several bridges, plus Mt Fuji hiding behind the cityscape, at sunset
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Spring?! Already?! やばっ。。。 #AnthroSky #fieldwork
A sign outside a shop which says (translated from Japanese) 'Spring has come! The cold days are still continuing, but in the shop, we have many flowers heralding spring! Come and feel spring.' Plum blossoms on the NHK weather forecast Early plum blossoms just about to bloom at a shrine Sakura themed goods at a shop
January 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Me at the start of this week: ah it's winter, not much seasonal stuff going on, I'll do planning + admin

Me today (Thursday): *running around covering winter peonies, early plum blossoms and pansies as well as organising the upcoming sakura season*

Fieldwork, never a dull moment!
Brightly coloured pansies in Hibiya Park, Tokyo Two goshuin (shrine stamps) from Goto Inari Jinja in Tokyo. On the right, a zodiac snake sits on a golden plinth. On the left, a cat plays music to a snake, surrounded by plum blossoms White peonies Winter peonies in their straw covers (to stop them being damaged by snow, rain etc)
January 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Betwixtmas is the time to make very difficult life decisions: like which kind of crochet blanket to spend the next few months of my life making. Thoughts and prayers 😔🙏
Two crochet blanket tiles. One is a hexagon with lovely floral looking stitches. The other is an octagon with gorgeous fan shaped stitches. They both look lush in shades of green and pink. They're on a pink checked quilt.
December 29, 2023 at 12:50 AM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Tell me where you're from with a food pic
A very crumbly white cheese on a wooden board with some crackers. One cracker has been made up with cheese and a dollop of chutney on top.
August 30, 2023 at 4:04 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Watching the Sewing Bee final at last! 🪡✨
Stella is smiling at the camera. She's a white woman with glasses and blonde hair in french plaits.
August 22, 2023 at 8:35 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Your wish is my command! ✨
Einstein and Oppenheimer talking with Ken photoshopped into the background
August 18, 2023 at 2:15 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
REF2021 top 3 anthro departments
Einstein and Oppenheimer talk to each other, with Ken in a technicolour beach outfit photoshopped into the background. Einstein is Bristol, Oppenheimer is LSE and Ken is SOAS.
August 18, 2023 at 1:32 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
The best part is when you go to the 'about' section of these websites and it's a really uncanny valley style, cobbled together biography of a person who doesn't exist
A screenshot of part of the 'about' section of an AI-generated website about cleaning. It reads: "How do know so much about cleaning? Over 20 years of hard graft! I spent 12 years cleaning a sterile aseptic suite in a hospital pharmacy and over 10 years cleaning other people's houses. There's not much I don't know about keeping things clean! I'm sharing with you all my professional cleaning secrets to make your home sparkle fizz and pop! What do know about parenting? I have two adopted children, one diagnosed with ADHD and attachment disorder, I'm learning every day and l'm sharing what I've learned so far! What do I know about organizing? I've spent over 10 years helping other people.."
August 11, 2023 at 4:30 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
How I feel trying to write my masters thesis about climate change when *gestures at the world on fire*
The 'this is fine' meme which contains a dog sat in a room on fire, casually drinking a cup of coffee and saying 'this is fine' as if they aren't literally burning
July 25, 2023 at 11:58 PM
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Dear Darth @darthbluesky.bsky.social, my parents' cat demands an audience
A black cat sits on a chair as if he's at the table. There is a notebook and pen on the table in front of him. The same black cat is sat at the table again, this time giving some human a bit of a glare.
July 17, 2023 at 11:23 PM
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All the influencers and techbros on threads: at least they pay us to be funny!

Bluesky:
Two singers with a giant UGH in the background. It's from the song Poe Poe Poe which is excellent and deserves more attention.
July 6, 2023 at 7:13 PM
anthrostella.bsky.social
Hydrangeas are bisexual and nobody can convince me otherwise
Purple hydrangea flowers A beautiful hydrangea flower that's blue with streaks of pink and purple A blue hydrangea flower Pale pink hydrangea flowers
July 5, 2023 at 12:28 PM