Lynn Somers
@drlynnsomers.bsky.social
Art historian/modern & contemporary sculpture/psychoanalysis/object relations/aesthetics/yogi/autistic/she-her pronouns https://www.drlynnsomers.com/
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Lynn Somers
@drlynnsomers.bsky.social
· Mar 28
As an independent scholar of art history, I’m excited to share my new website: www.drlynnsomers.com
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Call for Papers: Leeds IMC 2026
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Call for Papers: Leeds IMC 2026
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities
Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
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Not only does this sound interesting, but full points for a very appealing social media rollout of the #CFP.
#CAA2026 #earlymodern #architecture
#CAA2026 #earlymodern #architecture
🌍✨ Call for Papers! ✨🌍
SIGA is excited to sponsor a panel at CAA 2026 that explores the ambitious, adaptive, and at times unstable histories of early modern architecture in the Iberian world.
(1/6)
SIGA is excited to sponsor a panel at CAA 2026 that explores the ambitious, adaptive, and at times unstable histories of early modern architecture in the Iberian world.
(1/6)
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not only does this sound interesting, but full points for a very appealing social media rollout of the #CFP.
#CAA2026 #earlymodern #architecture
#CAA2026 #earlymodern #architecture
With the 30% off back-to-school sale, its a good time to order Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play: Louise Bourgeois’s Sculpture 👉🏻👉🏽👉🏾✍🏻🕷️💙🩵https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/academic/art-visual-culture/theory-of-art/
ACADEMIC: Art & Visual Culture: Theory of Art: Books: Bloomsbury Publishing (US) - Bloomsbury
www.bloomsbury.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
With the 30% off back-to-school sale, its a good time to order Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play: Louise Bourgeois’s Sculpture 👉🏻👉🏽👉🏾✍🏻🕷️💙🩵https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/academic/art-visual-culture/theory-of-art/
On Resistance www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Phillips · On Resistance
Resistance is at once recognition and a fantasy of catastrophe; indeed, in resisting one has always leaped forward to...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
On Resistance www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity www.themarginalian.org/2024/05/31/p...
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity
“The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state.”
www.themarginalian.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity www.themarginalian.org/2024/05/31/p...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social is having a 30% off newly released academics, ending tomorrow, May 18! Includes my Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play 🔥🩵📖👍
www.bloomsbury.com/us/transform...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/transform...
Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play
This book considers the sculpture of Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) in light of psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott's (1896-1971) radical ideas regarding transitional o…
www.bloomsbury.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social is having a 30% off newly released academics, ending tomorrow, May 18! Includes my Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play 🔥🩵📖👍
www.bloomsbury.com/us/transform...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/transform...
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Is it okay to say that lovely family lobotomized the wrong kid?
April 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Is it okay to say that lovely family lobotomized the wrong kid?
For NYC fans of Louise Bourgeois, object relations, and "off-modern" sculpture, join me this Thursday for a Book Launch and conversation with #douglasmao
@phbookstores.bsky.social #louisebourgeois #psychoanalysis #play #louisebourgeois #modernsculpture
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@phbookstores.bsky.social #louisebourgeois #psychoanalysis #play #louisebourgeois #modernsculpture
powerhousearena.com/events/book-...
Book Launch: Transformative Objects by Dr. Lynn Somers - POWERHOUSE Arena
This book considers the sculpture of Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) in light of psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott's (1896-1971) radical ideas regarding transitional objects, potential space, and play, offer...
powerhousearena.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For NYC fans of Louise Bourgeois, object relations, and "off-modern" sculpture, join me this Thursday for a Book Launch and conversation with #douglasmao
@phbookstores.bsky.social #louisebourgeois #psychoanalysis #play #louisebourgeois #modernsculpture
powerhousearena.com/events/book-...
@phbookstores.bsky.social #louisebourgeois #psychoanalysis #play #louisebourgeois #modernsculpture
powerhousearena.com/events/book-...
As an independent scholar of art history, I’m excited to share my new website: www.drlynnsomers.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
As an independent scholar of art history, I’m excited to share my new website: www.drlynnsomers.com
Sculpture Journal: Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body arthist.net/archive/44896
Sculpture Journal: Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body
Sculpture Journal, University of York. Eingabeschluss : 01.06.2025
arthist.net
March 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sculpture Journal: Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body arthist.net/archive/44896
Just two weeks to go till @forarthistory.org.uk #AnnualConference2025 at the University of York, UK. If you are attending and work on sculpture, please do join us!
March 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Just two weeks to go till @forarthistory.org.uk #AnnualConference2025 at the University of York, UK. If you are attending and work on sculpture, please do join us!
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Less than 4 weeks till @forarthistory.org.uk Annual Conference @uniofyork
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
March 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Less than 4 weeks till @forarthistory.org.uk Annual Conference @uniofyork
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
Just 3 weeks to go! Limited tix still available @forarthistory.org.uk #ForArtHistory #AnnualConference2025 #modernsculpture #materialculture #visualculture
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just 3 weeks to go! Limited tix still available @forarthistory.org.uk #ForArtHistory #AnnualConference2025 #modernsculpture #materialculture #visualculture
Less than 4 weeks till @forarthistory.org.uk Annual Conference @uniofyork
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
March 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Less than 4 weeks till @forarthistory.org.uk Annual Conference @uniofyork
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
Join me and scholars Victoria MacBeath, Laura Lake Smith, Ivan Knapp, Tess McCoy, Susan Richmond, and Tobias Teutenberg for the panel "The Work of Sculpture: Object encounters within art history and everyday life"
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Less than a month until our Annual Conference ✨
We’re counting down the days to our three day event at University of York, bringing together international research and critical debate about art history and visual culture. ⬇️
We’re counting down the days to our three day event at University of York, bringing together international research and critical debate about art history and visual culture. ⬇️
March 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Less than a month until our Annual Conference ✨
We’re counting down the days to our three day event at University of York, bringing together international research and critical debate about art history and visual culture. ⬇️
We’re counting down the days to our three day event at University of York, bringing together international research and critical debate about art history and visual culture. ⬇️
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📣 DEADLINE: 28th March 2025 📣
We are looking to appoint new members to our Board of Trustees, who will join other board members, staff and stakeholders to fulfil our mission to advance the study and practice of art history.
Full details on our website: forarthistory.org.uk/latest_news/...
We are looking to appoint new members to our Board of Trustees, who will join other board members, staff and stakeholders to fulfil our mission to advance the study and practice of art history.
Full details on our website: forarthistory.org.uk/latest_news/...
March 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📣 DEADLINE: 28th March 2025 📣
We are looking to appoint new members to our Board of Trustees, who will join other board members, staff and stakeholders to fulfil our mission to advance the study and practice of art history.
Full details on our website: forarthistory.org.uk/latest_news/...
We are looking to appoint new members to our Board of Trustees, who will join other board members, staff and stakeholders to fulfil our mission to advance the study and practice of art history.
Full details on our website: forarthistory.org.uk/latest_news/...
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At what point is the rest of the country going to catch on to the fact that the executive branch *repeatedly* & *openly* defying Federal judges’ orders, without consequence, means the Constitution is no longer in effect?
The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
At what point is the rest of the country going to catch on to the fact that the executive branch *repeatedly* & *openly* defying Federal judges’ orders, without consequence, means the Constitution is no longer in effect?
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Flash sale @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social !
My book, Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity - very recently published - is 30% off hardback and 40% off ebook. The 84 ebook illus are all colour but then the hardback is lovely to hold.
Either way, a bargain! Just sayin.😊
1/2
My book, Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity - very recently published - is 30% off hardback and 40% off ebook. The 84 ebook illus are all colour but then the hardback is lovely to hold.
Either way, a bargain! Just sayin.😊
1/2
February 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Flash sale @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social !
My book, Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity - very recently published - is 30% off hardback and 40% off ebook. The 84 ebook illus are all colour but then the hardback is lovely to hold.
Either way, a bargain! Just sayin.😊
1/2
My book, Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity - very recently published - is 30% off hardback and 40% off ebook. The 84 ebook illus are all colour but then the hardback is lovely to hold.
Either way, a bargain! Just sayin.😊
1/2
Available for pre-order, this tome includes my chapter essay "Affect, Attachment, and Loss: The Material Objects of Art History and Psychoanalysis." Congrats to the tenacious editors Tijen Tunali and @brianwink.bsky.social www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Companion to Marxisms in Art History
This companion is an essential contribution to the study of historical materialism in general and the social history of art in particular.
Each chapter in the collection focuses on a key figure, conce...
www.routledge.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Available for pre-order, this tome includes my chapter essay "Affect, Attachment, and Loss: The Material Objects of Art History and Psychoanalysis." Congrats to the tenacious editors Tijen Tunali and @brianwink.bsky.social www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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There are just THREE DAYS until @carolinehagood.bsky.social's dual book launch with @lisamariebasile.bsky.social over at Stanza Books 7pm EST!
Don't forget to RSVP and preorder copies of DEATH AND OTHER SPECULATIVE FICTIONS, and SAINT OF, right here!
Don't forget to RSVP and preorder copies of DEATH AND OTHER SPECULATIVE FICTIONS, and SAINT OF, right here!
Caroline Hagood + Lisa Marie Basile — Stanza Books
Friendly reminder: No outside books allowed at Stanza events.
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There are just THREE DAYS until @carolinehagood.bsky.social's dual book launch with @lisamariebasile.bsky.social over at Stanza Books 7pm EST!
Don't forget to RSVP and preorder copies of DEATH AND OTHER SPECULATIVE FICTIONS, and SAINT OF, right here!
Don't forget to RSVP and preorder copies of DEATH AND OTHER SPECULATIVE FICTIONS, and SAINT OF, right here!
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Medical toxicologist here to confirm: all available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines.
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
FYI
Viagra has more serious side effects than Mifepristone
Mifepristone has a lower risk of side effects than penicillin
So why is it such a big deal to these GOP boys anyway?
Viagra has more serious side effects than Mifepristone
Mifepristone has a lower risk of side effects than penicillin
So why is it such a big deal to these GOP boys anyway?
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Medical toxicologist here to confirm: all available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines.
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
Lovely package arrived today: my first monograph Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play: Louise Bourgeois’s Sculpture, 1947–2000 @bloomsbury #louisebourgeois #modernsculpture #contemporarysculpture #psychoanalysis #objectrelations #objectrelationtheory #donaldwinnicott #melanieklein #play
January 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Lovely package arrived today: my first monograph Transformative Objects and the Aesthetics of Play: Louise Bourgeois’s Sculpture, 1947–2000 @bloomsbury #louisebourgeois #modernsculpture #contemporarysculpture #psychoanalysis #objectrelations #objectrelationtheory #donaldwinnicott #melanieklein #play
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As a follow-up to my earlier David Wojnarowicz post, here's something to keep in mind in coming years: a statement from Wojnarowicz—relayed by artist Zoe Leonard—about the importance of embracing beauty in difficult times (via @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's "Orwell's Roses" bsky.app/profile/rebe...)
January 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As a follow-up to my earlier David Wojnarowicz post, here's something to keep in mind in coming years: a statement from Wojnarowicz—relayed by artist Zoe Leonard—about the importance of embracing beauty in difficult times (via @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's "Orwell's Roses" bsky.app/profile/rebe...)