Dr Meri C Dickson
@earbyfae.bsky.social
New project: Jinn encounters among the South Asian diaspora of West Yorkshire.
PhD in Religious Studies, Lancaster.
Living liminally between Yorkshire and Lancashire. Trans and LGBTQ ally. Christian. Fairyologist. Socialist. #TheArchers.
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PhD in Religious Studies, Lancaster.
Living liminally between Yorkshire and Lancashire. Trans and LGBTQ ally. Christian. Fairyologist. Socialist. #TheArchers.
She/her 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇹
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Just had this from my supervisor!! I’m officially a Dr!!!
Just had this from my supervisor!! I’m officially a Dr!!!
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Just had this from my supervisor!! I’m officially a Dr!!!
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December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
RIP 45 years. JOL.
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
RIP 45 years. JOL.
#thewarbetweenthelandandthesea the awesomeness that is Russell T Davies!
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#thewarbetweenthelandandthesea the awesomeness that is Russell T Davies!
Jane Austen was a misogynistic misanthrope. #provemewrong!
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Jane Austen was a misogynistic misanthrope. #provemewrong!
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Shit. You know what this means?
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.
On this day in Horror History, THE WICKER MAN was released in 1973.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Shit. You know what this means?
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.
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My latest for @unherd.com: On Paganism as a religion for post-faith Britain unherd.com/newsroom/pag...
Paganism is the perfect religion for post-faith Britain
Paganism might be the perfect religion for post-Covid Britain, where not only places of worship but also in-person voluntary groups of all kinds are suffering from a crisis of commitment and participa...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My latest for @unherd.com: On Paganism as a religion for post-faith Britain unherd.com/newsroom/pag...
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Sunday plans:
Ann with Cat, Margaret Clarke, c.1924.
Ann with Cat, Margaret Clarke, c.1924.
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sunday plans:
Ann with Cat, Margaret Clarke, c.1924.
Ann with Cat, Margaret Clarke, c.1924.
“You’re gonna reap just what you sow.” George Grundy. #TheArchers
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“You’re gonna reap just what you sow.” George Grundy. #TheArchers
I’m sorry I haven’t a clue is so overrated. If it were invented now it would not make it to air. It’s another example of nostalgia programming. It was funny when Humphrey Littleton hosted because you could tell he was doing it with irony. #bbcradio4
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’m sorry I haven’t a clue is so overrated. If it were invented now it would not make it to air. It’s another example of nostalgia programming. It was funny when Humphrey Littleton hosted because you could tell he was doing it with irony. #bbcradio4
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"An Epilogue" by John Masefield, a poem so short it fits in a post:
"I have seen flowers come in stony places
And good things done by men with ugly faces
And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races
So I trust, too"
"I have seen flowers come in stony places
And good things done by men with ugly faces
And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races
So I trust, too"
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"An Epilogue" by John Masefield, a poem so short it fits in a post:
"I have seen flowers come in stony places
And good things done by men with ugly faces
And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races
So I trust, too"
"I have seen flowers come in stony places
And good things done by men with ugly faces
And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races
So I trust, too"
Stop it, just stop it. You’re making life a misery for trans and cis women alike!
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Stop it, just stop it. You’re making life a misery for trans and cis women alike!
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Read the room, Labour. The vast majority of women do not want this. Stop listening to a small, vocal, hateful minority.
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Read the room, Labour. The vast majority of women do not want this. Stop listening to a small, vocal, hateful minority.
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Labour: solving problems that don't exist by doing the most possible harm to a minority, while signal-boosting their main political opponents.
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Labour: solving problems that don't exist by doing the most possible harm to a minority, while signal-boosting their main political opponents.
Of course I love Tilda Swinton! #whitewitch #chroniclesofnarnia
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Of course I love Tilda Swinton! #whitewitch #chroniclesofnarnia
Agreed!
Jesus fucking Christ
Trans women to be barred from main Labour women’s conference in 2026
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Agreed!
“Every stick and stone, every icicle is Narnia.” “It’s an awfully big wardrobe.” Chronicles of Narnia - the Lion. The witch and the wardrobe.
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“Every stick and stone, every icicle is Narnia.” “It’s an awfully big wardrobe.” Chronicles of Narnia - the Lion. The witch and the wardrobe.
I will always love C.S. Lewis for the magic he brought. And Philip Pullman is his successor.
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I will always love C.S. Lewis for the magic he brought. And Philip Pullman is his successor.
I want my final years to be peaceful, filled with folklore, history, the popular culture I love, my dog, my garden, my Knick knacks, birds, music, my friends, the sea, the dales, my research. Is that too much to bloody ask?????
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I want my final years to be peaceful, filled with folklore, history, the popular culture I love, my dog, my garden, my Knick knacks, birds, music, my friends, the sea, the dales, my research. Is that too much to bloody ask?????
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A horrifying article in today’s Times. So some of those criminals responsible for the #Horizon injustices may get away with it because there may not be enough funding to prosecute them all? The Government should make available ALL THE FUNDING NECESSARY to nail every one of them!
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A horrifying article in today’s Times. So some of those criminals responsible for the #Horizon injustices may get away with it because there may not be enough funding to prosecute them all? The Government should make available ALL THE FUNDING NECESSARY to nail every one of them!
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This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.
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My corrections have now gone to my examiner. Even at the last minute I spotted a mistake in my report 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ and had to correct it. Here’s hoping anyway that I’ve done enough! #phdlife #phd #dontgiveup
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
My corrections have now gone to my examiner. Even at the last minute I spotted a mistake in my report 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ and had to correct it. Here’s hoping anyway that I’ve done enough! #phdlife #phd #dontgiveup
Lesley Knope would have got Vecna on her side within the first 10 minutes! #strangerthings #parksandrec #indiana
a woman in a red jacket says the only thing she will be waving is your decapitated head on a stick
Alt: a woman in a red jacket says the only thing she will be waving is your decapitated head on a stick
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December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Lesley Knope would have got Vecna on her side within the first 10 minutes! #strangerthings #parksandrec #indiana