Sam Caslin
@moderndecorum.bsky.social
Historian at the Uni of Liverpool. They/she.
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
Me: *Tells a joke that gets a slight chuckle from a room full of students* Also me: Yeah, I could do stand up comedy.
a man 's face is shown in a black and white photo with a purple background
ALT: a man 's face is shown in a black and white photo with a purple background
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November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Me: *Tells a joke that gets a slight chuckle from a room full of students* Also me: Yeah, I could do stand up comedy.
This is a gorgeous history of dogs - and a perfect present for dog lovers!
Collared is out in paperback today! 🐶🐾
#Collared by @chrisjpearson.bsky.social is out today in paperback!
From the forests of medieval Europe to the frontlines of twentieth-century conflicts, this is the story of how we made the modern dog 🐶
profilebooks.com/work/collared/
From the forests of medieval Europe to the frontlines of twentieth-century conflicts, this is the story of how we made the modern dog 🐶
profilebooks.com/work/collared/
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is a gorgeous history of dogs - and a perfect present for dog lovers!
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This month’s suitably spooky blog post is from our Research Associate, who has been speaking with the dead in the archives of the Society for Psychical Research!
Read here: www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/spir...
Read here: www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/spir...
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This month’s suitably spooky blog post is from our Research Associate, who has been speaking with the dead in the archives of the Society for Psychical Research!
Read here: www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/spir...
Read here: www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/spir...
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Tfw when a student cites people I know
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing
media.tenor.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Tfw when a student cites people I know
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Feels a bit early in the day to be posting this, but if I'm spending the morning with 18th-century sex therapist & supposed 'Prince of the Quacks' Dr James Graham then so can you 🍆
October 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Feels a bit early in the day to be posting this, but if I'm spending the morning with 18th-century sex therapist & supposed 'Prince of the Quacks' Dr James Graham then so can you 🍆
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If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
This week, some of my classes are going to be thinking about @sarahebull.bsky.social's 2021 research on adult entertainment and early sexology. I highly recommend this article to anyone interested in the topic. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This week, some of my classes are going to be thinking about @sarahebull.bsky.social's 2021 research on adult entertainment and early sexology. I highly recommend this article to anyone interested in the topic. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Trump has strong opinions on your fanfic.
Trump: I'm not a fan of some of the ships you do. I'm a very aesthetic person and I don't like some of the ships you're doing, aesthetically.
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trump has strong opinions on your fanfic.
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📣🏳️⚧️ Call for Papers
We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.
Details below. Please share.
We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.
Details below. Please share.
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📣🏳️⚧️ Call for Papers
We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.
Details below. Please share.
We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.
Details below. Please share.
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This is, I believe, the first official word from the Government on what happened yesterday in London. Not only inaction in the face of violence and hate, but a celebration of it. I passed through London twice yesterday with my two kids & what Labour seem to be missing is that people aren't just...
September 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is, I believe, the first official word from the Government on what happened yesterday in London. Not only inaction in the face of violence and hate, but a celebration of it. I passed through London twice yesterday with my two kids & what Labour seem to be missing is that people aren't just...
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This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
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The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
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Dear me, "students need to be exposed to challenging beliefs" season is over already
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dear me, "students need to be exposed to challenging beliefs" season is over already
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This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
September 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
This is a timely article on the broader significance of trans-exclusionary writers for contemporary anti-trans politics.
Check out my new article on early trans-exclusionary writers! I argue that understanding these legacies is vital for those seeking to comprehend & critique today's so-called 'gender-critical feminism'. #transrightsarehumanrights #LGBwiththeT
doi.org/10.1080/0961...
doi.org/10.1080/0961...
Revisiting the legacy: the historical influence of Mary Daly, Janice Raymond, and Shelia Jeffreys on ‘gender-critical’ feminism
Although, in the UK, self-described ‘gender-critical feminism’ experienced a surge in popularity from 2016 onwards, after the prime minister announced plans for a consultation on making it easier f...
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September 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is a timely article on the broader significance of trans-exclusionary writers for contemporary anti-trans politics.
People would have said The Thick of It had jumped the shark if they had Peter Mannion doing a Robert Palmer-style number.
Extraordinary scenes at Reform UK conference as Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns arrives on stage singing her rock song 'Insomnia'
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
People would have said The Thick of It had jumped the shark if they had Peter Mannion doing a Robert Palmer-style number.
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Starmer's Britain.
A place where peaceful protest is criminalised, the right to use a gender-appropriate toilet is prohibited, people persecuting refugees are told they have 'legitimate concerns', and the state backs a genocide.
Some legacy that for the 'human rights lawyer'.
A place where peaceful protest is criminalised, the right to use a gender-appropriate toilet is prohibited, people persecuting refugees are told they have 'legitimate concerns', and the state backs a genocide.
Some legacy that for the 'human rights lawyer'.
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Starmer's Britain.
A place where peaceful protest is criminalised, the right to use a gender-appropriate toilet is prohibited, people persecuting refugees are told they have 'legitimate concerns', and the state backs a genocide.
Some legacy that for the 'human rights lawyer'.
A place where peaceful protest is criminalised, the right to use a gender-appropriate toilet is prohibited, people persecuting refugees are told they have 'legitimate concerns', and the state backs a genocide.
Some legacy that for the 'human rights lawyer'.
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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I reviewed Eli Erlick's new book Before Gender for @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This was the smoothest production process of all time and I'm grateful to see a venerable women's history journal making space for trans history!
This was the smoothest production process of all time and I'm grateful to see a venerable women's history journal making space for trans history!
Before Gender: Lost stories from trans history 1850–1950
Published in Women's History Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I reviewed Eli Erlick's new book Before Gender for @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This was the smoothest production process of all time and I'm grateful to see a venerable women's history journal making space for trans history!
This was the smoothest production process of all time and I'm grateful to see a venerable women's history journal making space for trans history!
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Trans people have been prosecuted for non-disclosure in the UK since the 90s - but this is the first case I have heard of in which a trans woman is being charged, it’s usually transmasculine ppl. The UK is the only country that charges trans people for this, and it’s difficult to prove innocence.
"A transgender woman who lied to a man about being a biological female when she performed sex acts upon him has been found guilty of sexual assault."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thornaby transgender woman guilty of sexually assaulting man
Ciara Watkin lied about being a biological female when the pair had a sexual liaison, a court hears.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trans people have been prosecuted for non-disclosure in the UK since the 90s - but this is the first case I have heard of in which a trans woman is being charged, it’s usually transmasculine ppl. The UK is the only country that charges trans people for this, and it’s difficult to prove innocence.
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I recently learned about Russian painter Ivan Aivazosky and I may never recover. I don't think I've ever seen water done like he does it. I don't think I've ever felt an artist loved water as much as I feel he must have. It's so incredible I could vomit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Ai...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Ai...
August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I recently learned about Russian painter Ivan Aivazosky and I may never recover. I don't think I've ever seen water done like he does it. I don't think I've ever felt an artist loved water as much as I feel he must have. It's so incredible I could vomit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Ai...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Ai...