Naomi Berry
@nrberry.bsky.social
Newly-minted information professional. Wrote a dissertation about porn in archives.
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
would be cool to be able to open a pdf without ai offering to inaccurately summarise it for me
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
would be cool to be able to open a pdf without ai offering to inaccurately summarise it for me
just used this v easy tool to write to my MSP in support of the full decriminalisation of sex work: scotlandfordecrim.netlify.app/act/decrimnow
Scotland for Decrim
Demand full decriminalisation - write to your MSP now
scotlandfordecrim.netlify.app
October 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
just used this v easy tool to write to my MSP in support of the full decriminalisation of sex work: scotlandfordecrim.netlify.app/act/decrimnow
decided to embrace the standard autumnal clichés this year, so i’m dipping a toe into reading horror. currently on @tkingfisher.com’s ‘a house with good bones’ and congratulating myself for being brave enough to cope not only with the spookiness but also the protagonist’s insect expertise 🫣
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
decided to embrace the standard autumnal clichés this year, so i’m dipping a toe into reading horror. currently on @tkingfisher.com’s ‘a house with good bones’ and congratulating myself for being brave enough to cope not only with the spookiness but also the protagonist’s insect expertise 🫣
there is no universally agreed upon definition of pornography btw. it’s mostly vibes, and the vibes are very reactionary.
July 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
there is no universally agreed upon definition of pornography btw. it’s mostly vibes, and the vibes are very reactionary.
back on here again today and delighted to learn of the existence of a single-issue pinup magazine called ‘Ahaaaaaa!’
today’s absolute godsend: philsp.com. amazingly comprehensive bibliographic resource.
philsp.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
back on here again today and delighted to learn of the existence of a single-issue pinup magazine called ‘Ahaaaaaa!’
i haven’t read heartstopper (ya rarely interests me bc i am a crone), but the concept of representation as “an image of myself i am comfortable seeing” is one i’ll be thinking about for a while
the four most jaw dropping paragraphs of Huw’s review of HEARTSTOPPER now up on his newsletter huw.substack.com/p/my-adorabl...
July 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
i haven’t read heartstopper (ya rarely interests me bc i am a crone), but the concept of representation as “an image of myself i am comfortable seeing” is one i’ll be thinking about for a while
the doctrine of labyrinths series is up there on the list of Reasons I’m Like This - excited to listen!
Let’s read a problematic gay novel!!
@leemandelo.bsky.social and @ayshaufarah.bsky.social join us to discuss “Mélusine,” a delightful but brutal 2005 fantasy novel by Sarah Monette/Katherine Addison.
We discuss puritanical limits placed on queer art and other intense but important (and gay) stuff!
@leemandelo.bsky.social and @ayshaufarah.bsky.social join us to discuss “Mélusine,” a delightful but brutal 2005 fantasy novel by Sarah Monette/Katherine Addison.
We discuss puritanical limits placed on queer art and other intense but important (and gay) stuff!
Gays Shouldn't Shut Up: Mélusine, ft. Aysha U. Farah and Lee Mandelo
The Socialist Shelf · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
the doctrine of labyrinths series is up there on the list of Reasons I’m Like This - excited to listen!
would be genuinely interested in a detailed explanation of how the proposed ban is supposed to work. i’ve read the report and i truly don’t see how bertin’s criteria for what is harmful can be applied, let alone policed. am i missing something?
Over and over, I'm seeing a panic over choking be used as justification for state censorship of pornography. But despite lurid claims, the arguments rarely make sense.
"Of course it's porn!" they say, before going on to mention TikTok, Cosmo, Fifty Shades, Andrew Tate and Sabrina Carpenter.
"Of course it's porn!" they say, before going on to mention TikTok, Cosmo, Fifty Shades, Andrew Tate and Sabrina Carpenter.
‘There is no safe way to do it’: the rapid rise and horrifying risks of choking during sex
Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage. How...
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
would be genuinely interested in a detailed explanation of how the proposed ban is supposed to work. i’ve read the report and i truly don’t see how bertin’s criteria for what is harmful can be applied, let alone policed. am i missing something?
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Paywall free
Now I Understand Why Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in Gaza'
One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything
archive.is/2025.07.05-1...
Now I Understand Why Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in Gaza'
One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything
archive.is/2025.07.05-1...
July 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Paywall free
Now I Understand Why Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in Gaza'
One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything
archive.is/2025.07.05-1...
Now I Understand Why Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in Gaza'
One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything
archive.is/2025.07.05-1...
i think about this documentary all the time
Watched this last night and thought it was really excellent. Thoughtfully tells the story of the American missionary John Chau and his doomed quest to convert the Sentinelese in 2018. As someone who writes a lot about the radicalisation of young men in a very different context it was an eerie watch.
July 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
i think about this documentary all the time
summarising a thing in my lit review about how pushing anti-porn agendas lead to moral panics which can then be utilised to put any form of queer/trans expression into the ‘porn’ category. very cool and normal that a new real-life example of the phenomenon pops up every single day.
July 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
summarising a thing in my lit review about how pushing anti-porn agendas lead to moral panics which can then be utilised to put any form of queer/trans expression into the ‘porn’ category. very cool and normal that a new real-life example of the phenomenon pops up every single day.
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This makes it very clear that the calls to ban trans women aren't about 'fairness' or 'advantages'.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
A Labour MP calling for trans women to be banned from parkrun, which, as the name suggests, is people non-competitively running around a park.
There are no winners in this event. There are no losers in this event - bar Jonathan Hinder MP, should he ever take part.
There are no winners in this event. There are no losers in this event - bar Jonathan Hinder MP, should he ever take part.
July 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This makes it very clear that the calls to ban trans women aren't about 'fairness' or 'advantages'.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
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The EHRC is meant to protect everyone’s rights. But internal documents reveal a different story: repeated meetings with anti-trans lobbyists, legal bias, and secret coordination. We filed the FOI. Here’s what we found.
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
FOI Exposes EHRC Bias: Private Meetings, Legal Echoes, and Policy Capture - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
Let’s be honest. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is not acting like a neutral regulator. It is not standing above the fray.
tacc.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The EHRC is meant to protect everyone’s rights. But internal documents reveal a different story: repeated meetings with anti-trans lobbyists, legal bias, and secret coordination. We filed the FOI. Here’s what we found.
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
today’s absolute godsend: philsp.com. amazingly comprehensive bibliographic resource.
philsp.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
today’s absolute godsend: philsp.com. amazingly comprehensive bibliographic resource.
this independent article is better than the bbc one - a much more detailed and accurate explanation of what danmei is, and doesn’t insist on reminding you that sometimes erotic fiction can be ~problematic www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/g...
Mounting public anger in China as writers of gay erotic fiction face prosecution
China’s censorship campaign turns to danmei, an online genre of same-sex love stories between men
www.independent.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
this independent article is better than the bbc one - a much more detailed and accurate explanation of what danmei is, and doesn’t insist on reminding you that sometimes erotic fiction can be ~problematic www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/g...
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I'll make a thread about danmei censorship in China, shall I? Because I've been dropping articles about this on-and-off for months now, so I might as well repeat or consolidate some of that here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China is cracking down on young women who write gay erotica
At least 30 writers have been arrested across the country since February, a lawyer tells the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I'll make a thread about danmei censorship in China, shall I? Because I've been dropping articles about this on-and-off for months now, so I might as well repeat or consolidate some of that here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
it’s a day ending in y, so it’s time to email my mp to ask her to please, for once, do something to represent my views in parliament
June 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
it’s a day ending in y, so it’s time to email my mp to ask her to please, for once, do something to represent my views in parliament
fun but largely irrelevant-to-my-topic stuff i came across during my afternoon looking at dirty magazines:
✨ multi-page ads for nylon and crimplene fashions (including negligees for the lady in your life)
✨ multi-page ads for nylon and crimplene fashions (including negligees for the lady in your life)
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
fun but largely irrelevant-to-my-topic stuff i came across during my afternoon looking at dirty magazines:
✨ multi-page ads for nylon and crimplene fashions (including negligees for the lady in your life)
✨ multi-page ads for nylon and crimplene fashions (including negligees for the lady in your life)
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🚨 Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat.
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
JK Rowling called our newspaper 'anti-woman'. Here's my response
THIS week JK Rowling launched an attack on The National, describing us as an "anti-woman newspaper" ...
www.thenational.scot
June 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨 Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat.
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
just as i was thinking that i need to get more in-depth on the legal status of porn in the uk for my dissertation, this happens www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ban degrading and violent online pornography, review proposes
A government-commissioned review will call for content showing women being choked during sex to be illegal.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
just as i was thinking that i need to get more in-depth on the legal status of porn in the uk for my dissertation, this happens www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Article: "AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline, according to a new survey published today. "
[Survey is here: www.glamelab.org/products/are...
[Survey is here: www.glamelab.org/products/are...
June 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Article: "AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline, according to a new survey published today. "
[Survey is here: www.glamelab.org/products/are...
[Survey is here: www.glamelab.org/products/are...
it’s unfortunately irrelevant to my dissertation, but my newest fun fact is that italy’s version of playboy was called playmen
June 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
it’s unfortunately irrelevant to my dissertation, but my newest fun fact is that italy’s version of playboy was called playmen