Ethan Evans (he/him)
@queervictorian.bsky.social
Neuroqueer | Part-time PhD student | Full-time happy chappy™️ | #Transrights
Bluesky friends, please signal boost! I am trying to read an obituary in the Springfield Republican (1919) for a ESN Goodall who might, just *might*, be the author of the ‘George Eliot Birthday Book’, but it’s behind a paywall 😭 Can anyone help?
September 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Bluesky friends, please signal boost! I am trying to read an obituary in the Springfield Republican (1919) for a ESN Goodall who might, just *might*, be the author of the ‘George Eliot Birthday Book’, but it’s behind a paywall 😭 Can anyone help?
After two months off with burnout, and a new ADHD diagnosis, I’m back in the PhD and feeling ready for anything!
September 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
After two months off with burnout, and a new ADHD diagnosis, I’m back in the PhD and feeling ready for anything!
Last month, I was formally diagnosed with ADHD! Really happy 🥳
September 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Last month, I was formally diagnosed with ADHD! Really happy 🥳
A few weeks ago, I contacted the bookshop where a friend had bought a misbound George Eliot novel for my birthday. I wanted to say thanks and share the queer things I’d learned from studying it. Today, the owner surprised me with ‘a gift from the shop’. What a lovely man 🥹
March 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A few weeks ago, I contacted the bookshop where a friend had bought a misbound George Eliot novel for my birthday. I wanted to say thanks and share the queer things I’d learned from studying it. Today, the owner surprised me with ‘a gift from the shop’. What a lovely man 🥹
My goal for 2025 x
December 31, 2024 at 11:42 AM
My goal for 2025 x
Two good writing days, and this afternoon I learned that I’ll be getting some assistive technology from the uni 🥹 #ADHD
a man with a beard is wearing a pink shirt with the words slay and yass
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a pink shirt with the words slay and yass
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December 3, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Two good writing days, and this afternoon I learned that I’ll be getting some assistive technology from the uni 🥹 #ADHD
Today, I disclosed my ADHD to the university. I’m going to get lots of help, and, hopefully, the PhD won’t be so hard anymore 😭
November 21, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Today, I disclosed my ADHD to the university. I’m going to get lots of help, and, hopefully, the PhD won’t be so hard anymore 😭
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The term 'trans' (in relation to sex and gender) is over 350 years old...
Thomas Blount's 'Glossographia' from 1656, the first full-length English Language Dictionary, had two different words for changing sex. These were "Tranſection" and "Transfeminate".
Thomas Blount's 'Glossographia' from 1656, the first full-length English Language Dictionary, had two different words for changing sex. These were "Tranſection" and "Transfeminate".
November 17, 2024 at 7:26 PM
The term 'trans' (in relation to sex and gender) is over 350 years old...
Thomas Blount's 'Glossographia' from 1656, the first full-length English Language Dictionary, had two different words for changing sex. These were "Tranſection" and "Transfeminate".
Thomas Blount's 'Glossographia' from 1656, the first full-length English Language Dictionary, had two different words for changing sex. These were "Tranſection" and "Transfeminate".
Gave my first lecture today 🥹
November 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Gave my first lecture today 🥹
Wearing my favourite trans-affirming t-shirt to campus today because my university is hosting an event on ‘academic freedom’. Events like this make me - and other LGBT+ people I know - feel anxious and deeply uncomfortable. But I won’t give up. Trans people belong.
May 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Wearing my favourite trans-affirming t-shirt to campus today because my university is hosting an event on ‘academic freedom’. Events like this make me - and other LGBT+ people I know - feel anxious and deeply uncomfortable. But I won’t give up. Trans people belong.
‘Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards’ | If you are a UK resident, please sign this parliamentary petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/66...
Petition: Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The Health Secretary has said that transgender hospital patients in England may be banned from being treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segregation is discriminatory, dangero...
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May 12, 2024 at 9:11 PM
‘Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards’ | If you are a UK resident, please sign this parliamentary petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/66...
Do not listen to their lies. I have zero concerns about sharing a hospital ward with a trans, non-binary or intersex person. And I’m not the only one who feels this way. Trans people belong. Always. amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Trans patients to be treated in separate rooms in hospital under Tory plans | Hospitals | The Guardian
Ministers accused of dragging NHS into ‘culture wars debate’ with proposal for patient rights update
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April 30, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Do not listen to their lies. I have zero concerns about sharing a hospital ward with a trans, non-binary or intersex person. And I’m not the only one who feels this way. Trans people belong. Always. amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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The strangest thing about the NHS ‘biologically segregated’ wards is that there’s already a commitment in place to have male/female wards & that often gets broken. Where will these ‘single rooms’ for trans patients be found? It’s a bit unrealistic isn’t it?
April 30, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The strangest thing about the NHS ‘biologically segregated’ wards is that there’s already a commitment in place to have male/female wards & that often gets broken. Where will these ‘single rooms’ for trans patients be found? It’s a bit unrealistic isn’t it?
On route to see the boyfriend, I’m thinking about queerness, anxiety, and the need to pause in Eliot. Delighted to find an accidental pause in my copy of ‘Impressions of Theophrastus Such’ (1879). Page 49 is ‘missing’ and ends on a pause ‘when—’. (It then reappears later in the book around p. 112).
April 27, 2024 at 8:38 AM
On route to see the boyfriend, I’m thinking about queerness, anxiety, and the need to pause in Eliot. Delighted to find an accidental pause in my copy of ‘Impressions of Theophrastus Such’ (1879). Page 49 is ‘missing’ and ends on a pause ‘when—’. (It then reappears later in the book around p. 112).
My paper was accepted 🥹🥳 Looking forward to sharing my archival research on the surprising connection(s) between George Eliot and Edward Carpenter 🏳️🌈
April 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM
My paper was accepted 🥹🥳 Looking forward to sharing my archival research on the surprising connection(s) between George Eliot and Edward Carpenter 🏳️🌈
Does #AcademicTwitter know of any work on literary pauses, those moments when a story stops unexpectedly or steps outside of itself and reflects? Bonus points for any queer approaches. I want to think about Adam Bede, pauses, grief, interruptions of study, and my PhD with holes in it.
April 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Does #AcademicTwitter know of any work on literary pauses, those moments when a story stops unexpectedly or steps outside of itself and reflects? Bonus points for any queer approaches. I want to think about Adam Bede, pauses, grief, interruptions of study, and my PhD with holes in it.
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adding this to my dissertation chapter on the trans materiality of Leaves of Grass...
Something cool (from Erin Reed at the other place): A federal judge ruled that trans and nonbinary teachers in Florida could determine their own pronouns, citing, in closing, “Song of Myself” as an anthem for American self-determination.
April 10, 2024 at 3:31 PM
adding this to my dissertation chapter on the trans materiality of Leaves of Grass...
First proper day of writing since losing my grandma. Not a huge word count, but it’s a start. I can do this 🥹
April 1, 2024 at 7:15 PM
First proper day of writing since losing my grandma. Not a huge word count, but it’s a start. I can do this 🥹
