Sarah Pyke
@sarahpyke.bsky.social
teaching children's and YA literature at the University of Münster
london.ac.uk/seized-books | #QueerBibliography
researching and writing various things
close reading forever
london.ac.uk/seized-books | #QueerBibliography
researching and writing various things
close reading forever
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Radclyffe Hall and Lady Una Troubridge rendered in papier-mâché. A masterpiece, I'm sure you will agree.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Radclyffe Hall and Lady Una Troubridge rendered in papier-mâché. A masterpiece, I'm sure you will agree.
Add a pope, improve a film. I’ll go first:
Snakes on a Pope
Snakes on a Pope
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Add a pope, improve a film. I’ll go first:
Snakes on a Pope
Snakes on a Pope
I’ve seen Conclave and The Two Popes. I am now officially into films about popes. What else should I watch?
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’ve seen Conclave and The Two Popes. I am now officially into films about popes. What else should I watch?
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This headline ticks all the boxes for me.
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This headline ticks all the boxes for me.
there's a nice bit when you're writing and the little internal wheels are turning and you know what one, maybe two more small parts need to do and you have to trust that the whole mechanism, such as it is, will come together after that and the piece will work as a whole ⚙️
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
there's a nice bit when you're writing and the little internal wheels are turning and you know what one, maybe two more small parts need to do and you have to trust that the whole mechanism, such as it is, will come together after that and the piece will work as a whole ⚙️
this is actually such a good reason to write a book
These are the most elaborate love letters to 10 or so actual readers that I can imagine.
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
this is actually such a good reason to write a book
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My kid’s existence and thriving and free movement are all valid. These annihilating vile monsters
1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
The change comes after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration and lifted a temporary injunction.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My kid’s existence and thriving and free movement are all valid. These annihilating vile monsters
🎶I did my Admin
but I did not do my Wriiiiiiiting🎶
but I did not do my Wriiiiiiiting🎶
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🎶I did my Admin
but I did not do my Wriiiiiiiting🎶
but I did not do my Wriiiiiiiting🎶
me: oh, the students are writing things down, I'm glad they're finding this useful!!
my students:
my students:
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
me: oh, the students are writing things down, I'm glad they're finding this useful!!
my students:
my students:
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Excited to preorder this important collection edited by my old brilliant friend Sam Cohen with pieces by writers, scholars, librarians, and teachers including freedom to read hero @edrabinski.bsky.social. also it has a great subtitle: www.bloomsbury.com/us/banning-b...
Banning Books in America
This is a book about banned books in the U.S. - about reading them, teaching them, and lending them under the shadow of political pressure not to.Banning Books…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Excited to preorder this important collection edited by my old brilliant friend Sam Cohen with pieces by writers, scholars, librarians, and teachers including freedom to read hero @edrabinski.bsky.social. also it has a great subtitle: www.bloomsbury.com/us/banning-b...
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The four-year-old is having an absolute meltdown about going to bed.
“I HATE how the earth SPINS!! EVERY DAY it’s night to day night to day night to day ALWAYS WITH THE NIGHT TO DAY! when will it EVER END!!!”
“I HATE how the earth SPINS!! EVERY DAY it’s night to day night to day night to day ALWAYS WITH THE NIGHT TO DAY! when will it EVER END!!!”
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The four-year-old is having an absolute meltdown about going to bed.
“I HATE how the earth SPINS!! EVERY DAY it’s night to day night to day night to day ALWAYS WITH THE NIGHT TO DAY! when will it EVER END!!!”
“I HATE how the earth SPINS!! EVERY DAY it’s night to day night to day night to day ALWAYS WITH THE NIGHT TO DAY! when will it EVER END!!!”
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falls of feugh all autumny
plus bonus leaping salmon
plus bonus leaping salmon
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
falls of feugh all autumny
plus bonus leaping salmon
plus bonus leaping salmon
good grief Peter Corviello is a fantastic writer
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
good grief Peter Corviello is a fantastic writer
late to Marriage Story, I'm a third of the way through and feel sick
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
late to Marriage Story, I'm a third of the way through and feel sick
Niela Orr on Mamdani / parataxis / Whitman and more
‘The percolating instrumentation of “New York”, Ja Rule’s piercing 2004 posse cut, was playing on my TV, and Mamdani strolled out to deliver a rousing victory speech:
“New York City, breathe this moment in. We have held our breath for longer than we know.”’
Niela Orr
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
“New York City, breathe this moment in. We have held our breath for longer than we know.”’
Niela Orr
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Niela Orr | Mamdani at the Crossroads
The percolating instrumentation of ‘New York’, Ja Rule’s piercing 2004 posse cut, was playing on my TV, and Zohran...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Niela Orr on Mamdani / parataxis / Whitman and more
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"excluded from the world of informal exchanges" got me. That's the bit we still do really really badly. African scientists unable to get visas to attend conferences, mothers struggling with childcare, class exclusion. If we turn it into a "theft" narrative it's easy to say "oh well I don't do that".
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"excluded from the world of informal exchanges" got me. That's the bit we still do really really badly. African scientists unable to get visas to attend conferences, mothers struggling with childcare, class exclusion. If we turn it into a "theft" narrative it's easy to say "oh well I don't do that".
“Franklin did not succeed, partly because she was working on her own without a peer with whom to swap ideas. She was also excluded from the world of informal exchanges in which Watson and Crick were immersed.”
This is the painful part.
This is the painful part.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Franklin did not succeed, partly because she was working on her own without a peer with whom to swap ideas. She was also excluded from the world of informal exchanges in which Watson and Crick were immersed.”
This is the painful part.
This is the painful part.
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Secrecy or visibility?
As William L (sometimes K) walked the Dilly in the mid-1920s 'his face was highly powdered and he had a beauty spot tattooed on his cheek.' He was described as part of a 'gang' who 'were known by feminine names' and 'had Gertie [his camp name] tattooed on his arm.'
#20s30s
As William L (sometimes K) walked the Dilly in the mid-1920s 'his face was highly powdered and he had a beauty spot tattooed on his cheek.' He was described as part of a 'gang' who 'were known by feminine names' and 'had Gertie [his camp name] tattooed on his arm.'
#20s30s
‘The notion of the tattoo as something concealed – waiting to be uncovered – lends it an erotic quality. The association with secrecy helps to explain why tattooing became linked with queer communities.’
Em Hogan reads Matt Lodder’s 𝘛𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan reads Matt Lodder’s 𝘛𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Em Hogan · An Anchor and a Cross: Tattoo Me
The notion of the tattoo as something concealed – waiting to be uncovered – lends it an erotic quality. The...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Secrecy or visibility?
As William L (sometimes K) walked the Dilly in the mid-1920s 'his face was highly powdered and he had a beauty spot tattooed on his cheek.' He was described as part of a 'gang' who 'were known by feminine names' and 'had Gertie [his camp name] tattooed on his arm.'
#20s30s
As William L (sometimes K) walked the Dilly in the mid-1920s 'his face was highly powdered and he had a beauty spot tattooed on his cheek.' He was described as part of a 'gang' who 'were known by feminine names' and 'had Gertie [his camp name] tattooed on his arm.'
#20s30s
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
I‘m doing Noverwhelmedber
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I‘m doing Noverwhelmedber
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News from St Pancras www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
British Library chief executive quits midway through PCS strike
The British Library has been thrown into further turmoil midway through a two-week PCS strike with the resignation of its chief executive Rebecca Lawrence.
www.pcs.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
News from St Pancras www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
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The good news is they will still (as always) accept trans students. The bad news is they won't affirm that position for new fellows, for whom "following the Supreme Court’s decision...when we refer to 'women' we mean those assigned female at birth."
Source: newn.cam.ac.uk/research/res...
Source: newn.cam.ac.uk/research/res...
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The good news is they will still (as always) accept trans students. The bad news is they won't affirm that position for new fellows, for whom "following the Supreme Court’s decision...when we refer to 'women' we mean those assigned female at birth."
Source: newn.cam.ac.uk/research/res...
Source: newn.cam.ac.uk/research/res...
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Good news.
Cambridge University's oldest women-only college, Newnham, stands firm for trans inclusion
Cambridge University's oldest women-only college, Newnham, has reaffirmed its commitment to trans inclusivity by continuing to admit students who self-identify as women - despite a recent Supreme Cour...
www.scenemag.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Good news.
✨✨I’m going to learn so much! I can’t wait
My book is now available open access on project muse, with OAPen launch coming soon. Hard copies should start going out this week (if they have not already): you can get yours for 50% off with code SAR50.
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
✨✨I’m going to learn so much! I can’t wait