it's tom!
@tomaxhull.bsky.social
Brighton/Techne PhD researcher, writing about 19th century gender roles, medicine, and the surgeon James Barry through a queer and decolonial lens. he/him.
incredible thing to be greeted with at the top of an internet archive scanned copy of a racist book from 1923
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
incredible thing to be greeted with at the top of an internet archive scanned copy of a racist book from 1923
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I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.
The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.
delighted to have my poem 'Muck' published in Issue 16 of Flights e-journal (@dragonflyflight.bsky.social) although sorry to hear they will be taking a hiatus. you can read it here! flightofthedragonfly.com/flights-2/
Flights e-Journal
Spread the words… poetry, flash fiction, prose Welcome to Flights, our e-Journal. Submissions for Flights are currently suspended but you can still read all our past editions. Issues 15 and 1…
flightofthedragonfly.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
delighted to have my poem 'Muck' published in Issue 16 of Flights e-journal (@dragonflyflight.bsky.social) although sorry to hear they will be taking a hiatus. you can read it here! flightofthedragonfly.com/flights-2/
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How can trans history facilitate knowledge and solidarity beyond the 'existence' of trans people?
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
Imagining Trans Futures
Sam Rutherford reflects on how trans histories and historians can work towards building power in the trans community.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How can trans history facilitate knowledge and solidarity beyond the 'existence' of trans people?
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
do you think virginia titled A Room Of One's Own to deliberately make a wolf howl acronym. i do. i think she was thinking about this.
September 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
do you think virginia titled A Room Of One's Own to deliberately make a wolf howl acronym. i do. i think she was thinking about this.
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Israel bombed a hospital.
Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.
Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.
Read that again.
Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.
Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.
Read that again.
Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
August 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Israel bombed a hospital.
Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.
Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.
Read that again.
Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.
Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.
Read that again.
Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
reading Ramón Grosfoguel's The Epistemic Decolonial Turn, which feels always relevant but especially so as western governments drop bombs in the name of democracy
June 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
reading Ramón Grosfoguel's The Epistemic Decolonial Turn, which feels always relevant but especially so as western governments drop bombs in the name of democracy
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In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of his articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive, each introduced by @flostadt.bsky.social, Deputy Chair and Trustee of Wasafiri.
Read & access here:
Read & access here:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – A Tribute through the Wasafiri Archive
In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive.
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June 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of his articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive, each introduced by @flostadt.bsky.social, Deputy Chair and Trustee of Wasafiri.
Read & access here:
Read & access here:
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Enough of this racist fiction. Enough. Not a single non-white person in England is in a job in the NHS *because* they are non-white. Not a single one. And as for the idea that England's criminal justice system goes easy on non-white people because they are non-white.
Well. Just think about that.
Well. Just think about that.
A group of Labour MPs, peers and supporters write:
“We should legislate to root out DEI in hiring practices, sentencing decisions and wherever else we find it in our public bodies.”
Devastated to see how quickly this has arrived in the UK mainstream.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“We should legislate to root out DEI in hiring practices, sentencing decisions and wherever else we find it in our public bodies.”
Devastated to see how quickly this has arrived in the UK mainstream.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Blue Labour group urges ministers to ‘root out DEI’ to win over Reform voters
Faction influencing No 10 says government should legislate against DEI in hiring, sentencing and ‘wherever else’
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Enough of this racist fiction. Enough. Not a single non-white person in England is in a job in the NHS *because* they are non-white. Not a single one. And as for the idea that England's criminal justice system goes easy on non-white people because they are non-white.
Well. Just think about that.
Well. Just think about that.
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"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes'
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.
www.huffpost.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
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that today's right wing explicitly takes political awareness as a named enemy just feels like bad writing, like this season of the America really doesn't trust its audience
Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
that today's right wing explicitly takes political awareness as a named enemy just feels like bad writing, like this season of the America really doesn't trust its audience
My episode of Technecast is out today! Talking about James Barry, his servant John, gaps in the archive, and Saidiya Hartman: open.spotify.com/episode/7f3O... and very grateful to Morag who is an excellent interviewer and editor!
Tom Hull: Heritage and Memory - Dr James Barry and Critical Fabulation
Technecast · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My episode of Technecast is out today! Talking about James Barry, his servant John, gaps in the archive, and Saidiya Hartman: open.spotify.com/episode/7f3O... and very grateful to Morag who is an excellent interviewer and editor!
excellent points in this, especially that these people are openly admitting that it is not about biology, it's about perception: they aim to narrow down the definition of womanhood to those who present correctly - i.e. adhere to standards of white femininity.
The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it, and the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state.
my latest for @thenation.com
my latest for @thenation.com
The UK's Anti-Trans Ruling Is a Defeat for All Women
Even the self-described feminists celebrating the Supreme Court's attempt to banish trans people from womanhood will pay a heavy price.
www.thenation.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
excellent points in this, especially that these people are openly admitting that it is not about biology, it's about perception: they aim to narrow down the definition of womanhood to those who present correctly - i.e. adhere to standards of white femininity.
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The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it, and the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state.
my latest for @thenation.com
my latest for @thenation.com
The UK's Anti-Trans Ruling Is a Defeat for All Women
Even the self-described feminists celebrating the Supreme Court's attempt to banish trans people from womanhood will pay a heavy price.
www.thenation.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it, and the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state.
my latest for @thenation.com
my latest for @thenation.com
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We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history.
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
April 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history.
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8
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No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
as mentioned in lrt, I only learned today (in an excellent UCU webinar with Dr Leona Vaughn) that we all as British taxpayers were still paying off the government's debt for the Slave Compensation Act 1837 - the act that compensated slave owners for their financial loss - as late as 2015. 2015!!
March 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
as mentioned in lrt, I only learned today (in an excellent UCU webinar with Dr Leona Vaughn) that we all as British taxpayers were still paying off the government's debt for the Slave Compensation Act 1837 - the act that compensated slave owners for their financial loss - as late as 2015. 2015!!
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Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds
Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is rising
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
did you know that she is small and innocent of all wrongdoing
March 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
did you know that she is small and innocent of all wrongdoing
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Find joy in the simple things
March 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Find joy in the simple things
the trouble with writing an academic paper is you can't just include a quote and write "SAY THAT!!!!!!" you have to sound intelligent. when really what you want to say is SAY THAT!!!!!!!!
March 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
the trouble with writing an academic paper is you can't just include a quote and write "SAY THAT!!!!!!" you have to sound intelligent. when really what you want to say is SAY THAT!!!!!!!!
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Thousands of jobs are at risk in higher education.
@drjogrady.bsky.social told @itvnews.bsky.social how UCU is fighting back with our #STOPtheCUTS campaign👇
Sign the petition now: stopthecutspetition.org.uk
@drjogrady.bsky.social told @itvnews.bsky.social how UCU is fighting back with our #STOPtheCUTS campaign👇
Sign the petition now: stopthecutspetition.org.uk
March 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thousands of jobs are at risk in higher education.
@drjogrady.bsky.social told @itvnews.bsky.social how UCU is fighting back with our #STOPtheCUTS campaign👇
Sign the petition now: stopthecutspetition.org.uk
@drjogrady.bsky.social told @itvnews.bsky.social how UCU is fighting back with our #STOPtheCUTS campaign👇
Sign the petition now: stopthecutspetition.org.uk
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So thrilled to say that my new article on the echoes of Section 28 in the moral panic around trans people in the UK is out now, along with the rest of the first issue of @genderandjustice.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
Moral panics and legal projects: echoes of Section 28 in United Kingdom transgender discourse and law reform
A grounding in the queer history of the legal system in the United Kingdom reveals striking parallels between the moral panic leading to the enactment of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, a...
doi.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So thrilled to say that my new article on the echoes of Section 28 in the moral panic around trans people in the UK is out now, along with the rest of the first issue of @genderandjustice.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
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The idea that Palestine Studies is definitionally antisemitic is abhorrent. The rank dehumanization steals the breath from my lungs. This is how the world allows genocide, by accepting that the existence of one people is anathema to another. The only liberation is a shared liberation.
Folks asking for sources other than NY post, Inside Higher Ed article was published yesterday, link below.
February 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The idea that Palestine Studies is definitionally antisemitic is abhorrent. The rank dehumanization steals the breath from my lungs. This is how the world allows genocide, by accepting that the existence of one people is anathema to another. The only liberation is a shared liberation.