Isabel “Izzy” Black (Joely)

@autisticalchemyst.bsky.social

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I study the anthropology of magic, objects, and people. Moomins. Writing a book about making magical objects in Roman Egypt. I also write fantasy fiction and building a model of the Moomin House. Autistic. joelyblack.substack.com.

Picture shows an Egyptian papyrus with hieroglyphs and several figures holding modern military med bags and guns with the text above.
Moominmamma standing on the porch of the Moomin house. The door stands open behind her.
The Moomin House from the rear. The top window is lit up in yellow and there’s soft lighting in the kitchen and bathroom as well.
The book Between Two Rivers with gold text and ribbon-like rivers on the cover. It is propped against a big blue model of the Moomin House and there is a laptop screen partially visible on the left hand side. Book shelves and boxes in the background (standard messy academic chic).
A cat on a green blanket on my lap, while I’m sitting at a desk with a keyboard in front of me. She has her head resting on my arm.
A video showing a hedgehog crawling between a plastic storage hut and a wooden house.
Close up of a tabby and white cat in loaf pose on a bed with red pillows in the background.
Charlie from Always Sunny in Philadelphia explains his Pepe theory with papers tacked to a wall and red string everywhere. He looks unhinged.
Cover of a book called Magic for the Resistance by Michael M Hughes.
A small figurine of a woman with Trajan hairstyle. She has one broken arm and one damaged arm raised in a gesture and sits with feet together. She wears a simple white dress but her face is made up with exaggerated eyeliner. Her earlobes have holes in them for earrings.
Text: Roses are red Running is hard With a picture of Legolas running and looking stressed in The Two Towers.
A cat on a footstool, looking unimpressed.
Tabby and white cat (Indi) peeking out of her fur-lined winter bed.
Cat cuddled up on a blanket with her eyes closed in joy.
Which medieval war machine are you by birth month?
The top of a cat’s head. The cat’s paw rests on a human hand.
Me (ginger, femme, hockey top) and cat with plants in the background.
Close up of a white and tabby cat looking disappointed.
Close up of a cat’s face with pink nose and closed eyes. She’s a tabby with white cheeks.
A simple black line drawing of a curled up smiling cat on beige board.