Even Allen @thatlooksqueer.bsky.social They/Them
May/Hem
Art writer and critic “Unforgivingly Queer as fuck” Sacha Coward. Intersectional activist. Epileptic. Botherer. Flaneur. Lefty.
Treat me
https://monzo.me/stevenallen28?h=D14rnP
Dr. Fatima Z. Naveed @tgifatima.bsky.social Academic, currently @iashedinburgh.bsky.social + @exeter.ac.uk. Researching censorship, literary dissent and anti-imperialism - contemporary South Asia & the British Empire. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Academic Writing Fellow, 2025-26.
Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social Exeter branch for the UCU. #DefendExeterUni. https://linktr.ee/DefendExeterUni
Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk The UK's leading arts management journal and independent voice of the culture sector.
Hanne Stegeman @hannems.bsky.social confused and concerned about everything
Lecturer @University of Exeter
studies online sex work and online intimacy
she/her
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
Feminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social committed to publishing and championing interdisciplinary research in gender & sexuality studies; unabashedly feminist; fiercely independent; feministstudies.org
Lisa Climie-Somers @lisaclimieofficial.bsky.social Website https://lisaclimie.co.uk
PhD Researcher & creative writer Loughborough University. Writing a blend of memoir and historical fiction. I have an MA from UEA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction. I have a Bedlington Terrier called Smudge 🌊⚓️🧜♀️
anthony petro @apetro.bsky.social Historian of religion, visual culture, sexuality
Mostly nerdy academic stuff & whippet pics
Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, & the Culture Wars (OUP 2025)
After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, & American Religion (OUP 2015)
https://linktr.ee/anthonypetro
Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social Artist. Drawing. Objects. Performance. Zines. She/her
John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives and Library @waygayarchives.bsky.social Arts & Culture at William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia, PA. Art, Archives, Library. waygay.org
CVNT Magazine @cvntmag.bsky.social A space of witness for trans & genderqueer writers & their craft, accepting submissions on a rolling basis.
About/Contact/Submit: cvntmag.com
OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social Queering history in every imaginable way!
linktr.ee/outhistory
@jenniferscanlan.bsky.social @jenniferscanlan.bsky.social 
Rebecca Klarner @rebeccaklarner.bsky.social Art Historian | Assistant Curator V&A Wedgwood Collection | AHRC part-time PhD student CDP Univ. of Leeds & V&A 'The Question of Good Design' (C20th Wedgwood)
Public Statues and Sculpture Association @pssatweets.bsky.social Charity advancing understanding & appreciation of public statues & sculpture. Webinars, talks, books, statues of women & sculptors' lives databases, forthcoming sculpture residency & Marsh Awards for Public Sculpture, Conservation & Fountains. pssauk.org
Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. Deputy Head of Arch & Hist @exeter.ac.uk. Editor of charters @monumenta.bsky.social. Monographs with CUP, Yale UP and @princetonupress.bsky.social. Medievalist + Germanophile.
Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk 
Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social We support digital approaches in research, teaching and outreach at the University of Exeter and beyond.
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/digitalhumanities/
Hugh Roberts @hughgaroberts.bsky.social I'm a Professor of French at the University of Exeter, where I'm also facilitating translation of contemporary Ukrainian wartime poetry.
Otherwise, I teach and research on the crossover between philosophy and literature, from Montaigne to Simone Weil.
Exeter City of Literature @exetercityoflit.bsky.social A UNESCO designated City of Literature since 2019. We champion stories and storytellers locally and globally. @exetercityoflit on all socials.
Exeter Pride @exeterpride.bsky.social Exeter Pride is back on the 8th May 2027. See you there darlings! We are a registered charity, serving the community for over 18 years. 🙌🌈
📧 info@exeterpride.co.uk
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ExeterPride
The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social Thriving Independent Historic Library and Educational Charity, welcoming new members of all ages. Find out more at: http://linktr.ee/DExInstitution
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
Russell Group @russellgroup.bsky.social The Russell Group represents 24 universities located across the UK.
We work to advance and champion the positive economic, societal & cultural impacts of UK research-intensive universities.
russellgroup.ac.uk
Rebecca Langlands @rebeccalanglands.bsky.social Professor of Classics at University of Exeter, co-director of Sex & History. Cyclist, footballer, violist, loves trees. 
Drama at the University of Exeter @uniofexeterdrama.bsky.social Drama @UniofExeter | BA, MA, PhD | Department of Communications, Drama and Film | Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Irene Fernández-Molina @irenefmolina.bsky.social Senior lecturer International Relations, University of Exeter | IR Global South, foreign policy, conflicts, international recognition, norms and practices, Maghreb, EU-MENA | Views mine
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24733-irene-fernandezmolina
SWWDTP @swwdtp.bsky.social South, West & Wales (Arts & Humanities) Doctoral Training Partnership. We are a partnership of 9 universities and other orgs, providing AHRC funding for PhDs.
F/fashion Narratives Research Group @ffashionnarratives.bsky.social Interdisciplinary fashion-based research group at Manchester Metropolitan University
@gaystheword.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social LGBT+ Bookshop, London
Tues - Sat Open 11am - 6pm
Sunday Open 1pm - 6pm
Monday - Closed
Pop-up location: 58-60 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB
Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @exeter.ac.uk. Sharing news, events and information with communities 
Tal Fitzpatrick @talfitzpatrick.bsky.social (She/her) On the unceded lands of the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh language region, holds a PhD in Visual Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (2018), best known for her creative and academic work in the field of Craftivism.
Betsy Greer @craftivista.bsky.social 🧚 Godmother of craftivism
🧵 Sharing how craft empowers humans
📝 Writer, marketer + creative for hire
👋 hellobetsygreer.com/links
Intellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social Intellect is a fiercely independent academic publisher for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries.
English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth @aberenglishdept.bsky.social Aberystwyth University's award-winning Dept of English & Creative Writing. Top 3 UK ECW departments & #1 for Assessment and Feedback (NSS)
Journal of Design History @jodesignhistory.bsky.social The Journal of Design History (Design History Society/OUP) publishes peer reviewed articles & reviews.
Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Laura C Forster @lauracforster.bsky.social Historian @york.ac.uk | Editorial collective @historyworkshop.org.uk | 'The Paris Commune in Britain', OUP https://shorturl.at/662e4 | 'Friends in Common', Pluto Press https://shorturl.at/f2nRs | now writing a history of (bird) egg collecting in Britain
Loughborough English @lboroenglish.bsky.social We are the Department of English in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University. We are a top 10 department with excellent teaching and world-leading research. More information here: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/english/
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum @the-herbert.bsky.social 📍Jordan Wl, Coventry CV1 5QP
📚 Stories That Made Us | 14 Nov 2025 - 25 May 2026
🦕 Dippy in Coventry | Until Feb 2026
🔗 linktr.ee/the_herbert_cov_
Journal of Design Research @jdesignresearch.bsky.social Journal of Design Research. Published by Inderscience. Emphasising human aspects of design through integrative studies of social sciences and design disciplines.
Skeets by @reneewever.bsky.social (editor)
Incl journal updates & vacancies in design academia
Oliver Haslam @olihaslam.bsky.social Assistant Professor @UEvansville | PhD from @LboroEnglish | Reviews Co-Editor @c21literature.bsky.social | Researching 20th and 21st-century American fiction | Author of 'Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 1970-2020' (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)
Museum for Art in Wood @museumforartinwood.bsky.social Philadelphia, PA.
Exploration, Education, Opportunity, and Craft.
The international leader for contemporary art and creativity in the material of wood.
https://linktr.ee/museumforartinwood
Bart Ooghe @almostbjorn.bsky.social Head of comms & audiences at Museum of Fine Arts Ghent | curator of 'Queer Belgian Art' (2027) | history, nature, weirdness & factoid lover | podcast addict | got an archaeology phd this one time
@tourmaliiine.bsky.social @tourmaliiine.bsky.social 
Claye Bowler @clayebowler.bsky.social Artist
Sam Godfrey @skgodfrey.bsky.social Artist & practice-based PhD researcher
Exeter & Bath Spa (SWW DTP)
textiles/diy technology/kelp/trans studies
(they/them)
sarahkgodfrey.com
nat raha @fullnommunism.bsky.social poet & activist-scholar
📚 Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds @plutopress.bsky.social
📚 apparitions (nines), Nightboat Books
Queer.party/@fullnommunism
she/her
MWP @mathewparkin.bsky.social biblically accurate aries | Artist, research, writer in Northern England
mathewparkin.co.uk
Deborah McGuire @plainstitchdeb.bsky.social PhD Quilt Historian @lcflondon.bsky.social
I make quilts in a frame, and write about their emotional history❤️
www.plainstitch.co.uk
www.withintheframe.co.uk
Columnist, The Quilter Magazine.
Advisor, The Quilt Collection, York.
Peter @peter.polari.com Founder of @polari.press queer publisher and design studio. Using this as a personal/professional account so let's see how that goes (expect mild chaos). 🏳️🌈☮️🏳️⚧️🍉
polari.com
Kathleen Massara @kmascara.bsky.social NY Times Culture desk, NewsGuild steward, queer Nebraskan 🌈
Lizzie Reed @lizziereed.bsky.social Associate Prof of #Sociology at Uni of Southampton. Queer lives, visual methods, kinship & identity.
Ask me about my queer feminist trans agenda. She/they 🌈🏳️⚧️
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-2908
Joe Jukes @joejukes.bsky.social Postdoc at Tampere University, Finland, researching queer histories of rurality and DIY / 'ITE' art
I'm a cultural geographer w/ special expertise in visual geographies and geographies of sexualities. Also write on affect, emotion and asexualities.
💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com I'm a design researcher and PhD student in QC. Interested in design, politics, disability justice, aging, textile arts, electronics, and being a killjoy 💖
Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social Author: Pollution is Colonialism (2020), Discard Studies (2021)
CLEAR lab at @clear-lab.bsky.social
balayannis.bsky.social @balayannis.bsky.social Associate Professor at Wageningen University & Research | Guest Professor at Leuphana University Lüneburg | geographer, feminist STS-er, interdisciplinarian | chemicals, pollution, waste | they/she
Roberto Filippello @robertofilippel.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media & Culture at University of Amsterdam | Author of DRESSED FOR DISSENT: DECOLONIAL FASHION & THE QUEER STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINE (UC Press, October 2026) 🇵🇸
confirmed cigarette @philford.bsky.social Just me and my cat 🐈
He/him
Ig: philford88
📍London, UK
Polari Press @polari.press Queer publishing and design studio. Not affiliated with any other Polari-named things.
polari.press | polari.com
Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her) @aketchum22.bsky.social PhD in History, professor of Feminist + Social Justice Studies; food, environmental, gender, +tech history, queer, founder of Disrupting Disruptions
https://www.alexketchum.ca/
https://linktr.ee/aketchum
Women's Studies, UCC @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Master’s & PhD degree in Women's Studies at University College Cork, Ireland.
https://www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/
Taught by a vibrant multidisciplinary team & managed by program director Dr Evelien Geerts (@egeertsphd.bsky.social).
Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social Lecturer/Assistant Prof in Gender, Women’s Studies & Philosophy at UCC. Posthumanities Hub, Eco- & Bioart Lab & Posthumanism Research Institute affiliate. PhD UC Santa Cruz.🦄
https://linktr.ee/egeerts
Meme queen, cat crazy & neurospicy. She/they.
@gayonwye.bsky.social @gayonwye.bsky.social 
Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk A queer online book shop based in the UK, specialising in LGBTQ+ graphic novels, books, and manga. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚✌🏻@proudgeekbookshop elsewhere.
https://linktr.ee/ProudGeekBookshop
Paned o Gê @panedoge.bsky.social Siop Llyfrau LHDTC+ arlein ac yn The Queer Emporium |
LGBTQIA+ bookshop based online and The Queer Emporium
The Old Queeriosity Shop @toqs.bsky.social We are an LGBTQIA+ Bookstore based in Plymouth, UK. We currently only ship within the UK.
our website: toqs.co.uk
our linktree: linktr.ee/toqs
queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
Housmans Bookshop @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
The Common Press Bookshop @thecommonpress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 London's queer intersectional bookshop! A sanctuary for storytelling, queer literature & culture.
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We are open Tues - Sun 11 am - 6.30 pm | Events 7 pm-late
118 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom E2 6DG
commonpress.co.uk
The BookishType @thebookishtype.bsky.social Queer Indie Bookshop in Leeds
The Portal Bookshop @portalbookshop.bsky.social Sci-fi, fantasy, & LGBTQIA. Queer resistance. Always trying to help. Portalbookshop@gmail.com Mon-Sat 10-5.30, Sun 11-5:30; 5 Patrick Pool, York, UK
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lalidoesbooks
Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social That queerly friendly neighbourhood bookstore in the community of East Van on unceded and occupied MST land. Offering new and used books, small gifts, and Cozy Chairs™ for the queer soul and beloved community since 2023. www.crossandcrows.com 
A Seat at the Table Books - Elk Grove's ONLY Indie Bookstore @seatbooks.bsky.social Inclusive, LGBTQ-owned "third space" bookstore w/ cafe, events, and free wifi in Elk Grove, just south of Sacramento
Wayfaring Booksellers @wayfaringbooks.bsky.social Queer Bookstore in Lansing, MI
wayfaringbooksellers.com
At the REO Town Marketplace ~
Open: Thurs 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-6
New & Used Books
Left Bank Books STL @leftbankbooks.bsky.social St. Louis City's Largest Indie Bookstore
Founded in 1969
Queer woman owned
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division @bgsqd.bsky.social The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is an independent, all-volunteer queer bookstore and cultural center hosted by The LGBT Community Center, on the unceded land of the Munsee Lenape, now known as New York City. 208 W. 13th St. Rm. 210, NY, 10011
Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ
Under the Umbrella Bookstore & Cafe @utubookstore.bsky.social A Queer Little Bookstore & Cafe 🍉
Queer owned / queer everything 🏳️⚧️
MASKS STILL REQUIRED 😷
T-F 12-8
S-S 11-6
📍Ute/Goshute/Shoshone land (SL,UT)
Wolf & Wyld's Queer Bookstore @wolfwyld.bsky.social Independent online & pop-up bookstore based in Manitou Springs, Colorado | Specializing in LGBTQ+ books 🐺⛰️📚
https://linkpop.com/queer
The Wedale Bookshop @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social #ScottishBorders independent #bookshop near #Galashiels and #Lauder, #Scotland. Open in historic Stow, Thur 1330-1900 and Fri-Sun 10-12.30, 1-4.30.
Sister shop of @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social
www.wedalebooks.scot
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Weda
Main St. Books Monroe @mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social A used and new bookstore in Monroe, Washington since 1995. Woman- and LGBTQIA-owned and operated. Store cat. 110 E. Main St. Monroe WA 98272 📚🌈😺 MainStBooksMonroe.com
Lit. on Fire Books @litonfirepia.bsky.social Woman, Disabled, & LGBTQ+ Owned and Operated independent bookstore in the heart of Central Illinois. 🏳️🌈✊🍉✊🏳️⚧️✊👨🦽➡️✊
712 W. Main St.
Peoria, IL 61606
https://linktr.ee/Litonfirepia
Reducing Environmental Impact | Reconnecting the Community | Reviving Bohemia
Professor Daragh McDermott @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social Executive Dean @NTUSocSciences; Professor. #ProudtoBeNTU. Former co-Editor @Psych & Sex. Social, Sexuality, Gender Researcher. Cis, He, Him. African-reared 🇱🇸🇿🇦🇺🇬, European 🇮🇪🇪🇺in 🇬🇧. All views my own.
https://rb.gy/ykc1r9
Sociologists for Trans Justice (S4TJ) @s4tj.bsky.social Our mission is three-fold:
- To support trans, non-binary, and intersex scholars in sociology
- To advance trans, non-binary, and intersex studies in sociology
- To increase public understanding
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🌐 https://s4tj.com/
Beau Brannick (they/them) @beaubrannick.bsky.social 🪡 Sewing/Illustration
🪻 MA Queer History
🏛️ Museum Person
H-Material Culture @h-materialculture.bsky.social 3000+ member H-Net academic network about the study of objects, the built environment, and materiality. @ us about your *things*, pubs, CFPs, syllabi, etc. #MaterialCulture Posts by @daniellekinsey.bsky.social
https://networks.h-net.org/h-material-culture
John Hansard Gallery @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social Contemporary art gallery, part of @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Visit our curious, connected and inclusive world, inspired by art. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am–5pm. Free Entry
📍 142–144 Above Bar St, Southampton SO14 7DU
🔗 linktr.ee/JohnHansardGallery
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery @rammuseum.bsky.social Exeter's museum & art gallery, home to Gerald the giraffe. Entry is free. RAMM is an Exeter City Council service 🦒🏺🦋🦴🖼️
V&A Dundee @vadundee.bsky.social We are Scotland’s design museum, designed for everyone.
Open daily, 10.00 – 17.00 ☺️
Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present.
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
Jamie J. Hagen @jamiejhagen.bsky.social Feminist lesbian asking queer questions about peace & security | Lecturer at Uni. of Manchester | Jamiejhagen.com | picturesofbirds.tumblr.com/
Queering Women, Peace and Security out now with Oxford University Press http://bit.ly/45NJMBJ
Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social PhD researcher of The Home Darkroom and the Freedom of Photographic Production in Britain, 1950s - Present. LGBTQIA+ photographic history. Photographic artist and avid cross stitcher (they/them)
Jane Tynan @janeym.bsky.social Cultural historian - 20th C design & material culture | researching weather, climate & clothing, also liberation graphics | Leads MA Design Cultures @VU Amsterdam | immigrant | 🇮🇪 in 🇳🇱