Heike Bauer

@heikebauer.bsky.social

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Prof at Birkbeck & canicrosser. LGBTQI+ pasts; modern history of gender & sexuality; literary & cultural history; visual cultures; animals; pet history. Owned by 3 dogs & a cat. She/they. London & the Surrey Hills via Wales. 💙 in Scotland

Photo of a white cat sitting on a windowsill taken from outside the window. Her black head markings are merging into the clouds reflected in the window pane.
A big red brown and white lion’s mane jellyfish washed up on a beach with a green slider in the foreground for scale
Distant view of a small dome-shaped island in grey seas, with white waves on the foreground and a blue, cloudy sky above
Side-on portrait of a fox, ears and eyes alert, mouth open, by Rosa Bonheur. Oil on paper.
Evening sky ablaze in tones of orange reflected in a calm blue sea
Lotte Laserstein, Selbstporträt mit Katze [self-portrait with cats' (1928). Leicester Museum and Art Gallery. The picture shows Laserstein wearing a white painter's smock seated in front of an easel, head turned towards the viewer; Laserstein holds a paintbrush in the left hand. On Laserstein's lap lies a beautiful tabby cat, ears alert and gaze directed slightly sideways. In the background we can see a a mixture of houses and green spaces through large picture windows.
A whitewashed cottage in Scottish highland scenery
A multi tiered light blue wooden planter with herbs including mint, thyme, chives, sage, basil and parsley
Photograph of an oak tree in the sunshine set against a blue sky
Close-up black and white photographic portrait of a tabby cat