TJ | Gifatar @the-neej.bsky.social Tolkien on Tap podcast. #1 Finrod fan. Founder of Stans for Finrod™️, Gifatar, and Lord of the Mîms (memes) they/them 🏳️⚧️
Inquiries: tj@tolkienontap.com
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Nick Polk (he/him) @tolkienpop.substack.com Educator | Production Editor for Mallorn
@tolkiensociety.org | Creator of Tolkien Pop! | Coffee Addict | Wannabe Punk Theologian
https://tolkienpop.carrd.co
Akallabêth 🇺🇦 @akallabeth24.bsky.social Fascism is here in America.
USAF veteran.
Not my President.
Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social www.workingclassicists.com
🏺A hub of resources, support & solidarity
⚡️Representing the working class in classics
🏛️ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social
✍️ Platforming working class academics
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email us: info@workingclassicists.com
Aneirin Pendragon @theancientgeeko.bsky.social Ancient religion, magic, sex work, & Classical Reception 🏛️ B.A.² & M.A.² Ph.D. student St Andrews. 📜 YouTuber. 🎭 Queer, Enby: They/Them🏺Views: Mine🦉
Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor of Classics at Michigan State University. Late antiquity & classical reception in metal music. he/him
“Julian Augustus” out with Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/julian-augustus-9780197787519
Almendra @kikufukudealmendra.bsky.social Lover of Classics, anime, and cats 🏺🐱
Jacqueline @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social she/her🩷💜💙
media/pr/writer✏️
usually found reading fantasy, playing games or obsessing over classics✨
Miri Teixeira 🔜 Gamescom @miri.bsky.social ✍️Games journo
👾Indie game stan
🏛️Co-Founder @workingclassicists.bsky.social
🕊️Quaker
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🏴Dundee
🏺Classics/Latin
🎮Writer & mock reviewer for hire!
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Ross @rossmcgovern.bsky.social Scottish. Left wing. A bit wordy.
Southport.
Daniel Galef @danielgalef.bsky.social 📖First book IMAGINARY SONNETS available now wherever sonnets are sold📖
danielgalef.com/book/
Georgina Homer @georginahomer.bsky.social PhD student, Coventry Uni: On-screen Reception of Minor Characters in Greek Drama, and yes that does make me a proper Classicist (opinions my own).
George Teixeira-Connor @misterconnor1.bsky.social Working Classicist. www.workingclassicists.com
Bass with @ostraka.bsky.social www.ostraka.co.uk
Zoe Lister @zoel.bsky.social Studying for my BA (hons) in Classical Studies at the Open University. Also study violin, and a huge video game nerd
Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social Postdoc at Ghent University // Video games and mythology // DiGRA Belgium Co-Chair 
Liv / Myths, Baby! @mythsbaby.bsky.social ✨Greek myth author & podcaster!✨🏛✨
I share the ancient Mediterranean on my pod; here, if you’re wondering if I’m being sarcastic, I am.
mythsbaby.com; podcast: linktr.ee/mythsbaby; books: linktr.ee/livalbert
Dr Mike Beer @mikebeer.bsky.social Classicist:likes Elagabalus,cultural hybridisation,Caravaggio & Brutalism.Assoc. Lecturer,OU;Hon Research Fellow,Exeter.Trainer & coordinator, Classics for All.
Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social Autistic Geordie illustrator and classicist. Assoc Lecturer at The Open University. National Teaching Fellow. Working class/first gen/book addict.
Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social Ancient Historian in the UK.🇵🇸
📖'Gladiators in the Greek World'
Host of @AncientHistory101.org
ADHD + ClusterC. Sweary.
Expect typos.
Birkbeck and Leicester alum
www.ancientalexandra.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/alexandrasills
Alex Imrie @aleximrie.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Ancient History at University of Edinburgh
Scottish Regional Co-ordinator at Classics for All
Susan Deacy @susandeacy.bsky.social Editor, Journal of Classics Teaching; Co-Founder ACCLAIM: Autism Connecting CLAssically-Inspired Mythology; Series Editor, Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World; Editor-in-Chief, BICS; Professor Emerita etc.
Joel Gordon @joelagordonnz.bsky.social Husband, father, classicist... Interested in myth, reception, heroes, video games and other pop culture mediums...
orcid.org/0000-0002-4348…
otago.academia.edu/JoelGordon
Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social Chronically ill student and writer exploring the ancient world from home | Open University classics undergraduate | Lytham St Annes Classical Association digital officer
https://linktr.ee/unexpectedlearningjourney
Dr Louise O'Brien @egypto-lou-gist.bsky.social Teaching Fellow, Egyptology | Ancient Historian | Portraiture, Culture, Hybridity & Identity in Graeco-Roman Egypt | Personal Account
Dr. Shelby Judge @shelbyjudge.bsky.social Lecturer • researches feminist myth retellings and, sometimes relatedly, incels • Seed Talks speaker on folklore & myth • good at book recs • she/her 🏳️🌈
O’Nika Princess Auguste @onikaprincess.bsky.social #consent #bodyautomony #slavery #migration #violence #gender #age #literature #bible #classics #ancienthistory #myth
#socamusic #writinghistoricalfiction #writingfantasy #cooking #poetry #dancing #caribbeanculture https://linktr.ee/princessonikaauguste
robyn 🇵🇸 @playingpilgrims.bsky.social Working with UASC and Care experienced young people. Beatles lover. Card-carrying member of the woke left. Passionate about refugee rights. Classicist ⭐️
🌷 Exeter 🌷
Ella @ella-msyp.bsky.social MSYP for Angus South | Intersectional feminist | 17 | she/her |#iWillAmbassador | TERA Committee
LadyKivingston @lupalionessa.bsky.social Archaeologist turned Latin teacher, digital artist, and historical video gamer 🏺✍🏻 30s/she/bi 💖🌿
Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social Current Stepsay Postdoc at San Diego State University. PhD from Boston University. Researching: Diana, Augustan poetry, gender/sexuality, reception in sci-fi/fantasy, Tolkien. Disability advocate. T1D 30 years. She/her.
Roman Copy of a Greek Original @medusasheid.bsky.social Classics Teacher • Book Blogger • Bird Nerd • Tolkien fan • World's #1 Cate Blanchett stan • Witch-King of Angmar apologist 🏴 🇬🇷 🇮🇹
Zylla Black @zyllable.bsky.social (she/they) Lefty video essayist, independent academic, archaeogaming streamer, and sf/f fiction author. https://linktr.ee/Zyllable
Pfp by Birdee Blake
Alice-Elizabeth @aliceeliz.bsky.social DPhil student at ISIS Neutron and Muon facility/Lincoln College, Oxford. Investigating Lydian Electrum Coinage. Formerly of Durham University. Awful at remembering social media exists.
Talia R. BarNoy @teatemple.bsky.social They/them pronouns
Writer. Poet. Museum Educator. BA in Archaeology. Based in NYC.
Organizer of NYC Writer's Circle
Published in @wallstrait.bsky.social @workingclassicists.bsky.social @LilithMagazine.bsky.social @DoorIsAJarMag.bsky.social Hey Alma
@colonus.bsky.social @colonus.bsky.social Recovering Classicist. Greek Tutor and teacher.
Trevor Culley @historyofpersia.bsky.social History of Persia and America: Secret Wars podcasts on this app too. Y'know what, find the detailed social bio somewhere else, I'm tired.
HoPfulMedia.com
Dr Aimee Scott @aimeehindsscott.bsky.social 'Classical' reception and pop culture scholar and professional tea drinker.
Χριστίνα @drchristinah.bsky.social “A twat” — Andrew Mastrandonas @andrewmceo, founder of Pillar Health
Maciej Paprocki @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social Student of ancient Greek theologies, librarian, tea drinker, gamer. Lover of myth, poetry and magic. Myth adviser on #Apotheon
Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net I play running. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat.
https://www.elliemackinroberts.net/links.html
LJ Trafford @ljtrafford.bsky.social I write about Romans. A lot. Someone should probably stop me. Author of the Four Emperors Series set in 68/69 CE and the non fiction How to Survive in Ancient Rome, Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome & Ancient Rome's Worst Emperors. 
Yentl @queerclassicist.bsky.social lover of all things ancient & gay // creator of The Queer Classicist // PhD student studying Queer Theory & Bacchus in the late Republic // she/her
Livi @classicsgaymer.bsky.social Liv, 26, UK (she / her). Gamer and classicist with an interest in classical gaming, Greek mythology and Roman history. Also sometimes I yap about my OCs.
Dr Simon Trafford @simontrafford.bsky.social Curriculum Leader of Classics at a state grammar school; IB examiner; author of a few Classics related bits. Swansea University, University of Oxford alumnus. Living in Kent; working in SE London.
https://swansea.academia.edu/SimonTrafford
Mrs C @cogitoergo.bsky.social Head of history and teacher of philosophy and theology, Archaeology MA | lover of plants, taphology, thanatology, vulture culture, general geekiness, random useless facts, and all things archaeology | snarky bog witch ♾️
baily @queengorgon.bsky.social mythology, games, classics📜
she/they
hobbyist/ non-academic enjoyer of the ancient world
contributor for A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology
FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸
C. M. Kosemen @cmkosemen.bsky.social Artist and researcher; author of "All Tomorrows", "All Yesterdays", and more...
http://cmkosemen.com ☕ http://buymeacoffee.com/cmkosemen
Chrissie Downton @chrissiedownton.bsky.social Freelance Museum Collection Researcher. PhD student in Classical Art (Greek). Conservation, Museums, Classics, Dinosaurs and Dogs (all the good things in life). Cornwall. 
Vic is querying! 🌿🏺📚 @velf.bsky.social 96% tea
Analyst
Loves myth, literature, kitchen gardens, mist-pooled valleys, stinky cheese & 3,000yo dead guys
@workingclassicists contributor
TRYING to #write
Goldfinch Novel Award LL
Yeovil Lit Prize LL
Ascent LL
Sleepy yet woke
pfp©HerderEd
🌍Birkenhead
Curtis @curtdubya.bsky.social Nerdy Writer and Editor | Speculative Fiction Scholar | Published at Reactor Mag, Tolkien Studies, Journal of Tolkien Research & more | Content & SEO Consultant @curtisweyant.com
DavidaRose @davidarose.bsky.social (she/her) queer, disabled, part-time farmer, general lit and history nerd. 
The Prancing Pony Podcast @prancingponypod.bsky.social The Prancing Pony Podcast is a weekly podcast about J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, blending deep insight, bad puns, and geek humor.
Be1mont lotr @be1mont.bsky.social I talk about Tolkien and sometimes about other stuff.
Tolkien with Friends @tolkienwithfriends.bsky.social A podcast where friends discuss the differences between Tolkien’s works and their adaptations.
M. J. Gallagher (Final Fantasy mythology) @mjgallagher.bsky.social I write books about Final Fantasy and mythology/religion. Mythos (FF16), Norse myths in FF7, and Greek myths in FF7 all available NOW on Amazon! 🏴
All links and FF TACTICS book pre-order in pinned post 👇
Teaser connections at #FinalFantasymythology
National Council of Teachers of English @ncte.org NCTE is the professional organization for literacy educators spanning preK through college. ncte.org
Jacob Mundell @jacobmundell.bsky.social Actor, Comedian, Cat-dad. LGBTQ, artist of disability. LINKS: http://linqapp.com/JacobMundell
gloomweaver @thegloomweaver.bsky.social Sam
Mostly Tolkien, maybe other things
Daughter of Twilight/Unlight
For Frodo⚔️
she/her
https://linktr.ee/gloomweaver_
Westmoot @westmoot.org #Westmoot is the annual @tolkiensociety.org conference in the US. Westmoot26 will take place May 22-24, 2026, in Minneapolis.
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westmoot-2026/
Founding & Organizing Chair: @lady-of-andunie.bsky.social
GingerProf @gingerprof.bsky.social Thinking about Beleriand.
ThatGermanGuy @thegermanator.bsky.social German. Immigrant/ Expat. Husband. Farmer. Dog person. Progressive. Lover of all things Tolkien. Optimist in dark times.
Sparrow F. Alden @sparrowgg.bsky.social Lover, Matriarch, StoryWeaver, StoryMidwife, Tanister, Blue Resister, and Everyone's Great Aunt. 💙🩶💙
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Chris Lehmann @clehmann.bsky.social Founding Principal / CEO - Science Leadership Academy Schools
Co-Author of "Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need"
Dad to Jakob and Theo.
Still writes here when I can: http://practicaltheory.org
Jillian Heise @heisereads.bsky.social {Hi-Z} | 2026 Caldecott Committee | Elementary Librarian | MLIS | Former 7/8 ELA Teacher | NBCT | #ClassroomBookADay founder | she/her | *views are personal & do not represent my employer
https://campsite.bio/heisereads
heisereads.com
classroombookaday.com
Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks.bsky.social I’m a TX teacher and author of books about engaging young people with reading. Co-founder #nerdybookclub. Founder #bookaday. Regular posts at donalynmiller.substack.com
Colby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social ⭐️driven by gratitude⭐️Husband 👫 Dad 👦👧👧👦👦 Teacher 👔 Reader 📚 Runner 🏃 Writer ✏️ Nerd 🤓 VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
Pernille Schmidt Ripp @pernille.bsky.social Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Andrea @teachbk.bsky.social public school educator. she/her
fan of art, coffee & liberation. nyc
فلسطين حرة
Sarah Mulhern Gross @thereadingzone.bsky.social NBCT, English @ High Tech, past chair @alanorg Walden, AIP MAT Bio @ WCS, NYTimes Learning Network, #nerdcampNJ organizer
Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social HS English teacher clinging to what the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks wrote: "we are each other's / harvest:" (yes, that line break feels heavier than ever these days)
Also: I share writings, resources + thoughts on education at thebrokencopier.substack.com!
shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social literacy scholar, shot-caller, brawler
📍 red states (until they’re blue)
Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social Educator • #DisruptTexts • #31DaysIBPOC • Institute 4 Racial Equity in Literacy • Opinions my own • 🇵🇭🇺🇸 • she/her/siya • Author of Get Free: Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers https://linktr.ee/triciaebarvia
Shawna Coppola (she/her) @shawnacoppola.bsky.social #AuDHD • Educator• Doctoral Student • Author of Literacy for All & Writing, Redefined • Wanna be a sociolinguist when I grow up #FreePalestine 🍉🏳️🌈
Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social English teaching, pop culture, comics, politics, and plants. FL ➡️ ROC. He, him, his.
Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social author and lecturer on topics in education, parenting, and human behavior....
(Personal messages more likely to be read if left on http://alfiekohn.org)
He/him
Cait @feelinmyshelf.bsky.social Formerly Readmoreyall/caitteach
Always a librarian ;)
Staff writer for Wotseries but still clueless
https://feelinmyshelf.threadless.com/
Code for Discount FAM1e96ac6
JoelRGarza @joelrgarza.bsky.social Pronounced /hō-ÉL/ 🤠 MiddleAgedMiddleChild.com
HS English teacher. Cofounder #THEBOOKCHAT. Indie publishing & lit in translation enthusiast. Trying a social-media-dry January. 🤠📚👊🏽
Angela Stockman @angelastockman.bsky.social Teacher | Author | Consultant
My research interests include pedagogical documentation, multiliteracy instruction, and multimodal composition.
She/Hers
I share stuff here: https://linktr.ee/AngelaStockman
Heather L @heatherl.bsky.social Elementary teacher, mama + stepmom. 
Scott Bayer @lyricalswordz.bsky.social Currently: English teacher
Previously: Instructional Specialist, Department Chair, Instructional Coach
Always: #THEBOOKCHAT
Glenda Funk @gmfunk.bsky.social Retired ELA & speech teacher | blogger | NBCT | poet | reader | dog & cat mom | traveler | #EDUsky | NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee | NEA Better Lesson Master Teacher Project | Folger TSI Alum: www.glendafunk.wordpress.com
tyrone (ty, they, he) martinez-black @teachnexttmb.bsky.social On a quest to be ubiquitous (at least to my closest kin)
Michelle Kraft @mnkraft.bsky.social I spent 25 years teaching high school English and am currently an ELA Instructional Coach.
Violist, Cellist, Coffee Drinker, Crocheter, Reader
Writings & Reflections: http://www.goingslightlymad.com/
#iteachEnglish #NCTE
Paul W. Hankins @paulwhankins.bsky.social For-Always Student. Buscaglia before Bloom. Public School Classroom Teacher (21 Years). Dual Credit Instructor: AP ENG LANG/LIT AND COMP and INTRO TO PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Habits of Mind and Heartsongs Enthusiast. Wonderer-Creator-Poet-Collage Artist (he/him).
Kate Roberts @teachkate.bsky.social Educator helping connect the realities of actual classroom teaching to the ideals of pedagogy, research, and common sense. My new book, The Heart of Fiction: Reading for Character, Theme, and Craft, is out now at kateandmaggie.com
Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social teacher | scholar | ENG & EDU lecturer | literary, critical, & postdigital #literacies
Aeriale N. Johnson @kinderbender.bsky.social Fan of tiny humans, teaching, children’s books, poetry, nonfiction, Prince 💜, tacos, and Diet Coke. ❤️ Advocate and co-conspirator living on the sovereign land of the Iñupiat people. 🤎 Cancer survivor. 💙 I 🖤being Black!
Dawn Kasal Finley (she/her) @kasalfinley.bsky.social Ph.D. | Instructional Coach| Mom | Widow🖤| Tweets are my own 
Nawal Qarooni / NQC Literacy @nqcliteracy.bsky.social Educator. Author of Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Exalting Home Experiences + Classroom Practices for Collective Care. Adjunct faculty at NYU. Board member of Library of Congress Literacy Advisory + NCTE Build Your Stack. Mama of 4. NQCLiteracy.org
MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social Teacher who loves reading, science, and helping others! 📖 she/her
Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social I’m a high school English teacher in Bucks County, PA. I present PD and authored the books Poetry Pauses (2023) and Artful AI (coming June 2025).
Poem of the Day to start each class!
https://brettvogelsinger.com
#poetry #ai #teaching #aplit
Dr. Katie Sluiter @ksluiter.bsky.social Middle grade ELA teacher & English Education Ph.D.
Migrated from the Bird app.
Just Jo @munsonjo.bsky.social Teacher. Mom. Lover of candy.
she/her/hers
💜- A Anne-Marie Longpre @amlongpre.bsky.social Here to learn. No one is free until everyone is free. ACAB and #freepalestine.
Mrs. K @shkrajewski.bsky.social HS English & Journalism teacher | student advocate | choice literacy activist | workshop | gradeless | lifelong learner | avid reader | writer