Thomas JW (they/them)

@thefivetonine.bsky.social

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An infrequent - and probably incoherent - miscellany. Scholar of fashion, dress and non-binary genders. Also lectures on sex, sexuality and social issues, and runs The Five to Nine Studio: a queer, peripatetic and generalist creative studio. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺🇵🇸

A photograph of Thomas Jeram-West with a text overlay, announcing their participation in this year's Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence symposium at Birkbeck, University of London. Thomas is a White Northern European non-binary person assigned male at birth; they have short greying light brown hair that flicks backwards, and a matching moustache and heavy stubble. They also have a silver nose ring. In this photograph, they are standing in a sunny street facing left, with their head slightly tilted upwards and half-smiling. They are wearing black-framed sunglasses so you cannot see them squinting in the light. They are wearing a brown jacket with an orange, blue and yellow check, and a gingham shirt in yellow, orange, green and purple. There is a buttonhole of orange, pink and purple ranunculus on their jacket, which is also crossed by a dark green bag strap. The text overlay places 'TVCE X BiGS' across the image in large white letters, and logos for both Birkbeck, University of London and the Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence appear at the bottom of the image in that order. In the bottom right-hand corner, there is a QR code to scan that will take you to a web page where you can obtain more information about the event.
A screenshot of a 2021 tweet from 'e-shrimp' that reads: "rolling my eyes so far back in my head that i make direct eye contact with the goblin that operates me like a marionette".
A photograph showing the cover for 'Neuroqueer Heresies' by Nick Walker. The cover is a medium purple, and a light blue banner at the top features the title in purple matching the cover. The subtitle is featured towards the middle of the cover, and reads: 'Notes on the neurodiversity paradigm, autistic empowerment, and postnormal possibilities'. Underneath, an image of a blue and black butterfly with a human brain in place of its thorax adorns the cover. The author's name appears at the bottom, in light blue.
A photograph showing part of the illustrated front cover of issue 29 of Sonshine Magazine. Dark purple text is set against a light purple background. The front cover illustration is cropped, showing part of a figure that is, arguably, Cupid. A lilac face with mauve tousled hair looks off to the left of the image. At either side of the figure's face, you can see part of off-white feathered wings. The background to the image is a dark, dusty pink, and features two light red love hearts on either side, just above the visible part of the wings. The text reads: Sonshine Magazine: Raising boys for a more equal world. Romance & Relationships: Where do boys learn rules for romance? How do we teach meaningful consent? LitteLouCooks family recipes. Friendship fun kids' pages: quizzes, puzzles & colouring.
A photograph of '78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to transform our world' by Lane Smith - this text appears on the cover in black, against an image of an abstract sun: a yellow centre with beams of red, orange, yellow, and light, medium and deep blue radiating outwards. The cover also reads: 'foreword by Maria Minnis, author of Tarot for the Hard Work'. The photograph is taken in front of a table cluttered with an open laptop computer, piles of books, jars of pens, lip balms, pebbles and pot plants; this background appears blurred.
The front cover for the book 'We Are Our Brains: From the womb to Alzheimer's by Dick Swaab'. Brown and purple text on an off-white background, illustrated by a full-colour anatomical illustration - a cross-section of the human brain. An endorsement from the Sunday Times reads, "A fun, wild ride through the big science of the moment." Fine, yeah, whatever - all I can think about is why ol' Dick didn't go into genitourinary medicine or sexual and reproductive health instead with a name like that. Wasted. Absolutely wasted.
A portrait photograph of Thomas Jeram-West. Thomas is a White Northern European non-binary person, with shoulder-length layered brown hair and a full beard. They wear glasses with clear frames and their nose is pierced on the left side with a small silver ring. They are half smiling at the camera as they look directly into it. They are wearing a white and yellow striped shirt open to show a white t-shirt underneath, and a thin silver chain around their neck. They are in front of a set of bookshelves, blurred in the photograph. The photograph has an overlay: a gradient moving down, from pink to blue, bearing the following text: 08 - July - 2025, TVCE Symposium, tvce2025@eventbrite.com.
The front cover for 'Doing Research in Fashion and Dress: An introduction to qualitative methods' by Yuniya Kawamura. The title appears on red against a white background with the subtitle and author's name below it in blue; this is the top half of the cover. The bottom half features a photograph of a street sign in New York, clearly showing the signs for Seventh Avenue and Fashion Avenue. The photograph is credited to Yoya Kawamura.
A photograph of the cover of the memoir 'Breaking the Curse' by Alex DiFrancesco. The cover features an illustration of a hand holding a white candle burning at both ends against a black background.
The word 'bratwurst' in black text, on a bright green background in the style of the album cover for 'BRAT' by Charli XCX.
The front cover of Unseen Genders: Beyond the Binaries, edited by Felicity Haynes and Tarquam McKenna. On a pink and blue background, a face turns away from its mirror image.
The front cover of Fashion, Identity, Image, by Paul Jobling, Philippa Nesbitt and Angelene Wong. Set against a blue background, a model wears a black doublet and carries a small dragon. The image is from Gucci's fall/winter 2018/2019 collection, taken by Filippo Monteforte.