Kathryn Leia

@voxossa.bsky.social

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they/she | studying the memorialisation of marginalised people in history and making art about it | queer, disabled, AuDHD | living my best hobbit life | MLitt Gender Studies | views my own 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸

A photo of me, a white early 40s woman with visible tattoos, paddling in the sea while wearing my graduation gown, holding a bottle of Prosecco.
A pink waterlily flower
The little digital thermometer on my desk displaying 30.2 degrees and 44% humidity. There’s a small knitted frog above the thermometer, a miniature knitted plant in a bi pride coloured pot to the left (both made by different friends), and a 3D printed Rocky from Project Hail Mary behind to the left.
A sticker in trans pride colours saying STOP KEEKIN IN MA BREEKS YA WEIRDOS
Blue plaque to Anne Lister at the church where she and Ann Walker took sacrament
A placard for the Scottish Greens outside my local polling station, with my hand in the left foreground, giving a thumbs up. I have chipped green nail polish.
A view over the forth estuary from Fife, with the rail bridge visible in the distance
A selfie from last summer outside the British Library. I’m a white woman with light brown wavy hair wearing a black sleeveless top and a pink and white neckerchief. I have several tattoos on my arms, sunglasses on my head, and I’m smiling with tired eyes at the camera.
A photo of a cherry tree, branches and pink blossom against a pale blue sky
A photo of flowers with deep blue petals
Daffodils in my garden
A photograph of metal railings covered in multicoloured ribbons, with text overlay that reads: Advance notice: Film screening plus Q&A Thursday 16th April 19:00-20:30 Arts Building, University of St Andrews online attendance option available. more info soon!
A screenshot of a meme
A selfie of a white woman with wavy brown hair wearing an academic gown, smiling.
Screenshot of an article on the guardian about trinity college Cambridge targeting elite private schools for recruitment
The view out the plane window approaching Faro. Sea and coastline.
The outside of Younger Hall, a building in St Andrews, where graduations are held. There are trees in the foreground and it’s set against a blue sky.
A gravestone commemorating Joan Wytte near Bodmin Jail.
Two carved pale stone skulls, looking away from each other, framed by golden painted wings and a garland of green painted leaves
A memento mori skull and crossed bones carved into a wooden beam
Matthew McFadyen as Mr Darcy
A lichen covered carved skull with crossed bones and an hourglass to the right of it on a gravestone in Perthshire
A screenshot listing more realistic Indiana Jones film titles
A black n white photo taken in a mirror of my freshly tattooed knee
My hand in the foreground, flipping off a statue of Christopher Columbus
An old gravestone with fallen autumn leaves in the foreground
A cross stitch in a hoop hung on a dark purple wall. It’s of the torrent of swear words from the film The King’s Speech.
A crocheted jumper in mixed green yarn is pinned out on grey foam boards in the sunshine
An envelope with a sharpie drawing of a seal’s face, with the words “seal of approval” written beneath it
A large flat stone grave marker, heavily weathered with lichen and moss, with a clearly visible skull image
A carved skull and crossed femurs below, with wheat sheaves in the background.
A carved stone skull and crossbones set into a memorial, with a ribbon above it reading MEMENTO MORI
A screenshot of two news stories, one on top of the other. The top one says that a medieval skeleton has been discovered underneath a Polish icecream parlour. The bottom one says Ben and Jerry’s are releasing a limited time new flavour.
The Wemyss Mausoleum, a pyramid beyond large statue topped gates, with me in the foreground. I’m looking over my shoulder and smiling.
A selfie. I’m standing on a beach wearing sunglasses and a purple changing towel, grinning at the camera. My hair is wet. There’s a paddle boarder visible over my shoulder.
A flouncy white shirt blowing in the wind on my clothes dryer
A photo of a green stem with a few serrated leaves and a purple cone of buds on top with four tiny lilac-coloured flowers
A round plastic tub sunk into the ground made into a small pond, surrounded by stones. There are water lilies and a slate half submerged. A frog is in the pond.
A black and white photo of my hand holding a locker key and a library card
The burial place of lesbian writer Radclyffe Hall
A pot of white lilies in full bloom on my patio
A framed cross stitch in a Victorian funerary style stating AT REST
The title page to a PowerPoint presentation
A photo of my iPad screen showing the title page of a PowerPoint presentation, saying “Crossbones | ethnography and gender in the graveyard of the outcast dead”
York Minster, with blue sky behind it, framed by trees with sun light hitting the top half.
Two button badges on my bag - one is black and reads “silly goths for trans rights”, the other has a raised fist and reads “solidarity”
Five miniature embroidered skeletal human hands, and one ribcage, on black linen.
A light pink peony
My shadow against a rock pool.
A grid of six pieces of sea glass and pottery, each are either interestingly textured or patterned
A vent in the side of my house with small square holes, two of which are filled with dried mud. I watched a mason bee working on this yesterday.
A sandwich board sign outside Black Sheep Coffee in St Andrews featuring a person in a leather jacket with a motorbike, holding a takeaway cup. They have grey hair and a beard, and tattooed arms. The text says MATCHA 2.0 at the top in white, and NOT JUST FOR THE GIRLIES at the bottom in pink.
My hand, with a discoloured metal disc in my palm. I have pale skin and a silver ring on my middle finger.
A photo of Robert the Bruce’s skull in Dunfermline museum
My hand holding a hardback book with a yellow cover
A selfie with the exhibition poster. I’m a white woman with wavy hair wearing a grey t-shirt, smiling at the camera.
My hand held over my iPad. I’m wearing a digital drawing glove (a tight black glove that covers the pinky and ring fingers, and the side of the hand you lean on) with white hand bones printed on it. I have white skin, green nail polish, and several bracelets on.
A screenshot of an article about a gig, with a black and white photo of the audience. I’m standing in the centre of the shot.
The right hand of a white person, palm up, against a cork desk protector with black hair tied around the wrist. I’m showing several handmade letter bracelets in muted colours and monochromes with gold coloured beads, each reading “memento mori | memento vivere” - remember you will die | remember to live. My skin looks a little blue-ish due to Raynaud’s, and there’s a carpal tunnel surgery scar near my wrist.
A signed copy of a book, reading “To Kathryn, let’s make rainbows”