Well, it appears a museum has used one of the ideas I pitched at the interview stage for their programme, without payment or permission, after rejecting me of course. I'm not saying where. What I am doing is challenging that this is just a "sector thing" we have to get over. 1/10 Because ultimately this laissez faire attitude is the one that benefits an institutional power that thinks they can get away with using people's IP because hey, it's museums right? We should be *flattered*. The thing is, no. Your labour has value. And you have value. Own it. 2/10

Happy #SwordLesbianSaturday ! Today for this @MuseumBuddy collaboration between @ShibdenHall @BankfieldMuseum and I exploring LGBTQI connections we combine Anne Lister's legacy with my special interest in swordswomen and arms & armour! To ask... #WasAnneListeraSwordLesbian? Wait back up...sword lesbians? And the answer is: yes. I am an art historian, curator, artist and a fencer (albeit definitely still a beginner) interested in sharing histories and creating stories around women with swords as well as feminist/queer perspectives in arms & armour!

Welcome to another exciting day of @MuseumBuddy collaboration between @ShibdenHall @BankfieldMuseum and I exploring LGBTQI connections in heritage! This afternoon we take a closer look at what our sartorial sapphic Anne Lister wore and how she challenged gender norms in doing so! What do we know of what Anne Lister wore? Much of what we can draw from comes from this portrait of her by Joshua Horner, circa 1830. While it may not have appear very gender conforming, this would have been a real slap in the face of norms pertaining to women's fashion back then

Today part of the @MuseumBuddy collab with @ShibdenHall & @BankfieldMuseum as we explore LGBTQ connections together - I want to explore how the diaries of our 19th c lesbian extraordinaire of Shibden, Anne Lister, were ultimately discovered, decoded and saved - not once but twice This story has everything: hidden shelves in a medieval mansion, (almost) fire, taking a stand against the destruction and censorship of LGBTQ heritage, cracking codes and detailed lesbian sex scenes. What's not to love?

So, there's a targeted harassment campaign and doxxing by Mail and Sun against the curator of the @RoystonMuseum and claims of vandalism and terrorism for a thread detailing what affects or doesn't affect bronze statues...as a joke. Because people on Twitter don't get nuance. Not sure how to break it to the ardent defenders of racist statues littering the UK but they are...bronze statues outside. Already exposed to the elements. Already deteriorating. And as a consequence already damaged. Via nature. Not vandalism. The whole thread was a joke