“So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.” Clarice Lispector died #OnThisDay in 1977 #ReadMoreWomen

“She likes to read, she reads all the time, and she prefers to be reading several things at once, she says it gives endless perspective and dimension.” Ali Smith #ReadMoreWomen

This has been true of my (still ongoing) PhD journey, so I thought I’d take the chance to thank my professors. I am unbelievably grateful to my professors at History at EUI who have been so supportive, accessible, interested in my research, and built my confidence as an academic!

“Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.” Iris Murdoch #ReadMoreWomen

'Let a Man who has made a Drawing go on & on & he will produce a Picture or Painting but if he chooses to leave off before he has spoild it he will Do a Better Thing.' Take a closer look at William Blake's notebook this ManuscriptMonday: 🔗 bit.ly/3AERZrq

#OnThisDay, 7 Feb 1971, women in Switzerland win the right to vote in federal elections after a national referendum. Snail pic is from a suffrage protest in 1928, where women are saying progress is already too slow. #WomenInHistory #VotesForWomen

When thou hast an excess of tabs open

Roses are red Violets are blue The lie I tell my downloaded papers “I promise I will read you” #AcademicTwitter #AcademicValentine

"Anytime you try to teach the subjects without teachers who love the subject, it is doomed to failure and is a foolish thing to do." Remembering physicist and professor Richard Feynman who was famous for his easy-to-understand explanations of scientific concepts.

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Audre Lorde was born #OnThisDay in 1934 #ReadMoreWomen

I loved the opportunity to share some of Sophy Valentine’s writing, she is one of my favourite case studies in my dissertation!