A pillar of queer history in Toronto
In 2019, I was hired by Heritage Toronto to write display copy about The ArQuives for a historical pillar. Then I kind of forgot about it.
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Writing
Papers, articles, and reviews written for journals, magazines, websites, and more.
“Calling [Herself] Eleanor”: Translike Gender Presentation in Medieval Europe
Until relatively recently, historians did not consider transness a possibility for medieval people, as Eleanor Rykener’s case demonstrates.
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Why “transition” can be a fraught concept
Yesterday marked my fourth month on testosterone. After a few weeks, my voice was decidedly deeper. A month in, the increase in facial hair was noticeable, though it remains patchy. Now, after a few months, I can see the changes in fat distribution in my face as I begin to look more like me. This is not the beginning of my transition.
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Categorizing Gender: Historicizing the Nonnormative
Trans people have always existed, but the language with which we have been described, understood, and recognized remains dependent on the cultures, places, and times in which we and they have been situated.
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Medium: How to Bluesky
Every time I invite a new person to Bluesky, I feel like I have to explain a lot of things about what it is, its culture, and how to use it, so in order to circumvent some of that, I’ve written an article to help folks out.
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Witchcraft article published in the Canadian Journal of History
My article “Witchcraft Pamphlets at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment” was recently published in the Canadian Journal of History as the winner of the Linda F. Dietz Graduate Essay Prize.
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