Dr Alice Billington

History DPhil, Oxford. Women doctors + menstrual research🩸Co-founder of ‘The History of the gendered body’ grad seminar. History communicator. She/her.

[Dr Alice Billington @BillingtonAlice]

I recently guested on the fabulous ‘I don’t know how you do it’ podcast- so if you’re curious about how I do it, give it a listen 🥰 https://t.co/Q6yRFvfspv

[Dr Alice Billington @BillingtonAlice]

@MoiraDonegan I am writing a book (based on my phd thesis) about the history of this 'new' phenomenon and posts like this make me realise I don't need to worry about there being no audience!! :)

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@aliciaandrz @chronicle @AcademicChatter @Momademia I would love to speak to you! Slightly different experience- I had my son during my undergrad when I was 19, finished, did my MA and now I have just successfully defended my PhD thesis. :)

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@HPS_Vanessa I do this too! In a similar vein- there is a Science VS episode from 2 months pre-pandemic which addressed what it would be like if an airborne covid virus overtook the world, its bizarre and fascinating to see a hypothetical of something that then happened...

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@applextree Women doctors in the twentieth century, and their influences on menstrual research! :)

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1) Eight years ago I was a terrified pregnant undergraduate, being told that it was very unlikely I would be able to finish my degree after having a baby and it would be best to drop out. Today I have just

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@applextree Thanks so much :) he is! He’s been calling me Dr Mummy, and he valiantly struggled through reading a few pages of my thesis before describing it as ‘very interesting I think- but perhaps I will understand it when I am an adult’.

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@jenny_crane Thankyou so much, I absolutely will! 🥰

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3) I feel so lucky to have the village I have- and to have been able to write something I feel so strongly about. It's been a wild journey and I am going to miss it.

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2) booked my graduation from Oxford, after passing my DPhil viva with no corrections. I couldn't have done it without all the amazingly supportive women friends and academics around me who have lifted me up throughout the sleepless nights and impostor syndrome.

[Dr Alice Billington @BillingtonAlice]

@intimatesadultb @vagina_museum Likely intact/broken hymen I would have thought!
(As imagined at the time)

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@knott_sarah What's so Special about Women? Women's Oral History, Sherna Gluck and Lyn Abrams, Heroes of their own life stories were both particularly shaping for my ideas about the practice of oral history :)

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@Connie_Thomas So. Much. Weeping.

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Finally submitted! After four and a bit years of work, most of which was during a pandemic, while juggling parenting a small kiddo and countless other things. Now I just need to remember what spare time feels like, and what I might like to do in it?

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@tortietabby @wellcometrust I am so excited to read this Laura! I have referenced you EXTENSIVELY in my (just handed in) DPhil thesis and I can't wait for more 😊

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@KateErrington3 I'm interested in giving my point of view as an academic who did have their baby 'young'. I had my son during my undergraduate degree and then navigated masters/PhD with a small child. Not sure if that is of interest to you!

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@EmMeller Devotion is such a good word to describe the process of a mammoth writing task yes yes yes

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If Twitter shuts down imminently, every one of you should expect a large glossy picture of me smugly cradling my thesis to arrive at your homes in the next few months. Otherwise what was this all for

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@HollieTheNerd @HarrietEvans THIS

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@echomikeromeo Many, many 25 year old men I know would benefit from this exact resolution...