Dr Julie Wheelwright

Sisters in Arms, Esther, The Fatal Lover, Amazons and Military Maids. Writer, editor, academic.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@anccpt And I get where you're coming from too. But isn't whether something is a 'big deal in the media' dependent on expectations? I'm curious about the thinking behind this perception. Aren't all deaths in combat equally tragic?

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@anccpt Or this might become normalised? And doesn't it depend very much on the conflict and the context in which it happens? I'm thinking about the women in the Soviet Red Army during WW2 where casualties were incredibly high and they became potent figures of propaganda.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@spyhistory @Escape2History I agree and remember reviewing it, positively! for the Independent when it first came out.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@anccpt If the country's psyche will be damaged when women are killed in action, why hasn't this happened throughout history? Why is worse for a woman to be killed in a combat role than in a medical, communications, transport role? Why is front line fighting unique?

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@spyhistory Wonderful to see the uncovering of these women's stories Claire.

[UK Aircraft Flight Paths and Airport Monitoring @RichardHerson]

Latest airport stats have been updated for last week. https://t.co/DHti33PX2u

Please SIGN & share with your groups the UK Gov. petition about "Overflying" i.e. how we are being chased away from our communities by NATs.

See https://t.co/DwE1WTkg3f or https://t.co/XM9LBxd9OU

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

I’m still trying to get action on PM’s systematic lying in parliament

The BBC asks whether people care about it

Please RT if you do

[Karen Ingala Smith @DrK_IngalaSmith]

Who is killing our daughters?
Abusive, entitled men: stalking, coercive control and pornography. @YvonneARoberts for the Observer on the Femicide Census data about the killings of 272 young women https://t.co/8D7k5XalkC

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@janeyellene I think there are still vestiges of the Toll Gate which is currently getting a much needed revamp. Thanks for sharing this.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@billric36028987 So exciting to see Penticton news here Bill. Perhaps I should alert my relations to this impending centennials? Suggest a dance at Peach on the Beach, a few songs along Main, canoeing on the lake?

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@OliviaSmithHist @HistoryofWarMag Hello Olivia, yes it's out as an e-book and hardback. But if you'd like a review copy send me a DM and I'll supply contact details.

[The Aviation Environment Federation @The_AEF]

Inclusion of international aviation and shipping emissions in the UK's climate law is a hugely significant step, which environmental campaigners have fought hard for. It should mark the beginning of the end of the era of fossil-fuelled flying https://t.co/Mwq53scrag

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@marinamaral2 The cutting of women's hair as an act of violence was documented in the early twentieth century by the sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

Thanks @jamyerfeld for a timely and pungent thread on flying to academic conferences whenever we return to 'normal'

[Jamie Mayerfeld 🏳️‍🌈 @jmayerfeld]

@flyingless

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@Historiann It's such an exquisitely sad childhood and the shock of losing her family so quickly. Lots of reference to cold as I remember.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@Historiann Thanks Ann.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

So excited that 'Sisters in Arms' -- the unknown history of female warriors from the Amazons to those battling MeToo campaigns today -- is published in Italian by @Odoyaeditore later this month.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

@sarasheridan They might have had me on 'hard study' and 'political excitement' too.

[Dr Julie Wheelwright @Jwheelwright]

Any thoughts @StopBrisAirport?

[HACAN East @HACANEast]

Business travellers planning to cut future flights, poll finds. Could have implications for London City where 50% of trips are for business; the highest in the country. https://t.co/XUBzR7cAzy