tamsin·Mar 20, 2022on the archaeology of namesa founding principle of archaeology, a basic assumption on which all its mode of action rests, is that change leaves something behind.
tamsin·Sep 25, 2021Perhaps we’re wrong about the history of the word ‘queer’We all ‘know’ a history of the word ‘queer’ — that it’s a reclaimed slur, and started in American English. But we might be wrong.
tamsin·Sep 4, 2021Slate-os and sow-bugs and wood-pigs, oh myThe improbably long list of names for a little, grey creature living in your back gardenA response icon1A response icon1
tamsin·Aug 31, 2021Dialect loss as ecological lossA few weeks ago, I had an unusual experience for a dialectologist: the media got interested in my work. I had just published a paper with a…
tamsin·Feb 26, 2021Seeing desire through a clear glassThere’s a scene in the movie Carol where the two main characters — nervous shop-girl Therese and the eponymous soon-to-be-divorcée Carol —…
tamsin·Oct 12, 2018A response to the GRA consultationQuestion 1: If you are a trans person, have you previously applied, or are you currently applying, for a Gender Recognition Certificate…
tamsin·Mar 31, 2018Response to Hadley Freeman’s piece on Trans visibilityPutting aside the demonstrative poor taste of publishing an anti-trans piece on Trans Day of Visibility one week after Naomi Hersi was…A response icon1A response icon1
