Dr Jean Menzies

My new childrens book with @dkbooks is out TODAY! Researching and writing Goddesses & Heroines was an absolute honour and a joy. The book ft. more than 80 mythological women from around the world, illustrated by the wonderful @KatieHPonder Check it out: tidd.ly/3yKepaX

Loved this @WaterstonesPicc panel on retellings! @abporanek @JeansThoughts 🥀 #WritingCommunity 📚

It was so lovely to meet @JeansThoughts today. We now have signed copies of The Lady Of The Lake, a spellbinding reimagining of the myths of Camelot.

Ariana Grande with ALL THE VIOLET TIARAS by @JeansThoughts and Jeff Goldblum with Haruki Murakami's THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS 💜

Unbelievably gorgeous Arthurian proof drop courtesy of @MichaelJBooks THE LADY OF THE LAKE by @JeansThoughts, out May 2025 🗡️🌊

I’m over here now: bsky.app/profile/jeanst…

🧙‍♀️ Something wicked this way comes... Join @CJessCooke, @KateFosterMedia, and @JeansThoughts for the Witches Panel as they explore Scottish witch trials, history, and mystery. Don’t miss it! 🎟️ edwomensficfest.co.uk/tickets

Helen of Troy… the whole story: youtu.be/ichCDh1uqmY?si…

@nickysbooks1 Aaaaaaaah ffs I shall report them. I had someone on insta a few months ago too 🤦‍♀️ thank you

@JeansThoughts thought you should know there is a person on Facebook using your likeness / photos / videos to advertise KDP marketing services, obviously fraudulently

I'll be chairing a discussion on The Scottish Witch Trials with two fantastic authors - C.J. Cooke and Kate Foster - at the Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival this September, Saturday the 28th, hosted by @EdinBookshop! Why not come and join us? tickettailor.com/events/edinbur…

There's still some time to grab a free ticket to my event at @Lighthousebks tomorrow (Tuesday 20th) all about queering the Greek Myths in modern literature: lighthousebookshop.com/events/jean-me…

every other library in north liverpool has permanently closed or had its hours halved because of austerity. spellow was more than a library, it was a warm, safe place for the community. for vulnerable people to access services. to get food bank vouchers! an unconscionable loss

Only a small number of young people are prescribed puberty blockers. Those who are often describe them as life-saving. I know the distress the puberty blockers ban is causing them. No matter what happens in court, I will continue fighting for the government to scrap it.

GOOD OMENS x GODS BEHAVING BADLY Apollo & Dionysus try to stop arguing for long enough to save the universe from the greatest evil of all: a landlady 🍷escaping your family to run a speakeasy 🍷accidentally being too handsome 🍷queerplatonic immortal life partners #questpit #w

@McnamaraLuna Wowwowwow

Absolutely loving the Serbian cover of Psyche & Eros

@harrietrtb Ah thank you!

@JeansThoughts I’ve got my reading list from uni!! Will dig it out and send ♥️

Ancient historian Jean Menzies discusses how Greek myths are being reclaimed and reimagined by LGBTQ+ writers and readers to explore modern day queer joy and queer struggles. @jeansthoughts All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek myths - 8 Jun ow.ly/F0v450S8lF4

Fun Fact! I'll be talking about Queering the Greek Myths and my @404Ink Inkling All the Violet Tiaras at @YorkFestofIdeas on the 8th of June! The event is entirely free to attend but you will need to book in advance: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2024/calendar/…

@EmiGarside Mine hasn’t done that after a few years so maybe a fault? I assume there is some sort of warranty!?

Crowdsourcing: does anyone have a Flexispot standing desk that wobbles to the point it's unusable while in the lowest settings? (aware they wobble while standing a bit) If so, did you manage to fix it? (yes I've tightened everything and googled)