Mara Gold is a PhD/DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford investigating sapphic history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a particular focus on understanding and performing sapphic identities through the ancient world. She is equally passionate about her work with museums in both research and outreach, currently working for GLAM (Oxford’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums) as a community connector. Previously she worked as a researcher on the National Lottery Heritage funded Beyond the Binary project at the Pitt Rivers Museum. There she undertook in-depth research into the museum’s collections and ways to tell LGBTQIA stories through objects, largely focusing on connecting historical mythologies with contemporary activism. She was particularly interested in uncovering sapphic histories through the museum’s extensive folklore and witchcraft collections – an interest which filters into her daily life. As a disabled and autistic lesbian, she is also extremely passionate about championing access.