Wrote a little something about multilingual TV and the amazing Apple TV show Acapulco:
No more bad accents, stereotypes or cringe: why the rise of multilingual TV is good news for everyone theconversation.com/no-more-bad-ac… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

The BFI is basically giving away blu-rays until tomorrow. 3 for £25 (£21.25 for members). Includes some individual sets which alone are close to or more than £25. Buy 1, get 2 free! Skolimowski, Powell, Russell, Truffaut, Greenaway, Bresson, Bogdanovich... shop.bfi.org.uk/dvd-blu-ray/bf…

Read new article by Rose Butler and Eve Vincent which explores how romantic relationships across class are maintained under broader conditions of class inequality.

#EarlyView in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/3WrunmO

Our next, ever popular, and welcoming #workingclass #phd , Doctoral and #research student support group is on Wed. June 5th at 7.30 online. It is run by and for #workingclass students - and assisted by working-class academics. To join us 👉 [email protected] for details. R/T 🙏

'Indigenous Feminisms across the World, Part 1,' an issue of Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, is now available. The articles in this special issue expose, challenge, and resist contemporary colonial realities. View the full TOC and read the intro, freely available: ow.ly/tyjp50RzQsE

Our Sheffield Film Festival launches in August and in the run up, we have some special taster events - with a few now on sale. TONIGHT: Kes + BFI Film Classics launch:
showroomworkstation.org.uk/kesandbooklaun…

Thanks to everyone who came yesterday & Leeds Uni Media for having me. It was really lovely to be back in such a supportive environment, chaired by the wonderful clementine✨ 😄

📢 “I hope Goldsmiths management reconsiders the proposed staff reductions.”
Thank you to director and Goldsmiths alum Steve McQueen for showing solidarity on the threatened job cuts which could lead to the sacking of 35% of academic staff across 11 of 18 departments.
#binthetp

There are still a few days left to submit for the 2025 Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship! Deadline: May 15. Full details at the link. signsjournal.org/for-authors/ca…

Lecturer in Film Studies job! Come and work at Keele! jobs.ac.uk/job/DHN466/lec…

🚨 Students from deprived areas are more likely than their more affluent peers to have missed deadlines or asked for an extension in order to take up paid work.

More on the impact of the cost of living on students ⤵️

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Delighted to be showcasing some of the research that Dan Martin and I have done on the increasingly contested valence of universality in UK #publicservicemedia policy. It stems from the PSM-AP project. So give that a follow if you want to learn more.

Stand Up to Stand Out, May 18 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM BST In person!

Building the confidence to perform
Developing your personal style or ‘persona’
Introducing techniques to create new material
Advice on how to ‘up your game’

Get your tickets at funnywomen.com/events

Thrilled to be chairing this tomorrow, if you can make it please join us!

Tomorrow, I'm at Leeds Uni Media talking about women in UK TV comedy from 15:45 - 17:00. There's no need to register, and it's free to attend! Please come along if you're interested 🎭 Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/events/e…

Writers in the North of England - check this opportunity out! A chance to win £3000, mentoring and a long-term placement with a production company.

Not one to be missed 👀

humanities scholars see a STEM topic they don't understand and think 'damn, guess i don't understand that. they must be smart' while STEM people see a humanities topic they don't understand & go 'they must just be making shit up'

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