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asst prof in film studies, university college dublin. film/tv + real estate since 2008 • nyc + hollywood musical • musicals at the margins • women and new hollywood. she/her https://letterboxd.com/pauseforthejet/ https://people.ucd.ie/martha.shearer/

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kcl in this instance but IT COULD BE

06.03.2026 13:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

lol

06.03.2026 12:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

don't love this trend of precarious academic jobs that are framed like they're doing someone a favour

06.03.2026 11:25 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

but I guess according to CATS now it's rose byrne's oscar

05.03.2026 19:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

get in loser we're tilting at windmills

03.03.2026 19:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

when hyacinth was like what is the point of getting married bc your husband will just die... yes probably

03.03.2026 14:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

something suspicious going on if you ask me

03.03.2026 13:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

what is male life expectancy in bridgerton's london

03.03.2026 10:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hey, @micheal-martin.bsky.social, look, it's apparently this easy.

02.03.2026 14:05 👍 84 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0

People are going to keep insisting that UK anti-trans politics is really composed of jilted lefty feminists even as its leaders are literally running as Tory candidates.

27.02.2026 23:01 👍 587 🔁 131 💬 2 📌 1

I am still, even now, blown away by how bad he is at this - and by this, I mean speaking in sentences, like a person

27.02.2026 12:18 👍 48 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0

Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."

27.02.2026 06:22 👍 2734 🔁 705 💬 30 📌 24

EAT ANOTHER BOOK MATT YOU FASCIST PIECE OF SHIT

27.02.2026 07:12 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🤦‍♀️

26.02.2026 12:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I support bad dishwasher gf bc it's not her fault people do not want to hear the Truth about rinsing

26.02.2026 11:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yes there is a right way to stack the dishwasher. Here are the 5 rules BBC One's Inside the Factory attempted to settle the heated debate in many households.
26.02.2026 11:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

the incorrect stacking is bad obvs. however,

26.02.2026 11:55 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

what next, hamlet?!

25.02.2026 06:17 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

AND a jane eyre adaptation at last!

25.02.2026 06:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

finally a pride & prejudice adaptation

25.02.2026 06:15 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It was during these conversations that Karen was told repeatedly that ICE agents are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “I was told this by multiple sources,” she says. “There is all the incentive in the world to find a reason – any reason – not to let someone go.”

It was during these conversations that Karen was told repeatedly that ICE agents are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “I was told this by multiple sources,” she says. “There is all the incentive in the world to find a reason – any reason – not to let someone go.”

don't travel to the us
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 13:41 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

something that's been less remarked upon is that alysa liu's gold medal is vindication for all the people who've announced at parties that they want donna summer's 'macarthur park suite' played at their funeral and received an inexplicably sceptical response from their so-called friends

20.02.2026 19:58 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

we need a sequel to SLIDING DOORS where we find out if 9/11 happens in both realities

20.02.2026 19:47 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Image of former-prince Andrew in the police car with the headline "Now he's sweating" in the Sun.

Image of former-prince Andrew in the police car with the headline "Now he's sweating" in the Sun.

The Onion "Heartbreaking" meme image but it now reads "Heartbreaking: the worst newspaper you know just made a great headline"

The Onion "Heartbreaking" meme image but it now reads "Heartbreaking: the worst newspaper you know just made a great headline"

19.02.2026 22:37 👍 88 🔁 17 💬 7 📌 0
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SCMSSP Alternative Conference - Conference Schedule Conference Schedule March 25-March 29, 2026

Very excited to be participating in Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine Conference. What an amazing lineup of speakers they've put together! You can check out the full schedule below. Honored to be among them.

sites.google.com/view/scmssp/...

18.02.2026 18:31 👍 33 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

The Grand Old Duke of York, he had 10,000 [REDACTED], he [REDACTED] them up to the [REDACTED] and he [REDACTED] them down again.

18.10.2025 21:21 👍 86 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 1

guys if we really put our minds to it this could be bluesky's piggate

19.02.2026 11:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An incredibly lifelike illustration of Paddington Bear, official psychopomp to the British royal family, gently escorting a man in top hat and tails (carrying a Puzza Express takeout) to Belmarsh

An incredibly lifelike illustration of Paddington Bear, official psychopomp to the British royal family, gently escorting a man in top hat and tails (carrying a Puzza Express takeout) to Belmarsh

Ok I have far too much to do today to spend more than 2 minutes on this but here’s my political cartoon of the day, please enjoy

19.02.2026 10:31 👍 1271 🔁 389 💬 24 📌 15
Cover of Media Rurality edited by Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney. The cover photograph depicts mountains in the far background, behind a city, and winding roads leading to rural fields in the foreground. The title appears in mixed serif and sanserif fonts in large type on the top left of the cover. The editors' names are in small caps immediately below.

Cover of Media Rurality edited by Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney. The cover photograph depicts mountains in the far background, behind a city, and winding roads leading to rural fields in the foreground. The title appears in mixed serif and sanserif fonts in large type on the top left of the cover. The editors' names are in small caps immediately below.

In "Media Rurality," edited by Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney, contributors show how rural territories are highly mediated, technologized spaces profoundly enmeshed with global capitalism and colonialism. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/M8lC4sJ

18.02.2026 20:45 👍 22 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 3
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Lecturer in Film Studies | King's College London

JOB POST in FILM STUDIES: @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social is hiring Lecturer w specialism(s) in 1 or more of following: 1) Film & Media Practice as Research / Filmmaking; 2) Film Curation +/or Archiving; 3) Non-Fiction Film & Media. Deadline MAR 2nd! Please pass along. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/137766-...

18.02.2026 18:14 👍 19 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 1