My article for Celebrity Studies has gone live - Exposing Russell Brand: navigating allegations of sexual misconduct and appealing to the manosphere. Open access so fill yer boots. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Book cover for Cambridge Companion to Stand-Up Comedy- text over a picture of comedian Hannah Gadsby holding a microphone, wearing a checked shirt and a black waistcoat.
It’s out 4th Sept! With a chapter from me coauthored with Rosie White (a literal dream coauthor - who I fangirled at hard the first time we met) - our chapter is on (surprise) Stand-up and Gender. Proud to be amongst a stellar contribs list too.
Have a day off so thought on a whim ‘I feel like a Jurassic park film is out that might be fun’ - I am now in the very first screening of said film with the hardcore dinosaur fans. 😂
Really enjoyed The Ballad of Wallis Island - strong Withnail vibes.
Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities Conference 17-18 June, Birmingham City University Panels include: Non-Human and Transgressive Bodies Representing “Subversive” Genders Horror and Monstrosity Transgressive Game Cultures Class, Culture and Consumerism Music, place, and the articulation of transgressive identities: Popular Music Listening Session Playlist Social Media and Online Transgressions Cultural Theory Roundtable In addition to standard paper presentations we have some short screenings, a listening session, a roundtable, and a panel of short takes. In-person conference tickets include refreshments and lunch on both days, plus drinks reception on day one.
Join us for the @bcmcr.bsky.social conference "Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities" - 17-18 June, Parkside Building, Birmingham City University!
In-person fee: £30/£15. Online fee: £15.
Schedule, abstracts, and info here: bcmcr.org/event/cfp-tr...
#media #culture #research #transgression
Microsoft Forms formatting is sending me over the edge….. I’m not even using a picture 😭
Attacking the rights of a marginalised group isn’t a win for feminism.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
Ellie Tomsett, Nathalie Weidhase and Poppy Wilde, eds, Working Women on Screen: Paid Labour and Fourth Wave Feminism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) Panel comments: "This is a collection of important, well-organized, timely research that contributes to several of the most important themes in film, TV and screen studies today. The judges would like to acknowledge, in addition to the excellent essays throughout, the important contribution made to our disciplines by the editors' generous and meticulously researched introductory chapter."
Whoop! Working Women on Screen: Paid Labour and Fourth Wave Feminism, edited by @poppywilde.bsky.social @nweidhase.bsky.social and I, won the Best Edited Volume award from @baftss.bsky.social for 2025. Huge congratulations to our contributing authors! 🎉 www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...
🌟 New Report Alert 🌟
The Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity's 2025 report on post-production sound workforce in the UK is now out!
The report is authored by @emmabuttsound.bsky.social, @ellietomsett.bsky.social
Read the full report here:
bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net/docs/csu2025...
In the weekly game of ‘don’t wake the baby at 5am when leaving for work’ I have been defeated, sabotaged by one of the cats. Good luck to my partner with the fall out. 😬
Katelyn Hale Woods Cracking Up - uipress.uiowa.edu/books/cracking and Hysterical: women in American Comedy by Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant would be my recs.
Super excited that our edited collection Working Women on Screen has been shortlisted for the BAFTSS Best Edited Collection award. A testament to all our excellent contributing authors and the Poppy/Nathalie/ Ellie editing squad. www.baftss.org/contenders-p...
Registration now open for Mixed Bill’s Comedy and Racial Justice Conference. 22/23 April Manchester Metropolitan University. Excellent programme and options to join online too for international colleagues. mixedbill.wordpress.com/2025-comedy-...
This springs to mind but might not be exactly what you are after - from Ahmed’s blog - feministkilljoys.com/2018/12/20/s...
The paperback of Stand Up Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms is now out! Someone sent me a picture of one in the wild which was great to see! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/standup-c...
Oh no! Was their intellectual property used without their consent?????
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
Get that out of office on. Special thank you to whoever decided that we no longer need a reading week for the gift of exhaustion in 2024.
Guy being the definition of mixed messages on the 5.30am bus this morning….. hi-vis jacket and camouflage trousers.
I loved investigating the challenges of BSL interpreting for live comedy, theatre and music for Time Out. From tricky and frozen language (imagine signing Shakespeare) and timing punchlines to post-MeToo agency, it’s a fascinating area.
www.timeout.com/uk/city-life...
Think it varies by topic but my book one was busy (40ish) and I’d assume yours will be too. A really nice engaged crowd of the public/ academics/ students etc. p.s if you see Katie say hi from me- she’s ace.
London people: I'll be talking about my new book 'Reclaiming Female Authorship in UK Television Comedy' at the BFI Library on Monday the 2nd of December, 18:30 🎭 Link to buy a ticket below!
Sad I can’t make this! Have a lovely time - it’s a really nice gig. 😀
A tabby cat lies sleepily in a pink blanket.
Valerie - the absolute embodiment of the ‘I don’t wanna do the work today’ meme
I had a similar situation where I arrived with strooong Super Mario vibes. I leant into it.
For anyone interested in the experiences of deaf people in the UK TV and film industry a research report conducted by Erika Jones and myself for the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity is out today. You can access it here - bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net/docs/unmuted...
For a version of this call for abstracts that can be read by assistive software please contact Ellie.tomsett@bcu.ac.uk
For a version of this call for abstracts that can be read by assistive software please contact Ellie.tomsett@bcu.ac.uk
A good excuse for my first post! Super happy to share a call for chapter abstracts for an edited collection on representations of adult children and their parents in TV comedy. Some excellent people on board already and we are looking for more. Take a look #comedystudies
