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.

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.

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. 😬

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-...

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...

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!

Valerie - the absolute embodiment of the ‘I don’t wanna do the work today’ meme

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...

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