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Lecturer in Film, @UoS_ArtsMedia. Media literacy, linguistics, and queerness. Views own. he/they.

Manchester, England
Joined October 2012
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I am binevitable.
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Andys last day on JQ, we will miss him so much! "Every ending is just a new beginning in disguise—step forward with courage." @Michaela0895 @parkerkarenj @MFTnhs @NHS #newjob #newadventure #goodluck #colleaguesthatbecomefriends #friendship #appreciation #newbeginning #stepforward
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Just when you thought 2025 couldn't get any bigger for the Green Party, there's a mention from Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in The War Between The Land and The Sea.
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phd graduation, surrounded by love 💖
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Let's make hope normal again.
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PhD
what’s it called when you’re very smart but can’t remember anything and know literally nothing
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officially Dr Warbs, five years later. too many people to thank, so here's the acknowledgements from the thesis itself. love you all. x
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CALL FOR PAPERS: "What's Class Got to Do With It? Rethinking TV from the Inside Out" - One-day symposium @LeedsUniMedia, 19 Sept 2025 - Keynote: @PhilipRalph9 - Abstracts (250 words) due 4 July at [email protected] @whatsonTVclass - Registration is free (details TBA)
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notice how the episode didn’t actually say that conrad was right wing — just that he was spreading lies and weaponising that misinformation for his own gain. funny how this guy assumed it was an attack on his side of the political spectrum based on that
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A warm welcome to our newly qualified nurse Andy on JQ, welcome to the team, you will certainly enjoy being part of our Transplant family #workfamily🥰 'The expert at anything was once a beginner' #Nurse #Aspiration @Michaela0895 @vikki_warman @TntTracy73 @parkerkarenj @MFTnhs
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Call For Papers: Neither Factory Records nor Madchester: Rethinking Manchester’s Musical and Subcultural Histories: A two-day international conference-19th/20th June 2025 @ManMetUni docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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find me on the butterfly app x
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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free this diva. ally x
Someone dropped two massive bags of crickets in the hall at the LGB Alliance conference 😂😂😂 @KatyMontgomerie
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Fun to see the exact time everyone got to 00:59:25 in the latest episode of #DragRaceUK
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Dear white people. Respectfully, please have a word with those other white people who are beginning to make me feel unwanted in the country of my birth. Don't be silent.
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My first book "Reclaiming Female Authorship in UK Television Comedy" is now available for pre-order on the @EdinburghUP website & is 30% off with the code NEW30. Please recommend it to your library/librarian! 🥰 edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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This came to me in a dream last night.
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