A big #IWD 💜 🤍 💚 shout out to the FAB research team on @womensscreenwork.bsky.social which I’m leading. Our work with archives to make British #womenfilmmakers more discoverable and more visible is gathering pace. But even better, we just love working together. More⬇️
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My excellent colleague, Chantelle Boyea, introduced Tina Gharavi's short films last night, with some highlights from Tina's fascinating archive.
Come here Tina speak about her work and archive on Friday at the BFI!
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Scooby I am as white as a hotel towel, and the closest thing to Mexican I am was a single all inclusive resort stay in Cancun. I put a Mexican flag sticker on my old Tacoma abd was promptly pulled over by ICE in San Antonio. I'm happy to waste their time 1d RookaTX This is the way Scooby • RookaTX Their big question was like, "why the sticker" I told them it was on the truck when I bought it-and they suggested I remove it. Obnoxious creatures. 1d
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.
Helen Hanson, Project Lead of the Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible introduces the project and the team. Pictured are the team Linda Ruth Williams, Shelley Cobb, Phil Wickham, Wendy Russell and Helen Hanson, Katie Crosson and Jessica Boyall. The team are photographed in the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum lower galleries. Also pictured is the BFI Archive at Berkhamsted and the Exterior of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter
Jessica Boyall pictured outlining our project archive strand
Shelley Cobb and Linda Ruth Williams outline plans to interview filmmaker donors
Lisa Smithstead introduces the project aims to interview archivists and curators
It was so great to be at #DWFTH7 in Lincoln and to present our project’s first steps. Thanks for the insightful comments and discussion from the audience #womensscreenwork #femfilmhistory #archives @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @bellecobb.bsky.social @archiveswendy.bsky.social
Same. The perfect list!
🥰Lots of support for our strike from members of the public passing the picket line this morning!
🎺Give us a toot or come and say hi if you're passing by! #SaveUEA
Translucent is disappointed with today’s Supreme Court judgement. However we need to consider the judgement carefully before responding fully. Translucent is aware that many in the trans community will be extremely worried by this decision and its implications. We would like to reassure them that they are still protected from discrimination, victimisation and harassment because of their protected characteristic of gender reassignment. If a trans community member experiences discrimination or harassment, we suggest they promptly seek legal support, whether from a local solicitor, free advice centre, or a family solicitor and consider what legal actions they can take to protect themselves and others. It is vital to remain calm whilst our legal teams evaluate the consequences of this decision and consider whether further action may be taken in the European Court of Human Rights to reinstate any rights we may have lost.
Statement by Translucent providing some context…
Written by a lawyer with decades of experience in this area.
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
We have two fully-funded PhD studentships available, one in film practice and one open call for any project in media/comms, drama, and film. Please share with suitable candidates
Spotted at tonight’s hockey game and posted without comment.
I thought it was great too!
Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret
Ugh, link here: 19thnews.org/2025/01/tran...
This is very red flag. And hasn't been big news.
screenshot of a wordpress webpage transcription: Most recent updates (in the past fortnight, approximately; last updated 31 January 2025) Cardiff announced they are seeking to lose 400 colleagues. The university for the Creative Arts ran a Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme and is looking into restructuring The University of Dundee will no longer issue contracts to post-graduate students for teaching in 2025. Durham is planning to lose 200 (!!!) non-academic colleagues and opened a voluntary severance scheme. Kent opened another voluntary severance scheme, but is looking to cut £20million within three weeks… Lancaster is cutting 400 posts over the next two years Newcastle announced they’re making 300 FTE redundancies The Open University opened another Voluntary Severance Scheme Reading opened a targeted voluntary severance scheme, targeting, amongst others, biological engineering, environment, English, languages, education. University of West England: Bristol Old Vic will no longer be accepting enrolments from September 2025.
In case you feel inclined to ask your friendly local UK academic how they are. This has been our past fortnight...
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The Woman with a Movie Camera programme is out! I’ll be joining @helenexeter.bsky.social & @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social for a panel on Script Supervisors, then we’ll have a few items on display from the BFI National Archive
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We are hiring 2 x Postdocs to work on our AHRC project 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️
1) PDRA-Archives
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#archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm
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If people outside of the UK wonder why their colleagues in the UK are stressed:
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The other will work primarily with @helenexeter.bsky.social @lindaruthwilliams.bsky.social and Phil Wickham at the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, focusing on the curation of collections of women filmmakers.
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Our AHRC project Women’s Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible has 2 postdoc research associate jobs. One will work mostly with me & @helenexeter.bsky.social with hands-on archives work on collections of women filmmakers at the BFI National Archive
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
It’s not too late! Deadline has been extended to Dec 20.
Guardian article on UK abortion law
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For those of you who write and publish, especially if you are UK-based, remember to register your items with ALCS. They collect money paid for copying/distributing work and pay it to authors. The cut-off for the March payment is to register your items by Nov 30th. www.alcs.co.uk/about-alcs/
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!
Oh no. It is sad news.
