Dr Melanie Selfe
@melselfe
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RT @davegreenidge57: Here’s a video produced by “Led by Donkeys” out of the U.K. that puts down the timeline of how Musk used X to get Dona…
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@CultrHack Why are we still here? I ask myself this (it takes me beyond my immediate field). I only have this work account left. And tweet much less. But humanities academia needs to decide where to decamp to, as science academia already has. And then we need to persuade our institutions.
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This! Do uni’s want their PhD graduates (usually scrabbling for any job to stabilise finances after completion) to have the best chance of turning their PhD research into top quality articles, framed by the latest literature? If so, do this.
There’s one easy thing that universities could do to make their PhD graduates more successful and employable. Just give them online library access rights for a few years/life. It seems like such an easy win. There’s probably a tech reason why it would be unmanageable but…
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@best2vilmabanky It really is jaw dropping. I visited for the first time this summer when in Amsterdam for a conference. Look forward to returning.
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@dieworkwear I see what they are doing with the dial and hands, but a reconditioned 1960s Seiko would be much nicer and vastly cheaper.
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RT @RuthieClems: @routledgebooks @tandfonline Perhaps it's time for us academics to do what we do best... filibuster those research deadlin…
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RT @RuthieClems: @routledgebooks @tandfonline This sets a worrying precedent, with the potential of published research being rushed through…
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RT @RuthieClems: UPDATE: yesterday @routledgebooks @tandfonline told all staff that it's extra important to meet 2024 targets as they have…
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RT @WFPProject: "After making her mark as a film journalist in Britain and a publicity and film sales manager in the Netherlands, she found…
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RT @CineRedis: As we share the dates for Cinema Rediscovered 2025 (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July), look back at this summer c/o filmmaker @arthurcau…
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Terrific historical research and a very engaging read. Also, now I need to rewatch Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
New article in @Screen_Journal about visibility, invisible labour and the career of a trans production worker in 1940s British cinema - Open Access
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RT @DannyDeraney: Lauren Bacall would have turned 100 today. In 1946, she was immortalized in the WB cartoon, Bacall to Arms. They don'…
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@donsheldon @michaelharriot Also a haggis pakora is a perfect and delicious fusion food. Sounds weird. Totally works.
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@SPBPHD @MsWilliamsWorld The whole Business As Usual album was one of the first I played to death. I mean I still have the copy i had in 1983. But it crackles.
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