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Профиль Vivelyprofessional shakespeare opinion haver, theatre historian, shoegaze fan, film dyke. she/her. my book is called IRISH SHAKESPEARES: GENDER, SEXUALITY, & PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (out Oct). all my opinions are great actually x
earlier in the year i wrote about hamnet (2025) and what it reifies about shakespeare for rupture media’s print magazine, and whaddaya know it’s now available online for people to read! class
Hamnet’s Shakespeare Problemby Emer McHugh I am following the release of Hamnet – Chloé Zhao’s recent adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel that follows Anne Hathaway (here known as Agnes) in the wake of the death of h...rupture.iethe fact that this is coming out just as i’m publishing a book that talks about scott’s hamlet in conversation with the role’s lineage…………
Little White LiesThe 2026 BFI London Film Festival's Opening Night Gala is... Elsinore. Starring Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman, directed by Simon Stone, it tells the true story of actor Ian Charleson's legendary performance in Hamlet at the National Theatre. Catch it at the Royal Festival Hall on 7 October #LFF26
i’m being v specific to my field but: it’s hard to sit through cultural reproductions of shakespeare WITHOUT being critical. anyone who knows me knows how i feel about hamnet (2025) & all is true. anyway critical support for @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social, i think everyone in academia has ur back!
Casey StegmanPeople who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference
knowing irish men, i am willing to bet that this man has ‘full time mad bastard’ somewhere in his tinder profile
Dan of the Yearmale loneliness epidemic is here to stay
love island said autism rights and i am very happy
emerlove island ends on monday and god i cannot wait until i am freed from this prison along with my true winners lorenzo and julia
the time where i inducted Nicole Cliffe among the early modernists. i miss Nicole online i hope she’s doing good
Gail SimoneOkay, my QUESTION OF THE DAY is… What is your weirdest actual accomplishment? Not the biggest necessarily…but the weirdest?
i dunno i watched moulin rouge and got into shoegaze
Transphobes Can't ReadHow does one become indoctrinated into bisexuality?