A scene that lives rent free in my head
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Dr Lisa Funnell
@drlisafunnell.bsky.social
Award-winning author, consultant, and storyteller who builds inclusive frameworks and challenges how we understand power, identity, and culture.
To all the young and first-time voters: thank you for leaning in and choosing action over political apathy.
Who will be the next 007? I joined ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra to talk about the contenders and the future of #JamesBond. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Who will be the next James Bond? - ABC listen
The search for the next James Bond is entering its final stages, with screen tests now wrapping up in London. Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O'Connor are the three actors believed to be in the r...
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If any Bioware employees are here on Bluesky and need help with your job search, let me know. I can offer résumé review and rewrites, and interview prep. I'll do whatever else I can to help within my means and time available. I do this for a living and genuinely want to help. No charge. -Pat
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We lost a national treasure today. RIP Dolly Parton.
James Bond is often seen as emotionally detached, yet the franchise repeatedly reveals a hero shaped by grief. From Tracy di Vicenzo and Vesper Lynd to M and Bond's unrealized future in No Time to Die, grief creates emotional continuity across the 007 series. lisafunnell.com/2026/08/07/l...
Licence to Grieve: The Long Memory of James Bond
James Bond is often remembered as cinema’s ultimate stoic. He kills without hesitation, survives impossible odds, and moves seamlessly from one mission to the next. Death is an occupational h…
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Why do we keep watching James Bond? Better yet, why do we keep recreating him? In my latest blog, I argue that 007 has become more than a fictional spy—he has become a cultural language that continues to shape how we imagine espionage, heroism, and popular culture. lisafunnell.com/2026/07/31/w...
Why James Bond Matters in 2026
Why the world’s most famous spy continues to shape how we imagine espionage. People often ask me why I continue studying James Bond. It is a fair question. Ian Fleming introduced the characte…
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Rather than ranking the "best" Bond Girls, this list highlights 10 women who fundamentally transformed the #JamesBond universe. Each represents a milestone in the evolution of female representation revealing how the Bond Girl has progressed from spectacle to subject. lisafunnell.com/2026/07/20/1...
10 Notable Women of The Bond Girl Phenomenon
For more than two decades, my scholarship has explored the women of the James Bond franchise—not as accessories to 007, but as complex figures who illuminate changing ideas about gender, heroism, r…
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Honoured to be featured in Haarf, a weekly cultural newspaper based in Egypt, as part of journalist and award-winning author Mirvana Maher’s series of conversations with international writers about their projects, writing, reading habits, and creative journeys.
"Popular culture trains audiences to distribute goodwill unevenly. It teaches us who is trustworthy, who is dangerous, who is redeemable, and who is expendable." www.gwomanmag.com/who-gets-goo...
Who Gets Goodwill: Media, Power, and the Benefit of the Doubt
Goodwill is often described as an intangible asset: difficult to quantify but instantly recognizable in practice. In business, it names the value a brand holds beyond its products. In everyday life, i...
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✨ Today I signed the contract for my 12th book ✨ I am thrilled to share that The Bond Girl Phenomenon: From Spectacle to Subject will be published by SUNY Press! #JamesBond
The Spy Who Loved Us: How Women Finally Tell the Story in No Time To Die #JamesBond lisafunnell.com/2026/05/26/t...
The Spy Who Loved Us: How Women Finally Tell the Story in No Time To Die
As the final film of the Daniel Craig era, No Time To Die (2021) is deeply referential to Bond tradition. Yet one of its most surprising achievements lies in its treatment of the Bond Girl. Drawing…
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I forgot how good Diana Rigg is in Game of Thrones
Lady Olenna Tyrell: I was good.
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Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you already have on your phone. Octopuppy and Puppy Galore
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We are pleased to announce that Lisa Funnell’s FOR HIS EYES ONLY is the Winner of the 2026 American Legacy Book Award in the category of Anthologies: Nonfiction. buff.ly/RBXDUtq #FilmStudies @drlisafunnell.bsky.social #JamesBond #WomenInFilm #MediaStudies #GenderStudies #Publishing
💥 AWARD 💥Honoured to share that For His Eyes Only: The Women of James Bond (Wallflower 2015) has been named a Winner (Anthologies: Nonfiction) in the 2026 American Legacy Book Awards.
What If Felix Leiter Became Canadian? Bond, Geopolitics, and the End of the “Special Relationship” #JamesBond #FelixLeiter #NATO #Trump #Carney lisafunnell.com/2026/04/02/w...
What If Felix Leiter Became Canadian? Bond, Geopolitics, and the End of the “Special Relationship”
Since its inception, the James Bond franchise — across both James Bond novels and films — has consistently emphasized the Anglo-American alliance through the enduring partnership and friendship bet…
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On International Women's Day, I am grateful for the women - real and fictional - who continue to inspire me.
⭐ Michelle Yeoh receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
My puppy has just learned that I jump and yell as I cheer. Not sorry! Go #TeamCanada!
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁@minibubbly.bsky.social · 9mo agoCanada collects their short track mixed team relay silver medals #Canada #Olympics #SilverMedal www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
I greatly dislike dream/coma episodes in a series. They can never hold my attention.
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How did Max graduate on time after being in a coma for 18 months? She missed more than a year of school, no? #StrangerThings
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