I wrote this little blog post on Sheila O'brien for Cinema and Social Justice cinemasocialjustice.org/2026/03/05/b...

Behind the Seams: Sheila O’Brien and the Invisible Labour of Costumers

Helen Warner In his book Hollywood Costume, David Chierichetti acknowledges the considerable and unseen labour of ‘thousands of expert seamstresses, cutters and fitters, milliners and war…

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New exciting adventure: Women’s Broadcasting History book series edited by @nenieb.bsky.social and @helenwarner.bsky.social and yours truly. If you have a relevant project shaping up, please get in touch!

University of Exeter Press@uexeterpress.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New Book Series 📚️ Women's Broadcasting Histories 📺️ If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/22k5w48p #genderedbroadcastinghistory #radio #television #media #hiddenprofessions

Probably best to avoid me for the next few weeks because I just finished @timbl.bsky.social memoir and I am insufferable. I am skillfully steering every conversation so that I can bring up an anecdote from the book.

The International Women’s Broadcasting Histories network is delighted to announce that it will be hosting its inaugural conference at the University of East Anglia, 25-26th June 2026. #cfp as a 🧵

As a mum of an autistic child, I don't feel any guilt. I do, however, feel furious and terrified because the end goal is to make autistic lives unliveable. This. Is. Fascism.

Can we make it so that everyone in power *has* to read this book?

#JessCarter just playing like prime Bobby Moore. #lionesses #England #Euro2025

I am a wreck 😭😭😭😭😭 #lionesses

I wish more disabled and/or neurodivergent people (not to mention the ableds) would understand that the explicit openly stated goal of tech companies re gAI is to replace every public/social service from healthcare to education and more with their tech. And they’re using us to build consensus.

Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.

‘It’s the most empathetic voice in my life’: How AI is transforming the lives of neurodivergent people reut.rs/4feiSqq

I am dead. #lionesses

I am deceased #lionesses

I feel sick #lionesses

Anyone else find breathing exercises immensely stressful?

SEND parents: We need more TAs and 1-1s in school Government: there's no money. Also government: (I'm not anti tech but this is not the silver bullet the goverment thinks it is. It does not 'assist' kids with social communication differences and sensory processing disorders)

I was genuinely horrified to be told in parenting course for kids with additional needs to ask Chat GPT for Occupational Therapy advice because the waiting lists are out of control

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · last yr.

Do not take legal advice from chatGPT. Do not take medical advice from chatGPT. Do not take financial advice from chatGPT. In fact, stop using chatGPT. It’s destroying the environment, giving people terrible advice and lining tech bro pockets.

My eldest often assigns family and friends names related to a thing he's interested in. (We've had planet names, Thomas characters etc). He's currently into Gladiators. He is referring to me exclusively as Mark Clattenburg.

Day one of #DWFTV7 done. Highlights incoming. First, Lincoln is pretty

So I know it's fathers day coming up but I just attended a course for parents of kids with additional needs. Can you guess how many dads were in there?

UEA HUM PGR conference is fast becoming my favourite event. Such fascinating research and presented so enthusiastically and dynamically. Massive congrats to all involved

Hilariously I posted this before seeing that there would be a screening of a video essay she co-created. It's superb.

Helen Warner@helenwarner.bsky.social · last yr.

At the 'Women Talking' symposium in Leeds. Blown away by the way @feministbell.bsky.social presents. A real feminist ethics of care in the way she curates and communicates info. I don't know how to explain it other than to say it's like watching a really good documentary.

At the 'Women Talking' symposium in Leeds. Blown away by the way @feministbell.bsky.social presents. A real feminist ethics of care in the way she curates and communicates info. I don't know how to explain it other than to say it's like watching a really good documentary.

I just keep thinking about how this perfectly sums up how I'm feeling rn

Tori Cann@canndo.bsky.social · last yr.

Amidst the threats of redundancy, attacks on the sector, attacks on our disciplines of study, providing support for students in crisis, the hamster wheel of increased admin, how does anyone have time for research? I'm in survival mode and can't even retreat to the world, it's on fire.

Redundancies remain on the table at UEA. "It’s time for UEA management to do the right thing, drop the threats, engage meaningfully, and commit to real accountability." @drjogrady.bsky.social Solidarity with all striking staff. ✊ #SaveUEA #UCU

UEA UCU says join a union@uea-ucu.bsky.social · last yr.

We're back out on the picket line this morning, standing in solidarity with colleagues at risk of compulsory redundancy and demanding university management to change course. #SaveUEA

The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous. Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family. To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.

This week friends & colleagues @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social are finding out whether they are facing compulsory redundancy. Sombre times. We don’t think UEA has *ever treated its own people like this before. It’s both cruel & unnecessary @uea-ucu.bsky.social

A day before our national rally UEA staff are back on the picket line, standing strong against cuts and redundancies. Solidarity works. Let’s bring that energy to London tomorrow. #ProtectEducationNow

UEA UCU says join a union@uea-ucu.bsky.social · last yr.

🥰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

New article published! Co-written with my fantastic colleagues in the International Women's Broadcasting Histories network: Women’s broadcasting histories and the archive: National, transnational and transmedial entanglements. Critical Studies in Television, doi.org/10.1177/1749...

Delayed announcement due to strike action and observing the digital picket line, but our article for Critical Studies in Television is out! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Women’s broadcasting histories and the archive: National, transnational and transmedial entanglements - Sarah Arnold, Janet McCabe, Kylie Andrews, Alec Badenoch, Jeannine Baker, Vicky Ball, Elisa Hend...

This provocation details varied perspectives of the International Women’s Broadcasting Histories (IWBH) network on researching the role of women in broadcasting...

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Can't really afford to strike. Definitely can't afford not to. Sending solidarity and strength to all colleagues at risk. It should never have come to this.

Seeing irritating chat about gentle parenting. Here's my hot take: Parenting is impossible. Everyone is doing their best (with limited support/resources). Don't add to their guilt with your shit opinions.