for @theconversation.com I wrote about the Shy Girl AI scandal and what it might mean for publishing, writing and readers theconversation.com/a-popular-ho...

A popular horror novel was pulled over AI concerns – here’s what it means for publishing

Many more authors may be using AI undetected.

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@livunienglish.bsky.social doctoral candidate Natalie Wall has written for @theguardian.com about the bizarre brand collaborations with the new Wuthering Heights film (which includes a smoothie bowl...). Read Natalie's article here: www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe... #wutheringheights

‘Chia pudding is Cathy’s composed side’: the wild and worrying world of official Wuthering Heights merchandise

Emerald Fennell’s lust-fuelled take on Emily Brontë’s novel has cued a hot flush of merchandise ranging from themed snacks to thongs. What exactly are they buying into?

theguardian.com

for The Guardian I wrote about the bizarre merch collaborations of Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

‘Chia pudding is Cathy’s composed side’: the weird and worrying world of official Wuthering Heights merchandise

Emerald Fennell’s lust-fuelled take on Emily Brontë’s novel has cued a hot flush of merchandise ranging from themed snacks to thongs. What exactly are they buying into?

theguardian.com

for @dazeddigital.com I wrote about the politics of scent amid the rise of avant-garde perfumery www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/artic...

Who is allowed to smell bad?

Avant-garde notes like gasoline and garlic are becoming popular with indie fragrance brands – but when formerly stigmatised scents become luxury, only some people are allowed to get away with it

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now I’m back at my parents’ for christmas I can pick up the sheep skull my mam found in the basement of the northumberland county council building in the summer and brought home for me hopefully this wasn’t the thing holding the council together

yesterday I passed my PhD viva with minor corrections! thank you so much to my examiners @keeblearin.bsky.social and @davidhering.bsky.social for such a great experience! 💫

yesterday I submitted my PhD thesis ✨

institutions cannot afford... unpaid research? until that 'low quality' research becomes lucrative or impactful and then universities will gladly take credit for if it...

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’. Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”. This article is now free to access. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

I had a great time speaking to some wonderful undergrads about their work decolonising the curriculum, their enthusiasm makes for some great start of term listening ✨

The Bibliography@thebibliopod.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New episode alert! 🚨 Host Natalie spoke to the English Department's 'Decolonising the Curriculum' group about what it means to decolonise a curriculum and the process of decolonising some of the department modules. @livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2ZLU...

computer, play Tempest by Ethel Cain, loud enough to kill small mammals

I loved recording this with @writedavidwrite.bsky.social, talking about my research and theorising about whether Jane Eyre would be classed as trauma fiction if it were published today.

The Bibliography@thebibliopod.bsky.social · last yr.

Continuing to post our back catalogue of episodes here for any new listeners! David chatted with fellow host Natalie Wall @scaredofcustard.bsky.social about her PhD research - trauma fiction, online reading culture, and what the hell is going on on BookTok... open.spotify.com/episode/0eko...

there's a spider that lives in a hole in my study that comes out when i play ethel cain

girl not now

I had the pleasure of interviewing @paddy-brennan.bsky.social for this episode - a really fascinating dive into food consumption and self-starvation in Irish fiction from Edna O'Brien to Sally Rooney.

The Bibliography@thebibliopod.bsky.social · last yr.

As part of our transition to Bluesky from the other place we will be posting our back catalogue of episodes for any new followers! The first is 'Food, Fasting and Irish Fiction,' with the brilliant @paddy-brennan.bsky.social from @irishinstitute.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/episode/39KN...

i still think about the perfect pen i had when i was seven years old, it was a scented gel pen and its deep blood red ink smelled like cinnamon

you search for vintage bloomers one time a year ago and ads will follow you for the rest of time

what doesn't get talked about enough in the student using AI conversation is that most of them don't really know what it is despite using it, you explain the issues with plagiarism, copyright, the environment, the way it will make your brain atrophy, etc and they are often really shocked

My review of Briony Hannell's brilliant book 'Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr' is now available in Feminist Media Studies ✨ @femmediastudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Feminist fandom: media fandom, digital feminisms, and tumblr

Published in Feminist Media Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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i wrote about slop nataliejwall.substack.com/p/a-theory-o...

a theory of slop

‘Slop’ has become the go-to word to describe certain kinds of AI content.

nataliejwall.substack.com

Can't wait to present my paper exploring online reading communities and emotion-based literary critique at this conference!

Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool@commmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

The registration for our second Annual COSME PGR Conference - 'Disruption, Resistance & Change in Screen Media Industries'🎥 is now open! With 4 panels, a keynote by Prof. Diane Negra, & a film screening, it's quite the day! 📆Mon 19th May 2025 💸£Free Signup: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cosmepgrconf...

I'm sad I couldn't join in person but super excited to give my paper at @officialbaas.bsky.social today!

i guess keir starmer’s dad really was a tool maker and his son was his biggest project

the supreme court ruling actually makes me ill transphobes are absolute freaks and a danger to women, to hell with you

noooo babe I love your freakishly big and square sheep, the normal ones scare me

For the Poems for Peace Project, a collection of poems were written by various writers, each thinking about different facets of peace and conflict. In our latest episode, staff members from @livunienglish.bsky.social interview the writers on their work open.spotify.com/episode/07Vd...

Poems Promoting Peace and Addressing Conflict

The Bibliography · Episode

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Natalie Wall, from @livunienglish.bsky.social, takes a look at the enduring appeal of 'trauma porn' novel 'A Little Life' in today's @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/ten-years-of... #BookSky

Ten years of A Little Life – what’s behind the enduring popularity of Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘trauma porn’ novel?

The trauma plot, and its exploration of the depths of victimhood and suffering, has been the novel’s passport to notoriety.

theconversation.com

for @uk.theconversation.com i explored why A Little Life is seemingly more popular than ever even a decade after it’s release

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · last yr.

The trauma plot, and its exploration of the depths of victimhood and suffering, has been the novel’s passport to notoriety.

I’m fascinated by the secondhand trophy economy on eBay. Who is selling old trophies? More to the point, who is buying a trophy someone else won in their under-12s football tournament? Who is the person with a shelf of other peoples trophies? Need to chat.

it’s been over a year but i still regularly think about those nasty wet splatty fireworks on the Harkonnen planet in Dune 2

working on a theory that people like to read A Little Life for the same reasons people liked to watch Jackass