Lisa Smithstead writes: "My main role on the project is interviewing curators and archivists to find out more about their working methods with women’s screen work collections. (1/4)

Phil Wickham writes: "I am the Curator of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter. This is the leading museum dedicated to the moving image in the UK and holds over 94,000 items, forming a people’s history of cinema and optical media. (1/4)

Katie Crosson writes: "Based at the University of Exeter in the Curation Strand, I am working on a script collection donated to the @bdcmuseum.bsky.social by Pinewood Studios, analysing screenplays written, conceived and developed by women. (1/8)

Shelley Cobb says: "As part of the WSW team, I am working with Lisa Smithstead interviewing archivists and curators about their roles in the film industry and am learning so much about how they are working to prioritise women's visibility in archives (1/5)

Jessica Boyall writes: "I’m a postdoctoral researcher working on the archival strand of the project (see the 'About' section of our website, link in bio). I’m based at the BFI National Archive, Screencraft Collections, where I’m mobilising the Gurinder Chadha collection (1/6)

@helenexeter.bsky.social writes: “I am the Project Lead for the fantastic team on the Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible Project. My role is to help co-ordinate our activities, but the work and generation of ideas and insights on our project is truly collaborative. (1/6)

4 Photos of research team members of the 'Women's Screen Work in Archives Made Visible' research project, Photo 1: L-R Linda Ruth Williams, Shelley Cobb, Helen M Hanson, Phil Wickham, Lisa Smithstead, Wendy Russell. Photo 2: Jessica Boyall, Photo 3: Katie Crosson, Photo 4: Lucie Mingmei Hao

Meet the Women's Screen Work in Archives Made Visible project team!

We will be sending out intros to each of us over the next few weeks, but you can see more here:

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A big #IWD 💜 🤍 💚 shout out to the FAB research team on @womensscreenwork.bsky.social which I’m leading. Our work with archives to make British #womenfilmmakers more discoverable and more visible is gathering pace. But even better, we just love working together. More⬇️

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My excellent colleague, Chantelle Boyea, introduced Tina Gharavi's short films last night, with some highlights from Tina's fascinating archive.
Come here Tina speak about her work and archive on Friday at the BFI!

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Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

Helen Hanson, Project Lead of the Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible introduces the project and the team. Pictured are the team Linda Ruth Williams, Shelley Cobb, Phil Wickham, Wendy Russell and Helen Hanson, Katie Crosson and Jessica Boyall. The team are photographed in the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum lower galleries. Also pictured is the BFI Archive at Berkhamsted and the Exterior of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter

Jessica Boyall pictured outlining our project archive strand

Shelley Cobb and Linda Ruth Williams outline plans to interview filmmaker donors

Lisa Smithstead introduces the project aims to interview archivists and curators

It was so great to be at #DWFTH7 in Lincoln and to present our project’s first steps. Thanks for the insightful comments and discussion from the audience #womensscreenwork #femfilmhistory #archives @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @bellecobb.bsky.social @archiveswendy.bsky.social

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Don’t forget, keep writing (politely but firmly) to Starmer…

🥰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

Translucent is disappointed with today’s Supreme Court judgement. However we need to consider the judgement carefully before responding fully. Translucent is aware that many in the trans community will be extremely worried by this decision and its implications. We would like to reassure them that they are still protected from discrimination, victimisation and harassment because of their protected characteristic of gender reassignment. If a trans community member experiences discrimination or harassment, we suggest they promptly seek legal support, whether from a local solicitor, free advice centre, or a family solicitor and consider what legal actions they can take to protect themselves and others. It is vital to remain calm whilst our legal teams evaluate the consequences of this decision and consider whether further action may be taken in the European Court of Human Rights to reinstate any rights we may have lost.

Statement by Translucent providing some context…

Written by a lawyer with decades of experience in this area.

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

Studentships in Communications, Drama and Film at University of Exeter At jobs.ac.uk, you can apply for a Studentships in Communications, Drama and Film. Explore our diverse range of PhD opportunities today.

We have two fully-funded PhD studentships available, one in film practice and one open call for any project in media/comms, drama, and film. Please share with suitable candidates

Spotted at tonight’s hockey game and posted without comment.

I thought it was great too!

Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret

Ugh, link here: 19thnews.org/2025/01/tran...

This is very red flag. And hasn't been big news.

screenshot of a wordpress webpage transcription: Most recent updates (in the past fortnight, approximately; last updated 31 January 2025) Cardiff announced they are seeking to lose 400 colleagues. The university for the Creative Arts ran a Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme and is looking into restructuring The University of Dundee will no longer issue contracts to post-graduate students for teaching in 2025. Durham is planning to lose 200 (!!!) non-academic colleagues and opened a voluntary severance scheme. Kent opened another voluntary severance scheme, but is looking to cut £20million within three weeks… Lancaster is cutting 400 posts over the next two years Newcastle announced they’re making 300 FTE redundancies The Open University opened another Voluntary Severance Scheme Reading opened a targeted voluntary severance scheme, targeting, amongst others, biological engineering, environment, English, languages, education. University of West England: Bristol Old Vic will no longer be accepting enrolments from September 2025.

In case you feel inclined to ask your friendly local UK academic how they are. This has been our past fortnight...
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The Woman with a Movie Camera programme is out! I’ll be joining @helenexeter.bsky.social & @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social for a panel on Script Supervisors, then we’ll have a few items on display from the BFI National Archive
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We are hiring 2 x Postdocs to work on our AHRC project 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️

1) PDRA-Archives
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#archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm
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UK HE shrinking This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

If people outside of the UK wonder why their colleagues in the UK are stressed:

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