This month, I received my contributor's copy of Women in #Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse and Resistance, edited by Karen McNally! My essay looks at #MeganFox, #MeToo, #JennifersBody and the complexity of female victimhood.
Find out more: press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
This month, I received my contributor's copy of Women in #Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse and Resistance, edited by Karen McNally! My essay looks at #MeganFox, #MeToo, #JennifersBody and the complexity of female victimhood.
Find out more: press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
Great blog by @harrietfletcher.bsky.social on Lady Gaga and Gothic Celebrity: theconversation.com/lady-gagas-m...
I wrote an article for @uk.theconversation.com about my new book #GothicCelebrity, Lady Gaga's #MayhemBall, and how celebrity culture can be understood through a #Gothic lens. You can read about it here!
theconversation.com/lady-gagas-m...
Some pictures from the launch event for my book #GothicCelebrity, including vampire video games, Lord Byron/Lady Gaga mashup poetry, book chat, and of course music by Lady Gaga! ⭐️
You can read more about my book on the Bloomsbury website: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
Wonderful to see The Legacy of John Polidori on this list! Which also happens to feature a chapter by me 👀🧛♂️
I'm hoping to do some online events in the future. I'll post updates on here 🙂
Happening this Friday! You can register via Eventbrite 👇
Reminder that this is happening on Wednesday 18 March! This week! You can sign up via the Eventbrite link 👇
Join us for the virtual launch of Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by Karen McNally.
I have an essay in this collection on Megan Fox and will be taking part in the discussion.
Register here 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Great review of the recent #Netflix #LouisTheroux doc #InsidetheManosphere by one of our brilliant PhDs theconversation.com/inside-the-m...
Join me on for the launch of my book Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga! The event will take place on 20 March at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. If you'd like to attend, you can sign up via Eventbrite
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
A fun time at #Watersprite Film Festival 2026 with @angliaruskin.bsky.social Film & Media colleagues
This term, I'm teaching a module on cult media. For our session on anime, I got students to design a new character for #DemonSlayer. They were very imaginative! Here are some of the highlights, including a ferret demon and a cannibalistic vampire demon!
Thank you!
Join me on for the launch of my book Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga! The event will take place on 20 March at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. If you'd like to attend, you can sign up via Eventbrite
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
I've been watching #Poirot since it was added to #Netflix and I'm becoming increasingly convinced that Hastings is one of the biggest himbos in British television history
Join us for the virtual launch of Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by Karen McNally.
I have an essay in this collection on Megan Fox and will be taking part in the discussion.
Register here 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Excited to finally be able to share my book with the world!
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️
The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
A good screening this evening and well received overall! Interesting discussions had about the film's unconventional narrative structure, style of humour, impressive special effects, and comparisons to the TV series.
A screenshot from "Fire Walk With Me", the 1992 prequel to Twin Peaks the series. In black and white, Dale Cooper (Kyle McLachlan) speaks to Gordon Cole (David Lynch) saying "Gordon, it's 10:10am on February 16th".
"I was worried about today because of the dream I told you about..."
Thank you Liz! I hope you're doing well 🙂
Looking forward to introducing What We Do in the Shadows (2014) at @angliaruskin.bsky.social this week as part of the CSCI Film Club. I showed students a clip in my Gothic class today and I'm pleased to say they found it amusing! #vampires #gothic #filmclub
Fun and celebrations at the Ghouls Magazine relaunch last weekend, including vampire cakes and a spooky souvenir! 👻
www.ghoulsmagazine.com
It's publication day! My book is now officially out and available to buy! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
#GothicCelebrity
The call for nominations for The Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize for a Monograph of Gothic Criticism 2026 and The Justin D. Edwards Memorial Prize for an Edited Collection of Gothic Criticism 2026 is now open!
Submit by March 2nd: www.globalgoth.org/blog/call-fo...
Had fun introducing my students to #zines this week in my Cult Media module. Excited to see what they'll produce later in the term! ✂️
Looking forward to introducing and screening #DavidLynch #MulhollandDrive later this week at @angliaruskin.bsky.social. A favourite of mine and a massive influence on my research. I hope our students will find it as intriguing (and perplexing!) as I did on a first watch.
Just out in the Horror Studies book series! www.uwp.co.uk/book/urban-l... #horror #horrorstudies #newbook #urbanlegends @uniwalespress.bsky.social
I owe a great deal to #DavidLynch and his creativity. The idea for my book #GothicCelebrity first grew from an essay I wrote about #MulhollandDrive during my MA back in 2014!