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Honoured to be included in this edited volume - big thank you to all who helped me along the way!

Aca-Werewolf-Colleagues. I have a book on Future Werewolves for Bloomsbury and need a 5-6,000 word essay on werewolf/Lycan hybridity in the Underworld franchise. I don’t need it til September 2025, but need someone in place now. If interested contact me at: [email protected]

This is Willy. He has very floppy ears and has never received an email. Living the dream. 13/10

Anna Wilde (Anna Wilde), a PhD student based Uni of Birmingham, shares what it means to be death positive, and how talking about and preparing for death can enrich our lives, reminding us to be grateful for each day we have. Read more: ow.ly/BVPQ50TGF9g 💙 #AfterWards

Blog post exploring what it means to be #deathpositive by me for Pilgrims Hospices

For businesses who want to engage with media - to promote your work, share your expertise, or handle tricky situations - Birmingham City University is offering a one-day CPD Media Training course. Taking place on Mon 4 November - limited space! bcu.ac.uk/courses/media-… #MediaTraining #Birmingham #CPD

Calling post-grad students of #death, #dying, #grief, #bereavement #cemeteries #graveyards .... join me for an hour discussing death research with other PGRs. Friendly, informal, no pressure! ASDS Book at eventbrite.co.uk/e/asds-postgra… Please repost!

✨New article!✨ For Journal of Gender Studies, sarah banet-weiser and I write about the rise of the "post-authentic" white woman con artist on television and the ambivalent backlash against con capitalism in/through popular culture. Read here or DM me for a copy👇 🔗tinyurl.com/yeszur97

Anyone else at Engaging the Contemporary 2024 in Turin next week? Theme is "Intersections: Human/Nonhuman Relations". Really looking forward to engaging with some posthuman discourse and seeing what everyone is up to!

Our next event: Thu 11 Dec, 4pm-5.30pm. Join us in person or online to hear from an exciting industry panel w/ Corey Brotherson - find me @🦋 or Patreon Meera Darji Kate Knowles to discuss this year's research theme 'Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities'. Info & tox bcmcr.org/event/bcmcr-ev…

The special issue features a diverse and fascinating collection of works, covering a wide range of scopes and approaches, all of which explore the common concerns and potential connections between the two fields. Edited by Dr. Poppy Wilde and J.J. Sylvia IV journals.tplondon.com/jp/issue/view/…

My article revisits McLuhan's concept of media ecology and discusses its limitations, "classical media ecology remains anthropocentric, representational, instrumental, and transmissional, firmly anchored in the modern rationalistic, and liberal intellectual tradition".

Excited to be part of this issue of the Journal of Games Criticism curated by Larry May and Dr. Poppy Wilde. My article explores some methodological implications in the study of games and the Anthropocene, focussing on a re-evaluation of the notion of scale. gamescriticism.org

This article is part of a larger project on games and the post-Anthropocene. I am currently interested in how the Anthropocene might “leak” into our entertainment practices, and how players’ responses might shed light on the anxieties generated by the Age of Man

🚨 2 weeks left to submit your abstracts for British DiGRA 2025! 🚨 This year's theme: "What is British Games Research?" Share your work and join the conversation with game researchers nationwide. What do YOU do? Let us know! #CFP & details: bcmcr.org/bdigra/ #GameStudies

Delighted to be running this conference with Matt Grimes Birmingham City University. We are hoping to highlight the impact of media, culture, and society in shaping transgressive identities and subjectivities. Full #CFP details in link on quoted post #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #IdentityStudies

I'm rarely on here (find me on BlueSky!) but thought I'd drop this here as I've just posted a round up review of my 2024 conferences and presentations, to share some of the ideas I've been working on and how these have developed across events. #GameStudies bcmcr.org/research/2024c…

Join us and our line-up of fantastic speakers on 21st May for our joint MeCCSARace #BlackLivesMatter and MECCSA Women's Network event Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape! Register here: tinyurl.com/4mn29cc4

Great to present on horror videogames at British DiGRA in Birmingham today. Thanks to Dr. Poppy Wilde & team for the event!