@danmattingly87.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer in English Literature and Film Studies at University of Winchester. Interests: C20-C21 U.S. fiction; post-postmodernism; superhero films; C21 Hollywood; prison/carceral literature and culture.
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Just sent round details of an online and in-person book launch for Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture. Online event: Tues 2nd December 5-6pm. In-person: Weds 3rd December 5-6.30pm, UoB campus in Muirhead Tower. DM for full details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture
This book explores contemporary cultural narratives across film, television, and literature to illuminate the way male mental illness is positioned
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November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Just sent round details of an online and in-person book launch for Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture. Online event: Tues 2nd December 5-6pm. In-person: Weds 3rd December 5-6.30pm, UoB campus in Muirhead Tower. DM for full details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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We are listed @sunypress.bsky.social! Congrats, @matthewleggatt.bsky.social! sunypress.edu/Books/W/Wast...
Wastelands and Wonderlands
sunypress.edu
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We are listed @sunypress.bsky.social! Congrats, @matthewleggatt.bsky.social! sunypress.edu/Books/W/Wast...
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Physical copies of my book have arrived, yay!
I’ll be having an in-person launch at UoB on the 3rd December, more details soon.
I’ll be having an in-person launch at UoB on the 3rd December, more details soon.
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Physical copies of my book have arrived, yay!
I’ll be having an in-person launch at UoB on the 3rd December, more details soon.
I’ll be having an in-person launch at UoB on the 3rd December, more details soon.
Evidence of today's class - Structuralism and "Kiss Me Deadly".
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Evidence of today's class - Structuralism and "Kiss Me Deadly".
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Sheffield Hallam was pressured by the Chinese state to shut down research into human rights abuses and gave in.
“It’s incredibly worrying that Hallam appears to have silenced its own professor on behalf of a foreign government.” Jo Grady.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“It’s incredibly worrying that Hallam appears to have silenced its own professor on behalf of a foreign government.” Jo Grady.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sheffield Hallam was pressured by the Chinese state to shut down research into human rights abuses and gave in.
“It’s incredibly worrying that Hallam appears to have silenced its own professor on behalf of a foreign government.” Jo Grady.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“It’s incredibly worrying that Hallam appears to have silenced its own professor on behalf of a foreign government.” Jo Grady.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My day today:
* teaching 9am-11am (Golden Age cartoons),
* rush to town, gown-up, and do graduation (11:45- 1:45),
* do a little bit of celebrating (1:45-2ish), rush to de-gown,
* rush back to campus,
* teach 3pm-5pm (semitic and film)
Coffee, don't fail me now ...
* teaching 9am-11am (Golden Age cartoons),
* rush to town, gown-up, and do graduation (11:45- 1:45),
* do a little bit of celebrating (1:45-2ish), rush to de-gown,
* rush back to campus,
* teach 3pm-5pm (semitic and film)
Coffee, don't fail me now ...
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
My day today:
* teaching 9am-11am (Golden Age cartoons),
* rush to town, gown-up, and do graduation (11:45- 1:45),
* do a little bit of celebrating (1:45-2ish), rush to de-gown,
* rush back to campus,
* teach 3pm-5pm (semitic and film)
Coffee, don't fail me now ...
* teaching 9am-11am (Golden Age cartoons),
* rush to town, gown-up, and do graduation (11:45- 1:45),
* do a little bit of celebrating (1:45-2ish), rush to de-gown,
* rush back to campus,
* teach 3pm-5pm (semitic and film)
Coffee, don't fail me now ...
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New episode of @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social landing on Wednesday and given its close connection to my own research on play in utopian and dystopian fiction and the fact it marks a year since we started the podcast it's certainly a special one for me.
October 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New episode of @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social landing on Wednesday and given its close connection to my own research on play in utopian and dystopian fiction and the fact it marks a year since we started the podcast it's certainly a special one for me.
One Battle After Another. What a film.
a woman in a plaid coat is walking down a hallway with the words viva la revolucion on the bottom
ALT: a woman in a plaid coat is walking down a hallway with the words viva la revolucion on the bottom
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September 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
One Battle After Another. What a film.
Well, I sure picked an interesting evening to go and see Eddington...
September 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Well, I sure picked an interesting evening to go and see Eddington...
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It's alive! Publication day! Play in Utopian and Dystopian Ficion arrived in the mail. Thanks Liverpool University Press for producing such a beautiful book.
August 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's alive! Publication day! Play in Utopian and Dystopian Ficion arrived in the mail. Thanks Liverpool University Press for producing such a beautiful book.
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Publication day! If you're interested in reading my piece on Julie Dash's brilliant "Daughters of the Dust" (film and novel), co-authored with the wonderful Betty Knight, you can read it here. It's Open Access. doi.org/10.1080/0195...
Daughters of the Dust: Rephrasing the African American Experience in Julie Dash’s Film and Novel of the Same Name
While Julie Dash’s landmark 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust, has received extensive attention as the first by an African American woman director to receive a wide-scale theatrical release in the U...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Publication day! If you're interested in reading my piece on Julie Dash's brilliant "Daughters of the Dust" (film and novel), co-authored with the wonderful Betty Knight, you can read it here. It's Open Access. doi.org/10.1080/0195...
Bags packed, out of office on, books to read ready, train on its way - annual leave, baby!
July 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Bags packed, out of office on, books to read ready, train on its way - annual leave, baby!
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Anyone else read The Unworthy yet? It's one I think will stay with me and I'm keen to hear what others made of it...
June 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Anyone else read The Unworthy yet? It's one I think will stay with me and I'm keen to hear what others made of it...
Just finished watching the new Adam Curtis series, "Shifty". It took a while for the central thesis to come through, and I'm not sure that he was really saying anything new...but, as always, the archival footage was fascinating, the micro stories were interesting, and there was a great soundtrack.
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just finished watching the new Adam Curtis series, "Shifty". It took a while for the central thesis to come through, and I'm not sure that he was really saying anything new...but, as always, the archival footage was fascinating, the micro stories were interesting, and there was a great soundtrack.
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I'm very excited to announce that my @edinburghup.bsky.social book The President's Kill List has just won the Richard E. Neustadt book prize of the PSA's American Politics Group. Thanks to @historydafydd.bsky.social, @pete-d-finn.bsky.social, and the APG Committee.
June 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm very excited to announce that my @edinburghup.bsky.social book The President's Kill List has just won the Richard E. Neustadt book prize of the PSA's American Politics Group. Thanks to @historydafydd.bsky.social, @pete-d-finn.bsky.social, and the APG Committee.
Just received a follow from @nortoncriticals.bsky.social. (The highlight of my day.)
In my classes, I sometimes end modules by asking students which texts that we have read are the ones that they think will likely join 'the canon'. (Who will we be reading, teaching, debating in 100 years' time?)
In my classes, I sometimes end modules by asking students which texts that we have read are the ones that they think will likely join 'the canon'. (Who will we be reading, teaching, debating in 100 years' time?)
June 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just received a follow from @nortoncriticals.bsky.social. (The highlight of my day.)
In my classes, I sometimes end modules by asking students which texts that we have read are the ones that they think will likely join 'the canon'. (Who will we be reading, teaching, debating in 100 years' time?)
In my classes, I sometimes end modules by asking students which texts that we have read are the ones that they think will likely join 'the canon'. (Who will we be reading, teaching, debating in 100 years' time?)
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Next Tuesday, America Now! returns with a session on the state of masculinity in the US of Trump 2.0.
You can book your ticket for 'Tech Bros, Proud Boys and Christian Dads' here: buff.ly/WCI5XS4
27th May, 6:30pm. British Library, London. In-person.
You can book your ticket for 'Tech Bros, Proud Boys and Christian Dads' here: buff.ly/WCI5XS4
27th May, 6:30pm. British Library, London. In-person.
Tech Bros, Proud Boys and Christian Dads | British Library
A key feature of Donald Trump’s second administration is its relationship to very particular forms of masculinity. Trump 2.0’s political agenda is actively
buff.ly
May 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Next Tuesday, America Now! returns with a session on the state of masculinity in the US of Trump 2.0.
You can book your ticket for 'Tech Bros, Proud Boys and Christian Dads' here: buff.ly/WCI5XS4
27th May, 6:30pm. British Library, London. In-person.
You can book your ticket for 'Tech Bros, Proud Boys and Christian Dads' here: buff.ly/WCI5XS4
27th May, 6:30pm. British Library, London. In-person.
My midweek live music jolly this evening was Snapped Ankles. Band on top form, and a strong turnout for a midweek gig night.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
May 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My midweek live music jolly this evening was Snapped Ankles. Band on top form, and a strong turnout for a midweek gig night.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
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Happy 29th Birthday Internet Archive!
On May 12, 1996, Brewster Kahle founded a non-profit organization called the Internet Archive.
#InternetHistory
On May 12, 1996, Brewster Kahle founded a non-profit organization called the Internet Archive.
#InternetHistory
May 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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My last teaching week of the semester kicks off tomorrow with "The Social Network", 'Silicon Valley Cinema' and C21 Hollywood now for "Twenty-First Century Hollywood,' and "Brightburn", 'supervillain films' and wrapping up for "Superheroes".
May 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My last teaching week of the semester kicks off tomorrow with "The Social Network", 'Silicon Valley Cinema' and C21 Hollywood now for "Twenty-First Century Hollywood,' and "Brightburn", 'supervillain films' and wrapping up for "Superheroes".
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Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)
YouTube video by forcedcoitus
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May 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
Happy Birthday, Thomas Pynchon 🌈🚀 W.A.S.T.E.
"Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much..."
"Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much..."
a woman with a flower in her hair talks to a man with the words are you familiar with the works of thomas pynchon
ALT: a woman with a flower in her hair talks to a man with the words are you familiar with the works of thomas pynchon
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May 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Happy Birthday, Thomas Pynchon 🌈🚀 W.A.S.T.E.
"Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much..."
"Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much..."
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May 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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