dr emer mchugh
@emer.bsky.social
professional shakespeare opinion haver, theatre historian, shoegaze fan, and habitual cinema-goer. she/her. i write about irish shakespeares and irish shakespeareans in performance & culture. my opinions are very nice and very much mine too.
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dr emer mchugh
@emer.bsky.social
· Oct 13
if anyone is looking to commission writing on chloé zhao’s hamnet over the next few months:
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
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Out now! Open access in current issue of Renaissance Quarterly thanks to @ucdlibrary.bsky.social my thanks to everyone who helped me with this - but a special mention of the late Bríd McGrath for her wisdom, generosity and dedication to all the things that matter.
January 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Out now! Open access in current issue of Renaissance Quarterly thanks to @ucdlibrary.bsky.social my thanks to everyone who helped me with this - but a special mention of the late Bríd McGrath for her wisdom, generosity and dedication to all the things that matter.
boosting this as hamnet’s release date approaches in the uk and ireland ✨
if anyone is looking to commission writing on chloé zhao’s hamnet over the next few months:
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
boosting this as hamnet’s release date approaches in the uk and ireland ✨
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
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That's it, i'm no longer doing any of my banking on X
January 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
That's it, i'm no longer doing any of my banking on X
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ME: team rocket will never steal these rare Pokémon! Not unless they wanna take on me and my fully evolved Miss Cigarettes!
MISS CIGARETTES: miss cigarettes
MISS CIGARETTES: miss cigarettes
September 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
ME: team rocket will never steal these rare Pokémon! Not unless they wanna take on me and my fully evolved Miss Cigarettes!
MISS CIGARETTES: miss cigarettes
MISS CIGARETTES: miss cigarettes
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Bread and roses, lads. You don't work for permission to exist, you work so you can have a nice life.
And Terry Pratchett didn't give us the Boots Theory just so you could not know it.
And Terry Pratchett didn't give us the Boots Theory just so you could not know it.
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Bread and roses, lads. You don't work for permission to exist, you work so you can have a nice life.
And Terry Pratchett didn't give us the Boots Theory just so you could not know it.
And Terry Pratchett didn't give us the Boots Theory just so you could not know it.
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Bread and Roses being sung at the inauguration of the largest city in the United States
January 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Bread and Roses being sung at the inauguration of the largest city in the United States
we all got through 2025, and i think that’s something. i hope 2026 is kinder to us all xx
January 1, 2026 at 1:32 AM
we all got through 2025, and i think that’s something. i hope 2026 is kinder to us all xx
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Semiotic paradox alert!
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Semiotic paradox alert!
souvlaki, obviously
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
December 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
souvlaki, obviously
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After a little blip in the release of my book, I'm happy to say that accurate digital and physical versions are now available from @universitypress.cambridge.org! #earlymodern #renaissance #elizabethan #tudor #drama #jonson #marlowe #middleton #shakespeare #thewill
'Look not so fierce on me'
'Look not so fierce on me'
The Will in English Renaissance Drama
Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - The Will in English Renaissance Drama
www.cambridge.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
After a little blip in the release of my book, I'm happy to say that accurate digital and physical versions are now available from @universitypress.cambridge.org! #earlymodern #renaissance #elizabethan #tudor #drama #jonson #marlowe #middleton #shakespeare #thewill
'Look not so fierce on me'
'Look not so fierce on me'
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i wrote this for the guardian
December 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i wrote this for the guardian
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Shimaa lost her husband to the genocide & was shot by an Israeli quadcopter trying to keep her little baby daughter alive. Please help them survive the winter rains, they're starving & homeless:
gofund.me/bec64b33
gofund.me/bec64b33
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Shimaa lost her husband to the genocide & was shot by an Israeli quadcopter trying to keep her little baby daughter alive. Please help them survive the winter rains, they're starving & homeless:
gofund.me/bec64b33
gofund.me/bec64b33
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December 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
ok so will amy madigan fight me in the marketplace of ideas
This is how I want people to be posting on Christmas. Do not try to convince Mark Cuban's goofy ass that universal healthcare is right. I want to see pleas for character actors to cleave them in twain with a broadsword. I want people volunteering to get kicked down the Exorcist steps by Alicia Witt.
debi mazar punch me in the stomach for $15 challenge
December 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
ok so will amy madigan fight me in the marketplace of ideas
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He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
please send nour a donation today if you can xx
December 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
please send nour a donation today if you can xx
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George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
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Taking The Substance but making sure that the double takes the week running up to Christmas and the matrix gets the lazy week after.
December 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Taking The Substance but making sure that the double takes the week running up to Christmas and the matrix gets the lazy week after.
you’re in her dms. i’m watching the four-part version of fanny and alexander (1982) over the course of several nights. we are not the same
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
you’re in her dms. i’m watching the four-part version of fanny and alexander (1982) over the course of several nights. we are not the same
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Me and my friends would have beaten Uncle Billy with hammers I can tell you that much.
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Me and my friends would have beaten Uncle Billy with hammers I can tell you that much.
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MRS. CLAUS: Good luck tonight, honey! I’m proud of you and all that you’ve accomplished this year! Just a few more hours and we can take a well-deserved vacation! 🥰
SANTA: (white-knuckling a nicotine craving so intense he could crush an elf’s skull) sounds good love you
SANTA: (white-knuckling a nicotine craving so intense he could crush an elf’s skull) sounds good love you
December 25, 2024 at 5:32 AM
MRS. CLAUS: Good luck tonight, honey! I’m proud of you and all that you’ve accomplished this year! Just a few more hours and we can take a well-deserved vacation! 🥰
SANTA: (white-knuckling a nicotine craving so intense he could crush an elf’s skull) sounds good love you
SANTA: (white-knuckling a nicotine craving so intense he could crush an elf’s skull) sounds good love you
this christmas eve i am thinking about oday and his family. oday is currently really quite ill at the moment: he reckons it’s bc of the polluted water they are forced to drink in ga/za. and of course, ga/za has faced flooding, & there’s v little access to food, shelter, & treatment. please donate x
Please Donate to Oday Halawa in Gaza to survive and build a home
My name is Mohammed A and I live in Mississauga, ON Canada. I am setting up this fundraising page for Oday Halawa from Gaza. He is looking for donations to pay for daily necessities for his family and...
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December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
this christmas eve i am thinking about oday and his family. oday is currently really quite ill at the moment: he reckons it’s bc of the polluted water they are forced to drink in ga/za. and of course, ga/za has faced flooding, & there’s v little access to food, shelter, & treatment. please donate x