Roberta Mock
@robertamock.bsky.social
Professor at Royal Holloway, London, with focus on performing arts, creative industries, access & climate. 🇨🇦 in UK for a long time now. Tikkun olam 🍉. She/her. Posting in personal capacity only.
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Roberta Mock
@robertamock.bsky.social
· Nov 13
1. Theatre
2. Hotel rooms
3. Live Art
4. Techno
5. Stuffed vine leaves
6. Thrift/2nd hand clothing
7. Korean crime drama
8. Detroit
9. Cats
10. Macaroons
2. Hotel rooms
3. Live Art
4. Techno
5. Stuffed vine leaves
6. Thrift/2nd hand clothing
7. Korean crime drama
8. Detroit
9. Cats
10. Macaroons
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 things you're into!
1. Silent and classic films in general
2. History (all eras)
3. Art
4. Languages learning
5. Traveling
6. Cultures of the world
7. Music
8. Social media
9. Media studies
10. Meditation
1. Silent and classic films in general
2. History (all eras)
3. Art
4. Languages learning
5. Traveling
6. Cultures of the world
7. Music
8. Social media
9. Media studies
10. Meditation
Hi new folks! This is what I said I was into when I joined last year. Not much has changed tbh.
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @royalholloway.bsky.social
Founded in 1879 by Thomas Holloway, who had made his fortune selling patent medicines, it was one of @londonu.bsky.social's colleges for women
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Founded in 1879 by Thomas Holloway, who had made his fortune selling patent medicines, it was one of @londonu.bsky.social's colleges for women
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @royalholloway.bsky.social
Founded in 1879 by Thomas Holloway, who had made his fortune selling patent medicines, it was one of @londonu.bsky.social's colleges for women
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Founded in 1879 by Thomas Holloway, who had made his fortune selling patent medicines, it was one of @londonu.bsky.social's colleges for women
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Have only just realised that I've always taken my style notes from Pinky Tuscadero.
Pinky Tuscadero Pinky Tuscadero Dancing GIF
Alt: Pinky Tuscadero dancing around diner in Happy Days. She's wearing all pink including shorts, tight short sleeved top with belt and cowboy boots.
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Have only just realised that I've always taken my style notes from Pinky Tuscadero.
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Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Royal Holloway has announced its arts & humanities studentship competition for PhDs starting in Sept26. More info here.
I'm interested in supervising research on climate crisis & creative industries (esp in the performing arts) or on bodies & gender in performance (esp through practice-research).
I'm interested in supervising research on climate crisis & creative industries (esp in the performing arts) or on bodies & gender in performance (esp through practice-research).
AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards
www.royalholloway.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Royal Holloway has announced its arts & humanities studentship competition for PhDs starting in Sept26. More info here.
I'm interested in supervising research on climate crisis & creative industries (esp in the performing arts) or on bodies & gender in performance (esp through practice-research).
I'm interested in supervising research on climate crisis & creative industries (esp in the performing arts) or on bodies & gender in performance (esp through practice-research).
A movie I've seen more than 7 times with a GIF
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A movie I've seen more than 7 times with a GIF
Statues as engaged fathers in Sweden
When Statues Become Fathers: Creative Street Art on Equal Parenting - STREET ART UTOPIA
Explore how a Swedish campaign creatively uses statues to highlight the importance of equal parenting and challenge traditional gender roles.
streetartutopia.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Statues as engaged fathers in Sweden
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Join us on 6 Nov at 1pm for a talk by Professor Madeline Balaam (KTH, Sweden): “Design explorations at the intersection of intimacy, the intimate body and technology”, exploring how design and emerging technologies shape our experiences of touch, care, and the body.
📍CDT Room, Bedford Building
📍CDT Room, Bedford Building
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Join us on 6 Nov at 1pm for a talk by Professor Madeline Balaam (KTH, Sweden): “Design explorations at the intersection of intimacy, the intimate body and technology”, exploring how design and emerging technologies shape our experiences of touch, care, and the body.
📍CDT Room, Bedford Building
📍CDT Room, Bedford Building
Milo Rau's production of the Pelicot Trial has been pulled from the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, seemingly linked to his public criticism of Serbia's environmentally damaging mining practices.
[actu] Milo Rau « persona non grata » en Serbie : « Le Procès Pelicot » a été retiré de la programmation du BITEF bit.ly/47aoZcL Le public du théâtre d’avant-garde de Belgrade ne verra pas le spectacle prévue en novembre. Trois membres du conseil d’administration ont voté contre.
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Milo Rau's production of the Pelicot Trial has been pulled from the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, seemingly linked to his public criticism of Serbia's environmentally damaging mining practices.
Wole Soyinka's US visa has been revoked. He doesn't seem too bothered.
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says ‘I have no visa – I am banned’
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wole Soyinka's US visa has been revoked. He doesn't seem too bothered.
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“Reliably excellent.” – The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Reliably excellent.” – The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
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'Brecht and Post-1990s British Drama' by @anjahartl.bsky.social examines the forms and functions of political drama in what has been described as a post-Marxist, post-ideological, even post-political moment.
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
'Brecht and Post-1990s British Drama' by @anjahartl.bsky.social examines the forms and functions of political drama in what has been described as a post-Marxist, post-ideological, even post-political moment.
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
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New role being advertised: Lecturer in Filmmaking at Kingston University 📽️ 🎞️ deadline 6 November jobs.kingston.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Lecturer in Filmmaking (4640) - Kingston University London
Kingston University is the largest higher education provider in south-west London, so find out what benefits you can get working here.
jobs.kingston.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New role being advertised: Lecturer in Filmmaking at Kingston University 📽️ 🎞️ deadline 6 November jobs.kingston.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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Learn how generative dance improvisation systems are created, support dancers' learning/agency, and affect change. See free preprints below or paperback in bookstore.
'It is a profound call to recognize the power of embodied performance' (TRiC) 'that would benefit any dance educator' (Dance Edu.).
'It is a profound call to recognize the power of embodied performance' (TRiC) 'that would benefit any dance educator' (Dance Edu.).
(PDF) Performance Generating Systems in Dance: Dramaturgy, Psychology, and Performativity
PDF | This book analyzes the self-organizing dramaturgies of dance works that generate performance systematically. It identifies the generating... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...
www.researchgate.net
October 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Learn how generative dance improvisation systems are created, support dancers' learning/agency, and affect change. See free preprints below or paperback in bookstore.
'It is a profound call to recognize the power of embodied performance' (TRiC) 'that would benefit any dance educator' (Dance Edu.).
'It is a profound call to recognize the power of embodied performance' (TRiC) 'that would benefit any dance educator' (Dance Edu.).
Katie Mitchell: “most opera houses in the UK & Europe do not have fully functioning systems for managing sexism & because of this I can feel unsafe in the workplace...My reflections are not levelled at any 1 opera house; they reflect problems across the whole opera industry that need urgent action.”
Katie Mitchell: ‘I’m retiring from opera because of the misogyny’
After 30 years, the distinguished director is bowing out. She talks about feeling unsafe, being screamed at — and having furniture thrown at her
www.thetimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Katie Mitchell: “most opera houses in the UK & Europe do not have fully functioning systems for managing sexism & because of this I can feel unsafe in the workplace...My reflections are not levelled at any 1 opera house; they reflect problems across the whole opera industry that need urgent action.”
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New Substack from Elizabeth Pearson: "Navigating gender in research on the far right"
bit.ly/4huAI9K
Also see her Conversation piece: “Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women”
bit.ly/47kwEUO
Debate continues with Dr Elsa Bengtsson Mueller's talk, 25 Nov 3pm, Founder’s LT.
bit.ly/4huAI9K
Also see her Conversation piece: “Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women”
bit.ly/47kwEUO
Debate continues with Dr Elsa Bengtsson Mueller's talk, 25 Nov 3pm, Founder’s LT.
Navigating gender in research on the far right
Image Author’s Own
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October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New Substack from Elizabeth Pearson: "Navigating gender in research on the far right"
bit.ly/4huAI9K
Also see her Conversation piece: “Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women”
bit.ly/47kwEUO
Debate continues with Dr Elsa Bengtsson Mueller's talk, 25 Nov 3pm, Founder’s LT.
bit.ly/4huAI9K
Also see her Conversation piece: “Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women”
bit.ly/47kwEUO
Debate continues with Dr Elsa Bengtsson Mueller's talk, 25 Nov 3pm, Founder’s LT.
For those who were picky eaters as children, as well as for the carers of picky eaters. Here's a lovely long read essay for you (especially resonant for this Gen X, 2nd generation Canadian)
Very happy that my essay on picky eating is up again at Serious Eats!
www.seriouseats.com/the-kid-is-a...
www.seriouseats.com/the-kid-is-a...
The Kid Is All Right: In Defense of Picky Eating
On learning to accept your child's discriminating tastes, even when it hurts.
www.seriouseats.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
For those who were picky eaters as children, as well as for the carers of picky eaters. Here's a lovely long read essay for you (especially resonant for this Gen X, 2nd generation Canadian)
Caridad Svich: "Care is part of art-making... care of construction - be it plot, character (if working with character), and other dramatic elements - does matter because it’s for an audience and fellow practitioners. (for the record: i think of audiences as theatre-makers too)." 🫶🏻
today in pocket theatre, i write abt some of theatre's blind spots or lost threads. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
lost threads
theatre's blind spots
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Caridad Svich: "Care is part of art-making... care of construction - be it plot, character (if working with character), and other dramatic elements - does matter because it’s for an audience and fellow practitioners. (for the record: i think of audiences as theatre-makers too)." 🫶🏻
Yay, new Peaches track 🍑🦞👄
Peaches Reveals First Album in a Decade, 'No Lube So Rude' | The Quietus
Peaches has shared details of her first album in 10 years, titled No Lube So Rude. Set for release on a currently unspecified date in 2026, the LP is preceded by lead single ‘Not In Your Mouth None Of...
thequietus.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yay, new Peaches track 🍑🦞👄
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📢 Scholar of the Month!
The Gender Institute invites you to our first talk of the term with Dr Asiya Islam
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October
🕒 3–4 PM
📍 Bedford 0-07
✨ “‘Working women’: Gender, work, and the politics of refusal”
The Gender Institute invites you to our first talk of the term with Dr Asiya Islam
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October
🕒 3–4 PM
📍 Bedford 0-07
✨ “‘Working women’: Gender, work, and the politics of refusal”
October 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📢 Scholar of the Month!
The Gender Institute invites you to our first talk of the term with Dr Asiya Islam
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October
🕒 3–4 PM
📍 Bedford 0-07
✨ “‘Working women’: Gender, work, and the politics of refusal”
The Gender Institute invites you to our first talk of the term with Dr Asiya Islam
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October
🕒 3–4 PM
📍 Bedford 0-07
✨ “‘Working women’: Gender, work, and the politics of refusal”
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Need something to reboot your Sunday?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81c...
Joan Jett Mary Tyler Moore Theme (LOVE IS ALL AROUND)
YouTube video by Silver Eagle Audio
www.youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Need something to reboot your Sunday?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81c...
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When will presence equal power and visibility?
In this original @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social blog post for UK Black History Month, Pamela Jikiemi reveals the inspiration behind her new book Out of the Black Box.
Read now: https://bit.ly/3KH9pwA
In this original @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social blog post for UK Black History Month, Pamela Jikiemi reveals the inspiration behind her new book Out of the Black Box.
Read now: https://bit.ly/3KH9pwA
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
When will presence equal power and visibility?
In this original @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social blog post for UK Black History Month, Pamela Jikiemi reveals the inspiration behind her new book Out of the Black Box.
Read now: https://bit.ly/3KH9pwA
In this original @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social blog post for UK Black History Month, Pamela Jikiemi reveals the inspiration behind her new book Out of the Black Box.
Read now: https://bit.ly/3KH9pwA
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🎙️ New episode! Neurodivergence Support & the PhD 🎙️https://theotherkindofdoctor.wordpress.com/episodes/
October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🎙️ New episode! Neurodivergence Support & the PhD 🎙️https://theotherkindofdoctor.wordpress.com/episodes/
You can read 'Caryl Churchill's Eco-Socialist Feminism' by Elaine Aston (published by Cambridge University Press) for free online until 22 October:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
You can read 'Caryl Churchill's Eco-Socialist Feminism' by Elaine Aston (published by Cambridge University Press) for free online until 22 October:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...