Claire Sedgwick
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Claire Sedgwick
@clairesedgwick.bsky.social
Feminist. Book- Feminist Media: From the Second Wave to the Digital Age: http://bit.ly/30vMF82 she/her. Currently researching comedy. Views Own, personal acct.
Away for the weekend. Unpacked my stuff in the hotel and realised I’d forgotten to pack a pj top so had to mad dash to Bristol Primark in the snow and beg the security guard to let me in at 7.55.
January 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Upgraded to first class on my train home. Challenge is now to eat and drink enough to cover the £20 I spent.
December 31, 2024 at 5:00 PM
I may have a PhD but my greatest achievement is getting a question right on University Challenge when the contestants don’t.
December 23, 2024 at 9:47 PM
January me is going to hate now me so much.
Okay, so everything is now January's problem. Poor January.
December 20, 2024 at 2:24 PM
When I moved back to Teesside last year I was thrilled that everyone else still does the “South Cleveland Garages” refrain whenever Simply the Best comes on. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Stunning, but so wrong’: inside raucous new drag sitcom Smoggie Queens
It’s loud, proud and very, very daft: the new BBC comedy plunges viewers into Middlesbrough’s hilariously catty drag scene. The creator and star Phil Dunning talks prosecco, parmos – and picking the w...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Had an absolutely wonderful week supporting the TU @beinghumanfest.bsky.social massive well done to Sally and all the events leads
Landmark Art of Centre Square was a masterclass in turning research into public engagement! @karislousirak.bsky.social led us on a tour of public art in Middlesbrough for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social - past, present, and looking to the future… #TeessideUni #publicspace #publicart
November 16, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Obsessed with this.
Hi everyone.

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.

We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.

We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.

I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Hello, I haven't been on here in a while, but I thought I'd share that I wrote a blog for Women's Film and Television History Network on Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy womensfilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/2024/02/02/c...
February 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Thrilled to have an absolutely terrible cold a week before I move house. (Ofc the reason I have caught a cold is because of the stress of moving!).
November 17, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Must admit I am a not fair weather fan of Big Jet TV.
November 2, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Always hard thinking what your first post on a new platform should be. Anyway, eaten 2/3 of my lunch before 12 today.
November 2, 2023 at 11:11 AM