Paddy Brennan
@paddy-brennan.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Liverpool's Institute of Irish Studies. Researching food consumption and self-starvation in 20th-21st century Irish fiction 🥔
Had a lovely time talking to @scaredofcustard.bsky.social about my research last year.
(Nb. my Sally Rooney hot takes are now slightly out of date post-Intermezzo)
(Nb. my Sally Rooney hot takes are now slightly out of date post-Intermezzo)
As part of our transition to Bluesky from the other place we will be posting our back catalogue of episodes for any new followers!
The first is 'Food, Fasting and Irish Fiction,' with the brilliant @paddy-brennan.bsky.social from @irishinstitute.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/39KN...
The first is 'Food, Fasting and Irish Fiction,' with the brilliant @paddy-brennan.bsky.social from @irishinstitute.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/39KN...
Food, Fasting and Irish Fiction
The Bibliography · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Had a lovely time talking to @scaredofcustard.bsky.social about my research last year.
(Nb. my Sally Rooney hot takes are now slightly out of date post-Intermezzo)
(Nb. my Sally Rooney hot takes are now slightly out of date post-Intermezzo)
Had a great time at the AEDEI conference, 'The Uses and Abuses of Irishness,' presenting on starvation and cannibalism as metaphors in Irish fiction (whilst also receiving some wonderful Andalusian food and hospitality 💃)
June 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Had a great time at the AEDEI conference, 'The Uses and Abuses of Irishness,' presenting on starvation and cannibalism as metaphors in Irish fiction (whilst also receiving some wonderful Andalusian food and hospitality 💃)
Excited to be here for the opening of the AEDEI conference, 'The Uses and Abuses of Irishness,' at @unihuelva.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Excited to be here for the opening of the AEDEI conference, 'The Uses and Abuses of Irishness,' at @unihuelva.bsky.social
Very pleased to say I have a chapter on thinness and the politics of consumption in The Routledge Companion to Sally Rooney - available today from (some) good retailers!
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Thoughtful Faces and Sleek Bodies | 14 | Thinness and the Politics of
In a 2019 Irish Times article, Finn McRedmond criticises the work of Sally Rooney, arguing that her “wildly popular and accessible novels seem to glorify
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May 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Very pleased to say I have a chapter on thinness and the politics of consumption in The Routledge Companion to Sally Rooney - available today from (some) good retailers!
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Delighted to have been awarded a BAIS bursary and highly commended in their essay prize. Congratulations to all the winners! 🥂
Highly commended is Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social (@irishinstitute.bsky.social) : '"The Truly Gaelic Famine": Food as a Symbol of Chauvinism and Internationalism in Irish Culture and Literature.'
May 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Delighted to have been awarded a BAIS bursary and highly commended in their essay prize. Congratulations to all the winners! 🥂