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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.

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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.

05.01.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Upgraded to first class on my train home. Challenge is now to eat and drink enough to cover the Β£20 I spent.

31.12.2024 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I may have a PhD but my greatest achievement is getting a question right on University Challenge when the contestants don’t.

23.12.2024 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

January me is going to hate now me so much.

20.12.2024 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜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...

When I moved back to Teesside last year I was thrilled that everyone else still does the β€œSouth Cleveland Garages” refrain whenever Simply the Best comes on. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

22.11.2024 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Also in the art workshop this morning we used this cable/ wire thing which is springy and so cool to work with.

16.11.2024 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had an absolutely wonderful week supporting the TU @beinghumanfest.bsky.social massive well done to Sally and all the events leads

16.11.2024 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Obsessed with this.

14.11.2024 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also Hot Water’s justification is so common- came up in my interviews but really shows that venues and promotersneed to try harder

13.09.2024 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Revealed: The comedy clubs that book six times as many men as women : News 2024 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide Revealed: The comedy clubs that book six times as many men as women - Lucy Beaumont was right... our analysis reveals the depth of gender imbalance on the circuit

Fully unsurprised by this www.chortle.co.uk/news/2024/09...

13.09.2024 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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...

05.02.2024 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!).

17.11.2023 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh Cath, you're great and I hope your afternoon is suitably carby!

17.11.2023 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Must admit I am a not fair weather fan of Big Jet TV.

02.11.2023 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Always hard thinking what your first post on a new platform should be. Anyway, eaten 2/3 of my lunch before 12 today.

02.11.2023 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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