natalie

ahhhhhhh best of luck! you'll be fantastic!

yesterday I submitted my PhD thesis ✨

institutions cannot afford... unpaid research? until that 'low quality' research becomes lucrative or impactful and then universities will gladly take credit for if it...

I had a great time speaking to some wonderful undergrads about their work decolonising the curriculum, their enthusiasm makes for some great start of term listening ✨

computer, play Tempest by Ethel Cain, loud enough to kill small mammals

I loved recording this with @writedavidwrite.bsky.social, talking about my research and theorising about whether Jane Eyre would be classed as trauma fiction if it were published today.

today it was the new singles, but mr spider loves it all

there's a spider that lives in a hole in my study that comes out when i play ethel cain

girl not now

I had the pleasure of interviewing @paddy-brennan.bsky.social for this episode - a really fascinating dive into food consumption and self-starvation in Irish fiction from Edna O'Brien to Sally Rooney.

i still think about the perfect pen i had when i was seven years old, it was a scented gel pen and its deep blood red ink smelled like cinnamon

you search for vintage bloomers one time a year ago and ads will follow you for the rest of time

i went to a showing of the fourth pirates of the caribbean film, already a mistake, but it was so rowdy someone tried to initiate a mexican wave on my aisle

you're so welcome, I loved reading it!

what doesn't get talked about enough in the student using AI conversation is that most of them don't really know what it is despite using it, you explain the issues with plagiarism, copyright, the environment, the way it will make your brain atrophy, etc and they are often really shocked

I learned so much about digital community research from Feminist Fandom and it has really been invaluable in my study of online reading communities.
@sotauol.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social

Feminist fandom: media fandom, digital feminisms, and tumblr Published in Feminist Media Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

My review of Briony Hannell's brilliant book 'Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr' is now available in Feminist Media Studies ✨ @femmediastudies.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

a theory of slop ‘Slop’ has become the go-to word to describe certain kinds of AI content.

i wrote about slop
nataliejwall.substack.com/p/a-theory-o...

Can't wait to present my paper exploring online reading communities and emotion-based literary critique at this conference!

"she smells like 2am" the allure of the party girl perfume

forgot to post this when it came out ✨
nataliejwall.substack.com/p/she-smells...

Thank you so much! The Goldfinch is v long read but definitely worth it imo!

I'm sad I couldn't join in person but super excited to give my paper at @officialbaas.bsky.social today!

i guess keir starmer’s dad really was a tool maker and his son was his biggest project

the supreme court ruling actually makes me ill transphobes are absolute freaks and a danger to women, to hell with you

noooo babe I love your freakishly big and square sheep, the normal ones scare me

Poems Promoting Peace and Addressing Conflict The Bibliography · Episode

For the Poems for Peace Project, a collection of poems were written by various writers, each thinking about different facets of peace and conflict. In our latest episode, staff members from @livunienglish.bsky.social interview the writers on their work open.spotify.com/episode/07Vd...

Ten years of A Little Life – what’s behind the enduring popularity of Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘trauma porn’ novel? The trauma plot, and its exploration of the depths of victimhood and suffering, has been the novel’s passport to notoriety.

Natalie Wall, from @livunienglish.bsky.social, takes a look at the enduring appeal of 'trauma porn' novel 'A Little Life' in today's @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/ten-years-of... #BookSky

for @uk.theconversation.com i explored why A Little Life is seemingly more popular than ever even a decade after it’s release

I’m fascinated by the secondhand trophy economy on eBay. Who is selling old trophies? More to the point, who is buying a trophy someone else won in their under-12s football tournament? Who is the person with a shelf of other peoples trophies? Need to chat.

it’s been over a year but i still regularly think about those nasty wet splatty fireworks on the Harkonnen planet in Dune 2