dr emer mchugh's Avatar

dr emer mchugh

@emer.bsky.social

professional shakespeare opinion haver, theatre historian, shoegaze fan, and habitual cinema-goer. she/her. i write about irish shakespeares and irish shakespeareans in performance & culture. my opinions are very nice and very much mine too.

2,340 Followers  |  1,208 Following  |  1,725 Posts  |  Joined: 25.07.2023  |  1.7404

Latest posts by emer.bsky.social on Bluesky

Preview
Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

It is in the national interest that you are told Michael D Higgins has posted an Instagram reel montage, for Valentine’s Day, of his late dog BrΓ³d

14.02.2026 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

Good lord

14.02.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For sure !!

13.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

so much DRAMA!!!!!! i love it!!!!

13.02.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

what is IN the water tonight??? anyway very happy for the Dune guy

13.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the Dune guy is guaranteed a medal. a great day

13.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yelling at the telly during adam siao him fa’s routine……don’t let the pressure get to you my dude

13.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

just realised that the italian skater is dressed like a cardinal……..and was skating to the conclave score……..obsessed

13.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

i will be an aunt this year and it just occurred to me that when my niblings are teenagers it’ll fall to me as Weird Gay Aunt to show them I Saw The TV Glow (unless their parents do it first, bc they’ve got good taste)

13.02.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

genuinely so excited about how we are officially getting a new Jane Schoenbrun movie this summer. we’re so back kids!

13.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the Rubik's is among the most challenging of Cubes

13.02.2026 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 394    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 7

The game you are about to play is a product of its time. It may depict the PS3, which was commonplace in society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.

13.02.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6853    πŸ” 2332    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 7
Preview
Tell MPs: the EHRC’s guidance is wrong – it’s time to send it back The High Court has confirmed what we already knew was true: it is entirely lawful for service providers to allow trans women to use the women’s toilets – without having to admit cis men. Put simply, t...

The High Court’s ruling confirms what we already knew: the EHRC’s draft code of practice is wrong.

And we all know that the media is going to lie about the judgment, so please, write to your MP and explain why Bridget Phillipson needs to send it back. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈβœ‰οΈ

13.02.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Preview
Palestine Action: PSNI faces questions on policing of support for proscribed groups Despite arrests and advisory letters since Palestine Action was banned, no similar action was taken over displays of support for paramilitaries

When Yvette Cooper brought in the Palestine Action ban - she did it knowing full well it would destabilise and undermine peace in N. Ireland too.

Palestine solidarity has ALWAYS been stronger in the nationalist / Roman Catholic communities. So UK Gov directing action against demonstrators... [1/2]

13.02.2026 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban

13.02.2026 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 848    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 72
Preview
Olivia Colman sometimes thinks of herself as a gay man. As a gay man myself, I say – welcome | Jason Okundaye Her comments have been put through Britain’s culture war meat-grinder, but sexuality and gender is as fluid and interesting as we want it to be, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

yep

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

12.02.2026 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
The Quiet Girl | Film complet | ARTE Cinema
YouTube video by ARTE Cinema The Quiet Girl | Film complet | ARTE Cinema

The Quiet Girl/An CailΓ­n CiΓΊin is free to watch on ARTE until the 6th of March. #spΓ©irgorm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyx2...

12.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

The FAI should boycott the Israeli FA and accept the consequences.

The Cass "report" is the new Wakefield study, and will be witnessed as such.

They're trying to open a Turning Point NI, because colonialism is still alive.

There's just not a void I can fill with all of the screams, some evenings.

12.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

do you believe in life after luge?

12.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, i’m lugeing my edge
i’m lugeing my edge
the kids are coming up from behind

i’m lugeing my edge
i’m lugeing my edge
to the kids from austria and from latvia

but i was there

i was there in 2014
i was there at the winter games in sochiβ€”

12.02.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is gross as well as being super clunky writing!!!

12.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

luge to luge you, baby

12.02.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

look i don’t wanna be a stereotypical humourless Shakespearean scholar but god i hate this lyric so much!!

12.02.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

saw this film on Tuesday at the QFT and couldn’t recommend it more: one of the first truly great films of 2026

12.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One Battle After Another but the car chase is Olympic snowboard cross

12.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this will only take at best half an hour of your time, and you can tell them why β€˜earned settlement’ is very stupid! Carmen has linked to the amnesty guidelines in the thread which helped me complete it

12.02.2026 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

still need to sell this! lmk if you or someone else wants it #speirghorm #ticketfairy

12.02.2026 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

luge into your heart, matthew, what do you see

11.02.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

more dumb skeets about the Olympic sport known as β€˜luge’ until morale improves

11.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’ve Lost That Lugein’ Feelin’

11.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

@emer is following 20 prominent accounts