Don your best Pitbull costume and show up
12.02.2026 21:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@tilknowles.bsky.social
Aspiring academic (PhD student/RA/tutor) + general queer nuisance based Naarm/Melbourne. Interested in performance comedy, mental health, audience, affect, digital media, amongst many other key words. Co-founder of the Australian Comedy Studies Collective.
Don your best Pitbull costume and show up
12.02.2026 21:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A drawing of two white children playing, their ball has bounced to another child, with a darker skin tone, who is in a cage. Text reads: Kids need care, not cages. Tell the Vic Govt: No adult prison sentences for children.
today in Vic Parliament: a bill that will mean children as young as 14 will face adult prison sentences. we know this will disproportionately harm Blak, brown and migrant kids, and it goes against decades of evidence. tell the Allan govt to scrap this awful bill: cv-au.replit.app/kids-need-care
02.12.2025 00:22 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Humor has increasingly become a prominent tool in right-wing politics and media ecosystems in the US and globally. Check out this upcoming virtual symposium, and please share with those who might be interested in participating or attending
27.09.2025 17:10 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0US comedians and the mythology of being โchampions of free speechโ and โspeaking truth to powerโ has evaporated
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You canโt say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...
Conference on โSTAR TREK, DYNAMICS OF A WORLD-BUILDING FACTORYโ to celebrate 60 Years of Star Trek, next September 17-19, 2026, in Paris. CfP:
startrekparis2026.wordpress.com/appel-a-comm...
Shows I want pitches for:
Desperate Housewives
Dawsonโs Creek
Greyโs Anatomy
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
CSI
NCIS
Living Single
American Idol
The Big Bang Theory
Downton Abbey
Fleabag
The Simpsons
Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Parks & Recreation
Saturday Night Live
The Muppet Show
Brooklyn-99
Girls
NYPD Blue
ER
My journal article about how comedy chatcast listeners perform their listenership is out online now! So stoked to be part of Comedy Studies and the forthcoming special issue on comic audience, and glad to be publishing open access
10.08.2025 07:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I am not there any more and also not Dutch, but one of my high school besties lives and gigs there - if you see a Rosalind on the line up, say hi! She's a gem
30.07.2025 22:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Episode 6 of the Serrated Edge!
Steph Foxton tells @tilknowles.bsky.social about linguistics and a 'little pup,' and how her participants have become really (really) enthusiastic co-researchers...
open.spotify.com/episode/3max...
Episode 5 of the Serrated Edge!
Kyle Harvey chats to @tilknowles.bsky.social, sharing some unexpected stories including and his own journey to finding out how productive studying humour can be...
open.spotify.com/episode/59Fv...
Episode 4 of the Serrated Edge!
Alex Cothren talks to @tilknowles.bsky.social about satire (funny and otherwise), creative writing, and the importance of being part of the AHSN...
Episode 3 of the Serrated Edge!
@bradleyjdixon.me talks to @tilknowles.bsky.social about personas, parafiction, comedian comedy and many meta matters...
open.spotify.com/episode/3dpB...
If you're a grad student or ECR working in humour in any form/discipline in Australasia (whether you live in the vague region or are writing about the region) and would like to guest on an episode, please reach out!
25.05.2025 02:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The early career researcher edition of the AHSN's quick interview podcast Cutting Edge is here - Serrated Edge! Episode one features Dr Fergus Edwards talking about his work on Tom Stoppard's use of humour in staging philosophy and PhD survival tips.
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