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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬

@drellenwright.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Cinema & TV History. I specialise in material culture of film, classical era Hollywood & representations of gender, class & sexuality. I love old Hollywood movies, cabaret, drag, cocktails & having adventures. Available for media work.

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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The town I live in is so brilliantly crackers. Some guy in the bus station, blasting out Dolly Parton's greatest hits on a boom box, whilst two teenage lads sit there in pink, marabou lined cowboy hats. ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Inspiration strikes in the strangest of places - in this case, a window display in a Soho sex shop that my friend, Mark and I positively goggled at whilst adventuring round our nation's capital. #marilynmonroe #Hollywood #kardashian #blonde
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm really proud of this chapter in Anthea Taylor & Joanna McIntyre's beautiful book on how Monroe's image was coopted & claimed by various parties, companies & brands in the year that marked 60 years since her death.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Ah! Its that time of the summer where I start to freak out cos I've not been as productive as I wanted to have been in terms of writing. Joy.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You need to write that story...
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
For the love of God, no! Having written work previously on Kim Kardashian wearing Monroe's dress, I'm thinking I should probably write a book about celebs wearing/using things they should LEAVE WELL ALONE.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Heading into work on the national express today. Coach driver comes over the intercom and politely but firmly says 'Can the passenger using the loud speaker please turn it off and use headphones. This is a condition of carriage.' Speaker has been turned off. I'm tempted to give the driver a tip!
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Time to take water back into public ownership. actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
actionnetwork.org
Water Belongs to All of Us - Back the People's Plan for Water!
Privatisation has broken our water system. Evidence shows public ownership can bring fairer, cleaner and cheaper water. That’s why I'm backing the People’s Plan for Water. Join me:
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Small issue of the fact all three are shameless.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I'm here for Ian HIslop giving slimy toad Michael Gove a hard time on #HIGNFY. 👏👏👏
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Months of dedication for no money from many of the people involved, just to make something worthwhile happen in our town, so reposts very welcome.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 26/05/2026
𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔓𝔬𝔭𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔞 ℌ𝔬𝔩𝔶 ℭ𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰, 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Theyll just pretend it hasnt. We had a conversation with an friend about this and she simply wouldn't be convinced it had dropped.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tell me that today's shopping list isn't THE best of shopping lists... (A couple of my students are running a claymation workshop with primary school kids in a few weeks, in case you wondered.)
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Propellor tail!
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
No one around at the lottie this evening as i watered, so I popped David Bowie's Young Americans on for the veggies and flowers... I think they liked it.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Ghost sign
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Many many bolted onions. Best get eating then...
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I love vintage bed linen
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This is a doctored image. There's more than enough in the way of imagery of this man being a nightmare without sharing falsehoods.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I had a banana and custard icepop today. Odd but not bad.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Teepees up!
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Duck!
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Amaze! #projecthailmarymovie
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Very much looking forward to presenting on my upcoming book with Taylor and Francis 'Shooting Stars: Intimacy, Identity and Ideology in Hollywood Photography' at this online symposium
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Awful, awful company. We need rid
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.” Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir. www.ft.com/content/ff70...
ft.com
Senior NHS officials warned staff over criticising rollout of Palantir platform
Ethical objections and uneven adoption have made the tech group’s contract a divisive issue within English health service
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Renowned tosser Matt Goodwin looks likely to lose his lucrative position as a 'Visiting Gobshite' at one of the educational institutions that Orban turned into a propaganda unit. Poor guy just can't stop losing. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/13/m...
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Populism is a fundamentally dishonest form of politics, that attracts fundamentally dishonest people. It is a tissue of lies that validates the darkest prejudices, and covers up the most blatant greed and corruption. It generates wealth for the few, and suffering for the many.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hmmmmm... why might we think that is? 🤔😱
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
But we still need to eat. If I wanted to be talked to like sh*t i'd head to twitter. Go be snide to someone else, thanks.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
No. Lets grow food or pop cattle on there. We need much more on buildings. Thats the alternative.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Im not a reform fan but we shouldnt be filling fields with solar panels.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I had a REALLY productive writing day today! So pleased with my little self. A new chapter starts tomorrow! Also, I FINALLY altered the clock in my car after thd change to summer time. I AM a functional adult. 💪💻🎉
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I went to see Project Hail Mary, based on a recommendation from one of my students. From the first contact scene onwards, I cried, and cried, and cried, and cried. And then I cried some more. This was genuinely funny and genuinely moving. And it looked great too.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We've been reading through Arthur Ransome's books, as a gentle, positive end to the day. Today we went and found some of the locations.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Its so, so good!
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Rocket watching 🚀🌛
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Stunning
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Beautiful sky tonight
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This. Absolutely this.
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Absolute grifter...
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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱
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Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Graham @grahamlondon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Cocktail #4. Im averaging 1 every 15 mins. Im going to end up skint and a shambles...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/03/2026
MP tells Commons she was left with PTSD after being raped at work event
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MP tells Commons she was left with PTSD after being raped at work event
Charlotte Nichols speaks out in opposition to bill proposing changes to jury trials in England and Wales An MP has told the House of Commons that she was raped after an event that she attended as a member of parliament, revealing that she waited 1,088 days for her case to get to court. Speaking at a debate on Tuesday to discuss changes to the law under which some jury trials would be limited, Charlotte Nichols said she was waiving her right to anonymity to speak about her own experience and opposition to the bill. Continue reading...
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Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I've just horrified my lovely beauty therapist by describing a PhD Viva, and a PhD. As I was doing this, it dawned on me that PhDs are, indeed, quite bonkers, full-on things and why would ANYONE actually sign up to do it??
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