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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You there! Yes, you! Are you an actor or performer, or do you teach drama, theatre, or acting? I want to hear from you for my new project that's all about *care* in relation to performer training. Details in the slides; Link is below Thank you in advance for taking part 🤗

Calling actors and theatre teachers!

I'm sharing a short survey that will ask you open-ended questions about how you experienced care (or didn't) in your training, and -- if you teach -- how you show care for your students now.

This image includes a QR code that links to https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/H1WcrYxN2z

About the project: Embodied Archives & Communities of Care in Actor Training. Scholar Virginia Held says that “Care is both a value and practice” (2006, 9). In the training of actors, particularly in conservatoire and other intensive environments, theories and practices of care have evolved rapidly over the past twenty years. At the same time, however, the physical and psychological demands on performers of classical texts such as Shakespeare’s have remained high. Educators of actors may now find themselves having to re-examine the embodied knowledge built up from their own training and professional experiences, in order to care more effectively for students as they build the literal and metaphorical musculature required of a classical performer. Trainee actors still depend very much on the relational communities of care in which they train, rehearse and perform, while at the same time being encouraged to envision themselves as a highly individualised neoliberal product.

About the Project (continued)
“Embodied Archives and Communities of Care…” therefore considers the extent to which care is a key component of actor training, and the ways that definitions of ‘care’ in relation to the classical performer have shifted over the past two decades. Through this project, I aim to explore the extent to which communities of care constitute an embodied archive; how replication and innovation interact in the enactment of care; and how definitions of “care” in a training context shift and evolve over time.

Here's where you come in!

I'll be so grateful if you take a few minutes to complete the survey.

At the end of the survey is an invitation to volunteer for a more in-depth interview, if you're open to it.

When I write up this research, all responses from both the survey and the interviews will be anonymised.

If you're able and willing, I would be thrilled to have your responses as part of the research. I would be equally grateful if you could please share the survey link with anyone else in your network who may be interested in taking part. The survey will be open until the end of January 2027.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The horrific story coming out of Cornell this week takes me right back to the events that catalysed Canonical Misogyny in 2015. I wish the story wasn't so familiar. I wish I believed that this would be the last time.

An extract from my book, Canonical Misogyny. Email me at norawilliams at bimm dot ac dot uk for a pdf copy

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

But I need to smile more.

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Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A reminder that the institution cannot and will not love you back.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The person who brought in the Upskirting law is specifically accusing Rowling of breaking it.

Gina @ginamartinuk
I brought the "upskirting law" into affect in 2019.
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Le'ts talk about that image JK Rowling shared.
She did this to humiliate artist Freda Wallace. That is a specific motivation we included in the Voyeurism Act. We fought for, and included it *specifically* because...
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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

@emer.bsky.social wrote a beautiful, brilliant book & I'm so excited for you all to read it!

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Especially important to complete this if, like me, you conscientiously object to the use of genAI on environmental, ethical, and intellectual property grounds.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

‼️ The deadline to apply for the @srsrensoc.bsky.social Society for Renaissance Studies Scholars of Colour MA Scholarship is fast approaching. Applications must be submitted by 15 July 2026. Full details and the application portal can be found on our website: rensoc.org.uk/apply/schola...

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Apply: Scholars of Colour Scholarship | Society for Renaissance Studies

Promoting the study of the Renaissance since 1967

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

'Tis I! Scroll down the thread for archival recordings of performances and access to scripts from A Two Woman Hamlet 💀💐👑

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Fascinating to me that when I'm really, really tired, my brain just refuses to understand Celsius. I have mostly lived outside the US since 2007, but that childhood programming dies hard I guess 🤣😭

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

What a disgrace?

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Thanks for the photo @saaupdates.bsky.social ! Btw, you can preorder the Canonical Misogyny paperback for 30% off with code PAPER30 😉

Me (Nora, a white-presenting woman in her 30s with shoulder-length spiral wavy hair), holding a copy of my book, Canonical Misogyny. The book cover has a red background with an image of an actress playing Isabella from Measure for Measure

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Professors & university staff were targeted & fired for less than this just a few months ago.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The HPV vaccine is durably AMAZING.A massive Swedish registry study w 18 years of follow-up found no waning protection against invasive cervical cancer. If vaccinated before age 17, cancer risk is cut by ~80%. Even those vaccinated later still had substantial protection. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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Extended follow-up of invasive cervical cancer risk after quadrivalent HPV vaccination: nationwide, register based study

Objectives To evaluate the long term risk of invasive cervical cancer after receiving the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, how risk varies by time since vaccination, and to assess the ...

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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin

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Jess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸 @jessagoldberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Unflinching refusal to use or allow the use of A.I. in reading & writing should be the uncontroversial, default position of teachers from K-12 to colleges & universities. If our administrators tell us we "have to" we tell them to eff off. We will not kill the planet's water for systemic plagiarism.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 18/02/2026

"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

As the feds distribute photos of victims while veiling their abusers, "These photographs are both emotionally overwhelming and politically shallow. It looks like the system is exposing everything when really it is exposing the harm and hiding the hand." www.instagram.com/reel/DUV9_tP...

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alimcforever on Instagram: "Read my Epstein deep dive https://alimcforever.substack.com/p/the-jeffrey-epstein-case-how-the #epsteinisland #epstein #usa #trendi…"

Read my Epstein deep dive https://alimcforever.substack.com/p/the-jeffrey-epstein-case-how-the #epsteinisland #epstein #usa #trending #news

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ACLU @aclu.org · 29/01/2026

BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes. This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

‘They are no longer strategizing for voluntary adoption by those who come to recognize the technology’s utility by electively applying it to the problems they face. They are planning how to cross the chasm by forced adoption.’ By @mattseybold.bsky.social

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"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos

Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 25/01/2026

*This*. It cannot be said often enough that Trump's 5th column in the UK is planning precisely the same fascist makeover. In broad daylight, and with "democratic" politicians being silent onlookers. And I wonder if Brits will have the courage of Minnesotans when it comes down to it.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

My first Nerdy Book Club post is up! I'm starting with Kate Manne's now-classic work Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. Whether it's your first time or a re-read, come think with me for one chapter per week #booksky nerdy-book-club.ghost.io/preface-kate...

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Preface: Kate Manne, Down Girl

Kate Manne, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. Published by Penguin Books, 2018. Preface: Going Wrong, pp. xi-xxiv Chapter Summary Manne's Preface opens with the question that drives the rest of t...

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

It needs to be said that it is extremely telling of what role ICE is ultimately playing in society that schools respond to it as though its a horde of potential mass shooters.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Doing a thing 🫣 Subscribe for weekly-ish reflections on smart books by smart people, placed at ~1 chapter a week. No AI, no rush, no homework. Just turn up as you are & think with me. nerdy-book-club.ghost.io

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Nerdy Book Club

Thoughts, stories and ideas.

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

beestung is now open for new work by two-spirit, genderqueer, and non-binary writers! beestungmag.com/about/

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Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Directed against the United States. I spent 35 years as a US diplomat abroad and at the Department of State, often working closely with our NATO and European allies. We prepared for all sorts of contingencies. Except this one. I have no words.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Unarmed woman executed by state may have been on committee to fight against unarmed women being executed by the state

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

maybe I'm just jaded from spending my entire adult life watching sexual abuse committed with impunity, but i dont think X will suffer any consequences. society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

We are doing new eps but just at a glacial pace - this one I'm super excited about! We've got the brilliant @fourfootedbeasts.bsky.social joining us to talk all things PERICLES!

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:

First column:
Ask AI to summarize a book
or article in your field. Use
this as a starting point for
critical engagement
Next column: Yes.
Next Column: Acceptable without explicit citation.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Stop it because why am I tearing up at a cartoon wolf in a supermarket ad 🥹🥹

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

FACULTY GREW TOO POWERFUL excuse me while I laugh myself off this cliff

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

People expect miracles from medicine, but refuse the miracle that would let them avoid needing emergency care in the first place

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

if you gut higher education successfully, it will take decades to recover. Subject experts, skilled pedagogues, and experienced research leaders don't pop off a factory line for next-day delivery. Once it's gone, it's going to be very hard work to get it back, even if everyone decides we want to.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The people driving the dismantling of the sector seem to believe that academic capacity is easily replaceable. Maybe that's understandable, when they're currently getting hundreds of applications from over-qualified mid-career scholars for paltry part-time and fixed term contracts. But --

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I have a lot to say, including that it's despicable to drop this news 3 weeks before Christmas. I am devastated for my friends and colleagues. Butchering 20% of the university's staff poisons the working environment in ways that will linger. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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University of Essex to shut Southend campus and cut 400 jobs - BBC News

The Southend-on-Sea campus is home to the award-winning East 15 drama school.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/11/2025

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Canonical Misogyny is currently 50% off, direct from the publisher Edinburgh University Press. That makes the ebook just £10 all weekend! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-canonic...

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Canonical Misogyny

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