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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very specific, somewhat morbid query: can anyone suggest literary examples of force-feeding? Esp. where it draws attention to the gender politics. Not limited to hunger strike/suffrage context, though that is obviously relevant I'm already thinking of Han Kang's The Vegetarian and Goblin Market

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Kind of depressing to see everyone stressing that this is bad because there was a rescue worker on board, as opposed to because there were human beings on board. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The fact that the racist village with the twee publicity stunt is called 'Piddington' is just too English for me to read about. I feel like I need to take a shot of insulin to compensate for the overdose of Englishness

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Dismayed (but not surprised) to hear Emily Maitlis and John Sopel stating confidently and repeatedly that Britain is the first European country to sanction illegal settlements. Of course, Ireland's Occupied Territories Bill has been pushed back and watered down in a way that's shameful, but...

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The virgin "it's off the table" Andy Burnham and the Chad "casually backs Irish unification in an interview promoting his new book" Gordon Brown

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

PhD graduation for breakfast? Tis it St. Swithin's Day already?

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

In gorgeous Kilkee for a wedding with the Liverpool Irish Studies crew

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Just back from a stimulating two days in Dublin at the conference 'Bad Feelings: Sadness and Gender in Contemporary Culture.' I presented on a panel dedicated to 'sad girl' novels in the talented company of @scaredofcustard.bsky.social and @dilarayilmaz.bsky.social

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Delighted to have successfully defended my PhD thesis, 'Gluttons for Punishment: Food Consumption and Self-Starvation in Irish Fiction from Edna O'Brien to Sally Rooney.' Time to take a break from academic asceticism and indulge in some well-earned epicureanism!

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"Are you wearing... " "Lord Byron's childhood orthopaedic boots? Yeah, I am."

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Mikelyn Rochford @mikelyn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

So very excited to present at Senate House on Thursday along with @paddy-brennan.bsky.social - come around if you're in London! I'll be talking about Pádraic Ó Conaire's amazingly bizarre & fun novella Exile and metafictionality. @ies-sas.bsky.social ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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ECR double header with Mikelyn Rochford (University of York) and Paddy Brennan (University of Liverpool)

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I'm excited to be presenting on the late, great Edna O'Brien in her adopted home city later this month. Also looking forward to hearing from @mikelyn.bsky.social on Pádraic Ó Conaire

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

After four years and 100,000 words, it's finally time to send my child out into the world

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I reviewed 'Irish Food History: A Companion' for the latest edition of RISE. Learnt a lot about bog butter reading this 🧈 risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...

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Review of Irish Food History: A Companion, by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire and Dorothy Cashman | Review of Irish Studies in Europe

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Had a lovely time talking to @scaredofcustard.bsky.social about my research last year. (Nb. my Sally Rooney hot takes are now slightly out of date post-Intermezzo)

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Had a great time at the AEDEI conference, 'The Uses and Abuses of Irishness,' presenting on starvation and cannibalism as metaphors in Irish fiction (whilst also receiving some wonderful Andalusian food and hospitality 💃)

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Excited to be here for the opening of the AEDEI conference, 'The Uses and Abuses of Irishness,' at @unihuelva.bsky.social

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Very pleased to say I have a chapter on thinness and the politics of consumption in The Routledge Companion to Sally Rooney - available today from (some) good retailers! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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Thoughtful Faces and Sleek Bodies | 14 | Thinness and the Politics of

In a 2019 Irish Times article, Finn McRedmond criticises the work of Sally Rooney, arguing that her “wildly popular and accessible novels seem to glorify

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Paddy Brennan @paddy-brennan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Delighted to have been awarded a BAIS bursary and highly commended in their essay prize. Congratulations to all the winners! 🥂

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