Devon Rescue Dolls

Hello! I'm Emma, mother of 2 and lecturer from Exeter, relocated to Leeds. I rescue second-hand fashion dolls and repaint them more naturally #ooakrescueddolls

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

"The optics of excluding #Barbie's Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie from the directing and lead actress categories — the women most responsible for a critically acclaimed film that became the biggest blockbuster of 2023 — are not good" https://t.co/WkJivLyZZD

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Greta Gerwig’s #Barbie has surpassed ‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3’ and is now the 2nd highest grossing movie of 2023.

[Katie Pennick @KatiePennick]

barbie’s wheelchair vs my actual wheelchair: a critical comparison

aka the best twitter thread i will ever post

strap in

#Barbie

[Guardian culture @guardianculture]

‘It had to be totally bananas’: Greta Gerwig on bringing Barbie to life https://t.co/5wEHyfHn4Z

[Liam Lewis @liamglewis]

Meet Marie de France, 12th century poet, pioneer, and piquant intellectual, brought back to life in at @MLACdurham at a workshop with @devonrescuedoll — this heroine is ready to take fables and short stories back out into the world again.

[Judith Eberharter @JudithE_harter]

Thank you so much @emmacayley for this wonderful and creative experience. While leaving my comfort zone I had loads of interesting conversations about #gender, childhood and the perception of the female and #maternal body.

[Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social @emmacayley]

Well, the location of Modern Languages conference @MLACdurham was a feast. Some incredibly impressive upcoming scholars renewing the disciplinary field brilliantly; a range of excellent plenaries and panels. Much fun at the Heroines session, and glad the dolls went down so well!

[Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social @emmacayley]

Headed to @MLACdurham with the touring upcycling ‘hacktivist’ doll workshop for our Heroines session at 4 today. See you the other side. *Someone remind me never to travel with a 30kg suitcase again*

[Devon Rescue Dolls @devonrescuedoll]

Frankly, I forgot I had so many dolls in stock! 🤣☺️

[Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social @emmacayley]

Spending my Sunday rescuing the dolls from semi-retirement & dusting them off ready for my first post-covid upcycling workshop at Durham. Thanks to Marie-Claire Barnet for the invitation, inspired by my 2019 session @TacticsPraxis in Cambridge. Excited to see how this plays out!

[Devon Rescue Dolls @devonrescuedoll]

and consider the packaging, presentation & consumption of these idealised bodies. Participants will receive a doll wiped of factory paint to upcycle, and will be provided with paints, fabric, and equipment as well as advice, encouragement, and paint-remover in case of disaster 😎

[Devon Rescue Dolls @devonrescuedoll]

We’re back! A colleague at Durham invited me to go along and run an upcycling workshop as part of a session on ‘Heroines’ at a conference next week. Excited to break out the dollies again from semi-retirement and head out on a road trip!

[Devon Rescue Dolls @devonrescuedoll]

Discussion will move into an ‘upcycling’ workshop intended to lead participants to reflect on the nature of the commercialisation and commodification of the body across history through the medium of dolls. We will explore issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the toybox…

[Guardian culture @guardianculture]

Hello, dolly: meet the Barbie fans getting ready for a fabulous year https://t.co/GWj3UtNAQl

[BBC Woman's Hour @BBCWomansHour]

‘It looks like a great opportunity for women to seize power but that opportunity only seems to come when it’s a poisoned chalice’

As Liz Truss will succeed Boris Johnson as PM - we asked Professor @RainbowMurray whether she is standing on a “glass cliff”?

[The Royal Society of Arts @theRSAorg]

How is the gendering of emotions influenced by racial stereotypes and other forms of social inequalities?
😍 😏 😬

Join behavior and data scientist @DrPragyaAgarwal, to examine how we gender emotions on Thurs 15 Sept.

Book now. #RSAEmotions
https://t.co/nocCmSwrEF

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

😶😶 (the pink spoon says ‘Feed me and tell me I’m pretty’)