Emma Whipday

Writer of books and plays. Senior Lecturer @NCL_English. AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. Repped by Chris Wellbelove. She/her. Intro to OWC Measure for Measure.

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

I am SO RIDICULOUSLY proud that my new intro to Measure for Measure for @OWC_Oxford is out today!! I became obsessed with this play as an A Level student – 18 years later, Shakespeare's exploration of power and female silencing is discomfortingly relevant in a post-#MeToo world.

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

@LeahVeronese @OUPAcademic Huge congratulations - what a find!!

[Clare Bucknell @clarebucknell]

With Thomas Jones, I’ll be hosting a new Close Readings podcast for the @LRB this year, Novel Approaches. Each month, joined by a brilliant roster of guests, we’ll sink our teeth into a 19th-century novel. We hope you’ll join us! Here’s an intro episode:

https://t.co/DfYOHJj0tw

[Jane Symons @JaneSymons1]

If it weren't for a supermarket security guard persuading a woman to make a complaint against Pelicot for up-skirting, his horrific crimes would not have come to light.

While we celebrate the courage of Gisele Pelicot, let's also rethink our approach to 'minor' sex crimes.

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

@callanjd Congratulations - how exciting!! Can’t wait to read it…

[Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️ @Nnedi]

This was my response in The Guardian 3 years ago when I was asked if my work was a response to the prevalence of whiteness in science fiction.

I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

@will_tosh Aaaaahhhhhh CONGRATULATIONS!!!! This is the best news!!

[Professor Katy Shaw @ProfKatyShaw]

New report adds to a growing body of ⁦@NorthumbriaUni⁩ ⁦@NewWritingNorth⁩ research that suggests creativity is becoming the preserve of the privileged.

🇬🇧 creative industries cannot remain 🌍 leading if they exclude a huge % of the population https://t.co/l3q68I2ZRO

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

@eoin_price I’ve always thought so! It’s quite hard to read it aloud in a way that *isn’t* funny…

[Dr Varsha Panjwani @EarlyModernDoc]

Women's histories are a source of comfort to women. I am passionate about preserving this vital resource for future gen. On Wed, I will urge you/invite you to record these histories. Register 4 free and find out how Gertrude, GDP, Vagina Museum, & my tailor aunt are connected!

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

"The ages most represented among the dead were five to nine-year-olds."

[hayley🥀 @pagesofhayley]

thinking about toni morrison’s words today:

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

@PiersTorday This sounds like actual bliss…

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

Looking forward to this - so lovely to get the opportunity to celebrate our Playing and Playgoing volume, and to think about it in conjunction with the Rose!

[The Rose Playhouse @RosePlayhouse]

Mon 4 Nov @ 6.30pm online
PLAYERS & PLAYGOING AT THE ROSE

How did an early modern player perform a virginal girl, a shamefaced blush, a 'dead likeness', or Othello’s trance?

Join Dr Emma Whipday & Dr Simon Smith in conversation to find out...

£5/£8 - https://t.co/3MVy5gefAX

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

@DrCLaoutaris @ShakesInstitute @RosePlayhouse @BSAShakespeare @SAAupdates @edacs Aw thank you Chris!!

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Running tally of all the kinds of 'working people' we've heard about in the coverage of this week's Budget

- Buy-to-let landlords
- Rural landowners
- Second-home owners
- Parents of private school children
- Anyone with a nanny

[Emma Whipday @EmmaWhipday]

@HettaHowes Wow!!! 👏

[Owen Emmerson @DrOwenEmmerson]

Here is the sizzling new trailer for the brand-new BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’, which will air on Sunday, November 10th, at 9 p.m. on BBC1.

[Samuel West 💙💛 @exitthelemming]

“I wanted all woman victims of rape – not just when they have been drugged, rape exists at all levels – I want those woman to say: Mrs Pelicot did it, we can do it too. When you’re raped there is shame, and it’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them.” https://t.co/O8lNbm4JI5