Hannah Roche

Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture @UoYEnglish. Transatlantic modernism / lesbian writing / cats.

[Beyond The Pitch @beyond_pitch]

"1921: ‘Unsuitable.’ 2025: Whatever!"

Over a century ago, the Football Association banned women from playing at FA grounds — calling the sport “quite unsuitable for females.”

But behind the official reasons lay a deeper fear: that strong, visible women playing “the most vigorous of manly games” might also be queer.

Guest writer Hannah Roche uncovers how misogyny, moral panic, and queer visibility shaped the early women’s game — from Lily Parr’s legendary power to the Lionesses rewriting history.

📲 Read the full story by guest writer Hannah Roche (@he_roche):
“The Most Vigorous of Manly Games”: Women’s Football’s Queer History

🔗 https://t.co/8VnyhhO969

#WomensFootball #QueerHistory #BeyondThePitch #LGBTQHistory #Lionesses #FootballForEveryone

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

@BishopsgateInst @thewell100 @FiveLeavesBooks Thank you! I’m really looking forward to it. 🌈

[100 Years of The Well of Loneliness @thewell100]

Join @he_roche and Jana Funke @FiveLeavesBooks in Nottingham on 10th September to find out more about their new Oxford World's Classics edition of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness: https://t.co/oY9KgdQmxz

[Brontëblog @bronteblog]

Special display of women's creative writing at Keighley Library https://t.co/ZB43OAcCW3

[Yasmin Khan - 💜🤍💚 @ykhan100]

⁦@StayingPutUK⁩ is excited to share our Creative Writing Group have an exhibition! The writing of women with Lived Experience is being displayed alongside that of the Brontës in Keighley Library from the 30th Sept for a month. It’s FREE to attend & open to the PUBLIC #VAW

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

@WTunska @BobEaglestone @alexandrakreese Congratulations, Dr Tuńska! 🎉

[The For Baby's Sake Trust @forbabyssake]

Read our latest interview! 🗣️

This week we’re thrilled to publish our brand-new piece with @he_roche, Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at the University of York.

Learn more about domestic abuse in LGBTQ+ relationships: https://t.co/FfDExkLCaP

[Katy Mullin @katymullinleeds]

We’ve received such exciting proposals for our Narratives of Coercive Control conference. For anybody who is still considering submitting an abstract, we’ve extended the deadline to Monday 15th January 🎄

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

We’re so excited to announce that the conference will feature a virtual Q&A with the one and only Carmen Maria Machado, author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House and the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Parties.

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

A reminder that the CfP for our Narratives of Coercive Control conference @UoYEnglish is open until Friday 22 December. Please RT! https://t.co/jkhlyYxetM

[Katy Mullin @katymullinleeds]

A reminder that the #cfp for our conference on Narratives of Coercive Control @UoYEnglish is now live here: https://t.co/vO0FIVdVdI. Please circulate! @BAVS_UK @modernistudies @BAVS_PGs

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

I can’t quite put into words how angry and sad this has made me. What kind of message does it give to LGBTQ+ Muslims in our town and beyond? @ImaanLGBTQ, have you heard about this?

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

“James Joyce was enabled by lesbians” (@katymullinleeds).

Interrogating Lesbian Modernism is out now! 🎉 Happy #Bloomsday, and many congratulations to @E_C_English, @sciencesofsex, @DrSarahParker & all fellow contributors.

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

@DrSarahParker @E_C_English @sciencesofsex @Areeshales @StevenMacnamara @KathrynLHolland @katymullinleeds @jolowinning It’s a triumph! Congratulations to all. I can’t wait to wet its head in York next month! 🎉

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

@Lena_Mattheis Thank you so much for coming, Lena. It was wonderful to meet you in person (and to admire your excellent gold trousers!) at last. And many thanks to Marta and all at @QueerBritain for being such welcoming and generous hosts. 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

@WasafiriMag Thank you so much. 💜

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

@WasafiriMag @BerlinReified @NadineMonem @Ahlanmydarlings @RebTamas @omnigloss Wow! This is an incredible honour—my poem will be in such fine company. Thank you, Wasafiri and @SansyG 🔥

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

@alexandrakreese @SAModernism @UoYEnglish What @alexandrakreese said! Thank you for such a brilliant paper and a fabulous evening. Here’s to modernist gossip! I’m off to explore the Harkives…

[Hannah Roche @he_roche]

No job cuts in English at Birkbeck, University of London! https://t.co/GVl0tM3hAZ via @UKChange