Also, the cultural institution that is the Bullring Market is being demolished v soon by the ‘city officials’ for a range of reasons there is not a thread long enough to capture) and many brummies are SAD. I beg, let this not be the eulogy for our aunties’ fave market!
Vexed to know that there’s a whole demographic of US folx whose first intro to brum will be a putrid fish market (if not Peaky Blinders)😩 fwiw every Caribbean I know has bought fish from there at some over the decades and we are alive and well!!!
And yes, that is an Average Joe’s T-shirt from Dodgeball I’m wearing. Fear this film may have aged like milk, but a pop of yellow in an outfit never will!
Proud, humbled and deliriously excited to have started my PhD at @BristolUni! Scholars, activists, educators, students, and straight up nerds who have thoughts about literature education, classroom talk, critical pedagogy, and identity-focused education, pls say hey! 👋🏾
Grateful to @natcphd, their meticulous work with archives and their loving work with interviews in schooling me in a black queer herstory of Section 28. Cannot WAIT for the rest of the ‘Gay Lessons’! 🙌🏾
I have been lovingly reminded of why I have spent/ plan to spend so much energy working with educators on why we read, what we read, and *how* we read.
@WestminsterAca@ReachUniversity Was such a pleasure to return to WA (albeit virtually) and share insights with WA's fantastic Y12s -- I loved their questions and thoughts and look forward to the next talk!
English lit classes are lessons in empathy, imagination and emotion. These lessons are limited when the perspectives taught are limited. Proud to be investigating routes for change with #LitInColour!
In collaboration with @RunnymedeTrust, #LitInColour supports primary and secondary schools to make the teaching of English literature more inclusive. Our new research examines the problem and makes practical recommendations for change. (2/3)
The levels of goodness that @tweetskindeep are looking to bring to folx next week... pls jump online on the 8th and hear greatness talk about collaborative filmmaking, juvenile justice and indigenous histories!!