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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · 1d

Did Regency romance mad libs with my students today (from Beyond Heaving Bosoms by @smartbitches.bsky.social) so am I a cool teacher now?

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · 3d

We have been researching her works for a few years now - @jodimca.bsky.social and I wrote about the late Jilly Cooper's work and the readers who loved her for @theconversation.com

doi.org/10.64628/AB....

Jilly Cooper: why readers still cherish her ‘fat, fun, frothy novels’

Many of Cooper’s depictions of sex are very funny. However, there is a clear message throughout.

urldefense.com

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · 17d

If you can't access the chapter and want to read let me or @menysnoweballes.bsky.social know and we'll send a pre-print your way, or try this link: research.birmingham.ac.uk/files/278419...

Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · 17d

Particularly fond of this line: "If, as Sontag writes, ‘[c]amp is a woman walking around in a dress made of three million feathers’ then camp is also Ken wearing three watches and two pairs of sunglasses, or over-naming his house."

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · 17d

Finally received a copy of this from the publisher (although ebook only, and I can't download it?!) and was reminded that @menysnoweballes.bsky.social and I wrote some SMART thoughts (probably all from Rachel tbh).

Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 25d

Hi Barbies! Pleased that @dramyburge.bsky.social & my chapter, '‘The man behind the tan’: Ken’s Trumpian Absurdity' has been published in the exciting new book The Barbie Phenomenon, Volume 1! www.routledge.com/The-Barbie-P...

a close up of a barbie doll with blonde hair

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media.tenor.com

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 25d

Hi Barbies! Pleased that @dramyburge.bsky.social & my chapter, '‘The man behind the tan’: Ken’s Trumpian Absurdity' has been published in the exciting new book The Barbie Phenomenon, Volume 1! www.routledge.com/The-Barbie-P...

a close up of a barbie doll with blonde hair

ALT: a close up of a barbie doll with blonde hair

media.tenor.com

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · 18d

This is true, we do! Thanks @lauravivanco.bsky.social

Laura Vivanco @lauravivanco.bsky.social · 18d

@dramyburge.bsky.social and Joseph Crawford have a short article out on the legacy and impact of Twilight

Twilight at 20: how Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga changed young adult fiction forever

In 2005, Twilight’s adolescent female readership made it a target for mockery. Today, that same demographic is the most coveted in publishing.

theconversation.com

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · Jun 26

Cover reveal! @dramyburge.bsky.social and I revealed the cover of our new academic book, The Bonkbuster: Women's Popular Reading in the Long 1980s, at the @iaspr.bsky.social conference today. Out January 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bonkbuste...

The cover of The Bonkbuster: Women's Popular Romance in the Long 1980s. It's pink leopard print.

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Dr Jane Bonsall @janebonsall.bsky.social · Apr 30

I wrote a blog post about my book!

Want some ramblings about fairy ladies, magical princesses, and serpent women (and how we should feel about them)? Or just curious about how reading medieval romance is like watching Star Wars??

It's all here, folks (and also a 35% discount 👀)!

Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · Apr 29

From exotic princesses to wicked witches, Jane Bonsall explores how magical femininity was imagined by romance readers in late #medieval England in our latest blog post: buff.ly/edWgwaj @janebonsall.bsky.social

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Apr 28

The promotion trajectory of Wrexham AFC (3x in 3 years) is *literally* the plot of Jilly Cooper's book Tackle!, so which owner is secretly Rupert Campbell-Black: Ryan Reynolds or Rob McElhenney?

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Mar 25

Sign any petitions you can, write to your MP about the AI and Copyright consultation - ALCS has published their response here: www.alcs.co.uk/about-alcs/c...

Find out if Meta has used your work: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

And sign up for ALCS if you've published work in the UK!

Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Mar 25

Organisations like ALCS exist to make sure that authors are paid when people print, copy, or access their work.

You can bet Meta hasn't paid any authors for use of their work.

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Mar 25

Today was @alcs.co.uk payment day! Always a delightful surprise, and a reminder authors should be paid for their work.

A less delightful surprise this week was finding out that 8 things I've published, including the monograph based on my PhD research, have been used by Meta to train their AI.

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Dec 20

There I was, minding my own business, reading my Jackie Collins (technically work as @jodimca.bsky.social would attest) when I was asked about what I was reading for Read This podcast! Always delighted to talk about bonkbusters (I'm on at 7:20).

open.spotify.com/episode/31Er...

Screenshot of the transcript of the episode

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 20

Mine and @jodimca.bsky.social's piece on the Rivals TV show for @uk.theconversation.com has been picked up by RNZ!

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Rivals: the highs and lows of adapting a 1980s 'bonkbuster' for a 21st-century TV audience

The bonkbuster receded into the background of popular culture in the 21st century. So why is it having a cultural moment in 2024?

www.rnz.co.nz

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 20

Today is a reading day at the State Library of Victoria 📖

Two books on a desk, Faludi Backlash and Wolf, Fire with Fire

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · Nov 19

This is tomorrow!! @dramyburge.bsky.social and I will be presenting our keynote on bonkbusters first up, from 10:15-11:15am. If you're in Melbourne, come along and let us tell you about some truly bonkers books.

Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · Nov 8

If you're in Melbourne on Thursday 21 November - @dramyburge.bsky.social and I are keynoting this symposium on Nostalgia and Popular Culture, where we'll be speaking about our research on bonkbusters. Registration here (it's free).

Nostalgia and Popular Culture Symposium

Get tickets on Humanitix - Nostalgia and Popular Culture Symposium. Deakin Burwood Corporate Centre (BCC), BC, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood VIC 3125, Australia. Thursday 21st November 2024. Find event inf...

events.humanitix.com

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 18

Couldn't find her handle before but this article partly looks at @brijbautista.bsky.social's novel You, Me, U.S. (2019)

Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 18

Now that it's fully open access, happy to share this article of mine that was recently published in Literature, Critique, and Empire Today (formerly Journal of Commonwealth Literature) on marriage migration in romance novels by Helen Hoang and Brigitte Bautista!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 18

Now that it's fully open access, happy to share this article of mine that was recently published in Literature, Critique, and Empire Today (formerly Journal of Commonwealth Literature) on marriage migration in romance novels by Helen Hoang and Brigitte Bautista!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 17

You too! Welcome 😁

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 15

I had an absolutely wonderful time at Edith Cowan Uni in Perth talking all things Love Studies with Madalena Grobbelar, Elizabeth Reid Boyd and Debra Dudek! Dream collaboration team - and there is TONS of exciting research coming out of the ECU network.

Two heart shaped cookies that read "love studies" and "love @ecu"

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · Nov 11

ICYMI, Melbourne! @dramyburge.bsky.social and I are psyched to be giving this keynote to talk all about the books and readers of Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper, Shirley Conran and Judith Krantz.

Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · Nov 8

If you're in Melbourne on Thursday 21 November - @dramyburge.bsky.social and I are keynoting this symposium on Nostalgia and Popular Culture, where we'll be speaking about our research on bonkbusters. Registration here (it's free).

Nostalgia and Popular Culture Symposium

Get tickets on Humanitix - Nostalgia and Popular Culture Symposium. Deakin Burwood Corporate Centre (BCC), BC, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood VIC 3125, Australia. Thursday 21st November 2024. Find event inf...

events.humanitix.com

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Nov 12

I will join you on this hill, friend.

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hi everyone!

Happily resharing that my little book will be out in the world on 28th November. It is about the anglophone romance reading fandom in Pakistan, book history, & some bits of postcolonialism.
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #Romancelandia

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/romance-f...

Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan

Romance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new reader-centric model that…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Dr Amy Burge @dramyburge.bsky.social · Oct 22

Had THE BEST time chatting about Rivals and mine and @jodimca.bsky.social's research on Ireland AM this morning!

This is my in-the-office-before-8.15am face 😂

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