dr emer mchugh
@emer.bsky.social
professional shakespeare opinion haver, theatre historian, shoegaze fan, and habitual cinema-goer. she/her. i write about irish shakespeares and irish shakespeareans in performance & culture. my opinions are very nice and very much mine too.
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dr emer mchugh
@emer.bsky.social
· Oct 13
if anyone is looking to commission writing on chloé zhao’s hamnet over the next few months:
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.2 is now published via Project Muse! In this open-access issue, scholars and practitioners engage in conversations across time, media, and geographic distance.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.2 is now published via Project Muse! In this open-access issue, scholars and practitioners engage in conversations across time, media, and geographic distance.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948
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When tributes roll in for Margaretta D'Arcy, remember she was an incredible ally to sex workers. Rest in Peace Margaretta
Last night, we attended the Women's 24-hour Vigil outside the Dáil. We joined Galway legend Margaretta D'Arcy, Raging Grannies, Red Umbrella Éireann, Street Workers Collective of Ireland, and Global Women's Strike.
Ireland needs to invest in care, not in military spending!
Ireland needs to invest in care, not in military spending!
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When tributes roll in for Margaretta D'Arcy, remember she was an incredible ally to sex workers. Rest in Peace Margaretta
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Rest in Peace to a legend. I interviewed her for my PhD in her kitchen in Woodquay and I’d say the secondhand cigarette smoke shortened my life by a decade. It was amazing craic.
Rest in Peace
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Rest in Peace to a legend. I interviewed her for my PhD in her kitchen in Woodquay and I’d say the secondhand cigarette smoke shortened my life by a decade. It was amazing craic.
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1. Family reunification is ALREADY limited to "close family"
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
New: major overhaul of immigration laws to see citizenship denied to those who got welfare, or are in debt. Family reunification only for close family, tighter rules around self sufficiency. Changes to revoke residency for those who commit serious crimes
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
No Irish citizenship for refugees on welfare benefits
Ministers to crack down on migration after UK review of asylum-seeking rules
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1. Family reunification is ALREADY limited to "close family"
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
It’s honestly between Colm Ó Ciosóig and Janet Weiss in terms of greatest drummers working today. Colm is the MVP of mbv. He was a *machine* tonight
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s honestly between Colm Ó Ciosóig and Janet Weiss in terms of greatest drummers working today. Colm is the MVP of mbv. He was a *machine* tonight
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the band of all time x
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
the band of all time x
kevin shields was born during a mercury retrograde, which truly explains everything
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
kevin shields was born during a mercury retrograde, which truly explains everything
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the universe may be dying. entropy will probably win. but I exist at the same point in space time as cool ranch doritos. I wonder what other snacks I’ll get to eat
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
the universe may be dying. entropy will probably win. but I exist at the same point in space time as cool ranch doritos. I wonder what other snacks I’ll get to eat
living vicariously through regular updates from the secret mbv gig tonight
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
living vicariously through regular updates from the secret mbv gig tonight
folks was there a game on or something x
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
folks was there a game on or something x
thinking about how this time next week i get to see one of my all-time favourite bands again, for the first time since I was eighteen (mbv) AND my new favourite artist of this year (maria somerville). i’m so lucky, honestly x
November 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
thinking about how this time next week i get to see one of my all-time favourite bands again, for the first time since I was eighteen (mbv) AND my new favourite artist of this year (maria somerville). i’m so lucky, honestly x
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
i look forward to the autostraddle quiz that gets published every sunday. which lesbian hobby will i take up? what role will i play at the queer dinner party? which homoerotic movie made me gay? if i was a gay hat, what gay hat would i be
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
i look forward to the autostraddle quiz that gets published every sunday. which lesbian hobby will i take up? what role will i play at the queer dinner party? which homoerotic movie made me gay? if i was a gay hat, what gay hat would i be
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1 yr anniversary of this post.
I have had much of the kumbaya aggressively beaten out of me over the past several years but if it’s any comfort whatsoever, I can at least say that every single time I thought nothing good would happen again I was wrong, and I’ve never looked back and thought “so glad I spent my time panicking!”
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
1 yr anniversary of this post.
now that’s good movies
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
now that’s good movies
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Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
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broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
went to see sentimental value last night. a beautiful film about being an older sister, an eldest daughter, and a theatre kid. can’t believe there was such a film tailor-made for me tbh
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
went to see sentimental value last night. a beautiful film about being an older sister, an eldest daughter, and a theatre kid. can’t believe there was such a film tailor-made for me tbh
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There’s an essay here on the role of good design/typography in successful campaigns!
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There’s an essay here on the role of good design/typography in successful campaigns!
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roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
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it’s not enough. i challenge andrew cuomo to a 1v1 in super smash bros. i need to watch him lose something a third time
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
it’s not enough. i challenge andrew cuomo to a 1v1 in super smash bros. i need to watch him lose something a third time