Dr Charlotte Gislam
@cgislam.bsky.social
Researcher for GAMEHEARTS at The University of Salford. Book lover, knitter, terrible Magic: the Gathering player. (She/her)
Finished on Christmas Eve after snagging from the library impulsively when I saw it was in. Loved The Stardust Grail so had to read this!
Thanks @yumewrites.bsky.social for a stunning book about sisterhood, environmental collapse, and sailing. It was exactly what I needed right now in my life! 🌱⛵️💚
Thanks @yumewrites.bsky.social for a stunning book about sisterhood, environmental collapse, and sailing. It was exactly what I needed right now in my life! 🌱⛵️💚
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Finished on Christmas Eve after snagging from the library impulsively when I saw it was in. Loved The Stardust Grail so had to read this!
Thanks @yumewrites.bsky.social for a stunning book about sisterhood, environmental collapse, and sailing. It was exactly what I needed right now in my life! 🌱⛵️💚
Thanks @yumewrites.bsky.social for a stunning book about sisterhood, environmental collapse, and sailing. It was exactly what I needed right now in my life! 🌱⛵️💚
I love roller derby and I love roller derby merch 💙🤍🩷
Excellent time had watching Arcadia's annual sevens tournament!
Excellent time had watching Arcadia's annual sevens tournament!
December 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I love roller derby and I love roller derby merch 💙🤍🩷
Excellent time had watching Arcadia's annual sevens tournament!
Excellent time had watching Arcadia's annual sevens tournament!
I've been going proper Greek Myth Mode recently.
As I read I hear the dialogue of the Gods and Odysseus in The Iliad with the Hades 2 voice actors. It's very entertaining!
As I read I hear the dialogue of the Gods and Odysseus in The Iliad with the Hades 2 voice actors. It's very entertaining!
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I've been going proper Greek Myth Mode recently.
As I read I hear the dialogue of the Gods and Odysseus in The Iliad with the Hades 2 voice actors. It's very entertaining!
As I read I hear the dialogue of the Gods and Odysseus in The Iliad with the Hades 2 voice actors. It's very entertaining!
Finished The Rose Field by Philip Pullman today. Thus ends my back to back reading of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust.
I come away with a realisation that my interest in matter, storytelling, and agency (academic and beyond) was seeded in HDM and it continues through TBoD.
I come away with a realisation that my interest in matter, storytelling, and agency (academic and beyond) was seeded in HDM and it continues through TBoD.
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Finished The Rose Field by Philip Pullman today. Thus ends my back to back reading of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust.
I come away with a realisation that my interest in matter, storytelling, and agency (academic and beyond) was seeded in HDM and it continues through TBoD.
I come away with a realisation that my interest in matter, storytelling, and agency (academic and beyond) was seeded in HDM and it continues through TBoD.
I got the first of two reports back on a proposal and it was very supportive! Positive and the suggestions are considered, help clarify the argument, and are do-able. A boost I sorely needed this week.
Now we hope and pray reviewer 2 is uncharacteristically similar in their kindness! 🙏
Now we hope and pray reviewer 2 is uncharacteristically similar in their kindness! 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I got the first of two reports back on a proposal and it was very supportive! Positive and the suggestions are considered, help clarify the argument, and are do-able. A boost I sorely needed this week.
Now we hope and pray reviewer 2 is uncharacteristically similar in their kindness! 🙏
Now we hope and pray reviewer 2 is uncharacteristically similar in their kindness! 🙏
Treated myself to some books yesterday as it was National Bookshop Day.
Got some Korean translated vampires, the Emily Wilson translation of The Iliad, a collection of the two Monk and Robot books, and a Spanish coming of age novel.
Now to find space to store them 😬
Got some Korean translated vampires, the Emily Wilson translation of The Iliad, a collection of the two Monk and Robot books, and a Spanish coming of age novel.
Now to find space to store them 😬
October 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Treated myself to some books yesterday as it was National Bookshop Day.
Got some Korean translated vampires, the Emily Wilson translation of The Iliad, a collection of the two Monk and Robot books, and a Spanish coming of age novel.
Now to find space to store them 😬
Got some Korean translated vampires, the Emily Wilson translation of The Iliad, a collection of the two Monk and Robot books, and a Spanish coming of age novel.
Now to find space to store them 😬
I'm feeling unwell, but I got pitbull tickets for next summer, so it all balances out.
October 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm feeling unwell, but I got pitbull tickets for next summer, so it all balances out.
Look, I enjoy horror/supernatural fiction all year, but it's vibes appropriate now to share what im reading. So:
Just finished - Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
Just started - The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Truly revelling in women's wrongs with this selection. 🩸💀
Just finished - Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
Just started - The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Truly revelling in women's wrongs with this selection. 🩸💀
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Look, I enjoy horror/supernatural fiction all year, but it's vibes appropriate now to share what im reading. So:
Just finished - Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
Just started - The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Truly revelling in women's wrongs with this selection. 🩸💀
Just finished - Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
Just started - The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Truly revelling in women's wrongs with this selection. 🩸💀
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Gislam
this is how October has felt so far
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
this is how October has felt so far
8 years ago, my partner and I "met" Pope Francis in Bologna. The pope-mobile was way faster than I anticipated, but I managed to snap this picture, which still makes me laugh.
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
8 years ago, my partner and I "met" Pope Francis in Bologna. The pope-mobile was way faster than I anticipated, but I managed to snap this picture, which still makes me laugh.
I've been looking forward to reading this for a while!
September 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I've been looking forward to reading this for a while!
After watching episode 5 of Alien Earth I will be forever giving my water bottle an extra scrub when cleaning 😬 Oh, and keeping a lid on it too!
September 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
After watching episode 5 of Alien Earth I will be forever giving my water bottle an extra scrub when cleaning 😬 Oh, and keeping a lid on it too!
August was women in translation month and I managed to read 7 books. A huge amount mostly because I've not been at my best health wise and getting cost with a book helps.
Titles, authors, and translators in the alt text.
Titles, authors, and translators in the alt text.
September 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
August was women in translation month and I managed to read 7 books. A huge amount mostly because I've not been at my best health wise and getting cost with a book helps.
Titles, authors, and translators in the alt text.
Titles, authors, and translators in the alt text.
In the most predictable move, I am now replaying through Hollow Knight ahead of Silksong's impending release.
Im currently in the early game, enjoying forests, a ruined city, and the incredible Chris Larkin soundtrack.
Can't wait to play as Hornet very, very soon!
Im currently in the early game, enjoying forests, a ruined city, and the incredible Chris Larkin soundtrack.
Can't wait to play as Hornet very, very soon!
August 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In the most predictable move, I am now replaying through Hollow Knight ahead of Silksong's impending release.
Im currently in the early game, enjoying forests, a ruined city, and the incredible Chris Larkin soundtrack.
Can't wait to play as Hornet very, very soon!
Im currently in the early game, enjoying forests, a ruined city, and the incredible Chris Larkin soundtrack.
Can't wait to play as Hornet very, very soon!
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Gislam
Wish me luck! Just gotta drive a truck containing the only copy of the source code and all the assets for Silksong across this bridge
August 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Wish me luck! Just gotta drive a truck containing the only copy of the source code and all the assets for Silksong across this bridge
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Gislam
me (sober): i will not go to the town that is shrouded in fog to find my wife who has been dead for three years
me (after three beers): could she really be here after all this time? in our special place?
me (after three beers): could she really be here after all this time? in our special place?
August 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
me (sober): i will not go to the town that is shrouded in fog to find my wife who has been dead for three years
me (after three beers): could she really be here after all this time? in our special place?
me (after three beers): could she really be here after all this time? in our special place?
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Gislam
It's hard to overstate how much loss the game industry is experiencing right now in terms of talent, passion, and expertise.
July 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's hard to overstate how much loss the game industry is experiencing right now in terms of talent, passion, and expertise.
Panic Shack's self-titled debut album is out today, and I am loving it!!
I've been excitedly waiting for this to drop since first seeing them over two years ago.
Standouts for me are:
SMELLARAT
Thelma & Louise
Pockets
But it's an album full of bangers.
I've been excitedly waiting for this to drop since first seeing them over two years ago.
Standouts for me are:
SMELLARAT
Thelma & Louise
Pockets
But it's an album full of bangers.
July 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Panic Shack's self-titled debut album is out today, and I am loving it!!
I've been excitedly waiting for this to drop since first seeing them over two years ago.
Standouts for me are:
SMELLARAT
Thelma & Louise
Pockets
But it's an album full of bangers.
I've been excitedly waiting for this to drop since first seeing them over two years ago.
Standouts for me are:
SMELLARAT
Thelma & Louise
Pockets
But it's an album full of bangers.
I'm overheating finishing off the work week; but at least there's new Wet Leg music to soundtrack my broiling.
This image is simultaneously the album cover & an image of my last two brain cells.
This image is simultaneously the album cover & an image of my last two brain cells.
July 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm overheating finishing off the work week; but at least there's new Wet Leg music to soundtrack my broiling.
This image is simultaneously the album cover & an image of my last two brain cells.
This image is simultaneously the album cover & an image of my last two brain cells.
I have a (open access!!) paper out as part of my work on the GAMEHEARTS project and with my fantastic colleagues at the University of Salford!
It uses Bourdieu's idea of cultural intermediaries to map out the route video games are taking towards increased cultural legitimacy.
It uses Bourdieu's idea of cultural intermediaries to map out the route video games are taking towards increased cultural legitimacy.
Do Video Games Matter? Examining Video Games’ Pathways to Legitimacy and Cultural Value Through Cultural Intermediaries - Charlotte Gislam, Garry Crawford, Gaynor Bagnall, Victoria Gosling, Neta Yodov...
After years on the fringe of our cultural and social life, video games are becoming more recognized as legitimate and culturally valuable. This paper examines t...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I have a (open access!!) paper out as part of my work on the GAMEHEARTS project and with my fantastic colleagues at the University of Salford!
It uses Bourdieu's idea of cultural intermediaries to map out the route video games are taking towards increased cultural legitimacy.
It uses Bourdieu's idea of cultural intermediaries to map out the route video games are taking towards increased cultural legitimacy.
It's a stunning weekend for me. The roller derby world cup rolls (pun intended) into the beginning of #SGDQ2025
Going fast on track 🤝 Going fast in video games
Going fast on track 🤝 Going fast in video games
July 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It's a stunning weekend for me. The roller derby world cup rolls (pun intended) into the beginning of #SGDQ2025
Going fast on track 🤝 Going fast in video games
Going fast on track 🤝 Going fast in video games
Very difficult to work when England Roller Derby is currently playing...
July 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Very difficult to work when England Roller Derby is currently playing...
Just finished Rakesfall.
Stunning! Just a completely wild ride. It's feels purposefully resistant to being an easy read, so not a recommendation for everyone all the time, but it's worth it.
Does things with narrative and perspectives and genre I'm going to be mulling over a lot.
Stunning! Just a completely wild ride. It's feels purposefully resistant to being an easy read, so not a recommendation for everyone all the time, but it's worth it.
Does things with narrative and perspectives and genre I'm going to be mulling over a lot.
June 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just finished Rakesfall.
Stunning! Just a completely wild ride. It's feels purposefully resistant to being an easy read, so not a recommendation for everyone all the time, but it's worth it.
Does things with narrative and perspectives and genre I'm going to be mulling over a lot.
Stunning! Just a completely wild ride. It's feels purposefully resistant to being an easy read, so not a recommendation for everyone all the time, but it's worth it.
Does things with narrative and perspectives and genre I'm going to be mulling over a lot.
Well, this is turning out to be a bit of a banger.
June 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Well, this is turning out to be a bit of a banger.