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With 'Slut!' Taylor Swift joins a long history of women fighting slut-shaming in their writing

In an article for The Conversation, Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Creative Writing Dr Lucy Thompson explains that the practice of ‘slut-shaming’ goes back centuries and there is a long history of women fighting back.

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Five works of Welsh gothic literature you should read this Halloween

Writing in The Conversation, Sophie Jessica Davies from the Department of English & Creative Writing recommends five eerie works of Welsh Gothic Literature you should read this Halloween.

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Ghosts: the uncanny similarity between the BBC comedy and a ‘real’ Victorian haunted house

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon (Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Creative Writing) likens the mix of humour and poignancy in BBC comedy series 'Ghosts' to real attempts to communicate with spirits, especially in the late 19th century.

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Bed rotting: the social media trend the Victorians would love, especially writer Elizabeth Gaskell

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon, Lecturer in Creative Writing and 19th-Century Literature, likens the latest TikTok 'bed-rotting' trend to the romanticising of sickly women by artists and writers of the 19th century.

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