Paul Bowman
@paulbowman.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. Founding Editor of Martial Arts Studies. Author of books on cultural theory, Bruce Lee, Rey Chow, orientalism, film, media & physical culture. Recovering martial arts addict. CV: http://bit.ly/4mrJE1C
"'What if we just can't do this any more?'... [T]he social worker's reply came without a moment's hesitation: 'You'll be prosecuted for child abandonment'."
Thank you BBC for investigating the UK Adoption Scandal. It can't go on like this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you BBC for investigating the UK Adoption Scandal. It can't go on like this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parents threatened by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care
Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"'What if we just can't do this any more?'... [T]he social worker's reply came without a moment's hesitation: 'You'll be prosecuted for child abandonment'."
Thank you BBC for investigating the UK Adoption Scandal. It can't go on like this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you BBC for investigating the UK Adoption Scandal. It can't go on like this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2025 will go down in history as the year students stopped even trying to understand italics
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
2025 will go down in history as the year students stopped even trying to understand italics
We're getting there. Inching closer to publication all the time.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We're getting there. Inching closer to publication all the time.
The proofs for my next book have arrived :-)
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The proofs for my next book have arrived :-)
Decided. I *am* going to the ball!
www.martialartsstudies.org/masa-confere...
www.martialartsstudies.org/masa-confere...
Martial Arts Studies - MASA Conference 2026
Martial Arts Studies Association 10th Annual Conference
www.martialartsstudies.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Decided. I *am* going to the ball!
www.martialartsstudies.org/masa-confere...
www.martialartsstudies.org/masa-confere...
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Well that was fast… apparently you can now BUY THE CHAOS IS COMING T-SHIRT thanks to my colleague @scholtom.bsky.social 🤣 chipsandgrady.uk/product/chao... #OpenAccess
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well that was fast… apparently you can now BUY THE CHAOS IS COMING T-SHIRT thanks to my colleague @scholtom.bsky.social 🤣 chipsandgrady.uk/product/chao... #OpenAccess
'Can the Bodybuilder Speak?' I'm giving this paper both in the real world and online via Teams today (4pm, GMT) Joining information in the link
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bowmanp.substack.com/p/can-the-bo...
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
'Can the Bodybuilder Speak?' I'm giving this paper both in the real world and online via Teams today (4pm, GMT) Joining information in the link
bowmanp.substack.com/p/can-the-bo...
bowmanp.substack.com/p/can-the-bo...
Reposted by Paul Bowman
A stunning response (i.e., more than just a review) of GHOSTING, by Tyran Grillo. If you don't have the time or inclination to read the book, this serves as an excellent bluffer's guide to something we all deal with, at some point.
Dominic Pettman: Ghosting (Book Review)
Ghosting: On Disappearance is a treatise of nonbeing—or, perhaps more precisely, of unbeing. It is not merely about disappearance but about the existential tremors that ripple outwar…
ecmreviews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A stunning response (i.e., more than just a review) of GHOSTING, by Tyran Grillo. If you don't have the time or inclination to read the book, this serves as an excellent bluffer's guide to something we all deal with, at some point.
Actual footage of the first figure Trump came up with when his henchmen floated the idea of suing the BBC.
a bald man is holding a ring in his hand and saying `` one million dollars ... '' .
ALT: a bald man is holding a ring in his hand and saying `` one million dollars ... '' .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Actual footage of the first figure Trump came up with when his henchmen floated the idea of suing the BBC.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the first issue of the open access Cardiff University Press journal that I co-founded, *Martial Arts Studies*: www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...
Martial Arts Studies journal turns 10
The academic journal, which is published by Cardiff University Press, celebrated the special milestone on 6 November 2025.
www.cardiff.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the first issue of the open access Cardiff University Press journal that I co-founded, *Martial Arts Studies*: www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...
I agree with 'Baudrillard as prophet'. I use 1980s Baudrillard to help my 2020s students understand today's world/media dynamics. (However, I'd also add that the comedy novelist Douglas Adams predicted more, and sooner, and in ways that were a lot funnier)
theconversation.com/how-the-fren...
theconversation.com/how-the-fren...
How the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted today’s AI 30 years before ChatGPT
Baudrillard’s genius lay in foreseeing what these rudimentary devices like fax machines suggested about likely future uses of technology.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I agree with 'Baudrillard as prophet'. I use 1980s Baudrillard to help my 2020s students understand today's world/media dynamics. (However, I'd also add that the comedy novelist Douglas Adams predicted more, and sooner, and in ways that were a lot funnier)
theconversation.com/how-the-fren...
theconversation.com/how-the-fren...