Beatrice Scudeler
@beatrixscudeler
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Writer, mother, and Jane Austen enthusiast. Words: @Spectator_LIFE @TheCriticMag @publicdiscourse @plough @seenunseenmag @FairerSexFD
Oxford, England
Joined May 2022
My @spectator debut is out now, in which I discuss birth trauma and maternity care on the NHS. It's probably the hardest thing I've had to write to date, but I'm so glad I did.
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A baby isn’t only the mother’s responsibility
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'My commonplace book is a healthy mix of St. John Henry Newman and Michael Scott'. Entirely agree with @tsh except for me it's probably a mix of Dorothy Sayers and Leslie Knope 🤣
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And perhaps this highly recommended book by Erik Varden.
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Taking this lovely recent present from the husband on holiday tomorrow. Also taking the Lord of the Rings for @mehmet_y_c and I's read aloud of it.
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Let's be clear: no parent can ever entirely shield their child from pain. Selling people the dream that they can do so - even shaming parents who don't fall for it, as Orchid does - is repugnant.
What if your baby never walks? What if they are never able to live independently?. What if you could have stopped it….but chose not to?. That’s the question @OrchidInc’s embryo screening forces. You optimize everything… career, diet, skincare… but you’re going to chance it on
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Technology is changing the way we approach art. Read more of my thoughts for @TheCriticMag below 👇🏼.
“My Oxford Year” represents everything that is bad with the current TikTokification of literature, argues @beatrixscudeler .
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RT @TheCriticMag: “You’d be forgiven for wondering whether Netflix ran its algorithm magic and asked AI to write a script with all the tren….
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I’m 80 per cent certain that Netflix’s new film, My Oxford Year, is rage bait. So why am I stuck inside reviewing it, instead of enjoying this glorious summer’s day? Reader, I did My Oxford Year in…
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A series of dreaming clichés | Beatrice Scudeler | The Critic Magazine
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I’m 80 per cent certain that Netflix’s new film, My Oxford Year, is rage bait. So why am I stuck inside reviewing it, instead of enjoying this glorious summer’s day? Reader, I did My Oxford Year in…
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Films set in Oxford are often full of stereotypes and clichés. My Oxford Year is no exception. Read my (much more light-hearted than my usual writing!) review for @TheCriticMag here 👇🏼.
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What's the point of getting a literature degree if you can't criticize bad storytelling? Today for @TheCriticMag, I review the new Netflix film My Oxford Year, arguing that its obsession with clichés is a symptom of the microtrendification of fiction.
My Oxford Year is a trend-obsessed pastiche, laments @beatrixscudeler .
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Baked enough cheesecakes for a formal dinner for 20 people the other day. A nice distraction from my usual job of ranting about how horribke everything is in the world. Seriously considering catering as a side hustle.
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RT @PublicDiscourse: It's been an excellent week here at Public Discourse with our Advice for the 20s series. Rev. Peter Ryan closed out th….
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This week, @PublicDiscourse is publishing an article series on advice to people in their early twenties. I kicked off the series yesterday with an essay on career and vocation. Today, the series continues with a reflection on friendship.
How can young people prioritize friendship just as they are expected to complete their studies, launch their careers, and form their families?.
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This week in @PublicDiscourse, I share the career advice I wish I'd been given in my early twenties. Vocations should inform our career choices, not the other way around. Read it below 👇🏼.
Like A. G. Sertillanges' "stream narrowly hemmed in by its banks," the professional whose aspirations are limited and constrained by the obligations of her vocation is more fulfilled than the one who's unencumbered. @beatrixscudeler shares countercultural career advice for Gen Z:.
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'Our duties of care to others place limitations and constraints on our choice of career. But these constraints are, in fact, the path to real freedom.'. What I wish someone had told me straight out of university. My latest for @PublicDiscourse. Read it below 👇🏼.
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RT @unherd: Obstetrics isn’t seen by some as ‘serious’ medicine. The bias against maternity care is rooted in sexism, writes Dr Emma Jone….
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RT @FairerSexFD: And don't miss this week's roundup, featuring @seantfischer on the @QUITTR_app, @beatrixscudeler at @thedispatch, @KaeleyT….
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Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Sean Fischer on the new app that’s helping men quit porn, Beatrice Scudeler on...
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My latest controversial take on declining fertility, the point of suffering, and the dangers of bringing genetic testing into family formation @thedispatch.
"We are asking the question of whether individual people, as self-contained, autonomous units, are fit enough to reproduce. That’s the wrong question." --Beatrice Scudeler. Monday Essay:
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