Ellie has published on feminist and post-feminist stand-up comedy, self-deprecatory comedy and body positivity. More recently her work has explored comic reactions to Brexit, the impact of Covid-19 on the UK comedy industry, and the influence of musical divas on women stand-ups. Ellie’s current research activity is concerned with women-centred comedy spaces, the need for further diversity and inclusion in UK comedy production, and the impact of digital/ social media spaces on the work of comedians.
Ellie is also currently working with collaborators Dr Nathalie Weidhase and Dr Poppy Wilde editing a book on screen representations of women’s paid labour for Palgrave’s (Re) Presenting Gender series which will be published in 2024.
Tomsett, E. (2023) Stand-Up Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms: Sexism, Stereotypes and Structural Inequalities. Bloomsbury.
Tomsett, E. (2021) ‘“Less Dick Jokes”: Women-only comedy line-ups, audience expectations and stereotypes’ in Double, O. and Lockyer, S. (eds.) Alternative Comedy Now and Then. Palgrave. At press.
Tomsett, E., Shouse, E, Chukwumah, I., Fiadotava, A. and Bane, C. (2021) ‘Special editorial’. Comedy Studies. Volume 12, Issue 2. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2021.1951101
Tomsett, E. & Weidhase, N. (2020) ‘A sign of the times: Comic slogans and imagery in modern day political protest’. In Monteverde, G. and McCollum, V. (Eds.). Rowman and Littlefield.
Tomsett, E. (2018) ‘Positives and Negatives: Reclaiming the female body and self-deprecation in stand up comedy’. Volume 9, Issue 1. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2018.1437167
Tomsett, E. (2018) ‘“May, Farage and Junker walk into a bar…”: Comedy is playing a vital role in enabling people to come to terms with Brexit’. [online]. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/07/30/may-juncker-and-farage-walk-into-a-bar-comedy-is-playing-a-vital-role-in-enabling-people-to-come-to-terms-with-brexit/
Tomsett, E. (2017) ‘21st century fumerist: Bridget Christie and the backlash against feminist comedy’. Volume 8, Issue 1. Taylor and Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2017.1279914