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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thank you lovely Jenny 💙💙💙

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Dominique Carlini Versini @dcarliniversini.bsky.social · Dec 20

Delighted to be part of this special issue on ambivalence and agency in contemporary Francophone narratives! My article looks at generic ambivalence, and in particular, it analyses Springora's use of fairy tales tropes to explore the abuse she experienced.

Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 19

Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie!
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Contents | Francosphères 13, 2

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Dec 20

Francosphères 13.2 includes work by @besskearney.bsky.social, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social & @drjoeford.bsky.social on ambivalence, agency & selfhood in contemporary francophone narratives. Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/FRANC13-2 @openlibhums.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social‬ @ilcs.bsky.social

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thank you for contributing such excellent work, Joe! Proud of this:)

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 20

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social : ‘This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here’

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Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit

This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 19

A huge thank you to all contributors for their work in this volume! and to our editor Rebekah Vince

Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 19

Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie!
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2

Contents | Francosphères 13, 2

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Dec 15

If you have not already, please consider taking two small steps to prevent the closure of languages programs at U of Wollongong: sign the petition and write to the uni. These collective actions are making a difference! australiansocietyforfrenchstudies.com/2024/11/08/t...

The ASFS Strongly Opposes Language Cuts at the University of Wollongong

The Australian Society for French Studies condemns the proposal from the University of Wollongong to disestablish its entire Languages Discipline, including not only French but Spanish, Mandarin, J…

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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · Dec 1

We are delighted to launch our new WiF OZ podcast, hosted by Josephine Goldman and @besskearney.bsky.social 😊!

In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here:

open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...

WiF Australia Podcast

Podcast · WIF Australia · The Women in French Australia podcast is a space for open conversations about feminist criticism, gender studies, and the French-speaking world. It is hosted by early career ...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Nov 29

"The police chased me out of the beach parking lot. Now Walmart. I’m running out of places to sleep, and to be."

"Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours."

A searing and essential piece of writing.

My Life As a Homeless Man in America

An extraordinary firsthand account.

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Valentina Gosetti @valentinagosetti.bsky.social · Nov 27

Big news for Women in French Australia! Thanks to our amazing first speaker @christiesmbc.bsky.social and to the creators of this podcast series @besskearney.bsky.social and Josephine Goldman. See you later today for our end-of-year celebration! 🥳

Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Nov 25

Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!

Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · Nov 25

Massive thanks to Women in French: Australia and to Beth Kearney and Josie Goldman for the opportunity to record this podcast episode, discussing the founding of Women in French: Australia and navigating various EDI difficulties as a solo parent in academia.

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Nov 25

Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!

Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · Nov 25

Massive thanks to Women in French: Australia and to Beth Kearney and Josie Goldman for the opportunity to record this podcast episode, discussing the founding of Women in French: Australia and navigating various EDI difficulties as a solo parent in academia.

open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...

WiF Australia Podcast

Podcast · WIF Australia · The Women in French Australia podcast is a space for open conversations about feminist criticism, gender studies, and the French-speaking world. It is hosted by early career ...

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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · Nov 8

So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined.

If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message

go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Nov 24

Would you please be able to add me? Big thanks 🙏🏻

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Nov 20

Are we doing it right? #NewYorkerCartoons
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🖊️ @jasonadamk.bsky.social

Two people frown at a phone. One says to the other, “Bluesky seems to be the app where you post about being on Bluesky.”

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Nov 22

What’s the difference between sight and sound in writing? And what do they have to do with a writer’s positionality? Read Kate Rossmanith fascinating piece …

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · Nov 28

In an exchange with The Sydney Review of Books, Kate Rossmanith considers the writer’s impulse (or pressure) to insert themselves into the text.

She argues that many of the problems stem from how we are primed to conceptualize human experience as “episodic.” www.publicbooks.org/on-not-askin...

On Not Asking “Should I Insert Myself in the Text?”

“We are obliged to acknowledge what we see and how we organize what we see.”

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Julian Fell @jtfell.com · Nov 20

These things are from slightly less recently:

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...

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'Unethical and misleading': Tony was deceiving his bosses and raking in the cash

Tony found himself with too much time on his hands at work. What he did next challenges long-held notions of loyalty in the workplace.

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Julian Fell @jtfell.com · Nov 20

Hi Bluesky. I'm Julian.

Here's a thing I did recently: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...

The world's largest home robotics company has a problem – its vacuum cleaners can be hacked from afar

Without even entering the building, we were able to silently peer through the camera on a Deebot device made by Chinese giant Ecovacs.

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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · Nov 19

See this new issue from MAI Feminism and Visual Cultures; I’m thrilled to have contributed a personal essay on Ernaux ! Thanks again to the editors !

MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture @maifeminism.bsky.social · Nov 19

Joy of joys, our new issue! Feminist Pedagogies in Games Commissioned by our guest editors, Rebecca Rouse, Josefin Westborg and Amy Corron Youmans, explores game design and teaching games from a feminist perspective //maifeminism.com/issues/focus-issue-fourteen-feminist-pedagogies-in-games/

Focus Issue Fourteen: Feminist Pedagogies in Games

Our authors examine the male-dominated HE field of teaching games, pleading for more inclusive pedagogies to depart from patriarchal methods.

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