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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Aug 4

A huge thank you to everyone who submits their scholarship to FMS, to our incredible editorial team and reviewers, and to the readers who engage with feminist media research around the world. 💜 Your work and support make this journal thrive.

Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Aug 4

--2022 Q2: 182,078 downloads
--2023 Q2: 202,695 downloads
--2024 Q2: 223,374 downloads

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Aug 4

📊 2025 is shaping up to be a big year for Feminist Media Studies! So far this year, our articles have been downloaded 467,837 times — and in Q2 alone, we reached 234,042 downloads, continuing our growth over the past several years:

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Ira Solomatina @irasolomatina.bsky.social · Jul 21

Find my article on happy narratives in women's fashion publications in the latest issue of @femmediastudies.bsky.social alongside excellent research on media and gender from across the globe!
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Feminist Media Studies

Volume 25, Issue 5 of Feminist Media Studies

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

🌍 These articles reflect the global scope and critical urgency of feminist media scholarship. Watch this space for publication announcements!

Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

5️⃣ “Gender, Nation and Immigration: An Analysis of French Media About Female Reconstructive Surgeries”
✍️ Sarah Boisson
French media coverage of migrant women’s bodies reveals intersections of gender, race, and national identity in medical discourse.
📧 [email protected]

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

4️⃣ “Rhetorical Strategies in the Speeches of Mrs. America”
✍️ Margarita Esther Sánchez Cuervo & Luisa Sánchez Rivas
A rhetorical analysis of Mrs. America and its portrayal of feminist debates. How is second-wave feminism reimagined on screen?
📧 [email protected]

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

3️⃣ “The Counterspeech Doctrine in Communicative Capitalism: An Intersectional Feminist Critique”
✍️ Heidi Kosonen
This article interrogates the limits of counterspeech theory in digital spheres dominated by capitalist logics. What’s at stake for feminist resistance?
📧 [email protected]

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

2️⃣ “Surveillance Media Technology and News Coverage of Stranger Violence Against Women in Australia”
✍️ Alex Bevan
How does media coverage of violence against women reinforce gendered fear through surveillance narratives? Bevan critically unpacks Australian news discourse.
📧 [email protected]

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

1️⃣ “A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Nepali Feminist Hashtag Movements on Social Media”
✍️ Som Nath Ghimire & Karna Rana
This article examines how Nepali feminist activists use hashtags to challenge patriarchy and mobilize collective voice in digital spaces.
📧 [email protected]

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

Coming soon in Feminist Media Studies: New research from around the world exploring how gender, media, and power collide. Here's a preview of the forthcoming articles and their authors 👇

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

I’ll reshare to help amplify your work! I’m so happy you’re here. Let’s build this together. 🌻

Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

welcoming community of feminist media scholars, practitioners, and readers.

Interested in being featured? Have an idea to share? Reach out to me at [email protected] — and as always, keep tagging us and posting your FMS publications.

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

Our goal is to make our BlueSky space not just promotional, but relational—a place where folks can connect, share ideas, and celebrate each other’s work.

Whether you’re a longtime FMS author or new to the journal, we want to build a vibrant,

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

how special this community is.

With that spirit in mind, I want to hear from you as we grow our BlueSky presence:

— What kinds of posts, conversations, or spotlights would you like to see?
— Have you published with FMS and want to be featured?

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

FMS has consistently provided a platform for rigorous, creative, and community-accountable feminist work—ranging from academic articles to short commentaries and special sections that bring urgent conversations to light. As a contributor and editor, I’ve experienced firsthand

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

International Journal of Communication, and Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, among others.

💜 I’ve long admired Feminist Media Studies as a journal that uplifts intersectional, global, and justice-centered scholarship.

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

— I’m the author of the forthcoming book And How Does That Make You Feel? Theratainment and the Digital Commodification of Mental Health (under contract with UC Press)

— My work appears in Feminist Media Studies, Gender & Society

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

— I earned my PhD in Communication & Media Studies from the University of Illinois Chicago, with concentrations in Gender & Women’s Studies and Black Studies.

— My current research explores how media platforms shape & reflect culture—especially around wellness, representation, and digital labor.

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

A little about me:

— I’m an Assistant Professor of Communication in the Department of English & Communication at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College.

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 29

An update from Feminist Media Studies!

Hi everyone — I’m Dr. Krysten Stein (she/her), and I’ve had the joy of serving as the Social Media Editor for Feminist Media Studies since 2022. I’m thrilled to continue in this role as we grow our presence on BlueSky!

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Rachel E. Davis @redavisphd.bsky.social · Jun 23

My article on the effects of Tumblr's sexual content ban on the digital sugar baby community is in the current issue of @femmediastudies.bsky.social! Read it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CCZMB...

Seeking and surveilled: the effects of Tumblr’s sexual content ban on sugar babies’ posts

Over the last decade, there has been an increase in concern about sugar arrangements, relationships in which sugar babies, typically young women, provide romantic companionship to sugar daddies, ty...

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 21

We're so proud of the critical feminist media scholarship our authors, reviewers, and editors continue to produce. Thank you for making this possible!

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 21

Even more exciting: we’re currently ranked #1 in citations among “Feminism and Women’s Studies” journals according to Google Scholar Metrics : scholar.google.com/citations?vi...

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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · Jun 21

Journal metrics update!

We’re thrilled to share that Feminist Media Studies has achieved a 2023 Impact Factor of 1.6 and a 2024 Impact Factor of 1.7!

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