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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Sep 8

⚽️ New paper ⚽️

This paper is based on my experiences visiting Millerntor Stadion in Hamburg and discovering the ways that FC St. Pauli visibly signal their activism, advocacy and inclusion 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Co-written with the amazing Lee McGowan 📝

Read it here: www.emerald.com/edi/article/...

Standing with FC St. Pauli: an examination of a reflexive autoethnographic account of a woman sports fan’s experience of German men’s professional football

Purpose. The professional German football team Fuβball Club Sankt Pauli of Hamburg (FC St. Pauli) are renowned for their inclusive celebration of community alongside fervent fan-driven social and poli...

www.emerald.com

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Sep 5

Looking to show some 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ love with your footy fandom - check out the merch that author Darcy Green has made. Very, very cool stuff!
darcygreen.com/shop

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ll be on ABC Radio Melbourne’s ‘The Conversation Hour’ around 11.20am today talking all things footy finals and fandom - call in if you want to chat about fan access to finals 🏉📻 #AFLFinals

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Sam Lewis (she/they) 🌈 @battledinosaur.bsky.social · Aug 28

the story on The Flying Bats will air on ABC at 7:30pm AEST tonight! tune in to learn more about our amazing club, our 40-year history of creating inclusion in sport, and our battles against anti-trans activists. we’d love you to show support by using the hashtag #footballforall 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚽️🦇

Photos of soccer players from an LGBTQIA+ women’s and non-binary club in Australia called The Flying Bats FC advertising a story that will air on ABC’s 7:30 Report program.

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 27

I should learn that when I share my cheesy fan photos that they can go anywhere! But I am thrilled that Marnie Vinall picked it up for ABC Sport to share the fan reactions of hope, pride and joy to Mitch Brown's powerful coming out announcement yesterday 🏳️‍🌈
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Mitch Brown's announcement brings 'hope, pride and joy' to AFL fans

Mitch Brown's history-making announcement he is bisexual has had an enormous impact on AFL fans, especially those in the LGBTQIA+ community.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sport 🌈

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’ll be on ABC Radio Melbourne tonight at 7.30pm on Evenings with David Astle talking sports romance fiction - tune in 📻💖🏉 #SportsRomance #SportsMedia

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'll be on ABC Radio North Queensland this morning at 9.35am talking all things sports romance fiction based on this article I wrote for The Coversation!
Tune in for some sporty spice 💖🏒🏀⛳️⚽️ #SportsRomance
theconversation.com/sporty-spice...

Sporty spice: how romance fiction is adding a new dynamic to sports fandom

Romance novels are on the rise – but what has that got to do with sports?

theconversation.com

Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 13

Another season of groundbreaking, history-making moments continues tonight. Merry #AFLW to all who celebrate 🥳 #SeeYouAtTheW

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks so much for reading 🥰

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 11

Some reflections from me on #AFLW imagery in the lead up to the 10th season with the ABC's Rhiannon Stevens 📸
Was also very cool to be included in this article alongside people I admire in this space in Emma Phillips, Megan Brewer & Adele Pavlidis. See you at the W!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

What these photographs tell us about AFLW

AFLW arrived like a freight train in 2017, changing Australian rules football forever. Photographs have told its story and challenged the status quo.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 10

What a night ✨
So much fun celebrating the Vixens at the 2025 Sharelle McMahon Medal and being with some of my fave netty people 🏆 I even got to present an award to the very cool Kate Eddy 🤩 Congrats to Jo Weston for taking home the Shaz Mac - so well deserved 👏

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you ✨

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 6

✨ Book launched ✨

Fun night at @readingsbooks.bsky.social celebrating the launch of the edited collection ‘Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital and Critique’ 🫶

Congrats to editors and contributors - feeling very special to be part of this very special book 🫶
#TaylorSwift #Swiftie

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 3

Will remember last night’s Super Netball Grand Final forever 🏆 Go Vixens!!! 💚🩷🦊

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 1

#SportsRomance is global!

Christian Schröder @christianschroeder.bsky.social · Aug 1

When @kaseysymons.bsky.social told me about the rise of sports romance as a literary genre, I thought it was just a thing in the English speaking world - until my local German library showed me this section on their app‘s start page. Still no German titles, but they’re read here too ☺️

Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sport and spice and all things nice! 🩷 📚 ⚽ 🏒
Some reflections from me in @aunz.theconversation.com on the rise of #SportsRomance fiction and why sports should pay attention to the growth in fans connecting to sport in diverse and different ways.
theconversation.com/sporty-spice...

Sporty spice: how romance fiction is adding a new dynamic to sports fandom

Romance novels are on the rise – but what has that got to do with sports?

theconversation.com

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jul 22

Fun day filming yesterday for the 2nd season of the SBS #WomenInSport doco series ‘Heroines’ alongside one of my heroines, my @deakinuniversity.bsky.social colleague Assoc Prof Kim Toffoletti ✨

#SportsMedia #SportsResearch #DeakinSport 🎥

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jul 9

Like I was not going to buy this ✌️⚽️💚💕 The Admiral X Spice Girls collab kit is indeed spicing up my life. I love her 😍 #SportySpice

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jul 2

Very much looking forward to this tomorrow!

I will be moderating a panel for the Sport & Society conference with Konrad Marshall, Greg Baum, Rana Hussain & Jonathan Horn about how #SportsMedia reflects #Melbourne as a diverse and global sporting city.

sportandsociety.com/2025-confere...

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jun 28

Got my #WomenInSport fix in NYC 🗽

🏀 Liberty game and got to see Ellie 🐘 #WNBA
⚽️ #NSWL game
⚾️ Women’s Night at the Mets #MLB

So. Much. Fun! Love checking out international live sport when I travel!

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jun 16

Another work day abroad in a very special place, the New York Public Library 😍 I just love this place so much 📚🗽🇺🇸

Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you!!

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Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you! Your presentation was also excellent 👏

Dr Kasey Symons @kaseysymons.bsky.social · Jun 14

This is so special!

Thank you @footycon.bsky.social for always being so supportive of my research on diverse football fan cultures and practices (like producing sports romance fiction!). This award means so much to me😊 #FootyCon25 #SportsRomance 💕📚

FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social · Jun 14

As we’re just back from lunch, we just want to take a moment to celebrate the joint winners of our #footycon25 day 1 best paper, sponsored by Routledge
, who are Tim Mills, with his paper on @carlisleunited.bsky.social & @kaseysymons.bsky.social
for her paper on romance fiction in the AFLW sphere

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