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Brittany Melton
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(she/her) PhD candidate in Media Studies at Western University studies gendered online communities
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Jasmine Proctor @iamjazzrae.bsky.social · Feb 6
a little late to post, but excited to share my article on queer female fan labour & girl crush k-pop groups is out in @popcommjournal.bsky.social! ✨💿

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“This one’s for the sapphics”: Mamamoo, “girl crush,” and transcultural networks through queer fan labor
Focusing on queer female fan labor within the K-pop realm, this study explores how fans engage with female-centered media texts and the role of fan labor in shaping collective queer female identity...
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Brittany Melton @brittanymelton.bsky.social · Feb 4
Vampire anti-feminism is officially the best way to describe these reactionary feminist groups!
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Jilly Boyce Kay @jillybkay.bsky.social · Feb 4
New short article with Sarah Banet-Weiser, about the digital mirror-world, and how it is populated by strange doppelgangers of feminism

'Through the looking glass: feminism and reactionary politics in the digital hall of mirrors'

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Brittany Melton @brittanymelton.bsky.social · Feb 3
As an avid reader, I believe it counts as reading!

Another one up for debate- does reading subtitles count as reading?
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Brittany Melton @brittanymelton.bsky.social · Feb 3
Super excited to announce the article I wrote on Female Dating Strategy and the Femosphere is finally out!!

This paper functions as the framing for my PhD dissertation on gendered online communities!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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“By women for women” communicating gender discourse in r/FemaleDatingStrategy
This research offers insights into how r/FemaleDatingStrategy’s (FDS) utilizes themes of misandry and gender essentialism to indoctrinate members under the guise of community. Situated within the b...
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