focusing on Netflix and the experiences of women audiovisual creators in Spain. This article brings important insight into how “diversity” discourses intersect with platform governance, creative labor, and global media production.

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...

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

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.
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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.

A personal note: This paper was a long journey! We first submitted it in March 2023, and after a long and rigorous review process, it's finally seeing the light of day in September 2025. A testament to persistence! Huge thanks to the patient editors & reviewers at @femmediastudies.bsky.social

🐱 “The platformization of socially constructed gender realities: the ‘Fat Cat incident’ (2024)”

by Thomas Whyke (contact), Aiqing Wang, Zhennuo Song, Zeyang Wang, & Yibo Fan

→ investigates how gender discourse circulates and is contested through Chinese social media platforms.

thank you to our brilliant authors, reviewers, editors, and readers for making the journal such a vibrant home for feminist media scholarship 💜

📊 from 123,558 in 2022 → 137,275 in 2023 → 157,420 in 2024 → 176,124 in 2025 — we love to see the momentum!

Authored by Kim A. Case, Jessica Saunders, and Dionne Stephens. The piece explores how celebrity culture shapes body image ideals across race, gender, and representation—an important contribution to ongoing conversations about media, identity, and wellbeing.