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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · 9d

It was a pleasure to join a panel discussion at @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social last week for the conference Democracies under threat: from disinformation to digital technocracy.

I spoke on the current state of online hate, radicalization & extremism and how to protect users from online harms.

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · Sep 2

New edited volume "Contemporary Far Right Culture" with chapters by C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social and affiliate @evianeleidig.com. Check it out! www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

Contemporary Far-Right Culture: The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism

Contemporary Far-Right Culture offers a comprehensive overview of the varied manifestations of today’s far-right culture. It examines how far-right extremists operate in the spaces they inhabit, explo...

www.routledge.com

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Aug 26

The pleasure is all mine 😌

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Noelle Cook @noellecook.com · Aug 26

When I first started writing "The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging," I was reading
"The Women of the Far Right" by @evianeleidig.com and learning from her work. To now have her endorsement feels full circle. I am truly grateful.
noellecook.com/book

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Jul 30

Thanks for sharing!

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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · Jul 30

Really glad to see @evianeleidig.com 's comments in this important article on weaponized femininity and extremism:

globalnews.ca/news/1130910...

Extremist influencers ‘weaponizing femininity,’ warns Canadian intelligence report - National | Globalnews.ca

Government threat agency says extremist are embedding hardline ideology in everything from home finance videos to 'mommy blogs.'

globalnews.ca

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Jul 8

DO IT 🙌🏻

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Jul 8

Thanks that’s super nice of you!

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Jul 8

I know, that’s what makes it even more cringe 🙈

White House Gen Z interns have too much time on their hands

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Jul 8

This is a real—yes real—post for the One Big Beautiful Bill by the official White House account on Instagram

It’s giving MAGA makeover

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Jun 15

With Turning Point’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit taking place this weekend, I spoke to Newsweek about the rise of conservative female influencers and their algorithmic amplification 🎙️ 🎥

Newsweek @newsweek.com · Jun 13

Content creator Isabel Brown told Newsweek: "The future of conservatism is entirely dependent on this next generation of young women."

The rise of the young, female conservative influencer

www.newsweek.com

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Jun 5

Join us for the ECPR Extremism & Democracy conference where I’ll be discussant for the brilliant panel on food and the far right 🥛🥩🥚 with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @drkondor.bsky.social @manesweisskircher.bsky.social @gretajasser.bsky.social @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social

Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · Jun 5

Join us in London next week for our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference. Keynote by @kai-arzheimer.com, roundtable and panels on populism and radicalism. Observer only registration available- with @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @sajuria.com

Conference of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, Queen Mary University of London, 9 – 10 June 2025

European Consortium for Political Research

ecpr.eu

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · May 27

Ok but who has time to write an 11 page review is the real question 😶

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Joshua Farrell-Molloy @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social · May 22

📢 Our new article in the Nordic Journal of Media Studies is out, co-written with @evianeleidig.com

We look at community-building around 'right-wing bodybuilder' masculinist influencers. You can check it out here: sciendo.com/article/10.2...

“Heil Sol Brah”: Community-building practices around...

In this article, we explore community-building practices among followers of far-right masculinist influencers. Utilising visual ethnography and...

sciendo.com

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · May 22

🚨 New article with the brilliant @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social

We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛

open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · May 19

This past weekend was the Remigration Summit, a far-right conference that calls to deport migrants to solve the Great Replacement.

Their 3 rules to make ‘remigration’ mainstream:

1. Repeat the term for visibility

2. Provoke a sense of public outrage

3. Use humor & memes to communicate

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Apr 28

Hope you find it insightful 😌

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Apr 27

If only there was a book about this 🤔

Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · Apr 26

While the women behind "womanosphere" outlets all have different styles and tactics, they are mostly aligned in their desire to return to a gender-essentialist worldview: women as submissive homemakers, men as strong providers.

Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican

www.theguardian.com

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Apr 21

A key takeaway is that right-wing influencers and pundits have invested into cultural and lifestyle spaces (health & wellness, fitness, finance, self-help) as a gateway for political messaging

On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · Apr 20

Listen to this week’s OTM in which @brookegladstone.bsky.social and @micahloewinger.bsky.social spent 12 hours in the MAGA media-verse. Spoiler alert: it’s a weird place. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Brooke and Micah Enter the MAGA-verse. Plus, Liberal YouTubers Fight Back. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Conservative influencers have captured a massive audience on the internet, boasting nearly five times more followers than their progressive competitors. On this week’s On the Media, t...

www.wnycstudios.org

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Apr 17

I gave a talk last month about far right anxieties of birth rates and natalism is the latest dog whistle among fascist tech bros

Website image of the natalism conference held in Austin in March 2025

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Apr 16

🔥🔥🔥

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Apr 7

I had the pleasure to join @mollythomastv.bsky.social and @philofwrite.bsky.social on Big [If True] @tvotoday.bsky.social for the latest episode on tradwives, misinformation & conspiracy theories 🧺🌾💉

www.tvo.org/video/trendi...

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Mar 25

Looking forward to joining this webinar on far-right hate speech online starting soon 💻

Will be live streamed on YouTube

SCENOR | The Science Crew @scenor.at · Mar 25

📢 ONLINE EVENT TODAY: Far-Right Hate Speech Online: Too Late To Stop? Is far-right hate speech now embedded in digital spaces?

🗓 25 March | 14:00 CET | Online (interpretation into German provided)

Register now 👉 buff.ly/FDbTkvg

#reco_dar #extremism @modus-zad.bsky.social

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Mar 24

Honestly wouldn’t be the worst idea 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com · Mar 22

Tradwives, sourdough, manfluencers: What is the conservative aesthetic? 🌾🐄🥛

I spoke to Marni Rose McFall at @newsweek.com about the reactionary politics behind conservative online content

www.newsweek.com/rise-conserv...

Tradwives, sourdough, manfluencers: What is the conversative aesthetic?

From beef tallow to Sex and the City's Charlotte York and the stay-at-home-girlfriend trend, traditional gender roles have a new brand.

www.newsweek.com

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