The BNPL story on 'cute debt' in The Atlantic also featured on Marketplace (min 16:34).

Do you use buy-now-pay-later services?

Dr @jessaloomis.bsky.social comments on the rise of so-called 'Cute Debt' and how it is mainly female shoppers who are being pushed towards these services >> bit.ly/4lMdVXo

And more on the geographies of consumer fintech here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Our writing on BNPL is here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment technologies are targeting young women and reconfiguring the spaces, practices & relations of digital money and finance. Very happy to have been interviewed for this story based on my research on BNPL and the geographies of consumer fintech w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social

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And for a feminist reading of consumer fintech, including a consideration of how BNPL attempts to shift consumer practices with distinctly gendered implications, check out our earlier paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Consumers defer payments on 'Buy Now Pay Later' purchases, suggesting an affordability crunch www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...

In our new article @dcockayne.bsky.social & I explore how fintech affects relations to payment, wages & debt. Check it out!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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A note from the Editors, in solidarity with our colleagues across the sector.

A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy.

Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!

Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.

Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.

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Just now back from a wonderful undergraduate field course exploring 'emotional geographies of the city' in Vienna and Bratislava. An absolute pleasure to get to 'do' geography with our second year students, and to hear their insights and reflections throughout the week! @newcastleuni.bsky.social

A busy and colourful picket in warm spring sun @newcastleucu.bsky.social with lots of support from passers-by, all here to fight compulsory redundancies and wider threats to the university.

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@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs

18(1) is OUT and it is a monster www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/1... Featuring contribs from @jessaloomis.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social; @stevethreadgold.bsky.social et al; many more we can't tag

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Glad to see this work with Daniel Cockayne @dcockayne.bsky.social on Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) payment technolgies and consumer fintech published in the newest volume of @jcultecon.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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