My PhD supervisor, Professor Rodney Barker, who had a long and distinguished career at LSE, died recently. Last week I wrote an article for @timeshighered.bsky.social reflecting on the transformational influence of his mentoring style. It's out today www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/good...

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This is very good, on how vampires are subverting then sucking the life out of liberalism. By Sarah Banet-Weiser and @jillybkay.bsky.social:
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At the Reactionary Politics, Women and Feminist Critique symposium organised by @jillybkay.bsky.social and sponsored by @ejcs-journal.bsky.social @angelamcrobbie.bsky.social is delivering the keynote, 'Top Girls No More..?'

Loughborough bound for a symposium on reactionary politics, women, and feminist critique. Looking forward to lots of fascinating papers and to presenting with @jillybkay.bsky.social on TikTok’s “boysober” trend.

Really looking forward to this talk by Dr. @jillybkay.bsky.social on 27th February in UCD

Vampire anti-feminism is officially the best way to describe these reactionary feminist groups!

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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In "Through the looking glass", Sarah Banet-Weiser and @jillybkay.bsky.social argue that grasping the dynamics of ‘mirroring’ in digital culture is crucial for analyzing contemporary #gender politics as it plays out in an increasingly reactionary terrain.

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In this @rachaelhealy.bsky.social piece, @jillybkay.bsky.social: “Liberal feminism has been rejected for good reason .. it makes sense you’d want to find an alternative. But just because something is the enemy of liberal feminism does not mean it’s good for women” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Call for Papers: ‘Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture’, a one-day symposium at Loughborough University

In the #research article "From femcels to ‘femcelcore'’", @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social and @jillybkay.bsky.social introduce a new theoretical lens for analysing the politics of gender, sexuality and popular media.

Read the full article here: https://buff.ly/4fATbzE

1/7 My latest book is out. Drop me a message if you'd like a 20% off voucher (£24 bargain for x mas 😉)
It is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between assessment and race in HE, and what we can do make HE assessment more inclusive and equitable.

TV friends, please follow @recaretv.bsky.social for updates on our research

In "Whose menopause revolution?", Deborah Jermyn unpacks the media narrative that followed in the uses of the term ‘the Davina effect' – named after two documentaries about menopause by enduringly popular British TV presenter Davina McCall.

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The European Journal of Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary platform for charting new questions and new research – and we are very much looking forward to sharing and discussing #culturalstudies with you here ✨

A recent article of mine: 'The reactionary turn in popular feminism'

Open access in @femmediastudies.bsky.social

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Great to read these generous and thoughtful repsonses by Kathi Weeks, @francescasobande.bsky.social, Janet Newman, Alison Hearn and Kate Soper to 'Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal + the Political' in Feminist Theory - #OpenAccess here:

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Hi Helen, the canal writing sounds really exciting and I can't wait to read this! Am sure you know about it already, but Jodie Matthews' work on canals is really great x

📣New article with Jilly Boyce Kay
From femcels to ‘femcelcore’: Women’s involuntary celibacy and the rise of heteronihilism
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