Dr Keighley Perkins
@perkinskeighley.bsky.social
Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
🧵 6/6
What’s clear is ending digital violence requires understanding how it is linguistically produced through discursive strategies that seek to mark women as unfit, unqualified or unworthy of public power.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
What’s clear is ending digital violence requires understanding how it is linguistically produced through discursive strategies that seek to mark women as unfit, unqualified or unworthy of public power.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🧵 6/6
What’s clear is ending digital violence requires understanding how it is linguistically produced through discursive strategies that seek to mark women as unfit, unqualified or unworthy of public power.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
What’s clear is ending digital violence requires understanding how it is linguistically produced through discursive strategies that seek to mark women as unfit, unqualified or unworthy of public power.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
🧵 5/6
Research shows women journalists & politicians self-censor, withdraw, or limit engagement after waves of abuse.
Violence begins with words, but it ends with women’s voices being pushed out of public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #politicalcommunication
Research shows women journalists & politicians self-censor, withdraw, or limit engagement after waves of abuse.
Violence begins with words, but it ends with women’s voices being pushed out of public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #politicalcommunication
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🧵 5/6
Research shows women journalists & politicians self-censor, withdraw, or limit engagement after waves of abuse.
Violence begins with words, but it ends with women’s voices being pushed out of public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #politicalcommunication
Research shows women journalists & politicians self-censor, withdraw, or limit engagement after waves of abuse.
Violence begins with words, but it ends with women’s voices being pushed out of public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #politicalcommunication
🧵 4/6
Algorithms don’t just spread content — they spread discursive patterns. When misogynistic rhetoric goes viral, it reshapes conversational norms & encourages further attacks.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
Algorithms don’t just spread content — they spread discursive patterns. When misogynistic rhetoric goes viral, it reshapes conversational norms & encourages further attacks.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🧵 4/6
Algorithms don’t just spread content — they spread discursive patterns. When misogynistic rhetoric goes viral, it reshapes conversational norms & encourages further attacks.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
Algorithms don’t just spread content — they spread discursive patterns. When misogynistic rhetoric goes viral, it reshapes conversational norms & encourages further attacks.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
🧵 3/6
Labels like “Climate Barbie” or “Rachel from accounts” are not random insults. Instead, they are metaphorical framings that reposition women into infantilised, decorative or subordinate roles.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
Labels like “Climate Barbie” or “Rachel from accounts” are not random insults. Instead, they are metaphorical framings that reposition women into infantilised, decorative or subordinate roles.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🧵 3/6
Labels like “Climate Barbie” or “Rachel from accounts” are not random insults. Instead, they are metaphorical framings that reposition women into infantilised, decorative or subordinate roles.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
Labels like “Climate Barbie” or “Rachel from accounts” are not random insults. Instead, they are metaphorical framings that reposition women into infantilised, decorative or subordinate roles.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
🧵 2/6
“Strongman” leaders deploy misogynistic rhetoric to perform dominance. Their language constructs hierarchies: strong vs weak, rational vs emotional, leader vs subordinate.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication
“Strongman” leaders deploy misogynistic rhetoric to perform dominance. Their language constructs hierarchies: strong vs weak, rational vs emotional, leader vs subordinate.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🧵 2/6
“Strongman” leaders deploy misogynistic rhetoric to perform dominance. Their language constructs hierarchies: strong vs weak, rational vs emotional, leader vs subordinate.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication
“Strongman” leaders deploy misogynistic rhetoric to perform dominance. Their language constructs hierarchies: strong vs weak, rational vs emotional, leader vs subordinate.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication
🧵 1/6
Hate speech, slurs, threats, mocking labels, gendered nicknames & defamatory narratives all rely on specific linguistic forms designed to degrade, intimidate & silence.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
Hate speech, slurs, threats, mocking labels, gendered nicknames & defamatory narratives all rely on specific linguistic forms designed to degrade, intimidate & silence.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🧵 1/6
Hate speech, slurs, threats, mocking labels, gendered nicknames & defamatory narratives all rely on specific linguistic forms designed to degrade, intimidate & silence.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
Hate speech, slurs, threats, mocking labels, gendered nicknames & defamatory narratives all rely on specific linguistic forms designed to degrade, intimidate & silence.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
🧵 7/7
I always love seeing which words win & what they reveal about society. But this year is the first time I’ve looked at some of the winners & thought: I don’t even know what half of these words mean.
Word of the Year really is becoming the yardstick by which I measure my age…
#langsky
I always love seeing which words win & what they reveal about society. But this year is the first time I’ve looked at some of the winners & thought: I don’t even know what half of these words mean.
Word of the Year really is becoming the yardstick by which I measure my age…
#langsky
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵 7/7
I always love seeing which words win & what they reveal about society. But this year is the first time I’ve looked at some of the winners & thought: I don’t even know what half of these words mean.
Word of the Year really is becoming the yardstick by which I measure my age…
#langsky
I always love seeing which words win & what they reveal about society. But this year is the first time I’ve looked at some of the winners & thought: I don’t even know what half of these words mean.
Word of the Year really is becoming the yardstick by which I measure my age…
#langsky
🧵 6/7
These choices paint a picture of a society negotiating rapid technological change, algorithmic culture & the erosion of trust in digital content. They also reveal how quickly language evolves & how our collective vocabulary becomes a cultural archive of the year’s preoccupations.
#langsky
These choices paint a picture of a society negotiating rapid technological change, algorithmic culture & the erosion of trust in digital content. They also reveal how quickly language evolves & how our collective vocabulary becomes a cultural archive of the year’s preoccupations.
#langsky
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵 6/7
These choices paint a picture of a society negotiating rapid technological change, algorithmic culture & the erosion of trust in digital content. They also reveal how quickly language evolves & how our collective vocabulary becomes a cultural archive of the year’s preoccupations.
#langsky
These choices paint a picture of a society negotiating rapid technological change, algorithmic culture & the erosion of trust in digital content. They also reveal how quickly language evolves & how our collective vocabulary becomes a cultural archive of the year’s preoccupations.
#langsky
🧵 5/7
Even Macquarie’s honourable mentions — clanker (a once-playful term now used as a slur for AI systems like ChatGPT) & medical misogyny — reflect broader anxieties shaping public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
Even Macquarie’s honourable mentions — clanker (a once-playful term now used as a slur for AI systems like ChatGPT) & medical misogyny — reflect broader anxieties shaping public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵 5/7
Even Macquarie’s honourable mentions — clanker (a once-playful term now used as a slur for AI systems like ChatGPT) & medical misogyny — reflect broader anxieties shaping public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
Even Macquarie’s honourable mentions — clanker (a once-playful term now used as a slur for AI systems like ChatGPT) & medical misogyny — reflect broader anxieties shaping public discourse.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
🧵 4/7
It isn’t just Macquarie capturing this shift toward tech-inflected vocabulary:
🤳 Cambridge chose parasocial.
📱 Collins went with vibe coding.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
It isn’t just Macquarie capturing this shift toward tech-inflected vocabulary:
🤳 Cambridge chose parasocial.
📱 Collins went with vibe coding.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵 4/7
It isn’t just Macquarie capturing this shift toward tech-inflected vocabulary:
🤳 Cambridge chose parasocial.
📱 Collins went with vibe coding.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
It isn’t just Macquarie capturing this shift toward tech-inflected vocabulary:
🤳 Cambridge chose parasocial.
📱 Collins went with vibe coding.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
🧵 3/7
It stands in stark contrast to the colourful slang of recent years (“goblin mode”, “milkshake duck”, “bachelor’s handbag”).
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
It stands in stark contrast to the colourful slang of recent years (“goblin mode”, “milkshake duck”, “bachelor’s handbag”).
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵 3/7
It stands in stark contrast to the colourful slang of recent years (“goblin mode”, “milkshake duck”, “bachelor’s handbag”).
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
It stands in stark contrast to the colourful slang of recent years (“goblin mode”, “milkshake duck”, “bachelor’s handbag”).
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
🧵 2/7
“AI slop” symbolises a growing backlash against automated, low-quality output replacing human creativity — even becoming a side-hustle industry.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
“AI slop” symbolises a growing backlash against automated, low-quality output replacing human creativity — even becoming a side-hustle industry.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵 2/7
“AI slop” symbolises a growing backlash against automated, low-quality output replacing human creativity — even becoming a side-hustle industry.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
“AI slop” symbolises a growing backlash against automated, low-quality output replacing human creativity — even becoming a side-hustle industry.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
🧵 1/7
Generative AI is now solicitous, ubiquitous & at times duplicitous, flooding the internet with content nobody asked for.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
Generative AI is now solicitous, ubiquitous & at times duplicitous, flooding the internet with content nobody asked for.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵 1/7
Generative AI is now solicitous, ubiquitous & at times duplicitous, flooding the internet with content nobody asked for.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
Generative AI is now solicitous, ubiquitous & at times duplicitous, flooding the internet with content nobody asked for.
#langsky #linguistics #language #wordoftheyear #WOTY #WOTY2025 #englishlanguage #dictionary #lexicography
🧵 8/8
This article urges parents to shift from confrontation to collaboration—creating space for open dialogue, teaching safety tools & helping young people recognise manipulation while staying connected to the digital worlds they care about.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms
This article urges parents to shift from confrontation to collaboration—creating space for open dialogue, teaching safety tools & helping young people recognise manipulation while staying connected to the digital worlds they care about.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 8/8
This article urges parents to shift from confrontation to collaboration—creating space for open dialogue, teaching safety tools & helping young people recognise manipulation while staying connected to the digital worlds they care about.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms
This article urges parents to shift from confrontation to collaboration—creating space for open dialogue, teaching safety tools & helping young people recognise manipulation while staying connected to the digital worlds they care about.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms
🧵 7/8
What teens want is partnership. They want reassurance, empathy, open conversations, and guidance—not punishment or confiscation.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
What teens want is partnership. They want reassurance, empathy, open conversations, and guidance—not punishment or confiscation.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 7/8
What teens want is partnership. They want reassurance, empathy, open conversations, and guidance—not punishment or confiscation.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
What teens want is partnership. They want reassurance, empathy, open conversations, and guidance—not punishment or confiscation.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
🧵 6/8
“Just turn it off” doesn’t reflect reality. Logging off can mean losing the only space where teens feel understood, connected, or in control.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
“Just turn it off” doesn’t reflect reality. Logging off can mean losing the only space where teens feel understood, connected, or in control.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 6/8
“Just turn it off” doesn’t reflect reality. Logging off can mean losing the only space where teens feel understood, connected, or in control.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
“Just turn it off” doesn’t reflect reality. Logging off can mean losing the only space where teens feel understood, connected, or in control.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #onlinesafeguarding #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
🧵 5/8
Fear keeps them silent. Young people worry that disclosing harm means losing their safe space, their friends, their progress—or that adults will respond with blame rather than support.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
Fear keeps them silent. Young people worry that disclosing harm means losing their safe space, their friends, their progress—or that adults will respond with blame rather than support.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 5/8
Fear keeps them silent. Young people worry that disclosing harm means losing their safe space, their friends, their progress—or that adults will respond with blame rather than support.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
Fear keeps them silent. Young people worry that disclosing harm means losing their safe space, their friends, their progress—or that adults will respond with blame rather than support.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming
🧵 4/8
Kids don’t think it’ll happen to them. Manipulation often feels like kindness, not danger. Red flags are easy to ignore when a relationship feels special.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms#Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention #onlinegroomingawareness
Kids don’t think it’ll happen to them. Manipulation often feels like kindness, not danger. Red flags are easy to ignore when a relationship feels special.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms#Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention #onlinegroomingawareness
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 4/8
Kids don’t think it’ll happen to them. Manipulation often feels like kindness, not danger. Red flags are easy to ignore when a relationship feels special.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms#Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention #onlinegroomingawareness
Kids don’t think it’ll happen to them. Manipulation often feels like kindness, not danger. Red flags are easy to ignore when a relationship feels special.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms#Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention #onlinegroomingawareness
🧵 3/8
Love bombing works. Predators use flattery, attention, gifts, & emotional investment to build trust. To a child, this can feel like the most genuine connection they’ve ever had.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention
Love bombing works. Predators use flattery, attention, gifts, & emotional investment to build trust. To a child, this can feel like the most genuine connection they’ve ever had.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 3/8
Love bombing works. Predators use flattery, attention, gifts, & emotional investment to build trust. To a child, this can feel like the most genuine connection they’ve ever had.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention
Love bombing works. Predators use flattery, attention, gifts, & emotional investment to build trust. To a child, this can feel like the most genuine connection they’ve ever had.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention
🧵 2/8
For many young people, platforms like Roblox or Minecraft aren’t “just games.” They’re community, creativity, friendship, routine, & escape.
& that’s exactly why grooming in gaming environments is so difficult to recognise.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite
For many young people, platforms like Roblox or Minecraft aren’t “just games.” They’re community, creativity, friendship, routine, & escape.
& that’s exactly why grooming in gaming environments is so difficult to recognise.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 2/8
For many young people, platforms like Roblox or Minecraft aren’t “just games.” They’re community, creativity, friendship, routine, & escape.
& that’s exactly why grooming in gaming environments is so difficult to recognise.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite
For many young people, platforms like Roblox or Minecraft aren’t “just games.” They’re community, creativity, friendship, routine, & escape.
& that’s exactly why grooming in gaming environments is so difficult to recognise.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite
🧵 1/8
The piece offers an honest & nuanced look at what it feels like to grow up inside online gaming worlds & why staying safe is far more complicated than simply switching off.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention
The piece offers an honest & nuanced look at what it feels like to grow up inside online gaming worlds & why staying safe is far more complicated than simply switching off.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧵 1/8
The piece offers an honest & nuanced look at what it feels like to grow up inside online gaming worlds & why staying safe is far more complicated than simply switching off.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention
The piece offers an honest & nuanced look at what it feels like to grow up inside online gaming worlds & why staying safe is far more complicated than simply switching off.
#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #Minecraft #Fortnite #onlinegaming #onlinegroomingprevention