The Gender & Sexualities Research Centre is based at City, University of London.
City, University of London
Joined May 2015
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My article on how working-class women became early users of TikTok in Pakistan is now out @SocialMedia_Soc. I do fun things like analyzing class dynamics, "digital purdah", "half-videos" and TikToks made to the Bollywood item number Garmi. Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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“The authors identify (and critique) the confidence imperative as a new strand of popular ‘feminism’ retrofitted for today’s neoliberal paradigm.”
Iana Robitaille reviews “Confidence Culture” by Shani Orgad & Rosalind Gill (2022, @DukePress).
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Thanks so much to @vronsta for very generously interviewing me about the Left Feminisms book.
The interview has just been made open access (to coincide with LF coming out as an e-book) and you can read it for free here : journals.lwbooks.co.uk/sound…
'There is power in a good question.'
LW author @littler_jo talks to @vronsta in @SoundingsJourn 83 about 'Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal and Political' and more.
Read for free ➡️bit.ly/3Jz6kv0
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It was a pleasure to review @kslootmaeckers's book "Coming In: Sexual Politics and EU Accession in Serbia" for the @LSEReviewBooks. Highly recommended read!🌈
New #BookReview 📖
Laura Luciani @lau_luciani reviews Coming In: Sexual Politics and EU Accession in Serbia by Koen Slootmaeckers @ManchesterUP wp.me/p2MwSQ-gCi
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I'm thrilled to announce the new journal "Feminist Translation Studies", to be published by Taylor & Francis (@WeAreTandF) in 2024. For more info & Call for Papers for inaugural issue: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/moder… So happy to be working with @LauraSpoturno & @VMisiou! @tandfnewsroom
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New on the @femfutprog blog❗
🚨 'Mapping the Asylum-Industrial Complex' 🚨
With @migrantsorg, Helen Brewer explores how the UK’s asylum regime is shaped by spatial, institutional and financial structures of private contracting and political neglect
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A great review of @littler_jo's book 'Left Feminisms' from @marinscarlett_ in the latest @RedPeppermag.
Order Left Feminisms here 👉bit.ly/3WuD7pc
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Great to read this thoughtful and engaged review of Left Feminisms in the new @RedPeppermag - thanks @marinscarlett_
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The cult of being confident and why it doesn’t help women @psyche_the_mag: tinyurl.com/2mdys6zn
By making women solely responsible for their own empowerment, the culture of confidence masks the true causes of inequality - #ShaniOrgad @MediaLSE & #RosalindGill @GSRC_City – at London, England
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Very happy to have been interviewed by @vronsta about the 'Left Feminisms' book...... out now in the new issue of @SoundingsJourn at bit.ly/3BSOj6F
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New #OpenAccess publication 📢 In this paper, I argue that racism in Turkey is intertwined with the biological reproduction of the Turkish and Sunni-Muslim population, enabling patriarchal political actors to reinforce essentialist notions of 'sex' and 'gender'. ++
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👋Come and be my colleague!
Calling all sociology Lecturers/Senior Lecturers specializing in gender studies in all of its variants!
👩💻Full-time permanent position in central London.
Amazing colleagues and top ranked sociology department 😃
⏰Deadline 2nd June!
🚨JOB!🚨
We are looking to hire Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Sociology - focus on gender studies: gender & cultural analysis/work & employment/social policy/health
Full-time, permanent!
Deadline: 2 June
We're ranked #1 in London & #5 in UK in the 2021 REF.
jobs.ac.uk/job/CZT428/lectur…
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Huge congrats to @ZoeGlatt for passing her viva today with no corrections! ✨She'll be joining @MSRNE as a Postdoc Researcher in July!👏
🤳Zoe's PhD is concerned with understanding the lived experiences of aspiring & professional YouTube content creators: lse.ac.uk/media-and-communic…
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Looking forward to our upcoming 20th anniversary conference #LSEMediaFutures
📅 15-16 June 2023
A fantastic lineup of speakers & great opportunity to meet leading experts & scholars in the field.
Access the conference outline & registration here: lse.ac.uk/media-and-communic…
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Join us for a 1 day conference on "Police Misconduct and Violence Against Women and Girls: Exploring Research and Practice".
🗓️Wednesday, 17th May 2023,
⏲️10:00 – 17:00
📍C303, Tait Building
Free for all!
city.ac.uk/news-and-events/e…
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Thanks to @DrDaveOBrien for interviewing me about the Left Feminisms book!
(I thought there was no way we could cover that many questions in half an hour, but I was wrong..)
Listen! @littler_jo talks to @NewBooksCritThe about “Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal and Political”, her brilliant new collection of interviews with leading feminist thinkers newbooksnetwork.com/left-fem…
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Brilliant presentation by @XintongJia who explores how we can do non-exploitative interviews in social research by seeking to understand pts’ experiences rather than interrogating them for data #DifficultConversationsFeministDialogues #britsoc23
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Marginalised groups can have their own in group hierarchy notes Clare Bowen speaking about focus group research and #DifficultConversationsFeministDialogues #britsoc23
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Insider researchers can share knowledge and understanding with participants in ways that challenge power structures but this can also provoke difficult conversations says Clare Bowen in a terrific presentation speaking about #DifficultConversationsFeministDialogues #britsoc23