✨ Rachel (she/her) ✨

Australia is about to ban under-16s from social media. Here’s what kids can do right now to prepare Download your data, make plans to stay connected to friends, and decide where you’re going next.

🇦🇺 Really important piece by my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague @antmandan.bsky.social in @aunz.theconversation.com on the ways that teenagers can protect themselves from the incredible damage to their lives that @albomp.bsky.social’s impending #SocialMediaBan will wreak.

This free online event hosted by @newcastleyouth.bsky.social is happening tomorrow (Nov 19) at 2pm AWST/5pm AEDT! Join this expert panel discussing young people's selfie cultures and the short documentary ‘Filtered Reality’ - registration via the link below! 🤳✨

📢 Call for Papers!

AJEC invites abstracts for a special issue on children’s perspectives in their digital childhoods 🌍💻

📅 Abstracts due: Fri, 31 Oct 2025
📧 s.danby@qut.edu.au Susan Danby, | i.silva@qut.edu.au Irina Silva

We're looking for a new colleague in Media and Creative Technologies at the University of Waikato (L or SL level). Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, and circulate to anyone relevant!

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tbh I think Microsoft is going to blink right before October 14, and if they don’t… well, that’s a very, very bad decision on their part.

and here we go: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/...

Book cover for "Girlhood Game: Gender, Identity, and Coming of Age in Video Games." A youthful feminine bedroom is depicted, centring on a computer desk setup with game accessories.

My book is out! 💗
Girlhood Games: Gender, Identity and Coming of Age in Videogames is a 6-year-long labour of love for young adult stories, teen heroines in videogames and unnoticed girly game histories.
Thank you @livvy.itch.io for the beautiful cover!

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Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured

The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism: Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power This book offers an original critique of the billionaire founders of US West Coast tech companies, addressing their collective power, influence, and ideology, their group dynamics, and the role they p...

"The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism:
Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power" by Ben Little and Alison Winch (2021) 🙌 www.routledge.com/The-New-Patr...

QR code to be scanned with a question: “Do you own fandom-related makeup or beauty products

If you’re 18 or older, and have purchased makeup or beauty products based on your fandom (e.g licensed tie-ins or fan-run brands, small businesses, etc), my friend and colleague, Suzanne Scott is looking for you to answer a short survey with an opt-in for a follow up interview.

Enamoured Books Enamoured Books is a romantic bookstore haven created just for you. We pride ourselves on offering a diverse range of books where everyone can find a story they see themselves in - from relationship t...

There is a tiny independent bookshop that specialises in romance that’s opened in Remuera. Went there today with Ms 21, just delightful. A great selection & a lovely spot to visit. enamouredbooks.co.nz highly recommended in these trying times.

Our opening policy position reads: 1. Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Aotearoa New Zealand Diaspora Māori hold a distinct status as the indigenous people, or tangata whenua, of Aotearoa New Zealand. The particular rights of Māori living overseas, outlined by the articles of te Tiriti o Waitangi, must be fully explored and upheld, enabling Māori leadership in supporting the Māori diaspora. 1.1. Ensure all individuals with Māori whakapapa are eligible for Aotearoa New Zealand citizenship, regardless of country of residence or birth.

Our opening policy position reads:

I'm really excited that a collection of fascinating work on fandom, fans and AI that @suzannerblack.bsky.social and I co-edited is out today in the new volume of @journal.transformativeworks.org - and as the journal's first 'New Currents' section! Read our editorial here doi.org/10.3983/twc....

Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium

Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium

“Good Vibes Only? How Affects and Emotions Are Mediated for Justice in Digital Culture”

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Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control

And a reminder that _Algorithms of Resistance_ is fully #openaccess, so can be read by anyone, right now(!):

direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

✨I’m recruiting for a research project on game monetisation!✨
I’m keen to chat to game devs about how monetisation shapes the dev process. Interviews will be 60mins via Zoom. To learn more, head to bit.ly/40mOB3f

if you'd like to participate, shoot me a DM or email taylor.hardwick@sydney.edu.au 😊

Poster for the international conference React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism, October 2–4, 2025, in Zurich. The design features a bright blue background with layered white triangles and bold black text. White curved arrows connect the words across the poster. Logos of the University of Zurich and Zurich University of the Arts appear at the bottom.

How do platforms shape the way we see, share & react to images?
Join React & Respond, international conference on image cultures under platform capitalism, October 2–4.
Open to all, register now: www.zhdk.ch/veranstaltun...

@bildoperationen.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social @zkk-zurich.bsky.social

Glad to share my new publication in The Sociological Review: "Queer milestones: Intergenerational relations and youth transitions of Chinese queer female students residing overseas" (open access). doi.org/10.1177/0038...

Māori or Pacific Lecturer in Clinical Psychology - 30 month fixed term Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the leading science faculty in New Zealand and o...

My department - Psychology at UoA - is advertising for a 2.5 year fixed-term "Māori or Pacific lecturer in clinical psychology":

Closes 20 August.

The Sims (2000)

Now that the ink is dry, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve officially signed the contract for my first academic book with University of California Press!

I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately

Ahh, what incredible news!!! Congratulations, Krysten!! Cannot wait to read it!! 😍🥳🎉

Latin American Fandoms (01/01/2026) | Transformative Works and Cultures Latin American fandom is a topic that rarely appears in peer-reviewed articles in English and irregularly in Spanish. Phenomena such as fan fiction (fanfic), cosplay, and online communities allow us…

Don't forget! We are still accepting submissions (through 01/01/2026) for our upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms! See the full CFP here:

The Pleasure Principle of Magic Mike XXL: Sonic Visibility Toward Female Audiences Abstract. A key difference between Magic Mike (2012) and Magic Mike XXL (MMXL, 2015) is the latter films narrative shift toward the viewing experience of i

I'd recommend Kristen Warner's "The Pleasure Principle of Magic Mike XXL: Sonic Visibility Toward Female Audiences"! doi.org/10.1093/ccc/... ⭐

Huge props to @researchbrb.bsky.social who not only co-organised and co-hosted a whole event on Virtual Influencers, but also gave ab absolutely kick-ass final talk in the event, showcasing the depth and maturing of her own work on Virtual Influencers!

Event poster for "Virtual Influencers in the Asia Pacific", a free online event presented by the Influencer Ethnography Research Lab on 8 April 2025 from 1400-1700 hours GMT+8. Registration is open now, more information can be found at www.ierlab.com

Super excited about this free upcoming online event "Virtual Influencers in the Asia Pacific", happening on Tuesday 08 April, 1400-1700hrs AWST (GMT+8). 🥳 For more info, including registration (essential!), event schedule and presenter bios, head to ierlab.com/virtual-infl...

Electric Zine Maker (a work in progress, be gentle, hug it often) by alienmelon The Electric Zine Maker (⚡️📝✂️) is a printshop and art tool for making zines.

It's Electric Zine Maker!

alienmelon.itch.io/electric-zin...

Affect in fandom is out! 🥳 We LOVED working with authors on this volume on fandom, transmedia and games. This collection tackles creativity & content made by fans - their history AND their future (e.g. sustainable design). Download for free! 💜 #fanstudies
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What is your favorite academic research on YouTube? I’m working on a list (for its belated 20th birthday 🎂) and would love some recommendations #commsky