Dr Alexandra Krendel

Image shows the front page of our new article, entitled: “We No Longer Recognized Her as a Human Being”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of AI-Generated Character Descriptions of Men and Women With Dementia. ABSTRACT: Motivated by the gender inequalities observed in relation both to dementia and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), this article takes a critical discourse analysis approach to explore how gender and dementia intersect in 52 AI-generated character descriptions of men and women with dementia. Using “woman/man”as entry points through which to explore discursive constructions masculinities and femininities in the data, we find gendered distinctions in how characters’ bodies are evaluated, social roles attributed, and violence presented. We also find that a deficit approach to dementia dominates, emphasizing suffering, loss, and hopelessness. Characters with dementia are stereotyped as older and frail, either near death or already dead in body and/or mind. Overall, the AI-generated texts recycle (and potentially amplify) pervasive discourses regarding both dementia and gender. Our findings therefore reinforce the need for further critical engagement with GenAI, from design to use, to interrogate and challenge its capacity to perpetuate inequalities.

Out now: 'A Critical Discourse Analysis of AI-Generated Character Descriptions of Men and Women With Dementia', with Chris Chikodzore-Paterson and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social:

📑Journal article: utppublishing.com/doi/epdf/10....

📝Author copy (open access): eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...

Judith Baxter Award The BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG was founded in 2005 by Judith Baxter and Jane Sunderland. Judith sadly passed away in February 2018 but her legacy lives on through the SIG. The Judith B…

We have just published the info about the Judith Baxter Award 2026. Deadline 30 Jan 2026.

Info here: baalgensex.wordpress.com/judith-baxte...

For the application form, please do contact us and we'll send it to you!

Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality at Work: A Student Guide Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality at Work offers an accessible guide to conducting linguistic research in gender, sexuality and work. Written with the learner in mind, it supports the reader ...

My book is out today! Big huge thanks to my co-authors Andrine and Xiuwei, the wonderful team at @routledgebooks.bsky.social and everyone who supported me in this process. I hope many students will find the book very helpful as they conduct their research projects!
www.routledge.com/Researching-...

Mine a few weeks ago hadn't seen The Matrix! 😮

✨ An opportunity to join our team @manmetuni.bsky.social with a focus on TESOL and Applied Linguistics. Fixed-term until June 2027, with a specialism that cuts across corpus linguistics and TESOL! It's a great place to work! So come work with us :D
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

Statement and Guidance: A safer life online for women and girls Today we are publishing practical guidance for tech companies on creating a safer life online for women and girls.

On some days, I am reminded that my work matters, like when @ofcom.bsky.social include the @mantrap.bsky.social response into their guidance on how tech companies can and must make online life safer for women and girls 💜

www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

Join us at @uonenglish.bsky.social on 9th December for a talk by @elenasemino.bsky.social on Metaphors and Narratives in Health Communication! Register here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...

Sign the Petition Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...

How to use CDA in your research project — Language/Power Podcast Tom and Michael (with Michael Kranert and Jane Mulderrig) are running an in-person workshop for PhD students and early career researchers on CDA. Sheffield, UK 15th & 16th January 2026. Booking...

languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/how-to-use-cda-in-your-research-project

We are happy to announce that we have a new secretary! We look forward to working with @salinacuddy.bsky.social. Congrats, Salina!
Thank you to those who voted and to the other candidate!
More info about the BAAL LGaS SIG upcoming events soon!

🚨New Cambridge Element!🚨

"Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss" by @bethmalory.bsky.social is out now & #OpenAccess

https://cup.org/3WiIbyT

#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦 #LawSky #GenderStudies

So good to see #LavLang32 being shared so widely! Join us for the annual Queer Linguistics conference, which in 2026 travels to Scotland for the first time thanks to @christianilbury.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

The Language of Profeminist Men Online: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis | Gender and Language Abstract This article examines the language of r/MensLib, a community dedicated to discussing men's issues in a profeminist manner on the content aggregation site Reddit. The language of profeminist men is relatively under-researched compared to that of antifeminist men, and so this article explores the salient topics of r/MensLib, the specific language used within the community and how r/MensLib orient themselves to feminism. The 50 most upvoted posts of all time and their associated comment threads were collected from r/MensLib, totaling a corpus of 925,153 words, and then a keyword analysis was conducted using Sketch Engine. The study found that r/MensLib explicitly support a range of LGBTQ+ identities, critique socially constructed gender roles, and discuss how they orient to feminism and a variety of other topics, such as the manosphere, sexual violence, abortion, body shaming, and pornography.

My latest article 'The Language of Profeminist Men Online: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis' has now been published in Gender and Language! The paper examines the language of r/MensLib, a community dedicated to discussing men's issues in a profeminist manner on Reddit. utppublishing.com/stoken/autho...

Have you published a book recently? or a special issue? Are you working on a call for papers or abstracts? Are you organising a workshop?

If you'd like to include any of the above on the next CADAAD mailshot, please write to sbennett@amu.edu.pl

HI. It's me.

WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.

Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)

LIP Programme – Term 1, 2025/26
We’re excited to share the programme for this term. 🥰

📌 Abstracts and links to the talks will be shared one week ahead of the event.

We welcome all researchers, students, and interested colleagues to join our sessions and engage with our community.

We're hosting Lavender Languages from 2-4 September 2026. Save the date! Plenaries and a formal announcement to be follow shortly...

Hi! Happy Monday!

A little update on the CfP: It is now open to (a limited number of) posters!

The guidelines are:
- State in the form that it is a poster.
- Abstract: 300 words (references included)
- Individual or co-presented
- Language: English or Spanish
- Deadline: 21/11/2025

Delighted to announce (ugh, can't believe I'm saying that) that Alon Lischinsky and my bibliography of Trans Media Studies is out with Oxford Bibliographies! It's basically the equivalent of a compilation tape - key works, deep cuts and things we like

www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

Our book 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' is out open access! We wrote it to share what we learnt in many years of research in @corpussocialsci.bsky.social, on topics such as communication about anxiety, dementia, cancer, obesity and vaccines. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/appl...

Workshop: Focused Interests, Identity, & Autistic Communication Across Contexts. 8-9th January, Queen Mary University of London. Speakers: - Dr Liam Cross & Dr Gray Atherton, leading a co-design session to create a board game highlighting strengths of neurodiversity - Pete Wharmby, neurodiversity advocate - Professor Rebecca Wood, Glasgow This workshop will explore how autistic people engage with focused interests in diverse communication settings. Bringing together discourse, narrative, interactional approaches, sessions will examine how intense interests shape storytelling, knowledge exchange, and social connections. We consider how focused interests are differently valued in society and ask what it would mean to centre interests as a strength rather than symtom. We invite proposals for individual papers and contributions to a roundtable discussion. Contributions from autistic individuals and allies, practitioners, clinicians, and education professionals are especially welcomed. Submit your proposal to j.aiston@qmul.ac.uk by Friday 14th November

**CALL FOR PAPERS**

Upcoming workshop at QMUL in January, looking at autism, focused interests, and communication across diverse contexts. How can we centre autistic interests as a strength rather than a symptom?

Contributions outside academia welcome.

Please share widely!

CADAAD 2026 Welcome to CADAAD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will be hosted by the University of Va...

The CfA for the @cadaad2026.bsky.social conference at @uva-es.bsky.social is now open!

The conference theme is "Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies."

Dates: 8-10 July

For more details on the conference: www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...

Featuring @jessaiston.bsky.social from the @mantrap.bsky.social team

12 more days to apply!
Let us know if you have questions!

IGALA logo heads a white document with the text: The time has come to elect a new Executive Committee for IGALA! This is an exciting moment for the association, as we continue to grow (with membership numbers higher than ever) and look ahead to developing more international networks. The work of our community is vital in these times of renewed global oppression and marginalisation against queer and trans people, and as misogynistic discourse continues to thrive. We are currently soliciting nominations for the following 2-year-term Executive Committee positions: (1) President-Elect: This officeholder assumes the duties of the President in the event the President cannot serve, and shall succeed to the office of President at the expiration of the term as President-elect. The President shall be the presiding officer of the Association, and shall succeed to the office of Past President at the expiration of the term as President. Normally a President's term will run for two years, i.e. from one biennial IGALA Conference to the next. (2) Secretary: This officeholder shall maintain records of meetings and decisions, call and run elections, and post minutes of public meetings and results of elections to the Membership at large. The Secretary shall also maintain the membership list, in consultation with the Journal editors. (3) Communications Officer: This officer manages the mailing lists, the website, our social media properties, advises the Board about communications strategy, and ensures consistency of voice in IGALA communications. (4) Treasurer: The Treasurer has charge of the financial records of the Society. They shall submit a financial/budget report once a year, at the IGALA Executive e-meeting, and shall submit a report on the Association's activities and finances to the membership at the open Association business meeting held at each official IGALA conference. Nominate yourself before September 30th via: tinyurl.com/igalaself

📢Join us on the IGALA Executive Committee! 📢

Nominations are open NOW for President-Elect, Secretary, Comms Officer or Treasurer. Apply before the end of Sep to help inform the shape and direction of the International Gender and Language Association.

Just let me know if you have any questions!

We are organizing #CADAAD2026 in Valladolid.
The #CFP will be launched soon.
We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information.
Follow us there & help us spread the word!
#CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies

September 17 | 10-11 CEST Frazer Heritage (Manchester Metropolitan University) Caveman Theories, Modern Misogyny: Evolutionary Psychology in Incel Fora October 29 | 12-13 CET Veronika Laippala (University of Turku) tba November 5 | 15-16 CET Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich (UNC Charlotte) Forgiveness? in Post-Digital Societies: A Technosocial and Metapragmatic Perspective December 17 | 10-11 CET Ylva Biri (University of Helsinki) Expertise and Engagement in YouTube informational videos: Case studies on the finance advice genre Join the Zoom room: https://tinyurl.com/talkddi

Join us for the new season of online talks, this year co-organised by OSSO and the Digital Discourse & Interaction research network @lulind.bsky.social
The first talk is already tomorrow! @nounfraze.bsky.social

Huge congratulations Issy!

After our very succesful Corpus Linguistics 2025 conference hosted by @robbielove.org at Aston, CL is going on tour! Our next conference will be Easter 2027 in Hong Kong at HK Poly U. In summer 2029 we return to Europe when @michamahlberg.bsky.social will host CL at Erlangen!

📣CADAAD book call!📣 We've taken a little break and we're refreshed (ish).

If you've had a book published over the summer, please send the details over to sbennett@amu.edu.pl and we'll include it our next circular in a week or so.