Porn, Protests, and Politics: Hindu Male Imaginations of Muslim Women “How to make Muslim women Hindu cock whore—Conquer, Humiliate, Breed”—r/Hindudom This was the text of a meme found on scrolller.com, an image aggregation platform, in the r/Hindudom discussion thre...

#NewPublication 📣 Politicization of the sexual and not sexualization of the political (discourse): through an ethnography of prngraphic sites, I attempt to explore how ethnicized intimate erotic fantasies are entwined with the vision of a Hindu Rashtra. journals.openedition.org/samaj/9764#t...

“Why do Indians cry passionately on Insta?”: Grief performativity and ecologies of commerce of crying videos The article attempts to explore the specific performative and digital practice of users sharing digital self-images and videos on social media platforms in which they cry, with or without a ‘tear f...

Link to my (open access) article - “Why do Indians cry passionately on Insta?”: Grief performativity and ecologies of commerce of crying videos - in South Asian Popular Culture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'Sadbait': Why algorithms, audiences and creators love to cry online People say they don't want to be sad, but their online habits disagree. Content that channels sorrow for views has become a ubiquitous part of online culture. Why does it work?

Excited to share that my 2023 research on why people cry passionately on Insta/TikTok was featured in this BBC article.
Huge thanks to @aidanwalker.bsky.social for reaching out & articulating my insights so thoughtfully in this fascinating piece on 'sadbaiting': www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Everyone’s loving #starterpacks on #Bluesky.

So, here’s a #thread of 12 starter packs for #digital #internet & #platform studies & adjacent disciplines (tech law, #css, #sts). Pls share/add.

I start with my own pack on (digital) #activism & social movements.

#AcademicSky

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Please add me to the list, if there’s still space. Thanks for putting this together.

Starter pack of scholars of #emotions, #friendship, #positivepeace, #specialrelationships, #affect, etc in politics. Suggestions welcome!

go.bsky.app/4X77g88

@simonkoschut.bsky.social, @bctallis.bsky.social, @yoniabramson.bsky.social, @piakoivunen.bsky.social, @europeanisa.bsky.social

Please add me to the list, if there’s still space 😊