In a new #OnlineFirst article, Anuja Premika and Usha Raman examine how the Netflix series Never Have I Ever constructs Indian femininity and recasts Indian women as the “other.”

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In a new #OnlineFirst article, Amelia Gulliver, Kate Gulliver, Sarah Liddle, Jennifer Bibb, Peter English, and Michelle Banfield explore how Australian journalists approach the sensitive task of reporting on mental ill-health and suicide in sportspeople.

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Boon Wurrung elder Dr. N’arwee’t Carolyn Briggs’ #AANZCA keynote was a river walk, along with Dr Troy Innocent, where we each had water as our companion as we shared in stories about Birrarung’s Indigenous history.

And we are off to a wonderful start with a keynote by Pablo Boczkowski on the underrepresention of poverty in Democrats #aanzca24

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“Here are some alternatives to checking an online Nazi bot sewer every 20 minutes” courtesy of First Dog

More academics flee X after election Numerous high-profile academics have announced they are leaving X, citing concerns about disinformation and how owner Elon Musk used the platform to support Trump.

Was interviewed about the Academic Twitter migration to Blue Sky by Inside Higher Ed yesterday.

I posted several challenges about what I see as the purpose of social media within broader scholarly discourses, but the quote that they chose is fine.

Here’s how things are in Twitterland after I posted the cover of The Oxford Handbook on American Film History where I have an essay. Oh, BTW, the “random woman” on the cover is Academy Award-winner Barbara Streisand…

I am done with the delusional evil megalord and I’m exiting x/Twitter. I’m here and also on Mastodon @kyliecreative@aoir.social