Our own Jilly Boyce Kay on BBC Woman's Hour talking about 'femcels'

Really enjoyed the brilliant talk by Jilly Boyce Kay on the reactionary turn in popular feminism at the DigiPol @LivUni seminar

Fab DigiPol seminar by Jilly Boyce Kay on 'the pink pill', reactionary feminism and femcels. Such important work!

ReCARE TV (shorturl.at/bfiB1) Call for Interview Participants:
Looking for people who have worked in production of reality tv to take part in anonymous, 90 min interview about care in the industry. Link to get involved: forms.office.com/e/N0wjchbBUe

Jilly Kay, CRCC member and Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media recently appeared at BBC Woman's Hour to talk about the rise of 'femcels' and also consulted Channel 4 for a new documentary on the same subject. Read more about Jilly's research here shorturl.at/insuy

A powerful blog about the sweeping series of planned redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London & the wider assault on the sector. Written by Angela McRobbie (Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths & Visiting Professor here at Loughborough)
Goldsmiths UCU
versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/ne…

SAVE the MA in Black British Writing at Goldsmiths College! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Dz6n8y55 via Change.org UK

Really happy to have reviewed 'Believability', the incredible new book by sarah banet-weiser and Kat Higgins (aka Kathryn Claire) for International Journal of Communication. It's a vital and deeply original contribution to feminist media and cultural studies
ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…

Join our next hybrid seminar Jilly Boyce Kay 'Popular feminism takes the pink pill: the manosphere, femosphere and the rise of reactionary feminism'.
🗓 Weds 17 Apr at 4pm in G01 (19 Abercromby Square) or online. Register here: ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-the-…
All welcome! Communication & Media

Really happy to be in conversation about Kat Higgins (aka Kathryn Claire) and sarah banet-weiser's book Believability. It's a really great conversation which speaks to the generative scholarship in the book!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Really looking forward to this event next week DigiPol @LivUni, and to hearing people's thoughts on the reactionary turn in popular feminism

The Annual Equality Studies UCD Centre lecture takes place on the 16th of April from 6-7.30 pm at MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland.
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Jo Littler, Professor Media, Communications and Cultural Studies who will speak about 'Ideologies of Inequality'. Jo Littler
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#LboroUCU sends solidarity to Goldsmiths UCU in their fight against compulsory redundancies equivalent to 130 full time jobs.

If you have the means please support thier cause by donating to their local dispute fund here: goldsmithsucu.org/donations/gucu…

Fantastic article from Angela McRobbie on the devastating consequences of the proposed mass redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London both for people's livelihoods and prospects for a critical & inclusive higher education system versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/ne…

❓ You might have heard of ‘incels’ but what about ‘femcels’?

Jilly Boyce Kay joins @emmabarnett to talk more about her research over the last four years into the groups of women who also feel they are unable to date.

Listen now ⬇️

Chuffed to have been awarded the BAFTSS Outstanding Achievement Award 2024, in great company with previous recipients, and with a ceremony at my alma mater University of Sussex. Thankyou so much for the recognition!

Join our next hybrid seminar Jilly Boyce Kay 'Popular feminism takes the pink pill: the manosphere, femosphere and the rise of reactionary feminism'.
🗓 Weds 17 Apr at 4pm in G01 (19 Abercromby Square) or online. Register here: ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-the-…
All welcome! Communication & Media

The scale of cuts/closures in UK Unis should be national talking point. Key local economic anchor institutions, & a major export industry, are collapsing because of government regulation (& its ideological hostility to the maintenance of national culture).
qmucu.org/qmul-transform…

What's happening at my alma mater Goldsmiths, University of London is an absolute travesty 💔 It's a uniquely special institution, one that I've always dreamt of working at long-term. But it's an institution full of solidarity and fight, I stand with you ✊️
theguardian.com/education/2024…