What a dreadful take
@BBCWorld
. Jacinta Ardern has been a torchbearer for an alternative mode of political leadership - one that prioritises empathy, integrity and ethics - in a world of self-aggrandising, megalomaniac populists. She had it all. She *has* it all. Do better.
That so many commentators on the Eoghan McDermott case cannot distinguish between what is *legal* and what is *ethical* underscores the need to teach both philosophy and better RSE in our schools. (Age of) consent is not straightforward when there a significant power imbalance
I wrote this piece on masculinity, the manosphere and mental health because so many boys are saying that Tate is good for mental health and self-improvement advice. He’s not.
Dr Debbie Ging
@debbieging
receives
#DCUPresidentAwards
in the 'Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences' category for research on the misogynist radicalisation of young men and boys.
Dr Ging has led innovative, multidisciplinary research in the area
@DCU_SoC
@DCU_Research
@DonkeySancIre
That video is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen online (and I research online hate for a living). I couldn’t sleep last night after watching it. Thanks for rescuing these beautiful souls and for letting us know s/he is OK ❤️
Huge congratulations to Dr. Shane Murphy who passed his PhD viva on Friday. Co-supervised by Prof.
@galwaygrrl
and myself on incel pathways into male supremacist ideologies. A very significant contribution to manosphere research
@FuJoMedia
@DCU_SoC
@LawGovDCU
@HumanitiesDCU
Very proud of Dr
@glenndoyledkit
who was awarded his PhD
@DCU
today (an excellent study on photographing children). No easy task when you’re lecturing full-time, have 2 young children and are caring for a relative 💪🏼👏🏼🎉🥂
@DCU_SoC
Our new book, Gender Hate Online: Understanding the New Anti-Feminism (edited by myself and
@eugeniasiapera
and with chapters from
@tanyalokot
,
@arp_chak
and many more great scholars) is now on the virtual shelves
@DCU_SoC
So great to see this book out in the world. I'm honoured to have a chapter in it titled 'Tactics of Hate: Toxic “creativity” in anti-feminist men's rights politics'. One of 57 chapters - kudos to the editors
📢 New book, out TODAY! Edited by me
@StrathHum
& Susan Berridge
@StirUni
. Commissioned the week before lockdown in 2020 this has been quite a journey 🧵
This huge book arrived today. So many great chapters from my comrades in gender studies, media studies and beyond. Well done
@ProfKarenBoyle
and Susan Berridge for bringing it all together
@DCU_Research
@HumanitiesDCU
The Handbook of Gender, Communication and Women’s Human Rights, in which I have a chapter on 'Digital Culture, Online Misogyny, and Gender-based Violence', is now published and available for pre-order
@HumanitiesDCU
@DCU_Research
At
@DCU
Research on Walls awards today with our PhD student
@pragyadevv
(me and
@ivorytowerjourn
co-supervisors) - stunning photo montage representing Pragyaa's research on violence against women journalists in India
Giving a keynote at the 'Masculinity, masculinist politics and violent extremism in the Nordic' network in Stockholm and meeting great scholars. Thanks for inviting me
@lgottzen
Tweeting from the
#AthenaSWANIreland
Awards Ceremony, at which
@DCU_SoC
has received
@DCU
's first Bronze departmental award. Proud to have led this with
@Aileen_OD
and
@donalmulligan
and thanks to all our colleagues in the School and university who helped make this happen
Last week we welcomed our 10 newly registered PhDs + project partners on the PARTICIPATE Marie-Curie Doctoral Network to
@DCU
@AntiBullyingCen
for 3 days of meetings (and some fun). This €2.8 million project addresses the role of parents in cyberbullying
#MSCA
#ResearchImpactEU
“You can’t just teach one RHSE [relationships, health and sex education] lesson on this; you need to have a whole-school ethos. We need to make it a priority.”
@JessicaRingrose
in today's Guardian
There are still a couple of places left on my Ethics in Digital Research module next week (
@DCU_SoC
@irdggroup
Doctoral Summer School). Designed for digital researchers wishing to expand their knowledge + practices in ethical research
@roisiningle
@AkaPaulHoward
@MarianKeyes
@Quantanamo
Well done and thank you for writing this. The use of character witnesses in rape trials serves only to remind us that there is a strong imperative for certain men to collectively and consciously defend the myth that misogyny is Other, and nothing to do with mainstream society
Over and over and over with this judge. Every time. How can this be allowed to continue?
Man who sexually assaulted 16-year-old girl on Ryanair flight handed suspended sentence
Second remote PhD viva within a week. Huge congratulations to
@MajaBAndreasen1
on a really outstanding piece of work and passing without corrections. I think the joy of it - in the midst of so much sadness and confusion - made us all a bit emotional
@ProfKarenBoyle
A new database of female contributors for Irish broadcast media has been launched by Women on Air. Let's get more female expert voices on the airwaves in 2021. Register for the database at
A podcast I did last year on Incels and the Manosphere is now up on YouTube, part of Stephane Baele's Extreme Calls series, also featuring
@galwaygrrl
on Online Extremists and Charlie Winter on Islamic State Propaganda
@DCU_SoC
@LawGovDCU
@FuJoMedia
It doesn’t matter what time of the day or night, what she was wearing, what she was doing. We need to educate boys and men, be active bystanders, blame perpetrators, not victims, ensure Gardaí answer 999 calls, stop saying
#NotAllMen
– start asking
#WhySoManyMen
? LISTEN TO WOMEN
We are wondering how our article on incels published in January has got over 60k views already? Then
@StephaneBaele
discovered it has generated 2.6k (serious) comments on r/science (the New Reddit Journal of Science) 👀
#impact
!
@roisiningle
@MarianKeyes
@AkaPaulHoward
We were allowed to wear trousers in the early 80s as part of our uniform. Kinda shocking that girls are still having to petition for this in 2019. But good on her! 💪👖
PhD students -
@DCU_IDRG
and
@DCU_SoC
are hosting a 2 week, no-fee Doctoral Summer School in Digital Research Methods and Digital Research Ethics this June. I will be delivering the Digital Research Ethics component in week 1
IDRG and
@DCU_SoC
are hosting a new Summer School, composed of two graduate training modules well suited to those across the social sciences who are planning research projects, engaged in doctoral research, or at early career stage.
Our study shows that, while levels of violent extremist language vary across the incelosphere, they have steadily increased in the main online spaces since the subculture's inception. We also show that these online spaces are responsive to real-world, offline, events
Guess what! Our Dec 2019 issue of the International Journal of Bullying Prevention is finally OUT, all on Gender, Sexuality, and Bullying! Article list is below - get your free PDFs and R/T to colleagues who may be interested! (T/Y
@debbieging
@aoifeneary
)
Former Leinster Rugby Team Manager, Ken Ging, was laid to rest earlier this week.
In tribute, we asked former Leinster Rugby Head Coach,
@MattRCNM
, for his reflections on Ken.
📰 | Read the full story here 👉
#FromTheGroundUp
🎙️Podcast alert! In this episode we discuss the Incel movement, the threat they pose, their role in the online misogynist "manosphere" and the implications for the tech sector, with
@debbieging
from
@DCU_SoC
and
@alexdibranco
from the
@TheIRMS
. |
'The British Academy study says that... such courses play a vital role in the UK’s £108bn creative industries and have become increasingly relevant in a world grappling with new technologies, artificial intelligence and the dangers of disinformation
Delivering my keynote address today at
#EUPOP2019
on Mainstreaming the Manosphere: Social Media and Circuits of Digital Hate in MIC Limerick
@DCU_SoC
@FuJoMedia
An important report co-authored by
@galwaygrrl
which addresses researchers' security, safety and resilience when researching online extremism, terrorism and associated areas