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Jessica Ringrose
@jessicaringrose.bsky.social
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Prof University College London, UK. Canadian Feminist Sociologist studying youth, social media, digital activism, tech facilitated gender based violence and educational interventions
New book out 2025: Teens, Social Media, & Image Based Abuse .. more

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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · 10d
Thanks Parent Zone for hosting a chat about new book Teens, Social Media and Image Based Abuse. we touched upon important topics of ongoing and future concern including youth AI dependencies. & how we can best support & protect young people rather than passing the blame and responsibility…

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Parent Zone @parentzone.org.uk · 10d
Are tech bans addressing what young people actually experience online? From cyberflashing to 'AI girlfriends' - harmful content affects different groups differently. Final Tech Shock with Professor @jessicaringrose.bsky.social of @ucl.ac.uk on other approaches: www.buzzsprout.com/1739115/epis...
7. How to find friends and alienate people: geolocation, gender, and unhelpful legislation - Tech Shock - from Parent Zone
December saw the launch of an international coalition to end violence against women and girls with additional support to tackle online harms. At the same time, debates around the banning of ‘nudificat...
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 15d
🖋️"An outright ban on social media platforms for under-16s is problematic. It neglects young people’s rights and voice and penalises them rather than targeting social media platforms.

Professor @jessicaringrose.bsky.social argues Australia’s under-16s social media ban could do more harm than good.
Should the UK follow Australia’s under-16s social media ban? It could do more harm than good
Children may be put off telling adults about something harmful they’re not supposed to have seen.
theconversation.com

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Nov 20
📱 Digital media plays a big role in teens' lives. So how should parents and teachers navigate tech use?

On 9 December, join @jessicaringrose.bsky.social for a Lunch Hour Lecture on smartphone policies, in relation to RSE, digital literacy and safeguarding in schools.

www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...
Lunch Hour Lecture: Smartphone Free Childhoods?
In this lecture, Professor Jessica Ringrose reports on a research project on teachers, parents and young people's views on smartphone restrictions.
www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · Nov 5
🔊Professor @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social discusses a survey by Male Allies UK that found over a third of teenage boys said they were considering the idea of an AI friend on BBC Woman's Hour.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 50 min, 26 sec)
Woman's Hour - Teenage boys and AI, Lynsey Addario, Choking porn law - BBC Sounds
How and why are teenage boys using AI for therapy and romance?
www.bbc.co.uk

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Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social · Oct 15
Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on #snapchat by
@betsymilne.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @tanyah.bsky.social & Kaitlynn Mendes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on Snapchat
Snapchat has long been a pivotal space for youth digital intimate and sexual cultures, as well as gendered and sexual risks and harms. Despite being o…
www.sciencedirect.com

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Oct 10
Today's young people are critical, agentic users of social media says IOE's @jessicaringrose.bsky.social . The conversation "Shared Screens, Split Realities: Rethinking Online Safety Together" @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social discusses navigating online life.
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UCL Grand Challenges (@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social)
🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities. 🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv
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Elizabethe Payne Ph.D. @ecpayne.bsky.social · Sep 29
Thanks to @drjackieullman.bsky.social @ejrenold.bsky.social @bwozolek.bsky.social @cristyndavies.bsky.social @cristownley.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @drmcquillan.bsky.social @cjpascoe.bsky.social @dortemarie.bsky.social @jengilbert.bsky.social and the many others not on this app.

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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · Sep 25
In this new podcast you can listen to me discuss my new research on mobile phone banning in UK schools with UCL psychologist @marctibber.bsky.social
uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social UCL Grand Challenges @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social · Sep 25
🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities.
🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv
Inequalities in Focus: UCL Grand Challenges launches podcast mini-series on Inclusive & Just Futures
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers and interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s...
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UCL Grand Challenges @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social · Sep 25
🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities.
🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv
Inequalities in Focus: UCL Grand Challenges launches podcast mini-series on Inclusive & Just Futures
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers and interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s...
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Sep 16
"Coverage on online misogyny tends to prioritise the opinions, behaviour and experiences of boys"

@chiarafehr.bsky.social and @jessicaringrose.bsky.social reflect on Emmy Award-winning 'Adolescence' and the importance of centring the voices/experiences of girls.
theconversation.com/girls-voices...
Girls’ voices are needed to tackle misogyny and the manosphere – but they are being ignored
Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.
theconversation.com

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Jul 27
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Jul 17
"Anti-pornography trends have tended to be steeped in conservative values of shame and blame that merely push issues underground rather than help young people develop their digital sexual literacies in ethical ways" says @jessicaringrose.bsky.social

www.newsweek.com/gen-z-men-t...
Gen Z men are turning against porn
"Boys and young men are not their fathers nor their grandfathers, this is great news for women and for men," Dr. Thomas Keith told Newsweek.
www.newsweek.com

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · Jul 6
The Supreme Court ruling and the draft EHRC Statutory Code has left trans people in the UK feeling scared and confused.

To help you navigate this nightmare, we've created a Know Your Rights resource. Find it at transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights

#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #TransAlly
Text says: What if someone tells me to leave the toilets? There’s a lot of confusion about our rights at the moment. Read our Know Your Rights resource for accurate, up to date info. transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights. Illustration of a person with short hair.

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Jun 21
How can schools be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ students?

‪@jessicaringrose.bsky.social recommends schools:
- Provide relationships and sex education that addresses LGBTQ+ identities
- Challenge gender stereotypes and transphobic bullying
- Uphold confidentiality

theconversation.com/the-supr...
The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
theconversation.com

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Lily O’Farrell @vulgadrawings.bsky.social · Jun 8
A cartoon about the Skinny Tok to alt-right pipeline for young women and teenage girls 🧵

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · May 28
"High-quality relationships and sex education lessons that cover issues of LGBTQ+ sexual health and rights will enable schools to be inclusive environments that prioritise the safety, respect and dignity of all pupils," says @jessicaringrose.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-supr...
The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
theconversation.com

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Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · May 24
Represented @citystgeorges.bsky.social at the impactful
Care or Control? Regulating Technology Behaviour & Gender at School
@ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social led by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social
Key research practice policy leaders in attendance. Here's the thought-provoking day!
#CityStGeorges #CityStGSCC

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Digital Intimacies @digitprin.bsky.social · May 24
📅 Di.G.I.T Conference Programme!
25–26 September 2025 | 📍University of Padova

Keynotes
✨Jessica Ringrose on Post-Digital Intimacy as a Theoretical Framework
✨Paul Byron on Mental Health, Care & Friendship on TikTok

💻 Full programme & info: digitalintimacies.eu/en/programme/

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Devina Sarwatay @devinasarwatay.bsky.social · May 20
Please join us for an agenda setting hybrid event @ucl.ac.uk May 23 organised by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social

Care or Control? Regulating Technology, Behaviour & Gender at School

I'll be representing @citystgeorges.bsky.social & joining an incredible lineup of academic & charitable organisation 1/

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · May 16
The Supreme Court decision that the words "man" & "woman" in the Equality Act refer to biological sex has serious implications for schools & uncertainty for the trans pupils they are trying to support.

Read more from @jessicaringrose.bsky.social for @theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/2rwa8e3p
The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
tinyurl.com

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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · May 15
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Just out in the conversation. Protect trans and gender diverse youth in school!
The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.
theconversation.com

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Dr Chris Noone @chris-noone.bsky.social · May 10
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Digital Intimacies @digitprin.bsky.social · May 9
Spotlight on @jessicaringrose.bsky.social: a leading voice in youth digital activism and feminist research.
Her research is essential for anyone working in education or activism!
Don’t miss her keynote at #DIGIT2025.

#YouthActivism #EducationForChange #DigitalFeminism #GenderResearch #MediaStudies

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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · May 8
theconversation.com/girls-voices...
Our article unpacks the deeply unethical idea to screen #Adolescence in schools. Did anyone think about asking what that might be like for girls?
Girls’ voices are needed to tackle misogyny and the manosphere – but they are being ignored
Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.
theconversation.com

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · May 5
Get a better understanding of the politics of journal publication – book now for ‘Demystifying the Politics of Interdisciplinary Journal Publication’, a free BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 15 May, University of Edinburgh tinyurl.com/554t7f6n #sociology
Get a better understanding of the politics of journal publication – book now for ‘Demystifying the Politics of Interdisciplinary Journal Publication’, a free BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 15 May, University of Edinburgh tinyurl.com/554t7f6n #sociology

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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · May 2
Really excited to sign off on the front & back cover of forthcoming book today! 💜🍌💛 what a journey it’s been. Huge thanks to esteemed colleagues for endorsements!

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Elizabethe Payne Ph.D. @ecpayne.bsky.social · May 2
The GEA conference is this month. We will have a panel on the new bullying book. If you’re going, we’re on Th! @genderanded.bsky.social @drjackieullman.bsky.social @ejrenold.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social

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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · Apr 30
Woohoo! So excited about this incredible conference in Padua Italy September 25-26. There is likely still time to submit an abstract! digitalintimacies.eu/conference/

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Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social · Apr 28
May 23rd 2025 UCL registration Care or Control? Regulating Technology, Behaviour and Gender at School

@sonialivingstone.bsky.social @andyincornwall.bsky.social @rcecoleman.bsky.social @devinasarwatay.bsky.social @emilysetty.bsky.social @craighaslop.bsky.social
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Care or Control? Regulating Technology, Behaviour and Gender at School
Join us to discuss the global uptake of mobile phone ban in schools to support/promote young people’s rights and prevent sexual violences.
www.eventbrite.co.uk