Beth Kearney
@besskearney.bsky.social
Early Career Academic (contemp literature, esp. women’s writing and experimental autobiography in French). 🌺 Based in Meanjin. 🌻 http://bethkearney.com/
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NEW in our Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine series (edited by @drgavinmiller.bsky.social): Chloe R. Green examines how women’s experimental illness narratives are driving new conceptions of contested illness. Learn more at: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
Writing Contested Illness
Writing Contested Illness
edinburghuniversitypress.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
NEW in our Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine series (edited by @drgavinmiller.bsky.social): Chloe R. Green examines how women’s experimental illness narratives are driving new conceptions of contested illness. Learn more at: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
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Delighted to be part of this special issue on ambivalence and agency in contemporary Francophone narratives! My article looks at generic ambivalence, and in particular, it analyses Springora's use of fairy tales tropes to explore the abuse she experienced.
Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie!
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2
Contents | Francosphères 13, 2
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Delighted to be part of this special issue on ambivalence and agency in contemporary Francophone narratives! My article looks at generic ambivalence, and in particular, it analyses Springora's use of fairy tales tropes to explore the abuse she experienced.
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Francosphères 13.2 includes work by @besskearney.bsky.social, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social & @drjoeford.bsky.social on ambivalence, agency & selfhood in contemporary francophone narratives. Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/FRANC13-2 @openlibhums.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Francosphères 13.2 includes work by @besskearney.bsky.social, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social & @drjoeford.bsky.social on ambivalence, agency & selfhood in contemporary francophone narratives. Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/FRANC13-2 @openlibhums.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social : ‘This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit
This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:08 AM
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social : ‘This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie!
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2
Contents | Francosphères 13, 2
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie!
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2
If you have not already, please consider taking two small steps to prevent the closure of languages programs at U of Wollongong: sign the petition and write to the uni. These collective actions are making a difference! australiansocietyforfrenchstudies.com/2024/11/08/t...
The ASFS Strongly Opposes Language Cuts at the University of Wollongong
The Australian Society for French Studies condemns the proposal from the University of Wollongong to disestablish its entire Languages Discipline, including not only French but Spanish, Mandarin, J…
australiansocietyforfrenchstudies.com
December 15, 2024 at 11:11 PM
If you have not already, please consider taking two small steps to prevent the closure of languages programs at U of Wollongong: sign the petition and write to the uni. These collective actions are making a difference! australiansocietyforfrenchstudies.com/2024/11/08/t...
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We are delighted to launch our new WiF OZ podcast, hosted by Josephine Goldman and @besskearney.bsky.social 😊!
In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here:
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here:
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
WiF Australia Podcast
Podcast · WIF Australia · The Women in French Australia podcast is a space for open conversations about feminist criticism, gender studies, and the French-speaking world. It is hosted by early career ...
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:12 PM
We are delighted to launch our new WiF OZ podcast, hosted by Josephine Goldman and @besskearney.bsky.social 😊!
In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here:
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here:
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
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"The police chased me out of the beach parking lot. Now Walmart. I’m running out of places to sleep, and to be."
"Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours."
A searing and essential piece of writing.
"Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours."
A searing and essential piece of writing.
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:54 AM
"The police chased me out of the beach parking lot. Now Walmart. I’m running out of places to sleep, and to be."
"Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours."
A searing and essential piece of writing.
"Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours."
A searing and essential piece of writing.
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Big news for Women in French Australia! Thanks to our amazing first speaker @christiesmbc.bsky.social and to the creators of this podcast series @besskearney.bsky.social and Josephine Goldman. See you later today for our end-of-year celebration! 🥳
Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!
Massive thanks to Women in French: Australia and to Beth Kearney and Josie Goldman for the opportunity to record this podcast episode, discussing the founding of Women in French: Australia and navigating various EDI difficulties as a solo parent in academia.
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
November 27, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Big news for Women in French Australia! Thanks to our amazing first speaker @christiesmbc.bsky.social and to the creators of this podcast series @besskearney.bsky.social and Josephine Goldman. See you later today for our end-of-year celebration! 🥳
Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!
Massive thanks to Women in French: Australia and to Beth Kearney and Josie Goldman for the opportunity to record this podcast episode, discussing the founding of Women in French: Australia and navigating various EDI difficulties as a solo parent in academia.
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
WiF Australia Podcast
Podcast · WIF Australia · The Women in French Australia podcast is a space for open conversations about feminist criticism, gender studies, and the French-speaking world. It is hosted by early career ...
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!
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So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined.
If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message
go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2
If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message
go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2
November 8, 2024 at 1:54 PM
So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined.
If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message
go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2
If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message
go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2
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November 20, 2024 at 6:23 PM
What’s the difference between sight and sound in writing? And what do they have to do with a writer’s positionality? Read Kate Rossmanith fascinating piece …
In an exchange with The Sydney Review of Books, Kate Rossmanith considers the writer’s impulse (or pressure) to insert themselves into the text.
She argues that many of the problems stem from how we are primed to conceptualize human experience as “episodic.” www.publicbooks.org/on-not-askin...
She argues that many of the problems stem from how we are primed to conceptualize human experience as “episodic.” www.publicbooks.org/on-not-askin...
On Not Asking “Should I Insert Myself in the Text?”
“We are obliged to acknowledge what we see and how we organize what we see.”
www.publicbooks.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:06 PM
What’s the difference between sight and sound in writing? And what do they have to do with a writer’s positionality? Read Kate Rossmanith fascinating piece …
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These things are from slightly less recently:
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
'Unethical and misleading': Tony was deceiving his bosses and raking in the cash
Tony found himself with too much time on his hands at work. What he did next challenges long-held notions of loyalty in the workplace.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2024 at 3:16 AM
These things are from slightly less recently:
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
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See this new issue from MAI Feminism and Visual Cultures; I’m thrilled to have contributed a personal essay on Ernaux ! Thanks again to the editors !
Joy of joys, our new issue! Feminist Pedagogies in Games Commissioned by our guest editors, Rebecca Rouse, Josefin Westborg and Amy Corron Youmans, explores game design and teaching games from a feminist perspective //maifeminism.com/issues/focus-issue-fourteen-feminist-pedagogies-in-games/
Focus Issue Fourteen: Feminist Pedagogies in Games
Our authors examine the male-dominated HE field of teaching games, pleading for more inclusive pedagogies to depart from patriarchal methods.
maifeminism.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:52 PM
See this new issue from MAI Feminism and Visual Cultures; I’m thrilled to have contributed a personal essay on Ernaux ! Thanks again to the editors !