Brittany Melton
brittanymelton.bsky.social
Brittany Melton
@brittanymelton.bsky.social
(she/her)

PhD candidate in Media Studies at
Western University

studies gendered online communities
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a little late to post, but excited to share my article on queer female fan labour & girl crush k-pop groups is out in @popcommjournal.bsky.social! ✨💿

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“This one’s for the sapphics”: Mamamoo, “girl crush,” and transcultural networks through queer fan labor
Focusing on queer female fan labor within the K-pop realm, this study explores how fans engage with female-centered media texts and the role of fan labor in shaping collective queer female identity...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Vampire anti-feminism is officially the best way to describe these reactionary feminist groups!
New short article with Sarah Banet-Weiser, about the digital mirror-world, and how it is populated by strange doppelgangers of feminism

'Through the looking glass: feminism and reactionary politics in the digital hall of mirrors'

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Super excited to announce the article I wrote on Female Dating Strategy and the Femosphere is finally out!!

This paper functions as the framing for my PhD dissertation on gendered online communities!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@femmediastudies.bsky.social
“By women for women” communicating gender discourse in r/FemaleDatingStrategy
This research offers insights into how r/FemaleDatingStrategy’s (FDS) utilizes themes of misandry and gender essentialism to indoctrinate members under the guise of community. Situated within the b...
www.tandfonline.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM