Eli Melby
@elimelby.bsky.social
PhD fellow in sociology, University of Bergen
Associated researcher, CRAPUL University of Lausanne
Political Sociology, gender, social movements,
the microsociology of grassroots organizing
Fulbright Fellow 24-25, UC Berkeley
Associated researcher, CRAPUL University of Lausanne
Political Sociology, gender, social movements,
the microsociology of grassroots organizing
Fulbright Fellow 24-25, UC Berkeley
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Eli Melby
@elimelby.bsky.social
· Sep 24
Under the Smokescreen of Horizontality: Gendered Leading Tasks within the Yellow Vest Movement - Eli Melby, 2024
There is little scholarship on how gender impacts the construction of leadership in supposedly leaderless, horizontal social movements. In this study, I expand ...
journals.sagepub.com
Very stoked to see the first article from my PhD project out open access in Gender & Society. Based on fieldwork in the Yellow vest movement, I explore the critical leadership work that is demanded to uphold so-called horizontal social movements.
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The first episode of my new series Truly Tradly Deeply is here! We dive into the evolution of the tradwife subculture, how hyper-feminine aesthetics are weaponised by the European far right, and why Phyllis Schlafly was a Lean In Girlboss 💅💖
on.soundcloud.com/srccAxW4hXnc...
on.soundcloud.com/srccAxW4hXnc...
Truly Tradly Deeply Episode 1: Introduction — “All I Think About Is Buying Cows”
The first episode of Annie Kelly's 6-part podcast miniseries Truly Tradly Deeply. Cursed Media subscribers have access to the first two episodes right now, plus each new episode as they are released w
soundcloud.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The first episode of my new series Truly Tradly Deeply is here! We dive into the evolution of the tradwife subculture, how hyper-feminine aesthetics are weaponised by the European far right, and why Phyllis Schlafly was a Lean In Girlboss 💅💖
on.soundcloud.com/srccAxW4hXnc...
on.soundcloud.com/srccAxW4hXnc...
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Hi Bluesky,
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial [Garcia, Manon, Kronic, Maya B.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial
www.amazon.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Hi Bluesky,
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
The English translation of my book on the Pelicot trial is coming out in a month! You know (or maybe you don't) how it is: preorders are crucial for the life of a book, so don't hesitate to preorder right now.
a.co/d/a0qeZeh
I hope the fantastic blurbs will convince you if you're not:
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"Using Marx’s theory of commodity fetishism, it thus contends that care ethics risks treating care as a fetish, obscuring the systemic inequalities and inherent contradictions embedded in caregiving." doi.org/10.1177/1464...
Towards a critique of care fetishism: Social reproduction feminism and the ethics of care - Sara R Farris, 2025
Recently, there has been a notable rise in scholarly publications, research projects and public discussions engaging with care ethics and social reproduction fe...
doi.org
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Using Marx’s theory of commodity fetishism, it thus contends that care ethics risks treating care as a fetish, obscuring the systemic inequalities and inherent contradictions embedded in caregiving." doi.org/10.1177/1464...
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NEW
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
NEW
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
I've seen numerous examples of this in recent days - we're at a point where some reporters are using LLMs as a source and not even remotely properly factchecking, but also where LLM generated material is making its way into other material and being unknowingly reproduced by others.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
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Hvilke lederoppgaver kreves for å opprettholde lederløse og horisontale bevegelser, og hvem forventes å gjøre disse oppgavene? Jeg har blitt intervjuet av Kilden Kjønnsforskning om en nylig publisert artikkel basert på mitt doktorgradsprosjekt.
Kvinnene i de «gule vestene» fikk mye makt
Bevegelsen ønsket å være flat og uten ledere. Dette åpnet et handlingsrom for kvinner, viser en ny sosiologisk studie.
kjonnsforskning.no
April 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hvilke lederoppgaver kreves for å opprettholde lederløse og horisontale bevegelser, og hvem forventes å gjøre disse oppgavene? Jeg har blitt intervjuet av Kilden Kjønnsforskning om en nylig publisert artikkel basert på mitt doktorgradsprosjekt.
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“We are shocked and saddened by the news of Professor Michael Burawoy’s passing. His untimely death is a great loss to sociology & to movements for justice around the world.”
@michaelabenson.bsky.social on a collegiate, courageous giant of the discipline.
thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
@michaelabenson.bsky.social on a collegiate, courageous giant of the discipline.
thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
February 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“We are shocked and saddened by the news of Professor Michael Burawoy’s passing. His untimely death is a great loss to sociology & to movements for justice around the world.”
@michaelabenson.bsky.social on a collegiate, courageous giant of the discipline.
thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
@michaelabenson.bsky.social on a collegiate, courageous giant of the discipline.
thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
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"Ce serait diffamer Jean-Marie Le Pen que de ne pas le traiter de tortionnaire" (P. Vidal-Naquet).
Aux racines coloniales du lepénisme. Le dossier complet rassemblé et contextualisé pour la première fois.
En Algérie chez Barzakh, en France au Passager clandestin (2024).
Aux racines coloniales du lepénisme. Le dossier complet rassemblé et contextualisé pour la première fois.
En Algérie chez Barzakh, en France au Passager clandestin (2024).
November 22, 2024 at 11:15 PM
"Ce serait diffamer Jean-Marie Le Pen que de ne pas le traiter de tortionnaire" (P. Vidal-Naquet).
Aux racines coloniales du lepénisme. Le dossier complet rassemblé et contextualisé pour la première fois.
En Algérie chez Barzakh, en France au Passager clandestin (2024).
Aux racines coloniales du lepénisme. Le dossier complet rassemblé et contextualisé pour la première fois.
En Algérie chez Barzakh, en France au Passager clandestin (2024).
Me, facing the academic job market
Amazing Footage Shows Alpine Ibex Climbing On A Near-Vertical Dam For Food
With split hooves and rubber-like soles, the Alpine Ibex is able to climb a near-vertical rock face.
🎦 Credit: @natgeoclassics.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Ibex #Animals
With split hooves and rubber-like soles, the Alpine Ibex is able to climb a near-vertical rock face.
🎦 Credit: @natgeoclassics.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Ibex #Animals
December 6, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Me, facing the academic job market
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New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
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If you've asked and still not fund yourself on this starter pack, please let me know because I think there may be some bug with the servers go.bsky.app/V9URRDU ,🧪🌍🇬🇱🇮🇸🇫🇴🇸🇯🇩🇰🇸🇪🇦🇽🇫🇮
November 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
If you've asked and still not fund yourself on this starter pack, please let me know because I think there may be some bug with the servers go.bsky.app/V9URRDU ,🧪🌍🇬🇱🇮🇸🇫🇴🇸🇯🇩🇰🇸🇪🇦🇽🇫🇮
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It seems that there was no Sociology Journals starter pack, so we created one: go.bsky.app/93ta3Gs -- do let us know which journals we missed!
November 22, 2024 at 10:23 AM
It seems that there was no Sociology Journals starter pack, so we created one: go.bsky.app/93ta3Gs -- do let us know which journals we missed!
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In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT
Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.
www.arthurperret.fr
November 15, 2024 at 7:41 AM
In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
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Seeing the new inflow from the other place I made a small starter pack of some people working on gender &/OR sexuality, biased towards Sociology. Let me know if you or anyone else should be on it!
November 12, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Seeing the new inflow from the other place I made a small starter pack of some people working on gender &/OR sexuality, biased towards Sociology. Let me know if you or anyone else should be on it!
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Very stoked to see the first article from my PhD project out open access in Gender & Society. Based on fieldwork in the Yellow vest movement, I explore the critical leadership work that is demanded to uphold so-called horizontal social movements.
1/2
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Under the Smokescreen of Horizontality: Gendered Leading Tasks within the Yellow Vest Movement - Eli Melby, 2024
There is little scholarship on how gender impacts the construction of leadership in supposedly leaderless, horizontal social movements. In this study, I expand ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 24, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Very stoked to see the first article from my PhD project out open access in Gender & Society. Based on fieldwork in the Yellow vest movement, I explore the critical leadership work that is demanded to uphold so-called horizontal social movements.
1/2
1/2
Very stoked to see the first article from my PhD project out open access in Gender & Society. Based on fieldwork in the Yellow vest movement, I explore the critical leadership work that is demanded to uphold so-called horizontal social movements.
1/2
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Under the Smokescreen of Horizontality: Gendered Leading Tasks within the Yellow Vest Movement - Eli Melby, 2024
There is little scholarship on how gender impacts the construction of leadership in supposedly leaderless, horizontal social movements. In this study, I expand ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 24, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Very stoked to see the first article from my PhD project out open access in Gender & Society. Based on fieldwork in the Yellow vest movement, I explore the critical leadership work that is demanded to uphold so-called horizontal social movements.
1/2
1/2
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DIVE IN! Professor Bev Skeggs’s archive is online.
Explore the work of the renowned sociologist, feminist & campaigner against #inequalities, and former editor of The Sociological Review & former chief executive of our Foundation. Includes research by theme and teaching resources.
bevskeggs.com
Explore the work of the renowned sociologist, feminist & campaigner against #inequalities, and former editor of The Sociological Review & former chief executive of our Foundation. Includes research by theme and teaching resources.
bevskeggs.com
August 27, 2024 at 7:23 AM
DIVE IN! Professor Bev Skeggs’s archive is online.
Explore the work of the renowned sociologist, feminist & campaigner against #inequalities, and former editor of The Sociological Review & former chief executive of our Foundation. Includes research by theme and teaching resources.
bevskeggs.com
Explore the work of the renowned sociologist, feminist & campaigner against #inequalities, and former editor of The Sociological Review & former chief executive of our Foundation. Includes research by theme and teaching resources.
bevskeggs.com
Angelo Reira endelig ute med nytt album. Jeg anmelder det i ukas Morgenbladet www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/musik...
Angelo Reira med den beste norske klassiske raputgivelsen på flere år
Raptalentet kommer seirende ut i en fortelling om et liv der tungsinnet kunne tatt overhånd.
www.morgenbladet.no
March 15, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Angelo Reira endelig ute med nytt album. Jeg anmelder det i ukas Morgenbladet www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/musik...
Vi har en lang vei å gå i kampen mot vold mot kvinner, slik min eminente veileder Margunn Bjørnholt viser i ny artikkel. God kampdag!
Skriver om den viktige forskningen til Margunn Bjørnholt om fortsettelsesvold i denne ukas Morgenbladet
March 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Vi har en lang vei å gå i kampen mot vold mot kvinner, slik min eminente veileder Margunn Bjørnholt viser i ny artikkel. God kampdag!
Hør! Hiphop er 50 år i år. Dette feirer jeg hver dag. Veldig gøy å få snakke om sjangerens utvikling sammen med Thomas Seltzer og Tommy Tee på Trygdekontoret: radio.nrk.no/podkast/tryg...
November 27, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Hør! Hiphop er 50 år i år. Dette feirer jeg hver dag. Veldig gøy å få snakke om sjangerens utvikling sammen med Thomas Seltzer og Tommy Tee på Trygdekontoret: radio.nrk.no/podkast/tryg...