Jessica Ringrose
@jessicaringrose.bsky.social
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
New book out 2025: Teens, Social Media, & Image Based Abuse
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🔊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)
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
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🔊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)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 50 min, 26 sec)
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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
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@betsymilne.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @tanyah.bsky.social & Kaitlynn Mendes
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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…
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October 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
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@betsymilne.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @tanyah.bsky.social & Kaitlynn Mendes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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.
bsky.app/profile/uclgrandcha...
bsky.app/profile/uclgrandcha...
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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October 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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.
bsky.app/profile/uclgrandcha...
bsky.app/profile/uclgrandcha...
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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.
September 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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
🎙️ 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
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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September 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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"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...
@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
September 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"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...
@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...
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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...
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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July 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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"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...
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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
July 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"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...
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-men-t...
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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
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
July 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
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
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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...
@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
June 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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...
@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...
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A cartoon about the Skinny Tok to alt-right pipeline for young women and teenage girls 🧵
June 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A cartoon about the Skinny Tok to alt-right pipeline for young women and teenage girls 🧵
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"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...
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
May 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"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...
theconversation.com/the-supr...
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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
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
May 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
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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📅 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/
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/
May 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
📅 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/
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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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/
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/
May 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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/
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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Friday! In person or online. Registration details here
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
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/care-or-co...
@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
May 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Friday! In person or online. Registration details here
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theconversation.com/the-supreme-...
Just out in the conversation. Protect trans and gender diverse youth in school!
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
May 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by Jessica Ringrose
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
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
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
Read more from @jessicaringrose.bsky.social for @theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/2rwa8e3p
theconversation.com/the-supreme-...
Just out in the conversation. Protect trans and gender diverse youth in school!
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
May 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
theconversation.com/the-supreme-...
Just out in the conversation. Protect trans and gender diverse youth in school!
Just out in the conversation. Protect trans and gender diverse youth in school!
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My name is even in there somewhere! 😊
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...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My name is even in there somewhere! 😊
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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
Her research is essential for anyone working in education or activism!
Don’t miss her keynote at #DIGIT2025.
#YouthActivism #EducationForChange #DigitalFeminism #GenderResearch #MediaStudies
May 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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
Her research is essential for anyone working in education or activism!
Don’t miss her keynote at #DIGIT2025.
#YouthActivism #EducationForChange #DigitalFeminism #GenderResearch #MediaStudies
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?
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
May 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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?
Our article unpacks the deeply unethical idea to screen #Adolescence in schools. Did anyone think about asking what that might be like for girls?
Reposted by Jessica Ringrose
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
May 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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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
May 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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
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!
May 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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!