Morgane Desoutter
@morganedes.bsky.social
PhD researcher and lecturer at the university of Magdeburg, Germany. She/Her. Co-Editor of the Popular Culture & World Politics book series. Working on films, TikTok, war and gender.
Reposted by Morgane Desoutter
It's an army. Without the discipline and accountability the US Military has (at best).
1. ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal gov't data by Popular Information.
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It's an army. Without the discipline and accountability the US Military has (at best).
Reposted by Morgane Desoutter
absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
Reposted by Morgane Desoutter
Incredibly impressed by Kate Scott and Lindsay Day, two brilliant PhD students at USYD who have published this excellent paper on TikTok tradwives and online anti-feminist movements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Such a pleasure to work with and learn from such smart humans!
TikTok tradwives: femininity, reproduction, and social media
In recent years, social media platforms have seen a growing promotion of the Tradwife’s lifestyle, where cis women embrace patriarchal gender norms and identities such as the stay-at-home mother an...
www.tandfonline.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Incredibly impressed by Kate Scott and Lindsay Day, two brilliant PhD students at USYD who have published this excellent paper on TikTok tradwives and online anti-feminist movements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Such a pleasure to work with and learn from such smart humans!
Reposted by Morgane Desoutter
NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
August 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
📢 Just published in CMS!
I dive into how Ukrainian Soldiers use #TikTok to share their #war experiences, shaping both public support and #gender norms. Is this a shift away from militarized masculinity, or just a new version of it?🤔
Read more here! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I dive into how Ukrainian Soldiers use #TikTok to share their #war experiences, shaping both public support and #gender norms. Is this a shift away from militarized masculinity, or just a new version of it?🤔
Read more here! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
War, social media and gender: an analysis of the use of TikTok by Ukrainian soldiers
This article examines the intersection of war and gender through a visual analysis of TikTok videos depicting Ukrainian soldiers. Framed as the first TikTok war, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia h...
www.tandfonline.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📢 Just published in CMS!
I dive into how Ukrainian Soldiers use #TikTok to share their #war experiences, shaping both public support and #gender norms. Is this a shift away from militarized masculinity, or just a new version of it?🤔
Read more here! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I dive into how Ukrainian Soldiers use #TikTok to share their #war experiences, shaping both public support and #gender norms. Is this a shift away from militarized masculinity, or just a new version of it?🤔
Read more here! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
One month left to submit your abstract to the Popular Culture & World Politics standing section of the #EISAPEC25 in Bologna in Bologna 25-29 August!
Submission portal: buff.ly/3QtluFf
Submission portal: buff.ly/3QtluFf
February 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
One month left to submit your abstract to the Popular Culture & World Politics standing section of the #EISAPEC25 in Bologna in Bologna 25-29 August!
Submission portal: buff.ly/3QtluFf
Submission portal: buff.ly/3QtluFf
Reposted by Morgane Desoutter
“One source stated that human personnel often served only as a “rubber stamp” for the machine’s decisions, adding that, normally, they would personally devote only about “20 seconds” to each target before authorizing a bombing — just to make sure the Lavender-marked target is male.”
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...
www.972mag.com
April 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
“One source stated that human personnel often served only as a “rubber stamp” for the machine’s decisions, adding that, normally, they would personally devote only about “20 seconds” to each target before authorizing a bombing — just to make sure the Lavender-marked target is male.”
CfP: The Popular Culture and World Politics standing section of the EISA (Lille, 27-31 August 2024) invites paper, panel, roundtable proposals!
You can submit your abstract via the conference online platform: pec2024.eisa-net.org.
Deadline: 13 March 2024
You can submit your abstract via the conference online platform: pec2024.eisa-net.org.
Deadline: 13 March 2024
February 26, 2024 at 3:39 PM
CfP: The Popular Culture and World Politics standing section of the EISA (Lille, 27-31 August 2024) invites paper, panel, roundtable proposals!
You can submit your abstract via the conference online platform: pec2024.eisa-net.org.
Deadline: 13 March 2024
You can submit your abstract via the conference online platform: pec2024.eisa-net.org.
Deadline: 13 March 2024
Reposted by Morgane Desoutter
Counting The Kids
Children killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 2000 until today
countingthekids.org
October 29, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Reposted by Morgane Desoutter
"The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019" Save the Children
October 29, 2023 at 2:14 PM
"The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019" Save the Children