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Nathalie Weidhase
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Lecturer in Media and Communication researching the intersections of feminism, postfeminism, and popular culture
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Join us for our @meccsawomensnet.bsky.social online writing group this semester! First date is next week, 29th October, 2pm to 4pm. All welcome! And writing is defined broadly - whatever is useful for you. Register here for the Zoom link: buytickets.at/universityof...
MeCCSA Women's Network writing group. Join us for our online writing group on Wednesdays 2pm to 4pm on the following dates: 29th October 19th November 10th December All welcome! Writing is defined broadly, and includes thinking, drafting, outlining, researching, analysis, and anything that is useful here. Click here to register: https://buytickets.at/universityofsurrey1/1915880
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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What an incredible keynote #meccsa2025
Mallika Sarabhai performing in front of a screen that says "Says who? Mallika Sarabhai on belonging and identity"
September 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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If you're going to MeCCSA this year at Edinburgh Napier University, join us for our MeCCSA Women's Network Speed Mentoring event on 4th September for PhD students and ECRs (ECRs very much defined broadly - if you identify as ECR, then you are!)! You can sign up here: buytickets.at/universityof...
Poster containing info about speed mentoring event: Date: 4th September, time: 9am to 10.30am, location: Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart campus, Room CRL_1/06
August 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Favourite bot response to my research project EoI so far - wish I had the same superpower
Survey response that says "I can create time anytime I get an email"
August 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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📢 Please share with your networks and anyone you think might be interested! 📢 I'm looking for participants for my research project on young women's understanding of paid work on and through social media, including phenomena such as the #girlboss #corporatequeen or #lazygirljobs.
Do you identify as a woman and are aged between 18 and 30? Do you use social media? How do you feel about representations of paid work on social media? I am looking for women (including those identifying as non-binary and trans women) from all backgrounds who engage with work-related content on social to discuss their experiences. You do not need to be currently employed to take part in this study. The interview will take approximately one hour and will be conducted online. You will be asked to bring in a meme relating to work – either one you found, or one you created yourself. You will receive a £30 voucher for taking part in the interview. Sign up to show interest by filling out this form: https://surreyfbel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aY6hOtqQ7BAaLQy For more details, please contact the researcher Nathalie Weidhase at n.weidhase@surrey.ac.uk The project is funded by a British Academy Small Research Grant, and has received ethical approval from the University of Surrey Ethics Committee (Ref. Ethics RM ID: 1298). End of recruitment period: December 2025.
July 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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(We also had some very excellent weather)
Scottish coastline of the island of Iona in the sunshine
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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It's hot and muggy in London today so of course I'm starting to miss last week's 14 degrees and drizzle on the Scottish west coast
Picture of a castle ruin on the coast on the Scottish island of Kerrera
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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If you want to kickstart your summer research and writing time in a supportive, encouraging environment, join our MeCCSA Women's Network Online Writing Retreat! Everything counts as writing: reading, drafting, editing, dedicated thinking time,.... you can sign up here: buytickets.at/universityof...
Poster featuring a typewriter advertising the writing retreat on 19th June, online 10am to 4pm. Please sign up via TicketTailor by 17th June.
May 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Co-written with @poppywilde.bsky.social, our article is out now in @icsjournal.bsky.social. We analyse humorous bad taste Twitter reactions to the death of Prince Philip as a critique of the monarchy, and reflect on the ethics of researching controversial content on social media
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Abstract When Prince Philip died on 9th April 2021 aged 99, the media coverage was extensive. Not only did the BBC dedicate wall-to-wall coverage to his passing (and received nearly 110,000 complaints from viewers for it), but social media, too, participated in what had quickly become a major media event. Social media remembrance has become an expected part of the death of a celebrity or well-known figure. However, what stood out in the Twitter activity, in particular, was not only sombre remembrance but also many instances of what can be considered bad-taste humour. Particularly prominent were comparisons of Philip to zombies, often including images of him. We explore the ways in which Twitter reactions to Prince Philip's death may highlight the monarchy as an outdated, presumably useless (yet undying) institution. The use of the zombie metaphor complicates the reading of these Tweets are merely offensive, as they are used to articulate resistance to royal power. We thus argue that the use of zombie metaphors in instances of bad taste, while considered offensive, may at the same time also offer a critique of the royal family as an institution at a particular moment in time and offer reflections on the ethics of researching controversial social media content.
May 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Join us and our line-up of fantastic speakers on 21st May for our joint MeCCSA Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial network and Women's network event Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape on Zoom! You can register here: tinyurl.com/4mn29cc4
Registration is now open for the joint network event Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape. MeCCSA Race, Ethnicity, and Postcolonial Network and MeCCSA Women’s Network present: Wednesday 21st May 2025 Please join us for Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape', a half-day symposium exploring key issues of representation in contemporary media. 2pm: Welcome 2.15pm to 3.15pm Panel 1: Women of Colour in British Politics Sophia Kanaouti (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) ‘Bureaucratization of politics: identity without responsibility’ Craig Ryder (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) ‘Fringe platforms and the prevalence of digital macroaggressions against UK female leaders’ Anna Sanders and Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (University of York) ‘The Glass Cliff in Contemporary British Politics: The non-traditional aspect of contemporary leadership contests and their gendered and intersectional consequences’ 3.30pm to 4.15pm Panel 2: The Politics of Visibility Tina Frederikke Kristensen (University of Sunderland) ‘”#metoo was started by a black woman, @Tarana Burke!!! Give credit where it’s due! <3" (Marqueza, 2017): The discursive strategies used to increase visibility of people of colour in the #MeToo movement on Twitter’ Hannah Yelin (Oxford Brookes University) ‘Trans and nonbinary youth navigating celebrity culture and the risks of visibility’ You can register for the event here: https://buytickets.at/universityofsurrey1/1651077.
April 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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✨CfP!✨ The MeCCSA Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network and MeCCSA Women's Network are inviting abstracts for our joint event Paradoxes of Visibility: Navigating Race, Gender and Power in the UK Political and Media Landscape. Full CfP available here: tinyurl.com/4cp4xfbb
February 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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It's time to give this platform a proper go! Hi, I'm Nathalie, a feminist media studies scholar, and Minah from #thetraitors and I have at least one experience in common
Screenshot of Minah from The Traitors correcting Alexander's spelling of her name at the rountable, saying "you missed a H on my name"
January 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM