Sama Khosravi-Ooryad
@samakhosraviooryad.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Film and Media Studies, Uni of Gothenburg
Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, NETHATE
Board member @Maifeminism.bsky.social
Memes and Feminist Media Scholar | Gendered Hate Online | Digital and Visual Cultures
Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, NETHATE
Board member @Maifeminism.bsky.social
Memes and Feminist Media Scholar | Gendered Hate Online | Digital and Visual Cultures
Getting close to wrapping up my PhD, it warms my heart to see that my PhD-papers are widely read and cited since publication, 8k views and 30 citations in total. 🔥
It motivates me to keep going. 🙌🏽
Link to the articles:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It motivates me to keep going. 🙌🏽
Link to the articles:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Getting close to wrapping up my PhD, it warms my heart to see that my PhD-papers are widely read and cited since publication, 8k views and 30 citations in total. 🔥
It motivates me to keep going. 🙌🏽
Link to the articles:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It motivates me to keep going. 🙌🏽
Link to the articles:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group.
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group.
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
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@samakhosraviooryad.bsky.social's #somatechnics article (doi.org/10.3366/soma...) was made OA as one of Somatechnics' most outstanding pieces. Check out both "The Somatechnics of Violence" special issues curated by myself, Chantelle Gray & Delphi Carstens here (www.euppublishing.com/toc/soma/14/1)
May 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@samakhosraviooryad.bsky.social's #somatechnics article (doi.org/10.3366/soma...) was made OA as one of Somatechnics' most outstanding pieces. Check out both "The Somatechnics of Violence" special issues curated by myself, Chantelle Gray & Delphi Carstens here (www.euppublishing.com/toc/soma/14/1)
My article at the journal Somatechnics has been selected as an ‘innovative somatechnics research from the past decade and a half of the journal’ and is featured in a special issue (Bodies of Power).
I am honored to receive this recognition for my research.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
I am honored to receive this recognition for my research.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My article at the journal Somatechnics has been selected as an ‘innovative somatechnics research from the past decade and a half of the journal’ and is featured in a special issue (Bodies of Power).
I am honored to receive this recognition for my research.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
I am honored to receive this recognition for my research.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
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Upcoming seminar ⬇️
Prof Jo Littler (Professor of Cultural, Media and Social Analysis @mediacomgold.bsky.social) will outline The Care Manifesto (co-written with members of the Care Collective) & explore corporate carewashing.
📅 4pm, 15 May
More: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/eb8... @jolittler.bsky.social
Prof Jo Littler (Professor of Cultural, Media and Social Analysis @mediacomgold.bsky.social) will outline The Care Manifesto (co-written with members of the Care Collective) & explore corporate carewashing.
📅 4pm, 15 May
More: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/eb8... @jolittler.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Upcoming seminar ⬇️
Prof Jo Littler (Professor of Cultural, Media and Social Analysis @mediacomgold.bsky.social) will outline The Care Manifesto (co-written with members of the Care Collective) & explore corporate carewashing.
📅 4pm, 15 May
More: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/eb8... @jolittler.bsky.social
Prof Jo Littler (Professor of Cultural, Media and Social Analysis @mediacomgold.bsky.social) will outline The Care Manifesto (co-written with members of the Care Collective) & explore corporate carewashing.
📅 4pm, 15 May
More: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/eb8... @jolittler.bsky.social
I will talk at this brilliant symposium on “Feminism and the Far-Right” on June 6th at Goldsmith among epic critical thinkers in my field. Thanks so much to Dr. @kat-hig.bsky.social for hosting this event. 💖
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
Feminism and the Far-Right
A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I will talk at this brilliant symposium on “Feminism and the Far-Right” on June 6th at Goldsmith among epic critical thinkers in my field. Thanks so much to Dr. @kat-hig.bsky.social for hosting this event. 💖
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
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The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
Feminism and the Far-Right
A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
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Just going to slowly introduce some of my research to BlueSky.
I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes - Volume 50 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
April 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Just going to slowly introduce some of my research to BlueSky.
I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
April 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Another research citing my work. I LOVE this field, lol!
Welcome to this brave Bro’s world, babe!
Welcome to this brave Bro’s world, babe!
April 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Another research citing my work. I LOVE this field, lol!
Welcome to this brave Bro’s world, babe!
Welcome to this brave Bro’s world, babe!
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Hello bluesky! Read more about our Standing Group here: ecpr.eu/StandingGrou...
ecpr.eu
March 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hello bluesky! Read more about our Standing Group here: ecpr.eu/StandingGrou...
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‘I want to be the best man possible’: Meet the manosphere-curious men trying to deradicalise themselves online
These incels deradicalised themselves — and now they’re trying to help others
As Netflix’s Adolescence spotlights the dangers of incel ideology, we speak to three young men who’ve taken steps to steer themselves away from the manosphere
www.cosmopolitan.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
‘I want to be the best man possible’: Meet the manosphere-curious men trying to deradicalise themselves online
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In the Netherlands, three far-right youth were found guilty in a Rotterdam court of incitement and given suspended sentences (time served basically), with one of the youths being found guilty of participation in a terrorist organization (The Base)
De rechtbank veroordeelt drie extreemrechtse jongeren tot voorwaardelijke gevangenisstraffen en jeugddetentie voor opruiing, onder meer vanwege berichten in extreemrechtse appgroepen, en het lidmaatschap van een terroristische organisatie www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b4e18111/
Drietal extreemrechtse jongeren schuldig bevonden aan opruiing via Telegram
De rechtbank in Rotterdam heeft drie extreemrechtse jongeren veroordeeld tot voorwaardelijke gevangenisstraffen en jeugddetentie. Zij zijn schuldig bevonden aan opruiing, onder meer vanwege berichten ...
www.volkskrant.nl
March 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In the Netherlands, three far-right youth were found guilty in a Rotterdam court of incitement and given suspended sentences (time served basically), with one of the youths being found guilty of participation in a terrorist organization (The Base)
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A new article by Ov Christian Norocel and Iris B. Segers in the European Journal of Politics and Gender stresses the need to address unequal emotional labor demands in academia and urges institutions to better support scholars in roles requiring significant emotional labor. shorturl.at/Qotd2
Researchers of the far right as intersectional subjects: three arenas for emotional labour
This conceptual article examines the relational dynamic between the research field focusing on the far right and those critical scholars that endeavour to undertake these studies. It is theoretically ...
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March 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A new article by Ov Christian Norocel and Iris B. Segers in the European Journal of Politics and Gender stresses the need to address unequal emotional labor demands in academia and urges institutions to better support scholars in roles requiring significant emotional labor. shorturl.at/Qotd2
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Yoshitomo Nara
March 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yoshitomo Nara
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I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
gothamist.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
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Join us on March 20 for @crexuio.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social and CASEI webinar series on methods and ethics for researching the far right! We will discuss how collective memory and heritage are appropriated and mobilised by the far right. Don't miss it! 🌟 www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
The haunting past: memory and far right studies
- C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism
with Lorna Richardson (University of East Anglia) and Daniel Jones (University of Northampton)
www.sv.uio.no
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Join us on March 20 for @crexuio.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social and CASEI webinar series on methods and ethics for researching the far right! We will discuss how collective memory and heritage are appropriated and mobilised by the far right. Don't miss it! 🌟 www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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We are looking for a #PhDstudent in the NWO-VIDI project “Iran’s Secular Shift” which investigates Iran’s evolving secular landscape using mixed-method; an opportunity to contribute to a pioneering study on non-religion, atheism & secularism in #Iran @pooyan1983.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD in Iranian Secular Visual Culture
In this position you explore Iran's Secular Shift, examining how atheism, non-religion, and calls for mosque-state separation are expressed in visual culture.
www.uu.nl
March 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We are looking for a #PhDstudent in the NWO-VIDI project “Iran’s Secular Shift” which investigates Iran’s evolving secular landscape using mixed-method; an opportunity to contribute to a pioneering study on non-religion, atheism & secularism in #Iran @pooyan1983.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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EU is asking X for internal documents about its algorithms.
"The company has been accused of manipulating the platform’s systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility over other political groups."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"The company has been accused of manipulating the platform’s systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility over other political groups."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
EU is asking X for internal documents about its algorithms.
"The company has been accused of manipulating the platform’s systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility over other political groups."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"The company has been accused of manipulating the platform’s systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility over other political groups."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Apply for this PhD position and join the amazing team and research project at Lund University:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD-Position in Gender Studies: Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture
PhD-Position in Gender Studies: Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture Gender studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University We are now recruiting a PhD-student in Gender Studies for conducting
lu.varbi.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Apply for this PhD position and join the amazing team and research project at Lund University:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Really excited to share my latest article, "Articulating algorithmic ableism: The suppression and surveillance of disabled TikTok creators," is now published in Journal of Gender Studies!
A beautiful conversation between disability + creator studies.
Read here ↪️ shorturl.at/ft5
A beautiful conversation between disability + creator studies.
Read here ↪️ shorturl.at/ft5
March 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Really excited to share my latest article, "Articulating algorithmic ableism: The suppression and surveillance of disabled TikTok creators," is now published in Journal of Gender Studies!
A beautiful conversation between disability + creator studies.
Read here ↪️ shorturl.at/ft5
A beautiful conversation between disability + creator studies.
Read here ↪️ shorturl.at/ft5
Apply for this PhD position and join the amazing team and research project at Lund University:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD-Position in Gender Studies: Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture
PhD-Position in Gender Studies: Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture Gender studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University We are now recruiting a PhD-student in Gender Studies for conducting
lu.varbi.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Apply for this PhD position and join the amazing team and research project at Lund University:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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The level of ingenuity they have for coming up with ways to be evil, in both grand and petty ways.
January 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The level of ingenuity they have for coming up with ways to be evil, in both grand and petty ways.
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Brian Massumi book on fascism, incoming from @dukepress.bsky.social www.dukeupress.edu/the-personal...
www.dukeupress.edu
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Brian Massumi book on fascism, incoming from @dukepress.bsky.social www.dukeupress.edu/the-personal...