i wrote a new piece for @404media.co about how K-pop fans are grappling with their fandoms & industry being infested with deepfakes and AI slop (spoilers: they don’t like it!)

Real strength protects the weak. Real men punch up, not down. Real masculinity doesn't need to keep a woman small to feel big. We know the difference. It's time to say so. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Causal Effect of Character Gender on Readers’ Preferences by Federica Bologna @ianlundberg.bsky.social & @mattwilkens.bsky.social anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...

I'll be real with you, I'm 100% taking the best loot every time 🤑 #pcgamer #pcgaming #baldursgate3 #rpggames

It has been about a month and the issues identified by experts have not been satisfactorily, both in substance and in a timely manner, addressed by the "global keynote speaker on AI & neuroscience"

Intellect is pleased to present Journal of Fandom Studies 14.2 Including ‘Queerplatonic relationships, canon and queerbaiting: Your ship is canonically queer’ by Dean Leetal. Access the issue via Discover 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jfs/14/2

"The only ones who have ever had us, are us... and the Spice Girls. And Madonna." Matt Bernstein is a national treasure. youtube.com/shorts/JvylN...

Reducing sexism through Representation: A longitudinal study on the impact of female footballers in FC24 on hostile sexism by Jeroen S. Lemmens & Rinaldo Kühne doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Hey Alexa what's Goodhart's Law

New Scandalous Games! We celebrate five years of looking at video game related controversies with an annotated dramatic reading of the closing statement Jack Thompson wanted to make at his 2008 disbarment hearing. Highlights include wild conspiracies and Jack comparing his plight to Jesus

Who benefits from funding and investment – and who is being left behind? A major new Insight Report published today by Women in Games is asking key questions about power, investment and accountability across the global games industry. Read and reshare: www.womeningames.org/the-drop-off...

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Biel, J. Belonging to a community of European fans? European common in-group identity formation through football fandom. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 13, 764 (2026). #FanStudies doi.org/10.1057/s415...

As an influencer researcher who just finished Yesteryear, there are a few things I want to commend the book on: 1. Showing how trad wife and girl boss influencers are two sides of the same coin 2. Showing that all brand identity is built on exclusion.

Such a wonderful story and relevant to @saramgrady.bsky.social @aeden.bsky.social & @larawolfers.bsky.social

New -- Valve: anticorporate hero or big tech but small? Gamers know Valve as a freewheeling enterprise, but previously unreported docs show controversial business practices that, critics say, restrict both gamers and game-makers. Feature w @austincarr.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

i wrote about motion capture, animation, and bodies in games for TEEN VOGUE! it's very excited to have a byline at a magazine that i've been reading since i was teen✨ www.teenvogue.com/story/why-ar...

The scientific consensus is usually boring. Contrarian takes attract attention. Because social media rewards controversy and disagreement, going against the consensus can be a good way to gain likes, followers, and influence.

Understanding the Efficacy of Online Bystander Intervention when Journalists are the Targets by @kesearles.bsky.social & @rebekahtromble.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

Honoured to share our new paper in @nature.com today. Across 12 countries in eastern and southern Africa and Southeast Asia, 1 in 6 internet-using children had experienced technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse. A thread 🧵

New book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Fandom and influencers: Social media influencers through the eyes of their fans Hanan Ezzat In: The Routledge Companion to Social Media Influencers #FanStudies www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Our new paper on replicating 3 seminal privacy studies out now in JOC! 👇🏼

Do people who use LLMs "just for X, Y and Z" feel anything when they see that kind of headline or does it not matter to them at all?

These are the men who are trying to convince college women to give up their careers and spend their lives in the home. They tell women that life as a trad wife will give them access to domestic power, knowing full well that their own homes are spaces of domestic violence.

for a high-level write up of the findings, check out this insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/can-...

Cc @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @alyssamerc.bsky.social

Seeing (unsurprisingly) how poorly #AI is actually doing, especially generating any form of profit, it seems apt to reshare my paper on AI and how the Luddite's were deliberately misrepresented. The parallels to today become clear very quickly. doi.org/10.36158/979...

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@leftistgamermemes.bsky.social's making a game all about "imperialism capitalism hegemony the faults of liberalism the faults of libertarianism infighting racism and a lot more i can't think of rn," among many other things. @zoehhannah.com's interview: www.mothership.blog/in-conversat...

Engagement With Online Sexual Trauma-Related Content Among Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Trauma by Caterina Obenauf, M.A., Dr. Gina P. Owens, Hannah Shinew & Logan Mitchell onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New piece out at @jepopy.bsky.social with the wonderful @cvargiu.bsky.social & Diego Garzia We use an experiment to test whether musical preferences and political attitudes influence each other. We find effects in both ways! Paper ungated: tinyurl.com/rpau9eyb Open data: osf.io/7vqgn

Academic publishing is, in many ways, irrevocably and irredeemably broken.

very relatable story on the site today, at least for me www.mothership.blog/unlearning-m...

The psychology of 'simps': "The fear of being single contributes significantly to the motivation behind male simping behaviors." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42178873/ 🫠

Thinking about the Kardashian Index given that some 'experts' are driven to continually promote their flawed/debunked ideas link.springer.com/article/10.1...

my article with @mirekstolee.bsky.social, "From Governance Grievance to White Nationalism: A Study of Anti-Moderation Subreddits," where we looked at why we see racism that is off-topic in these spaces, is out now. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

So many of the observations are frustratingly similar to other male-dominated leisure spaces, such as comics, sports, literature, videogames, music, and so on

It's been a while since I shared a long read! I spent several months looking at gender representation in the world of board games. Hugely grateful for the time of the designers who shared their stories with me.

Very proud to be a co-author on this piece for The Conversation sharing this incredible new research on what content aimed at men actually looks like and how it moves from healthy to unhealthy guidance across domains like finance, fitness, and dating advice 1/ theconversation.com/we-analysed-...

"This is a kids' game, and it's layering multiple currencies atop one another to obfuscate the cost of things, as well as using pop-ups, timer bars, and "buy" buttons to offer temporary boosts and, generally speaking, remove the game's in-built friction."

jstory daily has a surprisingly decent short overview on global BL fandoms: daily.jstor.org/the-global-r...

"Instead of trying to completely shield young people from social media, education-based approaches empower young people and have the benefit of providing skills that stay with a young person long after they leave the classroom."

Delighted to share the visuals and mascot, a cute little mimic monster we've named Looty, for the upcoming Gam(bl)ing Conference (28–29 September 2026) in Hong Kong focusing on the convergence between video games and gambling.

After five teen girls were targeted by AI-generated child sexual abuse material, Radnor Township High School in Pennsylvania has become a case study in how schools and police around the country grapple with how to response to deepfake crimes involving children.

“Everyone, especially in South Sudan, wanted to know if the US really had cut off aid. It was easier for them to believe that the aid organizations were lying to them than to think that the United States would do this.”

After his partner died of AIDS-related complications, David Bohnett used the insurance payout to launch GeoCities - what became one of the internet’s earliest queer communities