@countbinface.bsky.social - the bin to clean the mess.

About 10000 people participated in Budapest Pride this year, the first after Orbán’s ousting www.reuters.com/business/med...

After a tortuous itinerary I made it to Newcastle. I’m looking forward to several days of vigorous & generous discussions on issues of gender & politics together w/h 750 other scholars at ECPG 2026.

Truly enjoyed @rossellaciccia.bsky.social talk at GSS series on Conflicts over Care, but appalled by the state of train infrastructure in Copenhagen-Malmö (fire in tunnel, chaotic evacuation on her way in; suddenly cancelled trains & stops, broken doors homebound). Thought we are better, usually.

As typical academic, I show to people I admire them by inviting to brainstorm together a funding application. We didn’t talk abt. low acceptance rate; rather allowed ourselves to think theoretical interactions btw. inter-imperiality, knowledge regimes & resistances. Hopefully Södertörn is a charm🤞🏼

The inaugural symposium for KAW-project Conjunctures of struggles brought together researchers interested in gender & sexuality in contemporary context of democracy contestation. Two intense days filled w/h critical analysis & minute observation on these pressing issues.

The sausage party of all sausage parties. It’s so infuriatingly disappointing to see that we are reverting back to this. All I can remember is that old adage: if you are not at the table, then you are on the menu.

So-called Social Democrats in 🇷🇴 PSD have allied w/h far-right AUR to topple the government they were part of together w/h conservative-right PNL and centre-right USR. EU level PES calls to forming of a ”stable pro-European government”. Bitter irony, as all Overton windows slammed open.

The quintessential spring picture in Lund.

The picture best illustrating my own ”one thing led to another” 1/

W/h almost all votes counted (98,9%) the results of 2026 elections in Hungary 🇭🇺 confirm a legislative w/h a limited number of parties (3!), & a seriously rightward over-representstion. Tisza gets lion’s share 138 MPs (of 199 in total), Fidesz + Kdnp 55 MPs while Mi Hazánk hangs onto 6 MPs.

The official numbers w/h not yet half of the votes counted show only 3 parties in future parliament (Tisza, Fidesz + Kdnp & Mi Hazánk), all on the right of centre & further to the far right in 🇭🇺 #Hungary #elections

So it seems these elections have really mobilized 🇭🇺 electorate. The numbers are much higher than in previous elections w/h urban centers leading.

Citizens in 🇭🇺 are mobilizing to vote in higher numbers than ever before. These elections are momentous to say the least.

A 📖: 3 counties (🇫🇷, 🇫🇮 & 🇷🇴) - 3 platforms (Instagram, Tiktok & X/Twitter) focusing on political content to which 18-24 yr olds are exposed. Ring-wing tilted messaging dominates across all platforms in all countries w/h an average 56%, centre barely visible with 17% and the left w/h 36%. Article in 🇸🇪

Idag fick jag äran att vara en av keynotetalarna inför ca. 200 personer samlade på Jämställdhetskonferensen som anordnas av Länsstyrelsen Skåne varje år. Mitt anförande handlade om Antidemokrati som/och antifeminism. Jag tror att det gick bra mitt invandrarfinlandssvenska till trots.

📢 [Conference] How to facilitate recovery and reconstruction in Ukraine? The role of European development banks 📅 24 Feb, 14:45-16:45 (Paris time) 📍 Sciences Po & Zoom In partnership with @ceudeminst.bsky.social, @eui-eu.bsky.social @civica.bsky.social Learn more & Register ⤵️

This is a lucid analysis of the present context, though I for one disagree with the concept of “toxic masculinity” since it’s focusing individuals rather than the system. “The suppression of gender studies is not only an attempt to suppress a critical analytical tool, but also knowledge itself.“

📣 This is a timely collection of chapters that each in their own way address pressing issues: epistemic conflict, digital violence, and how we scholars attempt to navigate these.

📢 New OA publication in Women Studies International Forum (WSIF). Together with my brilliant colleague Oana Băluță (SNSPA Bucharest 🇷🇴) I turn a critical eye on 2025 presidential #elections in #Romania #Polisky #gendersky 1/4

Mid-January weather in southern Sweden is a mix of cold, humid & miserable. To escape it I’m heading to Gothenburg for much awaited FUDEM workshop on ”Envisioning (Un)democratic futures”. Not sure abt. better weather but I count on warm & enlightening intellectual conversations

In the Nordics, we're quite worried about what's next, in particular for Greenland. Some of that is directed as a concern for the prime minister of Denmark - however, with Denmark having elections this year, I am also concerned for electoral integrity, Danish democracy and the risks of interference.

And yet it moves! Delighted to be in Bruxelles/ Brussels / Brussel to celebrate 20 yrs of l’atelier genre(s) et sexualité(s) in @ulbruxelles.bsky.social enjoying the generous premises of u.square.brussels

Delighted to find my very own copy upon my return to Lund of this important scholarly contribution to the study of digital politics, memetic alliances, anti-gender politics & the manosphere, & most importantly transnational feminist resistance by @samakhosraviooryad.bsky.social

Interesting research about populist radical right in municipalities across 🇸🇪

A final push before enjoying le weekend in Paris. No snow in sight but pretty crisp.

Midway in my research stay at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social I have the privilege to present my ongoing attempt to bring an intersectional perspective to canonic approaches of radical right populism.

A super short visit over the bridge to Roskilde university. It was actually the second time ever to visit the campus. I had a generative discussion abt. right-wing populism, retrogressive conservatism as alternative Europeanization process & how a gendered perspective provides a new research agenda.

Really thankful for having the opportunity to be part of the IAB of this fantastic project which brings together dedicated scholars, practitioners and artists co-creating knowledge. Also for being invited to share my thoughts on these pressing issues.

Paris has been extremely generous with its sights this past month. The surprisingly good weather has allowed me to take long walks discovering both the touristy and less touristy corners of the city.

📣 2 yrs postdoc w/in project Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture - investigates a selection of anti-gender networks & feminist LGBTQI+ networks in 5 European regions. Experience w/h ethnography/ digital network analysis & deep knowledge of language & sociopolitical contexts in Southern Europe.

The excellent work of editors @albertagiorgi.bsky.social & Hande Eslen-Ziya is bearing fruit, & this edited volume is soon available at a most needed time. In chapter w/h colleagues from Norway Iris B Segers & Charles M Ess we put in perspective institutional ethical challenges in online research

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⤵️ 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTIQ+, Sexuality, Queer & Trans Studies, Policies & Politics 🪑@frammaturo.bsky.social, @norocel.bsky.social @auroraperego.bsky.social @massimoprearo.bsky.social @lrubiogrundell.bsky.social, Giada Bonu Rosenkranz ⌛👇 7 Nov

W/h 99,9% of votes counted (2272 of 2274 voting stations) it seems it seems that Moldova 🇲🇩 will continue its careful balancing act away from Kremlin. W/h a 52,19% voting presence the elections mark the victory of pro-European PAS (50,16%) ahead of pro-Kremlin Blocul patriotic (24,19%). 1/

💫📣 #ECPG2026 Call for Papers and Panels is open!! Join our LGBTIQ+, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies, Policies and Politics Section 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸: mobilizations, trans/intersex politics, anti-gender movements, links to racism/colonialism, migration, geopolitics & affect/resistance. ecpr.eu/Events/Event....

Parliamentary elections in 🇳🇴 are another example of collapse of right-wing conservatives: H performed badly & is replaced by radical right populist FrP as largest party on the right. Center-left Ap is largest party though difference between latter two not so big #Norge #Stortingsvalget 2025

The most recent e-Extreme Newsletter is now available thanks to the excellent work of @audreygagnon.bsky.social , @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social & @sabinedvolk.bsky.social

Maybe it was the best of times (see around) to try (& finish) reading Le Guin’s beautiful book. The pace is slow (reason I gave up last time) but perseverance is rewarded w/h seeing though the eyes of a (male) human from Terra the complexity of societies from Gethen whose people are ambisexual 1/

These days I’ve enjoyed deep & generous conversations w/h Mia Liinason, Marta Kolankiewicz & Luisa Voss abt. democratic decay, transformations of social contract & epistemic contestations at the kickstart of project Conjunctures of Struggle: Gender, sexuality & future of human rights in 21st century

Nothing says late summer than having a whole cloud of swarming mosquitoes (surprisingly, not visible in the pictures) over one’s head when picking blueberries (look at these beauties) in the Ostrobothnian forest in western 🇫🇮.

What is resemblance btw. the architectural tumor Tr*ump’s sycophants are going to inflict onto the White House (for ”only” 200 million $) in 🇺🇸 & Ceauşescu’s Bucharest-build monstrosity unironically called ”People’s House” in 🇷🇴 ? I suspect it may be called ”monumental autocratic chic”.

Not sure it was the wisest decision to visit Alhambra Granada in the dead of summer in July, but here you have a snapshot to (sweatily) brag about it. The white marble was simply blinding, but a whole fountain with felines was worth the effort.

Un beau et joyeux 14:e juillet 🇫🇷 ! A beautiful and happy Bastille day 🇫🇷! (c) Musée d’Orsay

🎓 Vacature: Postdoc Sociologie (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Bijna 4 jaar aan de slag met onderzoek én onderwijs binnen een fijne onderzoeksgroep? Dan is dit iets voor jou.👇

📢 Call for Special Issue Proposals 📢 PLC invites proposals for a special issue, focusing on a key political science theme relevant to the Low Countries, ideally connecting local developments to broader international or comparative debates. #OpenPublishing #Openaccess #DiamondOpenAccess 🧵

My department at Lund University recruits 3 Associate Senior Lecturers (BUL) Gender studies: lnkd.in/dPzNNC7G; Social anthropology: lnkd.in/deXFaPXf; Sociology: lnkd.in/dK5BnZxz. Positions correspond to tenure-track (50/50 research/teaching) w/h permanent employment after 4 yrs. Apply by 31 August!

I take science outreach seriously & participated to panel in 🇸🇪 abt. Where is democracy heading to at 2025 Malmö Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. We had an engaging conversation abt. anti-gender mobilization, rich billionaires who support it, & what engaged politicians, researchers & ordinary citizens can do to resist it.

This message from Rome Pride 2020 could not be more apt for today’s Budapest Pride 2025. In solidarity with the entire 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 community.

Glad midsommar 🌻! Hauskaa juhannusta 🌺!

Early this week, I welcomed to Lund researchers from 🇩🇪 , 🇷🇴 , 🇸🇪 & 🇬🇧 to explore European inter-imperial peripheries, benefiting from the conceptual insights of Manuela Boatcă’s keynote. I’m tired, but extremely satisfied after this generative intellectual exchange & projects to spring out of this