A huge congratulations to DCU's Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social who features in Business Post's @businesspost.bsky.social Top Women in Tech. The list recognised Prof Ging's ground-breaking and influential work at the intersection of digital media and gender. Read: launch.dcu.ie/41QcQ9X

We do have a cover (by Ozan Soubois)! Edited with Hande Eslen-Ziya, with so many great contributions - including, here on BlueSky, @ariannarubi.bsky.social @norocel.bsky.social @debbieging.bsky.social @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social @audreygagnon.bsky.social

Conference on 23-24 October in ‪@dublincityuni.bsky.social‬ to mark 25 years since UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women Peace & Security. Organised by us & @dcu-irgs.bsky.social‬. Abstracts by Mon 18 Aug: www.dcu.ie/conflict-ins... @shelleydeane.bsky.social‬ @arpitac.bsky.social @debbieging.bsky.social‬

Parents of boys aged 12-17 in Ireland, you and your sons are invited to take this survey and contribute to research from @dublincityuni.bsky.social Anti-Bullying Centre into the influence of the manosphere in Ireland. Details here 👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/deniz-... cc @debbieging.bsky.social

DCU's Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social said that masculinity influencers “target men and boys by manipulating anxieties about their physical appearance, about financial insecurity and about loneliness or mental health issues”. Read in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4dnNJjb

Hey there! Just a heads up about June 3 online event 'Beyond the Manosphere: Exploring the Wider Phenomenon of Male-Centred Online Communities' featuring @debbieging.bsky.social, @craighaslop.bsky.social, Saba Hussain & @joshuathorburn.bsky.social! Register now! www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/fron...

Politiken har lavet et forsøg basseret på det studie jeg lavede med @debbieging.bsky.social og @cat-baker.bsky.social. Her undersøgte de, hvordan en typisk dansk dreng bliver mødt med manosfære-indhold. politiken.dk/del/7o7bd2AE...

Scheduled speakers include: @cat-baker.bsky.social, @joncollins.bsky.social, Eileen Culloty, @simoned.bsky.social, @profafinlayson.bsky.social, Marina Frid, @debbieging.bsky.social, @craighaslop.bsky.social, @kat-hig.bsky.social… (+ even more in the next post)

The slow creep of the manosphere into the mainstream. “Many boys don’t seek out the manosphere deliberately – they are pulled in gradually by social media algorithms,” Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social explains. Read more in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4hTBhIG

#Opinion: 'We Underestimate the Manosphere at Our Peril' Dr Catherine Baker, Prof @debbieging.bsky.social and Dr @majabandreasen.bsky.social's study on how TikTok and YouTube Shorts are bombarding boys and men with misogynist content was featured in New York Times @nytimes.com. launch.dcu.ie/3FJNwtS

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

... as Sexual Violence and Harassment Prevention and Response Manager in UCC. Now that the MA in Gender and Sexuality Studies is commencing, I am very excited to see what new graduates will achieve in making Ireland a safer place for all to experience sexuality on their own terms. Dr Caroline West

I completed the MA in Sexuality Studies in 2012, and went on to do a PhD in Sexuality Studies in DCU afterwards… The course gave me the skills to become a media commentator in sexuality-related topics, and helped me to progress to my current role...

Wednesday, 12 March 2025 4.00PM - 6.00PM 1838 Club, DCU Glasnevin Campus, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 Numbers are limited. Please register your attendance here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-instit...

Invitation: Launch of the DCU Institute for Research on Genders and Sexualities (IRGS), a dynamic new research hub dedicated to gender and sexuality in political, social, cultural, and technological contexts. Guest speakers: Prof. Ailbhe Smyth, alongside Bulelani Mfaco and Dr. Arpita Chakraborty.

"She was the first woman to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, holds the record for the deepest untethered dive and has led countless expeditions across the globe." www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...

Really looking forward to this talk by Dr. @jillybkay.bsky.social on 27th February in UCD

Outside, it's a florist's. Inside, it's a stark reminder of women killed violently in Ireland #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6622859

Really great day at the Boys in the Making conference at NCAD today. Huge congratulations to Dr. @fionawhelan.bsky.social, Dannielle McKenna from Rialto Youth Project and all the team on this brilliant project 👏

I wrote about "Boys in the Making" an exhibition by Dr Fiona Whelan and other artists in collaboration with boys and young men from youth projects and schools around Dublin. I really enjoyed meeting them - it's a very cool project www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...

I think I've found a way to articulate what bothers me about the trajectory of the modern tech industry (and to some extent... society). We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it. This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.

DCU MA in Gender and Sexuality Studies @magendersexuality.bsky.social is now open for applications (starting Sept. 2025). Open to students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and with different career trajectories. Please apply here (queries to [email protected]) dcu.ie/courses/post...

Great opportunity to learn more about the Dead Zoo in Dublin, as Gaeilge.

Great discussions yesterday at #SaferInternetDay. Thanks @webwiseireland.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about influencers and for all the excellent presentations and panels @ispccat.bsky.social @5rightsfound.bsky.social @CnaM hotline.ie @DCU Anti-Bullying Centre @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Celebrated #SaferInternetDay with @webwiseireland.bsky.social, captivated with insights on navigating algorithms and influencers. Great to hear from expert presenters and insightful youth panel members. Inspired and motivated! 🌐 #PrepareProtectThrive @debbieging.bsky.social

Dr. Francis Rees will be speaking in DCU (St. Patrick's campus) about Child Influencers on Monday 10th February at 11.30 - this is a really interesting and important research project about children's digital rights, privacy, consent, etc. No need to register

Interesting article in light of the calls for positive male role models on the left - Mulley and Epstein challenge the notion that boys’ comprehension of masculinities stems solely from mimicking male individuals and behaviours www.tandfonline.com/eprint/K2PDB...

February 11, Safer Internet Day 2025 I’ll be speaking at this event “The Evolving Nature of Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA)”. Talks highlight young people's experiences of tech & abuse . Banning & abstinence approaches to tech are questioned as shown to be ineffective

Ah hear lads, literally, lads and more lads!! #speirgorm www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Met Éireann need to be told that if they post on Twitter. All replies will be blue tick climate change denial sock puppets and gullible people who believe the sock puppets. It’s not public service information anymore. They wouldn’t do the tv weather forecast if a donkey kept walking on set

The NMI developing an LGBTQ+ tour for National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. They are seeking a researcher to work with us on drafting a script for the tour -deadline for applications is 14th February 2025 #history #lgbtihistories #queerhistories www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

We were incredibly privileged to have Prof. Jack Halberstam deliver a powerful and inspiring lecture yesterday on 'Anarchitecture After Everything', hosted by EROSS@DCU and the new DCU Institute for Research on Genders and Sexualities @magendersexuality.bsky.social

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

New article by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @kaitlynnmendes.bsky.social @betsymilne.bsky.social @debbieging.bsky.social and colleagues - looks terrific! #sociology #cyberbullying #ibsa www.mdpi.com/3139968

Great to see this new @dublincityuni.bsky.social Anti-Bullying Centre resource covered in the Irish Times today www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Holly Cairns having her baby ON election day is iconic tbh #Election2024 #GE24 #VoteLeftTransferLeft #VoteThemOut

Last few days to submit an abstract to our special Issue on “The State(s) of Gender, Young People and Education” - bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/hu...

Important new resource launched today by the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, authored by Dr. Fiona O'Rourke, Dr. Catherine Baker and Dr. Darragh McCashin, with panelists Dr. Kenny Doyle (Mens Development Network) and Jane McGarrigle (@webwiseireland.bsky.social) antibullyingcentre.ie/wp-content/u...

When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit. Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention. Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"

Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...

In Brussels yesterday at the #SaferInternetForum - brilliant to see Ireland so well represented in these discussions #CoimisiúnnaMeán #WebwiseIreland @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Maybe Lisbeth Salander is real!? www.dailydot.com/debug/andrew...

Christmas gift idea No.4,778: Found this again, created by the Faa Side. #rollickingrelics #saintsofbluesky

would you be well!! €1,700 to hear a number of male historians and Ryan Tubridy in Ashford Castle - not a female historian in sight! It’s not a history festival, it’s a #manel history festival #womenknowhistorytoo www.independent.ie/regionals/ma...

"Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there," finds the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.