spotlighting our current issue of feminist media studies ✨ so many pieces in this one that feel especially timely right now… from #freebritney and feminist counterpublics to influencer labor, trans athletes in media, and the messy politics of popular feminism

What are your all-time favorite pieces published in Feminist Media Studies? Or your favorite article you’ve published with us? Drop the link below 👇We’d love to revisit and reshare some of this incredible work across our Bluesky community!

In my new article for @femmediastudies.bsky.social , I look at TikTok's notorious 'old-age' filter and analyse women's reactions to it. Thanks to the editors, as always! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New readership, citation, and Altmetric highlights from Feminist Media Studies 📊 Our work continues to travel widely across scholarship, policy spaces, digital publics, and news media! Here are a few recent snapshots:

Feminist Media Studies colleagues, I was looking at the most read and most cited articles in Feminist Media Studies this week, and the patterns are striking. A short thread on what seems to be shaping the field right now:

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Excited to share a set of upcoming feminist media studies articles engaging questions of gender, platforms, labor, archives, games, fandom, and digital culture!

We’re thrilled to share that Feminist Media Studies reached 906,904 full-text downloads in 2025, continuing steady growth in global readership! Quarterly downloads • Q1: 237,296 • Q2: 237,480 • Q3: 176,124 • Q4: 256,004

So excited for this upcoming article by Samson Eze, “Nobody Be Like Woman,” publishing soon! A powerful look at Nigerian popular music as a space where gender justice is argued, imagined, and fought for.

We hope everyone had a good holiday and a happy new year! We’re doing the best we can over here and are excited to share what’s coming up in Feminist Media Studies ✨ Upcoming article --> Domesticity Reloaded: When the Tradwife Becomes a Brand by Ayşenur Karakaş Aydınbakar and Canan Çetin

4/5 I published my magnum opus on confession and hot priests (now in need of a Knives Out update) in @femmediastudies.bsky.social

Coming soon: Betty Wilson et al.’s new piece, In Search of a Soft Life: Anti-Black Capitalism, Patriarchy, and the Movement for Black Women’s Health Equity, a powerful look at soft life, Black women’s health equity, and the structures that deny rest. Excited for this one!

Excited to share that a new article is coming out soon: “From Salad Bar Feminism to Denotative Portraiture: How Neoliberalism Shapes Feminism in AI-Generated Visuals.”

📢 Keep an eye out for this upcoming article: “The Relationship Between Celebrities and Body Image Ideals Among Hispanic and Black Women” ✨

!! New article coming soon !! “Archiving Digital Activism Against Sexual Violence: The Challenges for Ethical Witnessing in Research Practice” by Kaitlynn Mendes et al. -Explores how researchers can ethically engage with and preserve digital activism against sexual violence. Contact: [email protected]

🌸✨ feminist media studies continues to grow! ✨🌸 in Q3 2025 alone, articles from feminist media studies were downloaded 176,124 times — bringing us to 650,900 total downloads so far this year!

Upcoming article by Susie Kilshaw & Caroline Coyer: “More time, more pain, more blood”: Creating accurate and diverse accounts of miscarriage in British TV and film. A vital look at how screen media can tell these stories with honesty and care. Coming soon!!

we wanted to share a few recent + upcoming articles to keep an eye out for 👀💡 a thread of interesting new work in gender, media, and platform studies....

A personal note: This paper was a long journey! We first submitted it in March 2023, and after a long and rigorous review process, it's finally seeing the light of day in September 2025. A testament to persistence! Huge thanks to the patient editors & reviewers at @femmediastudies.bsky.social

📊 2025 is shaping up to be a big year for Feminist Media Studies! So far this year, our articles have been downloaded 467,837 times — and in Q2 alone, we reached 234,042 downloads, continuing our growth over the past several years:

Find my article on happy narratives in women's fashion publications in the latest issue of @femmediastudies.bsky.social alongside excellent research on media and gender from across the globe! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfms20/c...

Coming soon in Feminist Media Studies: New research from around the world exploring how gender, media, and power collide. Here's a preview of the forthcoming articles and their authors 👇

An update from Feminist Media Studies! Hi everyone — I’m Dr. Krysten Stein (she/her), and I’ve had the joy of serving as the Social Media Editor for Feminist Media Studies since 2022. I’m thrilled to continue in this role as we grow our presence on BlueSky!

My article on the effects of Tumblr's sexual content ban on the digital sugar baby community is in the current issue of @femmediastudies.bsky.social! Read it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CCZMB...

Journal metrics update! We’re thrilled to share that Feminist Media Studies has achieved a 2023 Impact Factor of 1.6 and a 2024 Impact Factor of 1.7!

Upcoming in FMS! Sara Shaban and Azeta Hatef explore diasporic activism, media representation, and feminist resistance in their forthcoming article: “Look, but don’t touch: examining Afghan women’s voices, diasporic activism, and global responses to the #DoNotTouchMyClothes campaign”

“Fair-skinned, young and slim白幼瘦” or “Kardashian-style”? In my latest paper in @femmediastudies.bsky.social, I explore how female Chinese students in the UK present themselves on dating apps. Grateful for the feedback from my supervisors @coralinglingxu.bsky.social @drannallewellyn.bsky.social

📢 Forthcoming publication! Orianna Calderón, Pilar Bravo, and Adelina Sánchez Espinosa offer a timely critical analysis of the neoliberal feminism embedded in global SVOD platforms’ inclusion policiesm--

My review of Briony Hannell's brilliant book 'Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr' is now available in Feminist Media Studies ✨ @femmediastudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Feminist Media Studies Q1 2025 Performance Update! We are proud to share that FMS articles were downloaded 233,795 times in the first quarter of 2025! 📚✨ Here's how our Q1 numbers stack up: --2022: 183,057 downloads --2023: 209,813 downloads

🎉 Coming Soon in Feminist Media Studies 🎉We’re excited to spotlight two powerful upcoming articles that push the boundaries of media and gender research:

!!Keep an eye out for this important new article!! "Women of many ‘firsts’: Novelty framing by news media of ethnic minority women politicians in Aotearoa New Zealand" by Priya Kurian (University of Waikato) – [email protected]

Upcoming Article Alert -- Women of many “firsts”: Novelty Framing by News Media of Ethnic Minority Women Politicians in Aotearoa New Zealand

New open access paper in Feminist Media Studies by Nat Kon-Yu and I. Use Barbie movie to argue for a coalitional feminism in opposition to both gender criticism and popular feminism. Please read and offer comments- both positive and negative comments are welcomed. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Have to also thank the reviewers and editors at @femmediastudies.bsky.social . Brilliant suggestions to use Crenshaw, Carastathis and Cohen to support a better understanding of coalitions borne 'of practical necessity'.

a shout out from one of my favourite journals! thanks, @femmediastudies.bsky.social 💕

🌟Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Jess Rauchberg🌟 Meet @jessrauchberg.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Communication Technologies at Seton Hall University and a feminist media studies scholar examining inequalities in the creator economy.

New in @femmediastudies.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Fan, C. M., Guo, J., & Huang, Y. (2025). The twisted patriarchal fandom governance in China: changing media representations of fanquan nvhai (“fangirls”). Feminist Media Studies, 1–18. #FanStudies doi.org/10.1080/1468...

🚨 New research alert! 🚨 How does the U.S. news media frame misogynistic incel violence? Are these acts portrayed as individual pathology or part of a broader cultural issue? In an upcoming article, Luise Bendfeldt critically examines the dominant narratives surrounding incel violence in the media.

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Feminist Media Studies Scholar Spotlight!! Kicking off our series highlighting incredible scholars working in feminist media studies, meet Brooke Bennett! @brookebennett.bsky.social Who? Independent scholar & future PhD student (starting Fall 2025 at the University of Minnesota!)

Re-sharing this brilliant piece once more!

This sounds amazing. Can’t wait to read it @femmediastudies.bsky.social

Calling all scholars who have published in Feminist Media Studies! We’d love to feature you in our Member Spotlight on BlueSky! If you're interested, please send me: 📌 Professional info: Your current position, institutional affiliation, research interests, and any projects you’d like to highlight.

New Research Alert! 🌏🏳️‍🌈 Check out Queer Media from the Global South: The Emerging Girls Love (GL) Media Industry of Southeast Asia by Eva Cheuk-Yin Li & Ka-Wei Pang!

New Article Alert! Sexual harassment in academia remains a pervasive issue, yet institutions continue to fail victim-survivors in their pursuit of justice. In their latest article, Adrija Dey, Erin Shannon, & Joel Quirk explore the challenges of speaking out, the risks of naming perpetrators,

New Publications Alert! Check out two recent articles by Anna Bull, tackling critical issues in gender-based violence, harassment, and institutional responses. These are essential readings for those researching gender, media, and institutional accountability. 🔎✨

📢 Upcoming article! Hot Priests, Confessional Affect, and Fleabag 📢 What makes Fleabag’s “Hot Priest” so compelling? In her latest article, “Kneel!”: Hot Priests and Confessional Affect in Fleabag, Rachel Sykes explores the intersection of desire, power,

A must-read in digital culture! 📰✨ "She’s my bitch eating crackers”: Influencer snark and the digital gossip economy by @jessrauchberg.bsky.social & @jessmaddox.bsky.social dives into the rise of influencer-focused snark communities and the broader digital gossip economy.