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GitHub Stars starter pack ⭐️
Follow the GitHub Stars and see what they're working on with this starter pack 💫 ➡️ Check out the full roster: stars.github.com/profiles/ ➡️ Learn more about GitHub Stars and the program here: stars.github.com/program/
@transdi.bsky.social
Transcultural Digital Intimacy Research Network, established and chaired by Dr Liang Ge (UCL) @liangge11.bsky.social
@wfthn.bsky.social
Exploring the contributions women have made to the emergence and development of film and television. Next conference: DWFTH7, Lincoln, 18-20 July 2025 Website: https://wfthn.com/
@markoliverbanks.bsky.social
cultural industries, policy, work, politics etc. School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/staff/markbanks/
@cigsleeds.bsky.social
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies is based in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, Leeds University. https://gender-studies.leeds.ac.uk/
@commonswec.parliament.uk
We are a cross-party group of @houseofcommons.parliament.uk MPs working together to scrutinise the Government on equalities. See what we're working on 👇 https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/women-and-equalities-committee/
@the1752group.bsky.social
We're a campaign and research group dedicated to ending sexual misconduct in UK higher education. www.1752group.com
@bethjohnsontv.bsky.social
Academic, feminist, TV lover, researcher. Interested in the ordinary and the everyday. Prof of TV, film and media at University of Leeds. Opinions my own.
@kpilch.bsky.social
Sociologist - power, inequalities, gender, sexualities, ageing, community led culture, creative activism, visual & sensory methods
@ywworking.bsky.social
ESRC-funded study exploring young women's earliest experiences of work. Project website: http://ywworking.co.uk
@lennartspion.bsky.social
I research the social function of celebrity. Special interests: famous women in popular music, celebrity feminism, immoral celebrity and monstrous celebrity.
@seitzramona.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist. Researching on colonial legacy of Tanzania and Germany. @riffreporter @FPA_Africa. Back to university as M.A. student of media and cultural studies. #MGNalbinism #gjheritagewalks #pamojart . I also love 🧘🏻♀️🏝⚽️ 🎨🖌: Marco Tibasima
@franamery.bsky.social
academic, feminist, illegal lesbian. abortions and sex changes for all co-convenor @reacpolrn.bsky.social
@jamesstaples.bsky.social
Anthropologist at Brunel University of London, co-host of The Migration Menu podcast (www.themigrationmenu.com), co-editor of the journal Medical Anthropology, and author of “Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian.”
@emmawainwright.bsky.social
Professor & Human Geographer, Department of Education, Brunel University of London. Researching geographies of education, social and educational inequalities https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/emma-wainwright
@mcsjournal.bsky.social
An international forum for research and discussion on the media, including the newer information and communication technologies. mcs.sagepub.com
@eleftheriafm.bsky.social
promotional culture, consumer activism, advertising, environmental communication associate professor at the University of Sussex
@katerinaparamana.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Artist-Scholar, Author of Contemporary Performance and Political Economy, Editor of Pol Econ & the Arts at Lateral; katerinaparamana.com
@siaoyuongfong.bsky.social
Media authoritarianism; Asian media geopolitics & labour Author of Performing Fear in Television Production. https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463724579/performing-fear-in-television-production Assistant Prof @kingscmci. CC Editor @ejcs-journal.bsky.social
@amit-singh.bsky.social
Sociologist of sorts. Looking at place, race, class & inequality through exploring how working-class young people in Rochdale, London & Morecambe imagine their transitions to work. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/amit-singh-2
@benpitcher.bsky.social
Director of the Centre for Social Justice Research UofW. I work on the cultural politics of race. Latest book: Back to the Stone Age: Race and Prehistory in Contemporary Culture www.benpitcher.com
@lauraclancy.bsky.social
She/her | Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University | Author of 'Running the Family Firm' (2021) & ‘What is the Monarchy For?’ (April 2025) | Interested in inequalities, elites, digital hate https://laura-clancy.com https://culturesdigitalhate.wordpress.com
@academicdiary.bsky.social
I teach sociology at the University of Glasgow and my interests are learning, teaching, books, ideas, culture and music.
@caromatos.bsky.social
SL in Media and Research Lead, FHEA, City St. George's, University of London, former associate professor at University of Miami. Women's health, feminism, communications for social change, digital media, global South
@bectu.bsky.social
Official Bectu Union account: linktr.ee/bectu We're dedicated to supporting staff & freelancers across the creative industries. A sector of Prospect Union.
@michelepaule.bsky.social
Academic. Author. Activist. PI: Girls, Leadership, & Women in the Public Eye project. RHJYC trustee. Latest book: https://tinyurl.com/3swdbdew
@nuffieldfoundation.org
We fund research that changes people’s lives. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive monthly updates: http://bit.ly/3ZCi592 Find our funding opportunities here: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding
@hannahyelin.bsky.social
Academic and Author. Reader in Media & Culture, Oxford Brookes. Chair, Creative Industries Research & Innovation Network. Director, Cultures of Digital Hate. Host, Celebrity Culture Club.
@drdavidlee.bsky.social
Media academic researching television, creative labour, and cultural inequalities. Lover of documentaries, long walks, and Yorkshire tea (sometimes). https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/staff/330/dr-david-lee
@ijcs-journal.bsky.social
International peer-reviewed journal dedicated to global research on cultural practices, processes, texts, infrastructures, and identities. journals.sagepub.com/home/ics
@femmediastudies.bsky.social
Feminist Media Studies is a transdisciplinary, transnational journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship + commentary & book reviews. Posts by @krystenstein.bsky.social
@mediacomgold.bsky.social
Department of Media, Communications & Cultural Studies @GoldsmithsUoL #2 in 🇬🇧 2023 QS world rankings Student/staff work Free public events
@meejatheory.bsky.social
Independent and open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications. mediatheoryjournal.org
@couldrynick.bsky.social
I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
@jillybkay.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media, Loughborough University Feminism, cultural studies, politics
@jacobjohanssen.bsky.social
Associate Prof at St Mary's University. I write about digital media and psychoanalysis. Don't use this account much. https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/staff-directory/jacob-johanssen
@jessicaringrose.bsky.social
Prof University College London, UK. Canadian Feminist Sociologist studying youth, social media, digital activism, tech facilitated gender based violence and educational interventions New book out 2025: Teens, Social Media, & Image Based Abuse
@liliechouliaraki.bsky.social
LSE Prof | Media & Communications | Latest book “Wronged. The Weaponization of Victimhood” | https://cup.columbia.edu/book/wronged/9780231550239
@emmahcasey.bsky.social
Reader 📚 University of York. Home cultures and domestic economies.‘The Return of the Housewife: why women are still cleaning up’ out now! https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170972/
@tommills.bsky.social
Public sociologist & socialist. Interested in elites, knowledge & communication. Chair of Media Reform Coalition. Author of 'The BBC: Myth of a Public Service'.
@alisonhearn.bsky.social
Media. Fin/Tech. Capitalism. Selfhood. Higher Ed. Justice. Exhausted but still feisty.
@debraferreday.bsky.social
Gender studies academic at Lancaster University, UK researching media, culture, bodies, trauma. Current projects: cannibalism, maligned 90's women, celebrity mental health.
@aoir.bsky.social
Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly. (We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.) https://aoir.org/ https://aoir.social/@aoir
@markdeuze.bsky.social
👨🎓 Professor Media Studies, U of Amsterdam 🎸bass: Skinflower; new music at Bandcamp 📚 latest books: Life in Media (MIT Press), Happiness in Journalism (Routledge) 🔊 🎥 Deuzevlog on YouTube and Spotify 🚴 Ride on! 🎓ORCID: 0000-0002-1986-5050
@katecrawford.bsky.social
Professor, researcher, author of Atlas of AI. Latest work: Calculating Empires ~ www.calculatingempires.com
@susanluckman.bsky.social
Professor of Culture and Creative Industries and Director CP3 Research Centre UniSA, interested in women, technology, cultural & creative work, craft, and making stuff. May also play golf as a feminist intervention in broness.
@lportwoodstacer.bsky.social
Helping scholarly authors write & publish outstanding books since 2015 📚 Tips at newsletter.manuscriptworks.com & in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK. New book: MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK. Courses + free workshops at manuscriptworks.com. Knitter, 2X Jeopardy! champ 🤓
@tgpb.bsky.social
I'm a Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture & Organisation at University of Westminster Wrote a book on the mundane work that makes Big Music work; do editorial bits at Journal of Cultural Economy; some other stuff... https://tgpbennett.wordpress.com