A/Prof Bianca Fileborn (she/they)
@snappyalligator.bsky.social
Academic @unimelb, sexual violence & queer researcher, cat-pillow, coffee/wine/gin enthusiast, amateur crochet, german-learner & gardener. Hoping for a kinder world. Views my own. Settler on stolen Wurundjeri land.
📣🏳️⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.
New article by me: The March for Australia’s racism can’t just be blamed on far-right ‘extremists’ - it’s been enabled by the mainstream | Liam Gillespie www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The March for Australia’s racism can’t just be blamed on far-right 'extremists’ - it’s been enabled by the mainstream | Liam Gillespie
The weekend’s protests provided an alibi to nationalism, obscuring the central place racism has always occupied
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My new article on possibilities and challenges of engaging men in resisting #antigenderism toward #genderequality and #socialjustice for lasting social transformation is published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications @springernature.com #openaccess here: rdcu.be/eyoBH
‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025
This article presents findings from a qualitative study that aimed to provide some of the first detailed accounts of how young people use selfie-editing apps, a...
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This is your ongoing reminder that anti-migrant (“illegals”) and anti-trans politics (“gender ideology”) are current anchors of several authoritarian governments. People who tolerate, even selectively, such politics are facilitating the rise of fascism. This is why solidarity is key to oppose this.
“I Don’t Know for Certain”: A Content Analysis of Reddit Posters’ Accounts of Drink Spiking New paper looking at relationships, contexts and impacts of alcohol & drug-facilitated sexual violence ('drink spiking'). Led by Jess Ison & @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New publication day! Open access, so pls have a read. We examine how digital activism and justice-seeking generates an affective economies of disgust, arguing that justice is a felt experience academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
‘These Men Are Disgusting Losers’: Theorizing the Affective Economies of Digital Justice and Activism
Abstract. Instagram and other social media have played a significant role in feminist activism. For phenomena such as street harassment—a form of sexual vi
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And yet, we don't seem to care that these animals were on their way to die anyways... 🤔 The cognitive dissonance is real. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Government records show emergency killings of thousands of livestock after transport to Australian export abattoirs
Euthanasia is most common response to welfare incidents in sheep, pigs and cattle with about 4% of animals experiencing serious incidents, research finds
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It was great to talk to Oliver Carter about our book 'Unsilenced: Women Musicians, Gender-Based Violence, and the Popular Music Industry' (by @hellharpy.bsky.social , @snappyalligator.bsky.social and me). Podcast: linktr.ee/soundadvicepod Book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/unsilenced-9798765101742/
New publication out today in Gender & Society. Drawing on the brilliant @saranahmed.bsky.social I conceptualise resistance to street harassment as a form of 'feminist snap' and feminist erosion. Open access, please have a read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“I Actually Snapped”: Conceptualizing Resistance to Street Harassment as Feminist Snap and Erosion - Bianca Fileborn, 2025
In this article, I examine the strategies of resistance deployed by people who have experienced street harassment. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 47...
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Stunning day to go out and vote for @purplepingers.bsky.social 🙌🏼🌈🏡
Finally figured out how to use google maps properly to map all the empty homes that have been submitted and it’s pretty wild
Australia could be taking advantage of the millions of students now too scared to go to university in America. Instead both Dutton and Albanese are threatening to *massively reduce* intl student numbers.
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last yr.Even without ICE's horrible abuses, a pattern of arbitrarily revoking student visas makes the US no longer a viable schooling option for international students. Bringing them to the US has been one of our strongest sources of soft power. Everything this fucking guy does benefits Putin.
Happy re-learn how to program your oven clock day, Victoria
"I continue to teach my daughter not to smile or say thank you in the face of unwanted compliments. And if she is perceived as bad mannered, I’m OK with that. Men’s egos are no longer the priority. And what is? My daughter – discovering her own self-worth." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: my 11-year-old daughter received an unwanted compliment – and I taught her how to respond
At a party, a man looked my child up and down in admiration, before praising her looks. I saw her visibly shrink. So I taught her the value of bad manners
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‘We don’t have a cultural place for men as victims’: why men often don’t tell anyone about sexual abuse theconversation.com/we-dont-have...
‘We don’t have a cultural place for men as victims’: why men often don’t tell anyone about sexual abuse
Men wait an average of 21 years before telling anyone they were sexually abused. A new study looks at why men often don’t disclose sexual abuse and assaults.
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Delighted to share that Gender & Justice has launched
Gender and Justice Journal@genderandjustice.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are absolutely delighted to bring you the 1st issue of Gender and Justice! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... A HUGE thank you to all of the Authors, Reviewers & Editors who contributed to this issue #GenderSky #GenderStudies @sharronfitz.bsky.social @lexnetwork.bsky.social
FYI: @amnestyuk.bsky.social has launched an online course for folks who want to learn more about feminist and queer approaches to gender justice. It explores connections between human rights struggles (abortion, trans care, LGBT education, etc) and provides tools for action. It’s free to access! 🌈🎓
Gender Justice: Addressing Challenges - Online Course - FutureLearn
Defend human rights and advance gender justice by tackling discrimination and the anti-gender movement. Gain insights and actionable strategies from Amnesty International.
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As any woman in the back of a locked taxi knows, Sam Kerr should never have been brought to court www.theguardian.com/football/202...
As any woman in the back of a locked taxi knows, Sam Kerr should never have been brought to court | Suzanne Wrack
The Matildas and Chelsea forward won’t be proud of the footage of her in a police station. But her acquittal underlines that the charges and court battle that followed were a waste of time and money
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Today two world-class cunts came together to have a cunt-off at the White House Read more: chaser.com.au/world/cunt-o...
We have been censored in the US for our research on LGBTQ+ sexual violence. My co-authors and I are extremely concerned about research and activism being censored and the speed with which organisations have acquiesced to transphobic, homophobic and misogynist demands.
“Gender-affirming care is potentially life-saving, or at the very least life-affirming. It almost invariably leads to better social and emotional outcomes. Further restricting access is not the “protection” its opponents claim.” theconversation.com/can-a-child-...
Can a child legally take puberty blockers? What if their parents disagree?
Recent political attention might imply gender-affirming care is risky, controversial, perhaps even new. But Australian law views it as a legitimate medical treatment.
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