Feminist not Fearless: in Conversation with Akane Kanai
Dr Akane Kanai sitting with arm leant on armrest smiling
Please join the NYSC for a conversation with Dr Akane Kanai (Monash University) to launch her podcast: Feminist Not Fearless.
Feminist Not Fearless is about contemporary feminist culture and social media. In four episodes, we explore themes including the intersection of feminist pop culture and consumerism, the pressure of living up to feminist ideals, the pleasure and exhaustion of raging in the comments, grappling with rapid news cycles, and slippery terminology. It’s part of the Digital Feminist Futures research project led by Dr Akane Kanai at Monash University, Australia, and includes interviews with young feminists conducted over three years.
Dr Akane Kanai is a Senior Research Fellow, completing a Discovery Early Career Research Award project on youth online feminist cultures, funded by the Australian Research Council. Her work explores the affective politics of identity in everyday life, with a focus on gender and race in social media and popular culture. You can find some of her open access work here and her podcast, Feminist Not Fearless, on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Julia Coffey is Associate Professor in Sociology at University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research focuses on youth and gender, with particular interests in feminism, embodiment and body work practices; and how embodiment and identity is mediated in digital technologies and environments. She currently leads an Australian Research Council Discovery Project exploring young people's digital presentation practices. Her latest book is Everyday Embodiment: Rethinking Youth Body Image (2021, Palgrave Macmillan).
Event Information
- Date: This event was held on Wednesday 7 August 2024
- Location: X101, Level 1, NUSpace, Hunter St and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, 2300
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