gender, sexuality + digital culture event: 20 June 2pm
GENDER, SEXUALITY AND DIGITAL CULTURE
A half day symposium at City, University of London, University Building B200
June 20th 2.00-7.30pm //// Wine reception @7.30PM
Keynotes: Winnie M Li and Rowan Ellis
New and established scholars and activists reflect on old questions and new challenges. Please join us for an afternoon of talks and discussion at City, in central London, to be followed by drinks and refreshments.
Sue Jackson (VUW, New Zealand) talks about her work with girls on feminism
Roisin Ryan Flood (Essex) reports on her interviews about internet dating
Josie Reade (RMIT, Australia) opens up new ways of thinking about ‘fitspo’
Maree Martinussen (Auckland, New Zealand) explores practices of intimacy in female friendships.
Anastasia Powell (RMIT, Australia) talks about her new book Sexual Violence in a Digital Age
Laura Thompson (City, London) explores sexual harassment on mobile dating apps
Celiya Koster (activist/student, London) discusses co-founding a new intersectional feminist magazine, Typical Girls
We are delighted to announce that the symposium will be followed by two very special keynote presentations by Winnie M Li and Rowan Ellis (6-7.30 PM)
Winnie M Li, author, activist, researcher (LSE) will talk about her extraordinary new novel Dark Chapter, discussing ‘Narrating Lived Experiences of Sexual Violence through Crime Fiction’
@Winniemli
Rowan Ellis (‘queer feminist geek’) will discuss her phenomenal campaign to get YouTube to lift their LGBTQ+ restrictions
@HeyRowanEllis
Followed by a wine reception at 7.30PM
Free and open to all but booking essential. Book here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-sexuality-and-digital-culture-a-half-day-symposium-tickets-35138951550
Organised by the Gender and Sexuality Research Forum at City and supported by the Department of Sociology
https://blogs.city.ac.uk/gsrf/
http://www.city.ac.uk/arts-social-sciences/sociology