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Queer Lit"Pronouns" with Laura PatersonWhether you share them, prefer them or avoid them – pronouns are everywhere. As Laura Paterson, a linguist who specialises in pronouns, tells us, this is a. because they are an essential part of grammar and b. because they are particularly sexy right now. Laura tells us what exactly a pronoun is and why third-person personal pronouns can cause so much controversy, despite the fact that their main job is just to point to things. References: Paterson, Laura L. The Routledge Handbook of Pronouns. (Routledge, 2024)Paterson, Laura L. and Gregory, Ian N. R...
2025-03-1842 minQueer LitFestive Special Part 1In part one of our festive end-of-year special, you will hear about queer weddings and Madonna, intersex dinosaurs and PhDs, crafting and queer culture, and how all lesbians do kind of know each other. What’s the queerest thing you did in 2024? And how will you top that in 2025? References:Hollis GriffinLibro.FmAshley Herring Blake’s Make the Season BrightBridgertonMaterial GirlsHannah McGregor’s Podcast or Perish and Clever GirlJurassic ParkTheoryishHannah AyresPaola Medina-GonzalezToshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before...
2024-12-1719 min
Yeah Nah Pasaran!Dr Ashley Mattheis on Atomwaffen, Allen TX and AIThis week we're joined by comms scholar Dr Ashley Mattheis to talk about Atomwaffen, the attack in Allen TX and AI.
2023-07-1300 min
Methods CaféS2E2 – Researching Gender and the Far/Alt-Right - Interview with Dr Ashley MattheisHello and welcome to the Methods Café, a podcast series focusing on socio-legal research, brought to you by researchers at Swansea University, plus guests.In S2E2 Sara interviews Dr Ashley Mattheis. Ashley is a scholar of communication, and her work brings together cultural studies, media studies, and visual rhetorical criticism, through the lens of feminist theory to explore the material effects of cultural production and consumption online. Her research areas include the digital cultures of the ‘Alt-Right’ and others, with a goal of better understanding how gendered logics are used to promote racial hate, discrimination, and v...
2023-03-2331 min
Right RisingNew Book Spotlight - Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in WhitenessGuests Shona Hunter, Christi van der Westhuizen, and Ashley Mattheis join Right Rising to discuss their new edited volume Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in Whiteness, which seeks to understand whiteness as a manifestation of power. Along with host Augusta Dell'Omo, Shona, Christi, and Ashley explore everything from TradWives to international conspiracies to volksmoeders, to understand how whiteness operates in a global perspective. Shona, Christi, and Ashley conclude with a discussion on how these radical right movements - and their shared emphasis on whiteness - interlock throughout the United States, Britain, and South Africa.
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2022-01-1948 min
Right RisingThe Ethics of Studying the Far RightGuests Ashton Kingdon and Ashley Mattheis join Right Rising to discuss the ethical implications of studying the far-right. Along with host Augusta Dell'Omo, Ashton and Ashley walk us through the existing institutions that protect ethical research and how they fall short in safeguarding scholars studying extremism online. Ashton and Ashley explain the threats faced by researchers - particularly women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ individuals - and how their new unit at CARR focusing on ethics aims to increase researcher safety. Special Guests: Ashley Mattheis and Ashton Kingdon.
2021-10-1335 min
Right RisingThe Year in ReviewGuests Eviane Leidig, Ashley Mattheis, and William Allchorn rejoin Right Rising for a roundtable discussion of the radical right's activities throughout the past year of the podcast. Along with host Augusta Dell'Omo, Eviane, Ashley, and Will take us through an overview of key developments in the far right over the past year, including the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the continued ravages COVID-19 pandemic, and the growth of the Q-Anon conspiracy. Together we speculate - what can we expect the far right to do next?
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2021-05-2557 min
Yeah Nah Pasaran!Dr Ashley Mattheis on Memes & MumsThis week we spoke with Dr. Ashley Mattheis (@aamattheis) about the memification & gamification of mass killings, as well as the role of mothers and momfluencers within alt-Right and Qanon circles.
2021-04-2900 minQueer Lit"Pronouns" with Ashley ThorntonIn this episode, I am talking to Ashley Thornton (Brighton University) about epicene pronouns and gender-inclusive language. Ashley is a corpus linguist working on singular they in English, Spanish and Russian and has some insights on the history of gender-neutral pronouns as well. The scholars (and Twitter accounts) referenced in this episode are:Olu Jenzen @DrOluJenzenCharlotte StormbomLaura Hekanaho @LHekanahoJoshua Paiz (their account's private) @JMPaiz_PhD Kris Knisley @kriskniselyKirby Conrod @kirbyconrodDennis Baron @DrGrammarUte Gabriel and Pascal Gygax And while you're at it, follow Ashley...
2021-04-0839 min
Right RisingThe QAnon Conspiracy and MomfluencersGuest Ashley Mattheis joins Right Rising to break down the QAnon conspiracy and its growth during the COVID-19 crisis. Along with host Augusta Dell'Omo, Ashley walks us through the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories after the election of Donald Trump in 2016 and how these ideas spread across social media. Finally, Ashley takes us on a deep dive into the world of "Momfluencers" and how their conceptions of motherhood have catalyzed QAnon's reach into the mainstream. Special Guest: Ashley Mattheis.
2020-10-2734 min