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Radboud Reflects, verdiepende lezingenThe Women of the Far Right. Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization | E Leidig, A Zaslove[Nederlands volgt Engels]
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For a long time, people thought that far-right groups as male-dominated. But now, women, including self-described "tradwives," are now stepping into prominent roles as influencers and organizers. What drives them? And how are they reshaping far-right politics today? Learn from radicalization expert Eviane Leidig, author of The Women of the Far Right, and political scientist Andrej Zaslove how gender-based narratives have been instrumentalized to promote far-right agendas.
The Women of the Far Right. Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization | Lecture and conversation with radicalization expert Eviane Leidig and political scientist Andrej Zaslove | Tuesday 3 December 2024 | 20.00 - 21.30 hrs...2024-12-101h 15
Security in ContextThe Women of the Far Right - An Interview with Eviane LeidigNOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “The Women of the Far Right - An Interview with Eviane Leidig” from September 7, 2023. Click here to watch the original video.
Host and executive producer of the Security in Context podcast Anita Fuentes interviews researcher Eviane Leidig on her new book, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization."
Leidig's book can be found here: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-wome...
Eviane Leidig is a postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University. She is affiliated with the Center for Research on Extremis...2024-11-2227 min
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Getting Better with Jonathan Van NessICYMI: What Are Tradwives?There’s a group of far right influencers lurking on your social media feeds. They post organic recipes, millennial mom advice, and #glowups. And they’re using this content to promote white supremacist ideas. This week, Dr. Eviane Leidig joins us to discuss who these women are and how they’re spreading hate on social media.
Dr. Eviane Leidig is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University. Her research specializes in the global far-right, gender, and online radicalization, recruitment, and propaganda. Her latest book, The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influen...2024-08-281h 10
Social Media and PoliticsFar Right Women Influencers on YouTube and Instagram, with Dr. Eviane LeidigDr. Eviane Leidig, Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University, discusses her book "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization." We break down the role of social media for the alt-right movement, and how platforms like Instagram and YouTube work to mainstream extremist views. These insights come from Dr. Leidig's research conducting digital ethnography on women influencers prominent on the American Right.
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New Books in American StudiesEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
New Books in SociologyEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
New Books in Political ScienceEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
New Books in American PoliticsEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
New Books in CommunicationsEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
New Books in Women's HistoryEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
Off the Page: A Columbia University Press PodcastEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3140 min
New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
New Books in GenderEviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable. They share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the “pure” white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at antivaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminine lifestyle, at once promoting their personal brands and radicalizing their followers. Amid discussions of issues like dating, marriage, and family life, they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism and champion the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which motivated massacres in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo.Eviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into...2024-01-3142 min
The Conversation WeeklyWomen lifestyle influencers are changing the face of the far rightWhen you think about the far right, you probably picture groups of young, white men carrying images of swastikas or torches. But the face of the far right is changing, at least on social media. In this episode, we hear about new research into a cohort of women influencers pushing far right ideology on mainstream platforms like Instagram and YouTube. The Conversation's Avery Anapol speak to Eviane Leidig, a postdoctoral research fellow at Tilburg University in the Netherlands who focuses on far right ideology, gender and the internet.This episode was written and p...2024-01-1823 min
The BunkerDesperate Tradwives: How far-right women weaponise social media – with Marie Le Conte and Eviane LeidigThe far-right is often associated with angry white men — but their female counterparts might be even more dangerous. Dr Eviane Leidig, a postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University and author of The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization. She joins Marie Le Conte in The Bunker, to discuss how these women weaponise social media to disseminate extremist ideologies. Dr Eviane Leidig’s book: The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization
“These women are normalising and legitimising extreme ideas to mainstream audiences; they are not on fringe pl...2023-11-2928 min
Wednesday BreakfastInfluencers & Online Radicalization, "Cold enough for snow" wins 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary award, AI's impact on the workforce, International community radioCam and Andy from Yeah Nah Pasaran show speak to Dr Eviane Leidig, the author of Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers & Online Radicalization. On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women share Instagram stories about organic foods that help pregnant women propagate the pure white race and post behind-the-scenes selfies at anti-vaccination rallies. These social media personalities model a feminist lifestyle, at once promoting their brands and radicalizing their followers. In discussions of issues like dating, marriage and family life they call on women to become housewives to counteract the corrosive effects of feminism.Eviane Leidig in her...2023-11-2100 min
Studio ExpoTradwives & nazifluencersWomen have always played an important role in the far right, despite it being a political environment filled with misogyny. As the mother of white children, the woman has had an elevated role within white supremacist groups - and even if that position remains, the role has also changed with the breakthrough of social media. Today, women have become influencers for the political cause and are used to attract new sympathizers with content about traditional lifestyles and conservative values. How are women used in propaganda for right wing extremism? What place do women have within...2023-10-2721 min
Getting Better with Jonathan Van NessWho Are The Women Of The Far Right? with Dr. Eviane LeidigThere’s a group of far right influencers lurking on your social media feeds. They post organic recipes, millennial mom advice, and #glowups. And they’re using this content to promote white supremacist ideas. This week, Dr. Eviane Leidig joins us to discuss who these women are and how they’re spreading hate on social media.
Dr. Eviane Leidig is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University. Her research specializes in the global far-right, gender, and online radicalization, recruitment, and propaganda. Her latest book, The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influen...2023-09-201h 07
Yeah Nah Pasaran!Dr Eviane Leidig on Women & The Far-RightThis week we speak to Dr Eviane Leidig about her new book The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers & Online Radicalization.2023-09-0700 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?
Check out CARR's 2020-2021 Yearbook and the forthcoming partnership with...2021-05-2557 min
The Arts of TravelReflections on 2020 - Best India InterviewsThis episode (which may be part of a series) showcases our best' India Interviews of 2020. The interview clips are 'highlights' (5-15 minutes in length) from long-form interviews on a variety of topics such as Kashmir, Feminism, The CAA/NRC, Caste, Sikhism, The Farmers Protests, and other areas that impacted India in 2020.
If you enjoy these interviews you can listen to the full interviews on the Arts of Travel Podcast. They have all been posted. I hope for new listeners this serves as a great introduction.
Music by Prod Riddiman: 'Tranquility' - https://www.youtube.com/wat...2021-01-041h 36
Right RisingWhat Exactly is the "Radical Right"?Guest Dr. Eviane Leidig joins Right Rising to break down some key terms used by scholars when talking about the "radical right." Along with host Augusta Dell'Omo, Eviane helps us with concepts like "extreme," "radical," and "far right," and gives us some examples of right-wing groups that fit into these categories. But are these categories always useful and do they hold up in all parts of the world? Special Guest: Eviane Leidig.2020-09-1520 min
Yeah Nah Pasaran!Dr Eviane Leidig on Hindutva & the global far-RightThis week we spoke to Dr. Eviane Leidig about her research into Hindutva and its connections to the global far-Right.2020-04-3000 min
The Arts of Travel'Trump - Modi! Brother - Brother!' Eviane Leidig on Narendra Modi and the BJP's Evolving Relationship with the Global RightIndia Prime Minister Narendra Modi is incredibly popular within India's diaspora. But how can one support tolerance and immigration within the context of the US or UK, and at the same time support the bigotry and Islamophobia of Modi's BJP Party in India?
To explore this paradox I spoke w. Eviane Leidig, a researcher at The Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX). We discuss the rise of the BJP, its growing ties with other global far-right leaders like Trump and Boris Johnson, and how industries like Silicon Valley are crucial to spreading its toxic message of neoliberalism and islamophobia.
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