Authored by Catherine Bouko and colleagues, it offers a sharp, timely look at how feminist politics are being reshaped through AI image generation.

Can’t wait for this one to be out in the world!

Authored by Kim A. Case, Jessica Saunders, and Dionne Stephens. The piece explores how celebrity culture shapes body image ideals across race, gender, and representation—an important contribution to ongoing conversations about media, identity, and wellbeing.

thank you to our brilliant authors, reviewers, editors, and readers for making the journal such a vibrant home for feminist media scholarship 💜

📊 from 123,558 in 2022 → 137,275 in 2023 → 157,420 in 2024 → 176,124 in 2025 — we love to see the momentum!

lots of fascinating directions here—from aging and romance on tv to feminist hip-hop and TikTok femininities!

have you read or written something similar recently? drop your recs below 👇

🐱 “The platformization of socially constructed gender realities: the ‘Fat Cat incident’ (2024)”

by Thomas Whyke (contact), Aiqing Wang, Zhennuo Song, Zeyang Wang, & Yibo Fan

→ investigates how gender discourse circulates and is contested through Chinese social media platforms.

🎤 “Stacks and sirens: construction of race, femininity, and feminist agency in two Finnish rap music videos”

by Inka Rantakallio

→ a sharp take on how visual and sonic practices shape feminist agency in Finnish hip-hop.

🎀 “(Un)Girly girls: reimagining femininity on Japanese TikTok”

by Sonia Petrovic (@University of Melbourne)

→ analyzes how young women play with and resist girlish aesthetics through TikTok’s creative vernaculars.

📺 “Reality television dating with participants aged 65+: constructing empowered older women and ‘less than’ older men in Hotel Romance”

by Åsa Kroon (@Örebro University)

→ explores age, gender, and empowerment in later-life reality tv dating formats.

A personal note: This paper was a long journey! We first submitted it in March 2023, and after a long and rigorous review process, it's finally seeing the light of day in September 2025. A testament to persistence! Huge thanks to the patient editors & reviewers at @femmediastudies.bsky.social

A huge thank you to everyone who submits their scholarship to FMS, to our incredible editorial team and reviewers, and to the readers who engage with feminist media research around the world. 💜 Your work and support make this journal thrive.

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🌍 These articles reflect the global scope and critical urgency of feminist media scholarship. Watch this space for publication announcements!

5️⃣ “Gender, Nation and Immigration: An Analysis of French Media About Female Reconstructive Surgeries”
✍️ Sarah Boisson
French media coverage of migrant women’s bodies reveals intersections of gender, race, and national identity in medical discourse.
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4️⃣ “Rhetorical Strategies in the Speeches of Mrs. America”
✍️ Margarita Esther Sánchez Cuervo & Luisa Sánchez Rivas
A rhetorical analysis of Mrs. America and its portrayal of feminist debates. How is second-wave feminism reimagined on screen?
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3️⃣ “The Counterspeech Doctrine in Communicative Capitalism: An Intersectional Feminist Critique”
✍️ Heidi Kosonen
This article interrogates the limits of counterspeech theory in digital spheres dominated by capitalist logics. What’s at stake for feminist resistance?
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2️⃣ “Surveillance Media Technology and News Coverage of Stranger Violence Against Women in Australia”
✍️ Alex Bevan
How does media coverage of violence against women reinforce gendered fear through surveillance narratives? Bevan critically unpacks Australian news discourse.
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