Maitrayee Basu
@maitrayeeb
Assistant Professor, Race and Media @LeedsUniMedia. Research: affect, feminism, digital platforms. šš³ļøāā§ļøāš¦
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https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/staff/6133/dr-maitrayee-basu 10-05-2010 16:22:13
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Critical, eloquent and theoretically brave and rigorous. It was a pleasure to attend Zhen Troy Chen 's talk in #ica24 on erotic entrepreneurs in China and reversing the algorithmic gaze.
As an editor bringing in stellar interdisciplinary work on race and media has brought me in conversations with some brave and passionate decolonial scholars. Nathasha Fernando 's paper on feminist podcasting, race and politics of allyship in Italy blew our minds at #ica24 .
Thank you Cyberdivalive for kicking down doors and holding the space for people like me. You are a pioneer and dreamer and I am privileged to be your collaborator, fellow plotter and friend.
MAJOR CAMPAIGN VICTORY! The Austin For Palestine Coalition + UMAW campaign demanding that SXSW drop weapons manufacturers and war profiteers is successful! This is a huge win accomplished by the hard work of activists & the principled artists who withdrew their labor in solidarity with Palestine.
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If Goldsmiths - with a very strong & active union - can get away with sacking nearly 100 people for spurious financial reasons, then I shudder to think about what's next for other universities. Please send messages of support to Goldsmiths UCU & donate to gofundme.com/f/help-goldsmiā¦