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Far-Right Women Podcasters in New Media, with Catherine Girard
I have recently had my dear friend, Catherine Girard, on my podcast, “Loosely Eastern Europe” to talk about her paper, titled “Podcast Patriots: How Far-Right Women Podcasters Shaped the Narrative Around the January 6 Insurrection.”
I thought I would highlight the episode on my blog for you and guide you through some of the questions and context for the importance of analyzing the presence of far-right women podcasters in the information space.
If you would like to listen to the interview, here’s a link.
Read further to get a glimpse of some of the questions.
“Far-right women influencers do not create content solely for female targets. They heavily rely on gendered narratives of (hyper)masculinity, in which they claim society is anti-men and prohibits them from asserting their natural masculine traits, such as aggression, dominance, and leadership.” — Catherine Girard
Bio: Catherine Girard
Catherine is a Ph.D. student in Political Science with a focus on Security and Strategic Studies at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Social Studies in Brno, Czech Republic.
Her research focuses on the far-right with particular emphasis on gender, radicalization, and extremism. She’s also…
