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Beth Kearney

@besskearney.bsky.social
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Early Career Academic (contemp literature, esp. women’s writing and experimental autobiography in French). 🌺 Based in Meanjin. 🌻 bethkearney.com

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Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
NEW in our Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine series (edited by @drgavinmiller.bsky.social): Chloe R. Green examines how women’s experimental illness narratives are driving new conceptions of contested illness. Learn more at: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
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Writing Contested Illness
Writing Contested Illness
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Dominique Carlini Versini @dcarliniversini.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Delighted to be part of this special issue on ambivalence and agency in contemporary Francophone narratives! My article looks at generic ambivalence, and in particular, it analyses Springora's use of fairy tales tropes to explore the abuse she experienced.
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Francosphères 13.2 includes work by @besskearney.bsky.social, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social & @drjoeford.bsky.social on ambivalence, agency & selfhood in contemporary francophone narratives. Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/FRANC13-2 @openlibhums.bsky.social @sfps.bsky.social‬ @ilcs.bsky.social
The latest issue of Francospheres journal on a blue and pink gradient fade background with the LUP logo in white on the bottom right and an orange Open Access banner at the top of the image.
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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social : ‘This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit
This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit
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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Thrilled to have co-edited, with Dr Françoise Campbell, a special issue in Francosphères (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Wonderful contributions by Shirley Jordan, @dcarliniversini.bsky.social, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Cliona Hensey, Kate Mackenzie! liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/franc/13/2
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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
If you have not already, please consider taking two small steps to prevent the closure of languages programs at U of Wollongong: sign the petition and write to the uni. These collective actions are making a difference! australiansocietyforfrenchstudies.com/2024/11/08/t...
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The ASFS Strongly Opposes Language Cuts at the University of Wollongong
The Australian Society for French Studies condemns the proposal from the University of Wollongong to disestablish its entire Languages Discipline, including not only French but Spanish, Mandarin, J…
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Women in French Australia @wifaustralia.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
We are delighted to launch our new WiF OZ podcast, hosted by Josephine Goldman and @besskearney.bsky.social 😊! In the first episode, Beth and Josie talked to our founding President @christiesmbc.bsky.social about being a mum in academia. You can listen to it here: open.spotify.com/show/3EOWoce...
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WiF Australia Podcast
Podcast · WIF Australia · The Women in French Australia podcast is a space for open conversations about feminist criticism, gender studies, and the French-speaking world. It is hosted by early career ...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
"The police chased me out of the beach parking lot. Now Walmart. I’m running out of places to sleep, and to be." "Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours." A searing and essential piece of writing.
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My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
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Valentina Gosetti @valentinagosetti.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Big news for Women in French Australia! Thanks to our amazing first speaker @christiesmbc.bsky.social and to the creators of this podcast series @besskearney.bsky.social and Josephine Goldman. See you later today for our end-of-year celebration! 🥳
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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Josephine Goldman and I are thrilled to announce the inaugural Women in French podcast. We couldn’t have found a more perfect guest to open the series: Christie Margrave. Big thanks to you, @christiesmbc.bsky.social and the rest of the WiF Australia executives!!!
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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
So here's a starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies, very broadly defined. If you'd like to be added or removed, comment below or send a message go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/11/2024
Are we doing it right? #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/CTZvmGD 🖊️ @jasonadamk.bsky.social
Two people frown at a phone. One says to the other, “Bluesky seems to be the app where you post about being on Bluesky.”
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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
What’s the difference between sight and sound in writing? And what do they have to do with a writer’s positionality? Read Kate Rossmanith fascinating piece …
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Julian Fell @jtfell.com · 20/11/2024
These things are from slightly less recently: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02... www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05... www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
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'Unethical and misleading': Tony was deceiving his bosses and raking in the cash
Tony found himself with too much time on his hands at work. What he did next challenges long-held notions of loyalty in the workplace.
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Julian Fell @jtfell.com · 20/11/2024
Hi Bluesky. I'm Julian. Here's a thing I did recently: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
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The world's largest home robotics company has a problem – its vacuum cleaners can be hacked from afar
Without even entering the building, we were able to silently peer through the camera on a Deebot device made by Chinese giant Ecovacs.
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Beth Kearney @besskearney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
See this new issue from MAI Feminism and Visual Cultures; I’m thrilled to have contributed a personal essay on Ernaux ! Thanks again to the editors !
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