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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m feeling frustrated this week so here is my not-so-hot take: (1) The Manosphere is not that weird and new. Australia is full of misogyny. Recently 4 women were killed by men they knew in a single week. In Perth we are taking down a statue of an AFL player because he violently assaulted a woman.

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New paper! “Being reflexive about reflexivity: The ethical imperative of reflexive practice when engaging in sensitive and contentious research” doi.org/10.1016/j.me...

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

My chapter ‘“It always ends like this”: Temporality and the Refrain in NieR: Automata” has been published in Games That Haunt Us: Gothic Game Space as a Living Nightmare, edited by @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 😁

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

One of the projects I'm working on is "Teen-informed strategies to counter sexual image abuse and sextortion". We're recruiting teens for interviews and focus groups. Please share! :) shorturl.at/1QzZL

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

At the end of last year, @hmblakey.bsky.social and I recorded a Meaningful Play podcast episode about my book "Video Games and Gender Assemblages" 😊 Available on podcast platforms and here: meaningfulplaypodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/e...

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I had a great time at AANZCA at UniSC, where I was given the opportunity to present two pieces of work! It was so lovely chatting with other researchers in such a welcoming and friendly atmosphere 😄

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

So excited that my first book “Video Games and Gender Assemblages: Understanding Gamergate and Beyond has been released!” A digital edition is forthcoming - do get in touch if you’re interested :) www.bloomsbury.com/au/video-gam...

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Video Games and Gender Assemblages

In this book, Sian Tomkinson examines why, despite around half of gamers being female, highly-gendered stereotypical assumptions pervade the video game industry…

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

My chapter '“Ah, Traveler, we meet again!” Gnostic Themes in Genshin Impact' has been published in Well Played! Genshin is the game that introduced me to Gnosticism and got me back into esotericism/the occult/religion <3 (thank you @hmblakey.bsky.social ~) playstorypress.org/books/well-p...

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Well Played V14 N1: For the Love of Games – Play Story Press

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Sian Tomkinson @siantomkinson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I've uploaded my conference presentation on Gnosticism in NieR: Automata from #ICGAN25 to YouTube :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sJr...

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Spirit of Fire - False endings and the search for gnosis in NieR: Automata

YouTube video by Sian Tomkinson

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