📱Digital criminologist @ #LSE 💃🏻 #poledance performer 🍑 Blogger, award-winning activist 🇮🇹 LDNer (she/her) 🧛🏻‍♀️ Thinking about Buffy like it’s the Roman Empire. https://bloggeronpole.com/all-my-links/https://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mraskfn3q22tHot off the press, the latest collab between yours truly & @pambriggs.bsky.social is now out, open access, in Creator & Influencer Studies. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44538-026-00004-x.pdf22 Jul 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraskfn3q22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mpkxwlqm5c2gYesterday I presented my research on shadowbanning, de-platforming and platform appeals to Samantha Niblett MP, together with a group of badass sex educators, activists and brands.01 Jul 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkxwlqm5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mot3qtng4c26Last week marked the conclusion of a very busy few weeks spent co-organising the #LSE’s Knowledge Beyond Boundaries conference & co-organizing + teaching the Impact Research Lab (IRL) programme pilot ⤵️21 Jun 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mot3qtng4c26https://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mokfiwzxbs2fThe same government who wants to apply this to nudity on App Stores. Love that for us [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokfiwzxbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3moctesqzlc2jSince the UK government seems intent on playing political football with young people’s digital & offline lives with the social media ban, I'm resharing the paper that @pamogranite.bsky.social, Catherine Talbot & I wrote re: the importance of SM for LGBTQIA+ users https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1354856524129662815 Jun 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3moctesqzlc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mnu6nl52jc2kIn the @newscientist.com talking about why the Starmer government's latest promise to 'stop children from seeing and sharing explicit images' sounds great as a headline, but is going to have severe unintended consequences in practice, and it's going to be hard to implement successfully. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnu6nl52jc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mnhwhaxfa22wNot surprised to see that during the @oversightboard.bsky.social's pilot case considering account removals from Meta, the Board was literally flooded by public comments from users whose accounts had been wrongly removed without redress. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhwhaxfa22whttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3migldnn5nc2yI'm in @theguardian.com today talking about being a #pilates girlie, although ofc I had no chill & had to bring in my research about algorithms to discuss which type of pilates girlie is visible & why the manosphere has to ruin even the nice things in life: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/01/as-soon-as-i-left-the-first-session-i-felt-taller-is-reformer-pilates-as-amazing-or-awful-as-they-say01 Apr 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3migldnn5nc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mg5jdqtgm22sSince the UK govt's consultation about social media bans for under-16s is now live, it's fitting to share our newly-published papers from our AoIR2025 panel discussing the effects of platform governance's constrains, limits or outright bans on crucial information & networks for several users.03 Mar 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5jdqtgm22shttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mfqxpjzxok2kThanks everyone for the engagement with my recent "Sexy Jail" / shadowbanning appeals paper :) if you're looking for a short summary, the #LSE have kindly published a press release about it with key facts and stats. Read it here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-news-from-lse/instagrams-account-status-tools-criticised-as-opaque-ineffective-and-discriminatory-by-creators-in-new-study26 Feb 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqxpjzxok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mfbutlleyk2i1st paper of 2026 & in my new job, out open access in Platforms & Society! With a survey amongst 100 creators of pole dance content, I found Instagram’s attempt at transparency & accountability via Account Status shadowbanning appeals was entirely performative: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/2976862426142679320 Feb 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbutlleyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3meiiliysx22tV concerned to see great research orgs partner up with NCOSE to repeal Section 230. This article has is a v good history of NCOSE (once Morality In Media) & their campaigns against… literally any depiction of anything but conservative values on TV / the internet. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1354856523119369410 Feb 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3meiiliysx22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3megvqsulck2uI was really sad to hear that the First Monday Journal will soon cease publication. Back in 2020, First Monday became the home of one of my very first papers, and the kindness and time taken in peer review was incredibly helpful to me as a PhD student and early-career researcher.09 Feb 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3megvqsulck2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mebw7rmcls2pHas the EU killed doomscrolling? Grabbing the popcorn about this latest EU commission decision labelling TikTok's design as addictive & asking it to change it. As I told @techpolicypress.bsky.social this sets a precedent & I wonder if it will trigger copycat decisions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Feb 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebw7rmcls2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3me74egsqy22oPopped into the BBC yesterday to record my bit of Radio 4's Anti-Social #podcast with Adam Fleming three years since my last appearance on it :) This time I talked about the 2016 vs 2026 trend, why Gen Z think Millennials are cringe and the real reasons behind these online trends...06 Feb 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3me74egsqy22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3me6spdtxbk2o*grabs popcorn* [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6spdtxbk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3me4ehq5hrs25A lot of you resonated with this post about my choice to leave Twitter (thanks!). Now, I've spoken with @stokel.bsky.social for a British Medical Journal article about Royal Colleges and institutions leaving X. My thoughts here: https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s20605 Feb 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4ehq5hrs25https://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mdzxu273zs26I took part in this event in December and really enjoyed the nuanced conversations the day generated, thanks to a variety of different speakers. They're now part of this briefing, which includes some of my recommendations. Thanks @wfd.org and @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social for having me! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzxu273zs26https://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.social/post/3mdvffnmfns2mReally enjoyed this long read by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Solnit in The Guardian, beautifully explaining something I myself have been feeling, but that crucially my participants have expressed in relation to AI optimisation. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/29/what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back02 Feb 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:v2zg2n2jwap5hftybjb47pak/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvffnmfns2m