From: Rosemary Overell <rosemary.overell@otago.ac.nz> Sent: Friday, 15 May 2026 11:32 am To: School of Social Sciences (All Staff) <SchoolOfSocialSciences.Staff.dl@otago.ac.nz> Subject: Feminist Sensibility: Pedagogical Interventions in Gender and Media Studies from Singapore’Dr Shobha Avadhani (National University of Singapore) Kia ora Social Sciences colleagues, Please join us for our next Research Seminar on 26th May 10-11am NZT (for your local time:https://tinyurl.com/mucwj5td) with Dr Shobha Avadhani (National University of Singapore) who will be speaking on 'Feminist Sensibility: Pedagogical Interventions in Gender and Media Studies from Singapore’. In person in Burns 4 or via Zoom: https://forms.gle/H9ZfMPwtp85Pso3j9<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FH9ZfMPwtp85Pso3j9&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7Cf8efb399526e40443ce308deb2113394%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639143984132203253%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KRXno0Rerclaom%2FmniATubW5tyWRzPg4uwfSeLIWl%2Fo%3D&reserved=0> Abstract: Gender activism has long existed in Singapore, despite the nation’s neoliberal authoritarian society, where restrictions on civil society have resulted in a "non-transformative politics". Such issues have been complexly addressed through community activism groups using the margins as a space of refusal, the "quiet politics" of queer corporate activism, and state-sanctioned activism of women's organizations. At the same time, in this highly mediatized society, young people encounter a range of gendered practices and hypervisible discourses online that put many of them at risk. Examples include body shaming, incel attacks, and technology-facilitated sexual violence. What does feminist media studies look like in this context of low activism and high visibility that many young Singaporeans experience? Drawing from experience this talk details three entry points for revealing and dislodging a post-feminist sensibility. First, we interrogate their interpellation into United States American culture wars on social media, followed by inviting students to bring their personal stories of gendered experience and media consumption into their engagements with scholarly readings. Finally, we facilitate their unpacking of assumptions about feminism. Bio: Dr Shobha Avadhani is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore. Dr. Avadhani has published research on the intersection of youth, citizenship and new media: the meanings of social and mobile digital media for juvenile delinquents and youths at risk, the changing nature of democratic discourse in hybrid regimes, and the role of the Singapore school in shaping technological citizenship. All welcome and share with interested parties! Rosie. 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