Brigid McCarthy

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A feminist sports media scholar whose interests lie in online abuse of sportswomen, and in media construction of gender and age, particularly as it relates to the elite teen girl athlete

Her current project include:

'Girls please stay in the kitchen: Online abuse of women's competitive skateboarding.'
'Media coverage and the elite teen girl athlete'

‘Policing the “Russian diva”: gymnastics broadcasts and the idealisation of the girl-child athlete’

‘Girl Power and Brand Power: Postfeminist Sensibility in News Coverage of Tokyo’s Girl “Prodigy” Skateboarders‘

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in Journalism, La Trobe University

Education

  • 2014 
    La Trobe University, PhD

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