Is Social Media Making Young Women Hate Men? (Your Radical Questions with Dr Jilly Kay)
5/18/202614 min
With Amol away, Eliza Filby, who an author and historian specialising in generational change, steps in for this week’s Q&A on young women and the “femosphere”. Jilly Kay, Professor of media and communications studies at Loughborough University, coined the term “femosphere”), and is here to answer your questions on the divide between young men and women, what role social media algorithms might have, and what men could do to help women avoid the “femosphere”. Plus, why might some people say that “femosphere” as a reasonable response to the patriarchy?
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Eliza Filby· Host1:05
Hello, and welcome to Your Radical Questions, where I put your questions to one of our radical guests. My name is Eliza Filby, standing in for Amol this week. I'm an author and historian who specializes in generational change. This is your chance to engage directly with the super smart and interesting people we have on this podcast and ask them about their ideas for the future. This week, I'm joined