The University of Leicester’s Media and Gender Research Group is pleased to announce its Spring 2021 series of virtual talks. Everyone is welcome – please register via the Eventbrite links below: *Wednesday February 24, 16.00 (GMT)* ‘Getting In & Getting On With It: Coping with “Leaky” Tech’ Alison Harvey (York University, Canada) Register here <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.co.uk%2Fe%2Falison-harvey-getting-in-getting-on-with-it-coping-with-leaky-tech-tickets-136327119083&data=04%7C01%7Cmjk29%40leicester.ac.uk%7C6f70503db7e64a4a5b4b08d8c6b12574%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637477811421639444%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2tsvvgC1dtTHFsk1%2ByJhuKIgg3HxLRSONurYDpw5rFI%3D&reserved=0> *Thursday March 11, 16.00 (GMT)* ‘Beyond Risk and Resilience: Gender, Class and Value Struggles’ Helen Wood (Lancaster University) Register here <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.co.uk%2Fe%2Fhelen-wood-beyond-risk-and-resilience-gender-class-and-value-struggles-tickets-138416578713%3Faff%3Derelpanelorg&data=04%7C01%7Cmjk29%40leicester.ac.uk%7C6f70503db7e64a4a5b4b08d8c6b12574%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637477811421649399%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=FsWb1XpwEQVoVTpUkDcTVLhPXc1elgEXtMeBtxt1fB0%3D&reserved=0> *Wednesday March 31, 16.00 (BST)* *Feminism & the Politics of ‘Resilience’ *by Angela McRobbie: Panel Discussion. Speakers: Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths), Kim Allen (Leeds), Hannah Hamad (Cardiff), Melanie Kennedy (Leicester), and Catherine Rottenberg (Nottingham). Chaired by Jilly Kay (Leicester). Details of the event here <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.co.uk%2Fe%2Ffeminism-the-politics-of-resilience-by-angela-mcrobbie-panel-discussion-tickets-136277781513%3Faff%3D&data=04%7C01%7Cmjk29%40leicester.ac.uk%7C6f70503db7e64a4a5b4b08d8c6b12574%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637477811421659357%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=b7nSSAJdJKnZGnepLBeW0KXA4aC3Qz79nTm8X8fgLrg%3D&reserved=0>. *Please note that the event has sold out but will be livestreamed on YouTube here <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUCKhZshoehbokC8tqF5sRl9g&data=04%7C01%7Cmjk29%40leicester.ac.uk%7C6f70503db7e64a4a5b4b08d8c6b12574%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637477811421659357%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3v6ShmG%2BTS26BIvke0hvcaymT32ry8AF%2F0%2F85UYxNJo%3D&reserved=0>.* For enquiries please get in touch with Melanie Kennedy ([log in to unmask]) or Jilly Kay ([log in to unmask]). *Dr Melanie Kennedy (SFHEA)* *Lecturer in Media and Communication* School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester, Bankfield House, 132 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7JA Tel: 0116 223 1624 https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/people/melanie-kennedy Associate Editor, Commentary and Criticism for *Feminist Media Studies* (Routledge) *Latest publication *‘*If the rise of the TikTok dance and e-girl aesthetic has taught us anything, it’s that teenage girls rule the internet right now’: TikTok celebrity, girls and the Coronavirus crisis*, *European Journal of Cultural Studies* (2020) available here <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1367549420945341>. *New books** The Wedding Spectacle Across Contemporary Media and Culture: Something Old, Something New *(London: Routledge, 2020) available here <https://www.routledge.com/The-Wedding-Spectacle-Across-Contemporary-Media-and-Culture-Something/Kay-Kennedy-Wood/p/book/9781138586239> . *And **Tweenhood: Femininity and Celebrity in Tween Popular Culture* (London: IB Tauris, 2019) available here <https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tweenhood-9781780768427/>. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the University of Alabama: https://cis.ua.edu