Eviane Leidig
Postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University and author of The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization
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Jan 31, 2024 • 41min
Eviane Leidig, "The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Eviane Leidig, expert on the role of women in far-right extremism, discusses the world of far-right women influencers who spread a hateful ideology on social media. She reveals their strategic content creation, the weaponization of technology, and the irony in their lifestyle. Leidig also highlights the challenges in combating the far-right movement online and the use of seemingly innocent content as a disguise for extreme beliefs.
Nov 29, 2023 • 29min
Desperate Tradwives: How far-right women weaponise social media – with Marie Le Conte and Eviane Leidig
Marie Le Conte and Eviane Leidig discuss the dangerous tactics of far-right women on social media, normalizing extremist ideas and prescribing traditionalism as an antidote to unhappiness. They explore the content and motivations of these influencers, the fantasy of traditional motherhood, personal stories of radicalized women, and the role of social media in amplifying extreme ideologies.
