Mischa Florence Gerrard

Incoming PhD researcher @ QUB | MA (Violence, Terrorism, & Security) | AI-mediated harms & extremist ecosystems | English, Belfast-based

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

Inside the horrifying online network where children extort others to commit violence and self-harm @arielbogle https://t.co/AFUrg3Di3K

[Allison Morris @AllisonMorris1]

Gisèle Pelicot bravely waived her anonymity in order to reverse the shame and change the conversation around the horrific sexual abuse she suffered - I’m horrified that this is on a wall in my city and whoever hosted those responsible should be ashamed

[Dan Przygoda @dprzygoda]

Magdi,
Thank you for all of your bravery in sharing this. I would encourage everyone to take the time to read this devastating yet sobering account of what a survivor goes through:

[National Crime Agency (NCA) @NCA_UK]

Warning: This post contains references to sexual abuse.

A coordinated national response is now tackling organised networks of sexual offenders and domestic abusers who drug victims before assaulting and filming them.

Read the full story ➡️ https://t.co/kxHULOhJQt

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

At least eight people have been arrested in the UK and 270 individuals identified after the National Crime Agency (@NCA_UK) uncovered what it describes as a "truly international network" of men drugging and raping women.
https://t.co/T1G2vcj9nM

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

New @VOX_Pol article on last month's unrest in Belfast now live:

"Trigger Events, Digital Amplification, and Anti-Immigration Mobilisation in the UK"

Thoughts welcome. https://t.co/wnn1d3jMuS

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

🎟️ Tickets: https://t.co/Rxt3gNHD4Q

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

Looking forward to contributing to @faithandvawg's Annual Conference, 'Unholy Alliance: Women, Race, Faith, and the Far Right', tomorrow, where I'll be co-facilitating an online workshop on Understanding the Manosphere.

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

The latest public version of ChatGPT can be made to generate sexualised images or depict scenes of graphic violence with a simple prompt, researchers have told the BBC. https://t.co/FgriDBSueq

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

A fascinating few days in Brussels with the @QUBelfast @HAPPatQUB MA in Violence, Terrorism and Security. Grateful to everyone who took the time to engage with us throughout the visit. @Europarl_EN @eu_eeas @UNODC @Eurpeace @dfatirl @ChairmanEUMC @UNLOPS 🇧🇪🇪🇺

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

One of the things that is always overlooked about rioters is that many of them do it because it's fun. The pretended anger, like the affiliation of hooligans to a football club, is just a pretext for creating enjoyable mayhem

[Madelaine Hanson @MadelaineLucyH]

The problem gentlemen is you think "rapist" means scary man in a hoodie lurking in an alleyway at 3am. Of course you'd block that guy.

But it's the boyfriend you really loved who was angry that you hadn't wanted sex for two days and pinned you for the bed and then felt really bad about it.

It's the really sweet guy backstage who you loved working with for the whole production who knew you only wanted to be friends and then got you drunk at the after party and raped you in a dressing room.

It's the husband who whined and pleaded for sex long after you've said no for hours and refused to take no for an answer until you gave in every night for four years until you realised what it was.

It's the childhood friend who knows your parents and is your brother's best mate who suddenly attacked you when you were 17 and then told you he'd be thrown out of Oxford if you said anything.

It's the kind colleague who offered to drive you home from that conference when there was a train strike and then forced his hands into your pants in a lay-by and then threatened to leave you there at 3am if you didn't stop being a cockteasing bitch.

We're not dumb. We see the constant attempts to make anything short of stranger with a knife made up, regret, our fault really, a matter of the woman not being clear.

We know why you keep trying to make this 'not rape'. Because if coercion, marital rape, pressure, manipulation and exploitation count, then the comforting fantasy that rape is only ever a stranger with a knife falls apart.

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

Excellent discussion between @JustinOnWeb, @mariannaspring, @profgalloway on masculinity and the political fight for young American men. https://t.co/0O4fDgmPQb

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

Worth taking < 2 minutes to listen to @McGlynnClare on this case.

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

https://t.co/f4LxpHc3PC

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

Pleased to be joining the Christchurch Call Foundation as a Research Assistant on Project Catalyst! 1/3

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

The project sits squarely at the intersection of many of my research interests and provides a valuable bridge between completing my MA at Queen’s University Belfast and beginning PhD study there in October. 3/3

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

Domestic abuse incidents growing fastest in 16-19 age group and police think violent pornography is one of causes (link next)

[Mischa Florence Gerrard @MischaGerrard]

Quote from an analyst who worked on the latest @IWFhotline report: “I can find child sexual abuse content, the worst categories... on any social media platform in as little as one search term and two clicks.”https://t.co/vTUN5yC5ep