Valerie Reddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3804787 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Reddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Reddy |
| SIGNATURE | REDDY V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2028-6432 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fun, flirtation and fear: Selfies in teenage girls digital exchange cultures
This paper explores teenage girls' engagement with digital images on social media. Using new feminist materialism, we foreground digital images as an assemblage of materialities (human and more‐than‐human) filled with affective potentials that materialise in/capacities. Drawing from interviews and focus group discussions, we show how the production and sharing of selfies through posting and sexting unlocked new ‘becomings’ through expressions of …
Sabelo's Journey as a Young Black Gay Man in South Africa and the Potential of the Grindr App
Drawing from a case-study, this paper examines 18-year-old Sabelo's journey as a young black gay man in South Africa. Against the backdrop of heteronormativity and entrenched gender roles, Sabelo navigates a landscape where expressions of queer sexuality are often met with resistance. Focusing on a semi-structured interview, Sabelo's narrative reveals the pressure to conform to traditional masculinity and a sense of living a "double life" where a…
Young people becoming intimate on social media: Digital desires and gender dynamics
Digital technologies are shaping young people's intimate relationships in profound ways, yet we have little knowledge of these experiences from the Global South. Drawing from a qualitative study, this article examines how 16-19-year-old South Africans make meaning of gender and sexuality through digital intimate practices. The study finds that digital intimacies are facilitated through producing and sharing of sexual content through sexting, vide…
Young people becoming intimate on social media: Digital desires and gender dynamics
Digital technologies are shaping young people's intimate relationships in profound ways, yet we have little knowledge of these experiences from the Global South. Drawing from a qualitative study, this article examines how 16-19-year-old South Africans make meaning of gender and sexuality through digital intimate practices. The study finds that digital intimacies are facilitated through producing and sharing of sexual content through sexting, vide…
Sabelo's Journey as a Young Black Gay Man in South Africa and the Potential of the Grindr App
Drawing from a case-study, this paper examines 18-year-old Sabelo's journey as a young black gay man in South Africa. Against the backdrop of heteronormativity and entrenched gender roles, Sabelo navigates a landscape where expressions of queer sexuality are often met with resistance. Focusing on a semi-structured interview, Sabelo's narrative reveals the pressure to conform to traditional masculinity and a sense of living a "double life" where a…
Young people becoming intimate on social media: Digital desires and gender dynamics
Digital technologies are shaping young people's intimate relationships in profound ways, yet we have little knowledge of these experiences from the Global South. Drawing from a qualitative study, this article examines how 16-19-year-old South Africans make meaning of gender and sexuality through digital intimate practices. The study finds that digital intimacies are facilitated through producing and sharing of sexual content through sexting, vide…
Fun, flirtation and fear: Selfies in teenage girls digital exchange cultures
This paper explores teenage girls' engagement with digital images on social media. Using new feminist materialism, we foreground digital images as an assemblage of materialities (human and more‐than‐human) filled with affective potentials that materialise in/capacities. Drawing from interviews and focus group discussions, we show how the production and sharing of selfies through posting and sexting unlocked new ‘becomings’ through expressions of …
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)