Dr. Bernadette "bird" Bowen
Dr. Bernadette “bird” Bowen (She/they/Dr.) is an award- and grant-winning published critical media ecologist (art, activism, academia), content creator, Media & Communication PhD, & obtained their Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies certificate. Alongside a handful of colleagues since 2019, Dr. bird has helped spearhead a critical feminist wave of media ecology that incorporates cultural studies, further exemplifying their personal critical media ecological framework. Since finishing their PhD, Dr. bird gained followers rapidly on TikTok, and continues sharing their experiences, serving as a human-centric resource on applied critical media ecology for (especially, autistic and trans, victim and/or survivor, millennials / Gen Z) folks who continue struggling to exist in a colonial capitalist system, hellbent on sickening, disabling, and killing (especially the immunocompromised among) us for profit.