Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Abidin, C. (under review) ‘I also Melayu ok’ – Malay-Chinese women negotiating the ambivalence of biraciality for agentic autonomy


Gwynne, J., Abidin, C. (under review) Entrepreneurial Selves, Feminine Corporeality, and Lifestyle Blogging in Singapore

Abidin, C. (under review) (En)gendering cuteness in Singaporean lifestyle blogging: ‘The Doll’, ‘The Darling’, ‘The Dear’

Abidin, C. (under review) Privacy for Profit: Commodifying Privacy in Lifestyle Blogging

Abidin, C. (under review) Switching ‘On’ – Lifestyle bloggers’ imagery of class and intimacy

Abidin, C. (2013) "Cyber-BFFs: Assessing women's ‘perceived interconnectedness’ in Singapore's commercial lifestyle blog industry", Global Media Journal Australian Edition 7(1). <AbstractPaper>

Abidin, C. (2013) "'Cya IRL': Researching digital communities online and offline", Limina Special Issue (2013): Humanising Collaboration. <AbstractPaper>

Abidin, C., Thompson, E.C. (2012) "Buymylife.com: Cyberfemininities and Commercial Intimacy in Blogshops", Women's Studies International Forum 35: 467-477. <Abstract | Paper>

Peer-reviewed Chapters in Books

Abidin, C. (in progress) #sexbait: Sex-selling and Selling Sex among Commercial Lifestyle Bloggers in Singapore

Abidin, C. (2014) '#In$tagLam: Instagram as a repository of taste, a brimming marketplace, a war of eyeballs' in Mobile Media Making in the Age of Smartphones , Marsha Berry and Max Schleser (eds), Palgrave Pivot. pp.119-128. <Abstract | Book>

Conference Proceedings

Abidin, C. (2013) “#lifeisgood: Understanding Social Currency in the Female Commercial Blog Industry in Singapore” ISA eSymposium for Sociology 2013, isa.e-Forum. Dec 2013. <AbstractPaper>

Other Academic Writing (Journals)


Abidin, C. (in press) Review of Ethnography and virtual worlds: A handbook of method, by Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce and T.L. Taylor. Princeton University Press, 2012

Abidin, C. (2013) "Book Review: Romit Dasgupta, Re-reading the Salaryman in Japan: Crafting Masculinties". Limina (19). <Paper>

Abidin, C., Pande, R. (2013) "Exclusivity: Research in Practice - Interview with Professor Gilbert Herdt". Limina (19). <Paper>

Abidin, C., Pande, R. (2012) "History in Practice Interview - Prof. Susan Broomhall". Limina (18). <Paper>

Other Academic Writing (Social)

Off Stage/On Stage The Q: Quarterly Newsletter of the Australian Anthropological Society, March 2014

#hashtagmylife PopAnth, 27 February 2014

Celebrity blogshop models – Performing cyber-femininity socphd, 30 December 2013


Cyber-femininities Murdoch University Postgraduate Student Association (MUPSA), 28 August 2013

A day in the life of a postgrad Postscript, Spring 2013

Cyber-femininities socphd, 27 August 2013

AngelHack Singapore 2013 Gushcloud, 7 June 2013

ANSA's Profile of the Month June 2013 Australian Network of Student Anthropologists (ANSA), June 2013

Blog bank for the buck Gushcloud, 18 April 2013

Wanna up your game in the blogosphere? Gushcloud, 15 April 2013

Why are some blogshops more successful than others? socphd, 11 April 2013

How do you make the most of your supervisor? Postscript, Spring 2012

Editorial Work

Editor of Special Issue (2013): Humanising Collaboration Limina, June 2013 <Issue>

Editorial Collective of Volume 19 (2013); Exclusivity: Boundaries of Difference Limina, June 2013 <Issue>

Editorial Collective of Volume 18 (2012) Limina, June 2012 <Issue>

Creative writing

Macca, The Celebrity Pig (author) Special Issue: Trove x UWA Centenary, November 2013

0215-0745hrs (author) Special Issue: Trove x UWA Centenary, November 2013

Volume 4, Issue 2 (project officer) Trove, December 2013

Special Issue: Trove x UWA Centenary (editor-in-chief) Trove, October 2013

Volume 4, Issue 1 (project officer) Trove, August 2013

Special Issue: Trove x Words&Thoughts (Project Officer) Trove, May 2013

Volume 3, Issue 2 (project officer) Trove, February 2013

Issue 8 (copyeditor) Colosoul Magazine, November 2012

Volume 3, Issue 1 (associate project officer) Trove, August 2012

Fashion Briefs

Summer Love Ohvola, 6 June 2013

Flouncy Pastels Ohvola, 26 May 2013

Summer Gold Ohvola, 19 May 2013

Primp and Crimp Ohvola, 5 May 2013

Wardrobe Tailors III Klarra, 22 April 2013

Wardrobe Tailors II Klarra, 19 April 2013

Wardrobe Tailors I Klarra, 14 April 2013

Pops & Plains II Klarra, 9 April 2013

Garden of Blossoms Ohvola, 7 April 2013

Pops & Plains I Klarra, 31 March 2013

Spring Notes, Daisy Fields Ohvola, 28 March 2013

Jet Set Romance Ohvola, 10 March 2013

Welcome Spring Ohvola, 24 February 2013

Lunar Blooms Ohvola, 3 February 2013

Lunar New Year III Ohvola, 28 January 2013

Lunar New Year II Ohvola, 22 January 2013

Lunar New Year Ohvola, 15 January 2013

Newspaper Publications

'Go guide', The New Paper, March 2011

'It all started with a friendly wager', The New Paper, 8 February 2011

'S'pore's next frontier', The New Paper, 7 February 2011

'When mummy is buddy too', The New Paper, 30 January 2011

'Yes, we're happy' (additional reporting), The New Paper, 24 January 2011

'On the bomb run', The New Paper, 23 January 2011

'Yoga, girl!', The New Paper, 9 January 2011

'New's kid on the blog', The New Paper, 9 January 2011

'Turning the heartland into artland', The New Paper, 9 January 2011

'It's a night of worship and families', The New Paper, 2 January 2011

'Blind student is cashier', The New Paper, 27 December 2010

'More going abroad to play', The New Paper, 24 December 2010

'Brilliant gifts for the ladies - and guys too', The New Paper, 19 December 2010

'Queue snakes over 3 floors', The New Paper, 18 December 2010

'CANtarctica', The New Paper, 15 December 2010

'Get festive at the Pan Pacific', The New Paper, 14 December 2010

'He spends $14,500 on bottle of wine' (additional reporting), The New Paper, 12 December 2010

'Branded bags and BMW for 22-year-old' (additional reporting), The New Paper, 12 December 2010

'Eh, a new generation can also go Goondu', The New Paper, 11 December 2010