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Lexi Webster is an Associate Professor in Digital Culture and Deputy Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton. Her research interests lie at the interdisciplinary intersections of digital media, sociology, and gender/sexuality studies, with a focus on explaining and critiquing cognitive discursive processes that underpin lived experiences. With primary training in linguistics, her work involves deconstructing social inequities and envisioning futures for human flourishing. Her expertise includes critiquing the mediatisation of transgender politics and the politicisation of transgender recognition. Lexi has developed and applied novel corpus-driven linguistic methods and has engaged in interdisciplinary projects that connect critical arts and humanities with social sciences, especially regarding technological advancements and social equity. She holds editorial positions at 'Gender and Language' and 'Cambridge Elements in Cognitive Linguistics' and has experience in leading grant applications and editorial processes across various academic fields. Her current research extends into the examination of techno-discursive realities and ideologies of identities related to sex and gender in online contexts, involving qualitative and mixed methods for analysing communication culture in relation to health and media.