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College Football: Ohio State vs University of Central Florida

May 20, 2013

Welcome to Game of the Week.  With our abiding interest in the intersection of culture and academe, and the fact …

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Et in Arcadia McNulty: Dominic West in Butley by Simon Gray

May 10, 2013

The imposing frame of Dominic West bestrides the stage.  Hard-drinking, philandering, playing futile and vaguely malicious games with colleagues in …

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Lad Culture = Loser Culture: Elizabeth Rogers on the Lad Culture Report

May 1, 2013

This is part of a series in response to a report on Lad Culture in British Universities. Previous posts in this …

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Missing the Point: Views from Inside the Field

March 29, 2013

What is it that people just don’t get about your field?  I’m interested in hearing about the single thing that …

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The Joke’s Wearing Thin: Nikki Rivers on the Lad Culture Report

March 25, 2013

This is part of a series in response to the publication of the Lad Culture Report, which began with a …

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All Up In Their Space: Glosswitch on the Lad Culture Report

March 23, 2013

This is part of a series in response to the publication of the Lad Culture Report, which began with a …

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That’s What She Said: The Lad Culture Report

March 16, 2013

The Lad Culture project, undertaken by Dr. Alison Phipps and Isabel Young of Sussex University, has just produced a report …

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The Luxury of Surprise: Gender and Online Abuse

February 27, 2013

Content note: The following post mentions misogynistic threats of violence.   The other day a fellow academic threatened to smash …

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We (Don’t) Need To Talk About Females

January 23, 2013

I’ve spent quite a bit of the last few days crossing out the word “females” and writing “women” in its …

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Why Study Shakespeare?

December 5, 2012

This article is based on a lecture given to the students of the Southern New Hampshire University Shakespeare course in …

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