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The Politics of Packing: Suitcases, Sexism and Gender Roles

April 12, 2017

The time for spring vacations is here, which means a series of different things in my online and offline circles: …

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Marked Men: Taking A Bath Whilst A Being A Bloke

January 21, 2016

Well, that’s one fewer thing I need to worry about. According to the packing of these bathing products, I can …

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The Battle of the Sexes: Metaphor and Violence

January 7, 2016

Yesterday I heard a TV presenter use the phrase “the Battle of the Sexes” yet again. It’s a set of …

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He Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself: Don’t Tell The Bride and Gender

December 23, 2015

I’ve only been married a year, so I’m hardly in a position to start making pronouncements on the subject. I …

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We Don’t Need Defending, Thanks: Being A Young, White, British Man

December 17, 2015

Apparently I am a media scapegoat. Young, white, British men are “the most derided group in Britain”, according to an …

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“That’s what I’m looking for, sweetheart” – The Hunger Games, Sexuality and Media

December 12, 2015

When I first read The Hunger Games a year or so ago, I was expecting a critique of modern media …

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November 19th, Actually: International Men’s Day

November 22, 2015

International Men’s Day took place this last week.  It’s the 19th of November, a date more usually known on Twitter …

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Marilyn and Charlotte: On Women and Wallpaper

October 3, 2015

This image has been providing some amusement, amid the disbelief, on Twitter recently. It’s difficult to imagine many more dramatic …

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Knee Socks and Libraries: The Sexualisation of Educated Women

September 10, 2015

The academic year is about to start in earnest, and along with all the lecture schedules, seminar timetables and module …

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Wifework and the University

September 8, 2015

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the idea of “wifework”, the term Susan Maushart uses for the hidden work …

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My latest book investigates a literary urban legend about Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

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