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Tag Archives: media

“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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Judging Our Opinions: Views, News and Viewiness

January 23, 2015

Opinions are a curious commodity.  Everyone has the right to their own, and we are told that everyone’s is of …

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“You’re Never Going To Stop Domestic Violence”

July 28, 2014

“You’re never going to stop domestic violence.”  It sounds oddly like a threat, or a political pledge from an extreme …

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Porn Again Christian: Evangelical Advertising and the Male Gaze

May 31, 2014

Another afternoon on the way home from campus, another set of flyers being handed out at the pedestrian crossing, another …

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Men Aren’t From Mars, And Sexual Assault Isn’t Bad Manners

May 6, 2014

[CN: references to sexual assault] Another day, another article in the British press which tries to sell people the idea …

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False Witness and False Hypothesis: On the Michael Le Vell Backlash

September 11, 2013

Sian Norris has written a brilliant piece in the wake of the Michael Le Vell case, in which she decries …

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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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