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Morality and Message: The Church of England, Young People, and LGBT Issues

July 7, 2017

The Church of England’s General Synod is meeting this week and – as many people have pointed out – many …

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Revenge Porn: The Demand Side

August 6, 2016

I’ve written about revenge porn before, when a law was passed against it.  It’s an appalling act of betrayal and …

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“the use of the post-office is in her own hands” – Anthony Trollope, Pillar Boxes, and Love Letters

January 6, 2016

Anthony Trollope invented the pillar-box, and then regretted it. That’s one of those facts which has been at the back …

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On Their Back: Tyson Fury, Sex and Violence

December 8, 2015

Note: this article refers non-graphically to sexually violent language. In response to criticism of his misogynist and homophobic views, the …

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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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Sensual, Open-Minded, Energetic: Men’s Language About Women

August 10, 2015

Sarah Ditum posted this charming press release from a company hoping to garner some publicity for their website which arranges …

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Has Dapper Laughs Found Feminism?

July 31, 2015

#QuestionsToWhichTheAnswerIsNo  On the other hand, Dapper Laughs is asking society to educate him about sexual violence. The comedian who famously …

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Revenge Porn: a Bug or a Feature?

April 25, 2015

Revenge porn is newly illegal in Britain: under the Criminal Justice and Courts Act it is a criminal act to …

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Objectifying Better: Body Image in Schools

March 18, 2015

“Schoolboys should tell girls their idea of a perfect woman” is the extraordinary idea being put forward by an “expert” …

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Why “Choreplay” Makes No Sense: On Housework and Sex

March 5, 2015

“Choreplay” is the latest neologism creeping out a number of my friends.  It appears in a New York Times article which …

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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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