1. A box a teenager checked on a form 20 years ago (that was accurate) isn’t newsworthy. 2. The source clearly had political motives and you hid that. 3. One the byline reporters on the “story” is an avid follower of an open white supremacist. 4. Pictures of tweets? Really? You that lazy?

I wrote on this with @sociananthony.bsky.social last year as well. Here if you’re interested. parisinstitute.org/on-the-crisi...

“The real work lies in moving past old scripts and moral panics, and towards a more thoughtful, inclusive approach to gender justice.” @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social The discourse of masculinity as “in crisis” is deeply problematic. lens.monash.edu/@steven-robe...

My former colleague @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social 🙌🏻

A Muslim son of immigrants, backed by and backing Black and Jewish leaders, rising in NYC politics isn’t just coalition-building, it’s the American promise realized. It terrifies bigots precisely because it works. Diverse power-sharing isn’t a threat, it’s the future. So New York. So necessary.

nice life news: I am rejoining the Faculty of Arts at Monash Uni, as Professor of Sociology from September. Mixed emosh: the collaborations & friendships I’ve made in 3.5 years in Edu have been rewarding and transformative. But, I am *really* excited to return 'home' to School of Social Sciences.

📢 New open-access article from Catherine Waite Ben Lyall & me in Journal of Applied Youth Studies... exploring how young people navigate uncertainty post-COVID, we trace how young people cultivate cautious, situated forms of hope while confronting disrupted futures: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I had the extraordinary honour of being a keynote ar ‘Masculinities in Transition’ international conference in Stockholm. I borrow from Polanyi (!) to think about double movement that pulls young men towards reactionary AND caring masculinities, & suggest the margins can inspire a hopeful imaginary

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‘ Examining the Impact of Domestic & Family Violence on Young Australians’ School-Level Education’ - New paper from Bec Stewart, @katefitzgibbon.bsky.social & me in Australian Journal of Social Issues, drawing on quality data from 1600 survey responses. Click: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New from @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social & me in Critical Education Studies. We advance SRGBV as an essential classifying, clarifying and categorising concept to encapsulate gendered abuse, misogyny, sexual harassment and sexism experienced by women, girls and non-binary young people in schools.

Why is environmentalism class divided? My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich. 🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231

Your Behaviour Management Strategy Can’t Fix Misogyny, Karen open.substack.com/pub/thebogan...

That’s what’s uppppppp! #coys #europaleaguefinal 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾✅🤩

Check out the TOC for the latest issue of Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities!: conta.cc/3YI4dN0 Featuring research by @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social and @gknott-fayle.bsky.social 📝

New publication out today in Gender & Society. Drawing on the brilliant @saranahmed.bsky.social I conceptualise resistance to street harassment as a form of 'feminist snap' and feminist erosion. Open access, please have a read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Young men have more advice and potential role models at their fingertips than at any point in history. The ones choosing misogynist grifters are doing so because "you are an aggrieved little Viking prince who is being cheated out of his rape and pillage" is the easy message, not the only one.

This piece came out of a PHD workshop at University of Glasgow enjoyed giving a little shout out to The PhD Handbook it’s a wonderful resource for any graduate student www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/too-...

@latingle.bsky.social has not been having a Sunday sleep-in she has already got a podcast up with her take youtu.be/U66fWQjyPTI?... #auspol #sundayshot

If you haven’t heard Penny Wong’s amazing speech introducing Albo, find it, listen to it, write it on your heart. It is a speech for US ALL. #auspol

This is an excellent piece by @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social et al. It's interesting how feminism and women so often seem to end up being blamed for the issues boys and men face, when it's actually patriarchy which is in so many cases at the root of our problems: womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-t...

Regarding recent commentary about boys being left behind & gender violence, some thoughts from me, @jacksonfairchild.bsky.social @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social Verity Trott & Helen Keleher How the discourse on boys’ alienation is fuelled by anti-feminist agendas womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-t...

I wrote this very short piece for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), rejecting the ‘fatherless household = troubling boys’ narrative that has somehow been revived in response to Adolescence… www.abc.net.au/religion/ste...

See Anna Bull's blog post for the Good Law Project. Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life. goodlawproject.org/sexual-misco...

Upper levels of achievement unlocked no! Quoted in a celeb gossip mag 🙌🏾

'Tate-pilled boys are a problem for schools' -- @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social and @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

Getting a reject decision from a journal on a Sunday is a good reminder of two things: 1) rejection is unavoidable in this game and is a frequent occurrence even 16 years after first pub. (Hashtag normalise rejection) 2) don’t open your emails on Sunday. (Hashtag have a bloody day off, Steven!)

I did an interview with radio station Dubai Eye 103.8 FM, re the Adolescence show on Netflix - in case you want to listen, it’s here: omny.fm/shows/dubai-... it’s about twenty four mins in for half an hour or so 🙂

“Trump 2.0 is not only reshaping policy to deny sexual and reproductive rights for women: these moves are part of its larger authoritarian push to consolidate a far right global regime. The fight for women’s rights and gender equality is literally the fight for democracy.”

The fight for equality www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Hannah Arendt accurately identified loneliness as the fuel for Totalitarianism.

Really important points in this great piece by @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social and @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social! 👏 "The manosphere isn’t just about economic power – it’s about gender power" lens.monash.edu/2025/03/10/1...

I was interviewed by news.com.au about our research paper in Cultural Sociology, about the insidious underpinning of Tate content. interview coverage here: www.news.com.au/technology/o... Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social @marcusjmaloney.bsky.social

Yes, mates. Scare stories indeed. Progressive taxation for the wealthy and then more for the super wealthy please.

When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

Was interviewed by @crikey.com.au, which focuses a big chunk on our research into Tate’s seemingly less controversial content that still has super insidious undertones. 🙌🏾 www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/26/a...

Indeed. Would put money on it being even worse at all-boys' schools. Few real-life interactions with women & girls, and a dollop of homophobia. A friend taught at one last year, was shocked by the extent to which privileged kids were parroting Tate & homegrown local nazi Farage. Especially Y9/10/11

I wish more people knew about the 1920s Klan because they—perhaps more than European fascists—are the model for Trumpism. This is a good summary and a nice reminder that they do a lot of damage, but in the end, fascists always lose.

Hey y’all…. if you’re looking for something to watch :) iview.abc.net.au/video/DO2338... my literal five mins of fame is on episode 4, which will broadcast on ABC on March 11th but it’s already on the ABC I-view and you can watch it NOW 🙂

Critical Sociology compiled Michael Burawoy's articles and allowed free access. I hope other journals will do the same. journals.sagepub.com/page/crs/vir...

Terrible to read about the death of Michael Burawoy. A long time ago he visited the University of Amsterdam to present his work on 4 types of sociology. As a young assistant prof I was asked to be discussant (and thought we could do with 3). A very kind colleague and a passionate sociologist.

Welcome to Bluesky @rc34youth.bsky.social . Research Committee 34 (Sociology of the Youth) of the @isa-sociology.bsky.social is the major international grouping of youth studies scholars, so if you're in the field or interested in the latest social science concerning young people, do follow along.

I share this periodically because I get prompted by different horrible events in the world or locally. A short piece on witnessing and experiencing the horror of men’s violence to women and children and the need for men to talk about it lens.monash.edu/@steven-robe...

" Severance, with its impossible separation between home and work, speaks to a nostalgia for when the boundary between the two seemed sharper" great piece from @emmavj.bsky.social on the ever so blurring boundaries between with and private life.

Dear Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves Time to tax the billionaires and millionaires and leave the poor and disabled alone. Also time to #RejoinEU. Start serving your voters instead of your donors! H/T @grumpysteff.bsky.social @chessmartinez Twitter

Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird! Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Hosts and guests discussed voting & elections in 37% of videos with +1M views. Half of the time broadcasters questioned elections integrity and half of the time they called on their audience to participate in elections by voting or by endorsing a candidate. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...