🚨 New in Journal of Gender Studies: We consider how the concept of “backlash” can flatten and frame masculinist responses as merely reactive; we suggest “countermovement” better captures how masculinities are strategically organised www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

The ABC did me a kindness by giving me space for an expanded/ slightly more analytical version of my take on Louis Theroux’s manosphere doco. There is value for the uninitiated, but risks of glamour, & huge limits in lack of attending to real life harms women face. www.abc.net.au/religion/lou...

Great piece by @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social on Theroux's manosphere documentary - www.abc.net.au/religion/lou...

For @theconvo-bot.bsky.social I Explore what Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere shows: the brazen entitlement of influencers, how they recruit boys, the harms to girls & women, and discuss why trauma doesn’t drive or explain misogyny. theconversation.com/louis-therou...

This is not "collateral damage." It is always civilians who suffer the most when nation states wage war. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Part two of my debut on Taiwanese TV, with TaiwanPlus! :) In this section of 'Connected', we explored the trad wife phenomenon... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLJU...

Excited to have made my Taiwan TV debut this week! Here is part one of the 'Connected' show on TaiwanPlus, in discussion with Jess Reia, talking about the manosphere and networked misogyny. Part 2 (on tradwives) to follow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzGn...

New in Monash Lens by me & @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social. Looking at Married at First Sight, we consider how the language of “masculine energy,” “alpha men,” & “natural roles” constructs a world where gender hierarchy feels inevitable rather than ideological. lens.monash.edu/married-at-f...

Very happy to confirm our article is now OPEN ACCES! 'The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny', is published in Gender & Education. Pls share widely! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

What keeps men out of frontline care work? - Our new paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social suggests problem is less masculine identity anxieties & more low pay, insecure hours, limited progression & poor public understanding of care work onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #gender

Very happy to confirm our article is now OPEN ACCES! 'The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny', is published in Gender & Education. Pls share widely! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

In Nov, @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social made the case that we need to avoid feeding into notions that boys are ‘under attack’, and highlight why gender equality is good for all of us - something many boys and men are already putting into practice in a variety of ways: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

What a privilege to talk to @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social for #NowandMen. We discussed how men's violence impacts on *everyone*, but also the seeds of hope found in young working-class masculinities, and Steven's experiences of both - in his own life and his research: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

My new piece looks at why men’s struggles/ disconnection are real, but also part of a wider social malaise that we can’t be pinned on women. I reject Galloway’s framing & argue the real crisis is rooted in broader social breakdown, not gender-essentialist narratives. www.abc.net.au/religion/woe...

The ideology of oppression, segregation the GC framework doesn't make sense to me. My Sunday morning reading; "This paper contributes to the ongoing task of analysing the ideological connections between this strand of feminism and the far right." Suzy Killmister: Monash University, Australia

This was such a lovely time and a great privilege. Thanks @thedailypanda.bsky.social and Sandy Ruxton for being such great and generous hosts

We got pretty emotional on the latest #NowandMen talking to Prof @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social about his amazing life & work, which illuminates both the sexist ideas being fed to young men, and the seeds of hope in how many are challenging rigid notions of masculinity. nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

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...