I’m choosing shut up and listen when it comes to the debate as to what qualifies as misogyny or sexism in our public speech and behaviour in Australia. I assume that my women friends, colleagues and comrades will have far more enlightening things to say on that score then me. If this is a teaching …

I’ve moved a fair bit in the last few years. One of the upsides is finding out about what new colleagues are into, research-wise, and UC’s been no execption here. I got an invitation to a seminar on Monday that I’m really looking forward to by a political communication scholar in our communication department here, …

Quelle surprise – today brought a Twitter-baiting editorial from The Australian (link intentionally omitted): TWITTER has become the dunny-door graffiti of the digital age, adding precisely nothing to the sum of human knowledge. This week, as always, unattributed commentary scrolled across our screens as John Howard answered audience questions on Q & A. Supporters see …