Becoming Sexual by R. Danielle Egan
Mary Evans discusses moral panic and girls’ sexualisation

Mary Evans discusses moral panic and girls’ sexualisation
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Fitting imageWhen Will Brooker, head of the film and television department at Kingston University, visited a comic shop recently, he “felt very alienated by the way female characters are all pin-ups...

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Growing up in ߣߣÊÓÆµ in the 1950s, I was often asked what I would do when I left school. As a child who lived and worked on a grape and orange farm that my family had created in the middle of...

Charles Sturt UniversityTim WessThe new executive dean of the faculty of science at Charles Sturt University in ߣߣÊÓÆµ, Tim Wess, said that in addition to the excitement and delight of a new job,...

A leading international authority on substance abuse and drug addiction, known for the compassion he showed towards the afflicted, has died.

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MoocsMore massive and multilingual tooTwo leading US massive open online course providers have each almost doubled the number of universities offering courses on their respective platforms. Coursera...

This suitcase, filled with memorabilia from the First World War, was recently found in a cupboard in the University of Abertay Dundee’s psychology department.It turned out to have belonged to a nurse...

Economic and Social Research CouncilFuture Research Leaders SchemeAward winner: Vanesa Castan BrotoInstitution: University College LondonValue: £171,459Mapping urban energy landscapes in the global...

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