By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
In Sweet Nothings, author Madison Griffiths investigates the uncomfortable complexities of “problematic sex” between academics and students on Australian university campuses.
The term “problematic sex” – often used by Gen Z and younger millennial feminists – refers to sexual relationships that, while technically “consensual”, are nonetheless harmful for other reasons, most often due to significant disparities of power.
Review: Sweet Nothings: Power, lust and learning – Madison Griffiths…
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By Ciara Smart, PhD Graduand in Australasian Irish History, University of Tasmania
The hip-hop group is directing the world’s attention to Gaza. But it’s not the first Irish republican group to protest the oppression of another colonised peoples.
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By Heather Roberts, PhD Candidate in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
Eat-the-rich films expose upper-class immorality and entitlement and offer revenge fantasies where those normally crushed by the system fight back or burn it all down.
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By Lachlan Goold, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast
Ozzy Osbourne, the “prince of darkness” and godfather of heavy metal, has died aged 76, just weeks after he reunited with Black Sabbath bandmates for a farewell concert in his hometown of Birmingham in England.
His family posted a brief message overnight: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.”
John Michael Osbourne changed the sound of rock music and leaves behind a stellar career spanning six decades, numerous Grammy awards, multiple hall of fame inductions – and a wave of…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A boy stands amid the ruins of a collapsed building following Israeli bombardment in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip, May 23, 2025. © 2025 Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images (New York) – United Nations member countries should use the ministerial-level conference on Palestine on July 28-29, 2025, to publicly commit to concrete actions aimed at ending decades of impunity for Israeli authorities’ violations of international humanitarian and human rights law against Palestinians, Human Rights Watch said. The High-Level Conference…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
Chlorine dioxide, sold as a “miracle” cure under names like MMS, is not medicine. It’s toxic, unregulated and can be fatal. Here’s what you need to know.
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By Alex Ford, Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth
England’s privatised water industry may one day be considered a textbook case study of failed corporate responsibility, regulation and governance. The Cunliffe review, the recent report into England’s privatised water industry, concluded that the financial regulator, OfWat, needs to be disbanded and a new water regulator will be…
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By Steven Daniels, Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
The UK’s home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has announced a full inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, a large, violent clash between the National Union of Mineworkers and South Yorkshire police that took place over 40 years ago.
The clash was a flashpoint of the 1984-85 miners’ strike, in which mining communities fought to protect jobs and industry from closure. It descended into a violent confrontation between miners and police, with injuries and accusations of misconduct on both sides.
The announcement…
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By Katherine Twamley, Professor of Sociology, UCL
Jenny van Hooff, Reader in Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University
The last year has highlighted a political divide between young men and women. Data from elections in several countries shows that women aged 18-29 are becoming significantly more liberal, while young men are leaning more conservative. And a recent 30-country study found generation Z more divided than other generations on key questions around gender equality.
At the…
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By Arun Vivian Holden, Emeritus Professor of Computational Biology, University of Leeds
As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become pregnant and even give birth. But could a pregnancy be conceived and carried safely…
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