No, Kevin, you can't sit at our table.

No, Kevin, you can’t sit at our table.

  I’ve stolen this GiF from my friend, Nicholas Di Sabatino’s Facebook timeline. In his inimitable style, he summed up in meme form what I’ve…

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How a live-streamed police killing revealed the power of representation

How a live-streamed police killing revealed the power of representation

Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex Warning: Some of the links contained in this article direct readers to graphic video footage. “Violence isn’t new. It’s the…

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***Warning: Killjoy post*** The Straight man of Berghain: what are we laughing at?

***Warning: Killjoy post*** The Straight man of Berghain: what are we laughing at?

This is a quick post in response to something that has been doing the rounds on social media this week. Link-bait items from Gay Star…

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So a gay man can get married today but you still won't apologise to his grandfather?

So a gay man can get married today but you still won’t apologise to his grandfather?

On Friday 21st October, 2016, Conservative MP Sam Gyimah, was accused of filibustering a Bill -dubbed the Turing Bill – in the House of Commons….

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Feel the Quality: The haptic economy of unboxing videos on YouTube.

Feel the Quality: The haptic economy of unboxing videos on YouTube.

Fresh (well, not so fresh) back from AoIR16 in Berlin, I thought I would take a moment to upload my presentation from this year’s conference….

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Crispin Blunt's poppers speech: a brave acknowledgment of awkward truths

Crispin Blunt’s poppers speech: a brave acknowledgment of awkward truths

Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex Crispin Blunt, the Conservative MP for Reigate, Surrey, offered the British media a late Christmas present when he admitted to…

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Rectal Feeding is Rape - but don’t expect the CIA to admit it

Rectal Feeding is Rape – but don’t expect the CIA to admit it

Rectal feeding is rape – but don’t expect the CIA to admit it By Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex Of all the revelations made about…

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Just Having a Laugh? Men, Masculinities and Digital Culture

Just Having a Laugh? Men, Masculinities and Digital Culture

This post comes out of, and owes a debt to, the recent DigCult symposium I was invited to speak at in Brisbane, Australia. The focus of the…

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Grindr relents to backlash – but does it really respect its users?

Grindr relents to backlash – but does it really respect its users?

Grindr relents to backlash – but does it really respect its users? By Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex The world’s most popular gay social networking…

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Homonormativity gets a musical makeover

Homonormativity gets a musical makeover

  A quick blog post in response to the video (below) that has been produced by the UN’s Free & Equal campaign, a campaign that…

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