Weekly Roundup
Feb 2 - 8, 2026
LEADING ARTICLE
New Report Exposes Ideological Capture of Continuing Medical Education
Do No Harm
ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
Sex/Gender
Centre for Male Psychology
New study sheds light on women’s attraction to aggression in pornography
PsyPost
Punitive Femininity: When Moral Concern Becomes License to Commit Violence
Reality’s Last Stand
A new survey finds that women are more likely than men to endorse political violence.
Daily Mail
Education
Martin Center for Academic Renewal
A surfeit of women is reshaping career paths, campus life, and social dynamics.
ASU professor petitions Arizona Supreme Court after DEI training lawsuit blocked
The College Fix
Epidemiology
The trust fall – why Australia must rethink its childhood vaccine mandates
Australians for Science & Freedom
PODCASTS AND PRESENTATIONS
The War Against Boys - Christina Hoff Sommers
Description: Boys are languishing socially and academically. With each passing year, their plight only worsens. The social and economic costs of male underachievement and disengagement are staggering. How did we get here and what can be done? Dr. Sommers will speak on this subject for the first part of her hour then Michael Gurian will join her in an interview format to dig deeper into this crucial social issue.
Boys, A Rescue Plan: Solutions for Saving Our Sons Sean Kullman
Description: In this keynote, Sean [Kullman] focuses on interesting politics and practical strategies for solving the issues boys and their caregivers, teachers, and community members face. A long time advocate for the Gurian Institute’s school-focused programs, Sean will explore how effective and useful the Boys and Girls Learn Differently work has been in schools he has worked in. His research, data, and passion will powerfully affect your perceptions of what is going on and what is needed.
John Barry Male Centred Therapy
Description: Empathy is, arguably, the key factor in the success of therapy, and might be the key factor missing for male clients, resulting in lower uptake in men and higher dropout. A sensible way to maximize the benefits of therapy for men would be to ensure that we use therapies that are unambiguously male-centred. In this talk [Dr. John Barry discusses] what male centred therapy looks like, the important differences between ‘male-centred’ therapy compared to ‘male-friendly’ therapy, and aspects of therapy that are likely to increase or reduce successful outcomes in therapy with men.
Dr. Joe Unplugged
Episode description: After 45 years of failure, new US dietary guidelines focus on real food. Not surprisingly, the usual suspects are not pleased.
RUBBISH BIN
Female celebrity academics – who are they and what do they signify for higher education?
Gender and Education
Abstract: Celebrity academic programmes are a prominent feature of British television culture. This research examines how these figures are represented in the media through an intersectional lens. The findings reveal that cultural value is attached to a specific type of woman, one I term the scholarpreneur. She embodies the narrative that educational and life success stems solely from merit and individual effort. As a neoliberal role model, the scholarpreneur champions self-endeavour and personal transformation through extended study, while aligning academic achievement with consumerist ideals of beauty and self-promotion. In doing so, she reproduces a classed value system that reinforces the association of higher education with elite, middle-class professionalism and embeds this within a postfeminist discourse of sexual agency. This representation erases structural inequalities, marginalizing working-class women, older women, and black women, and contributes to the systemic inequities faced by academic women in the neoliberal university.
(See my brief comment on this article on X here, and see an interesting comment on this article by Dani Sulikowski on X here.)
Not just gay penguins: on the importance of queer/trans ecologies for critical geography
Gender, Place & Culture
Abstract: Queer/trans Ecologies names a growing and trans-disciplinary body of thought that applies perspectives and sensibilities drawn from queer/trans experience and theory to thinking critically about nature and society. Work in this field aims to unravel persistent circular logics that amplify and reinforce cis- and hetero-normative readings of both ‘nature’ and the ‘social’, while also questioning the validity of any clean delineation between these two domains. Concerned precisely with the nature of the relationship between human societies and their wider environments, queer/trans ecologies would reward deeper and more extensive engagement within human geography. This graphic-format article aims to inspire such critical engagement by introducing some core conceptual contributions and their relevance to key geographical concepts.
(See my brief comment on this article on X here.)
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Great stuff yet again Jim! The Cappelen study is new to me! Can't wait to have a look. Lots of other good stuff too... You keep me busy!
Thank you, James. The videos of these nurses threatening to harm conservatives in their care is chilling. They haven't mentioned animosity towards men yet, but that will likely come soon.