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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨 #FutureFellowships #FT26 announcement: ❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Future Fellowships 2026❗️ See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/… /bot

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Australian Research Council @arc-gov-au.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Tomorrow (Tuesday 8 Sept), we will announce the outcome of the ARC Future Fellowships (FT26). Stay tuned for the update!

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I don't understand why ARC can't simply do due diligence *after* announcing outcomes (called them "nominal outcomes" or whatever, until confirmed later): only issue a funding agreement/contract to uni after due-diligence. Been suggested in Senate Estimates, but ARC's "answers" were incomprehensible.

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

ARC has published (inadvertently?) how many Future Fellowships & DECRAs they’ll fund (FT26 & DE27). Even though outcomes aren't out yet, these numbers & success rates are here ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/ncgp-trends-... 299 FT26s & 455 DE27s "funded". Success rate of 20% for both schemes.

Various graphs and statistics are shown in an infographic style. Screenshot from ARC's "NCGP Trends" website showing the number of funded applications for Future Fellowships, the number submitted and the corresponding success rate.

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Normally only 100 FTs & 200 DEs are funded, but ARC said they'd remove those caps this time, presumably because they initially planned that these would be the final rounds of each scheme. This meant a huge number of applications were submitted; ARC have compensated for this by funding more.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’ll never happen but true transparency would include explaining why they would change the dates at all, BUT ESPECIALLY as we come close the end of the original decision window. Time to just sit with our anxiety for when longer…. 😬

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David Hutchinson @dkhutch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Can anybody spot the subtle change in FT26 announcement date @arc-tracker.bsky.social ?

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Some substantial changes announced by ARC for next (supposedly final) rounds of some schemes, esp. Discovery Projects👇 🔹CIs can only be on one DP28 app 🔹CIs on successful DP26 or DP27 apps cannot apply 🔹Rejoinder process “has been removed and replaced with more detailed feedback to applicants” ⁉️

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Brittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I talked to the owner of an all-men gym and dug into why critics find the idea so off-putting. Mitchell Parsons said he quit 4 gyms that didn’t meet his “standard of modesty” before creating his own gym. “Culture as a whole has slowly moved closer to nakedness being the norm, and gyms amplify this"

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We Talked To An Owner Of One Of Those Christian Men-Only Gyms That Are Going Viral

Who knew yoga pants could be so triggering?

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🚨 New in Journal of Gender Studies: We consider how the concept of “backlash” can flatten and frame masculinist responses as merely reactive; we suggest “countermovement” better captures how masculinities are strategically organised www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

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The limits of ‘backlash’ masculinity: on the value of reframing gendered resistance as ‘countermovement’

This paper proposes a reconsideration of backlash as the dominant frame for analysing resistance to gender equality. Widely used to describe reactionary responses to feminist progress, the term oft...

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The ABC did me a kindness by giving me space for an expanded/ slightly more analytical version of my take on Louis Theroux’s manosphere doco. There is value for the uninitiated, but risks of glamour, & huge limits in lack of attending to real life harms women face. www.abc.net.au/religion/lou...

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Louis Theroux’s ‘Inside the Manosphere’ shows the reach of misogyny, but not its harms - ABC Religion & Ethics

The manosphere offers a false certainty in a time of social flux. It promises cheat codes, leadership and restored order — what it delivers is hierarchy repackaged as empowerment, with consequences th...

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

For @theconvo-bot.bsky.social I Explore what Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere shows: the brazen entitlement of influencers, how they recruit boys, the harms to girls & women, and discuss why trauma doesn’t drive or explain misogyny. theconversation.com/louis-therou...

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Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere exposes the business model of misogyny

Theroux’s new Netflix documentary exposes the ‘manfluencers’ profiting off male grievance – and hurting both men and women in the process.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Part two of my debut on Taiwanese TV, with TaiwanPlus! :) In this section of 'Connected', we explored the trad wife phenomenon... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLJU...

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Female Privilege? Why Tradwife Is More Economics Than Empowerment | CONNECTED Power and Principles

YouTube video by CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Excited to have made my Taiwan TV debut this week! Here is part one of the 'Connected' show on TaiwanPlus, in discussion with Jess Reia, talking about the manosphere and networked misogyny. Part 2 (on tradwives) to follow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzGn...

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Manosphere: How Misogyny Took Over Social Media | CONNECTED Power and Principles

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New in Monash Lens by me & @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social. Looking at Married at First Sight, we consider how the language of “masculine energy,” “alpha men,” & “natural roles” constructs a world where gender hierarchy feels inevitable rather than ideological. lens.monash.edu/married-at-f...

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How Married at First Sight is normalising gender hierarchy

A heated MAFS exchange reveals how “masculine energy” talk disguises power and submission as human nature.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Very happy to confirm our article is now OPEN ACCES! 'The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny', is published in Gender & Education. Pls share widely! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

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The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny

Drawing on qualitative survey data from 107 Australian teachers, we analyse how boys perform masculinity in schools through dominance, derision, defiance, and harassment, in ways that constitute re...

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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

In Nov, @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social made the case that we need to avoid feeding into notions that boys are ‘under attack’, and highlight why gender equality is good for all of us - something many boys and men are already putting into practice in a variety of ways: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

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Towards Progressive Masculinities? Young Working-Class Men in Transition - Prof Steven Roberts - Now and Men

Is masculinity 'under attack', or

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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

What a privilege to talk to @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social for #NowandMen. We discussed how men's violence impacts on *everyone*, but also the seeds of hope found in young working-class masculinities, and Steven's experiences of both - in his own life and his research: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

My new piece looks at why men’s struggles/ disconnection are real, but also part of a wider social malaise that we can’t be pinned on women. I reject Galloway’s framing & argue the real crisis is rooted in broader social breakdown, not gender-essentialist narratives. www.abc.net.au/religion/woe...

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Scott Galloway mistakes a broad social malaise for a gender-specific pathology - ABC Religion & Ethics

A new book by the academic, podcaster and entrepreneur misdiagnoses the ills of our time as primarily a male economic and identity disorder — but he thereby narrows the structural story into a familia...

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Sara Hummingbird @sarahumm.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The ideology of oppression, segregation the GC framework doesn't make sense to me. My Sunday morning reading; "This paper contributes to the ongoing task of analysing the ideological connections between this strand of feminism and the far right." Suzy Killmister: Monash University, Australia

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What’s Wrong with Gender-Critical Feminism? | Hypatia | Cambridge Core

What’s Wrong with Gender-Critical Feminism?

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This was such a lovely time and a great privilege. Thanks @thedailypanda.bsky.social and Sandy Ruxton for being such great and generous hosts

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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We got pretty emotional on the latest #NowandMen talking to Prof @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social about his amazing life & work, which illuminates both the sexist ideas being fed to young men, and the seeds of hope in how many are challenging rigid notions of masculinity. nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

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Max Andrews @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com · 05/07/2025

1. A box a teenager checked on a form 20 years ago (that was accurate) isn’t newsworthy. 2. The source clearly had political motives and you hid that. 3. One the byline reporters on the “story” is an avid follower of an open white supremacist. 4. Pictures of tweets? Really? You that lazy?

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TristanBridges.bsky.social @tristanbridges.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

“The real work lies in moving past old scripts and moral panics, and towards a more thoughtful, inclusive approach to gender justice.” @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social The discourse of masculinity as “in crisis” is deeply problematic. lens.monash.edu/@steven-robe...

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Recycled panic: The long history of worrying about boys and men

Across media and politics, claims of a “masculinity crisis” are rising. But is this new or just history repeating? A deeper look at boys, men, and cultural change.

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jlm617.bsky.social @jlm617.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A Muslim son of immigrants, backed by and backing Black and Jewish leaders, rising in NYC politics isn’t just coalition-building, it’s the American promise realized. It terrifies bigots precisely because it works. Diverse power-sharing isn’t a threat, it’s the future. So New York. So necessary.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

nice life news: I am rejoining the Faculty of Arts at Monash Uni, as Professor of Sociology from September. Mixed emosh: the collaborations & friendships I’ve made in 3.5 years in Edu have been rewarding and transformative. But, I am *really* excited to return 'home' to School of Social Sciences.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

📢 New open-access article from Catherine Waite Ben Lyall & me in Journal of Applied Youth Studies... exploring how young people navigate uncertainty post-COVID, we trace how young people cultivate cautious, situated forms of hope while confronting disrupted futures: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Qualified Hope: Young People’s Education and Employment Pathways in Times of Disruption - Journal of Applied Youth Studies

The pandemic and its aftermath have prompted an extended public and academic conversation about young people, with concerns about the increasing uncertainty of youth employment and education trajector...

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I had the extraordinary honour of being a keynote ar ‘Masculinities in Transition’ international conference in Stockholm. I borrow from Polanyi (!) to think about double movement that pulls young men towards reactionary AND caring masculinities, & suggest the margins can inspire a hopeful imaginary

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

‘ Examining the Impact of Domestic & Family Violence on Young Australians’ School-Level Education’ - New paper from Bec Stewart, @katefitzgibbon.bsky.social & me in Australian Journal of Social Issues, drawing on quality data from 1600 survey responses. Click: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Front page of the journal article, including title abstract and first three paragraphs of the PDF.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

New from @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social & me in Critical Education Studies. We advance SRGBV as an essential classifying, clarifying and categorising concept to encapsulate gendered abuse, misogyny, sexual harassment and sexism experienced by women, girls and non-binary young people in schools.

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Magne P. Flemmen @magneflemmen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Why is environmentalism class divided? My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich. 🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231

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The Bogan Academic @boganacademic.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Your Behaviour Management Strategy Can’t Fix Misogyny, Karen open.substack.com/pub/thebogan...

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Your Behaviour Management Strategy Can’t Fix Misogyny, Karen

Just Boys Being Boys? Get fucked.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

That’s what’s uppppppp! #coys #europaleaguefinal 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾✅🤩

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Check out the TOC for the latest issue of Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities!: conta.cc/3YI4dN0 Featuring research by @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social and @gknott-fayle.bsky.social 📝

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/05/2025

Young men have more advice and potential role models at their fingertips than at any point in history. The ones choosing misogynist grifters are doing so because "you are an aggrieved little Viking prince who is being cheated out of his rape and pillage" is the easy message, not the only one.

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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

This piece came out of a PHD workshop at University of Glasgow enjoyed giving a little shout out to The PhD Handbook it’s a wonderful resource for any graduate student www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/too-...

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Too much talk about our PhD scars does current students a disservice

Better to remind candidates that a doctorate is an opportunity to find and articulate their own thoughts on what they care about most, says Les Back

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Kimmaree @kimmaree.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

@latingle.bsky.social has not been having a Sunday sleep-in she has already got a podcast up with her take youtu.be/U66fWQjyPTI?... #auspol #sundayshot

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Laura Tingle on the survival of the Liberal Party | ABC News Daily podcast

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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

If you haven’t heard Penny Wong’s amazing speech introducing Albo, find it, listen to it, write it on your heart. It is a speech for US ALL. #auspol

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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This is an excellent piece by @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social et al. It's interesting how feminism and women so often seem to end up being blamed for the issues boys and men face, when it's actually patriarchy which is in so many cases at the root of our problems: womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-t...

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How the discourse on boys’ alienation is fuelled by anti-feminist agendas

The idea that boys are turning to the manosphere because masculinity is under attack is misleading and a strategic, ideological narrative.

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Steve Roberts @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Regarding recent commentary about boys being left behind & gender violence, some thoughts from me, @jacksonfairchild.bsky.social @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social Verity Trott & Helen Keleher How the discourse on boys’ alienation is fuelled by anti-feminist agendas womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-t...

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How the discourse on boys’ alienation is fuelled by anti-feminist agendas

The idea that boys are turning to the manosphere because masculinity is under attack is misleading and a strategic, ideological narrative.

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