Catharine Lumby
Professor Catharine Lumby is the Director of the Journalism and Media Research Centre at UNSW. A former journalist, she is the author of seven books and a researcher in the fields of media and gender studies.
Catharine enjoys robust debate, cooking lunch for friends and reading polite emails.
Articles by Catharine Lumby
What about the freedom of the non-religious
Judging by the mardi gras of colourful wraparounds on Mary MacKillop that festooned our newsstands recently, Catholicism is alive and…... Read more
Brand-mad politicians acting like a pack of bankers
I asked a bloke who has senior runs on the advertising board in “branding” of politicians to explain the election…... Read more
OK class, who wants teens to go on learning sex in sheds?
Good morning readers. Look at me please. Eyes to the front. Andrew Bolt please bring whatever you’re playing with under…... Read more
The influence of environment on our behaviour - fantástico
I was sitting in a French brasserie the other evening and I noticed something very odd. My sons were behaving…... Read more
Marketing trick #253: hold an event, call it a festival
Imagine my excitement when I discovered that a food and film festival was coming to the very suburb I live…... Read more
Hey Tony, the virginity ship has sailed
So Tony Abbott thinks Australian women should quit having pre-marital sex. We all know he likes a challenge. But good…... Read more
Sex, drugs, and other things you can’t read about
Australia has an international reputation as visionary for the way we managed the HIV epidemic in the 1980s. While countries…... Read more
Does cheating still matter?
Is it possible to write a column questioning the value of monogamy without having your head shaved and being dragged…... Read more
Jackson’s death a study in tabloid human instincts
I was bunkered down in 1997 finishing a book called Gotcha: Life in a Tabloid World when I was disturbed…... Read more
Kids’ healthy curiosity more powerful than censorship
My nine-year-old has been waging a campaign to see the South Park movie for six months now. I’ve said ‘No’.…... Read more
Media moralists miss tough questions on group sex
In 1991 I stood in a museum in Cambodia staring at a row of photos of people who’d been tortured…... Read more
Buckle up kiddies, it’s a Walt Disney gorefest
Choc tops. Check. Obesity inducing fizzy drinks. Check. Two seven year olds. Check. Negligent parenting. Check. Time to set school…... Read more
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The humourless hysteria of the holier-than-thou
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From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
