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
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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Tony Abbott is driving would-be parents crazy
It’s little wonder the Australian people, not to mention his own Coalition colleagues, are utterly… Read more
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Is this the greatest ever send-up of 24-hour news? Warning: contains strong language and hilarity. From… Read more
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