http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/lauren-rosewarne/ Dr Lauren Rosewarne is a Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She is a writer, researcher and frequent media commentator on issues relating to gender, sexuality, pop culture and the media. Her latest book was Cheating On The Sisterhood: Infidelity and Feminism published in 2009. Her new book on sexual perversion – Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture and Kink Management will be released April. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sex-scandals-should-not-render-a-leader-impotent/ As is the rite of passage for all conservative politicians, Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich has found himself embroiled in a sex scandal. Wife number two claims Newt asked for an “open marriage”. She, shockingly enough, now considers him too much of a jerk for office. In even more yawn-worthy news, fellow hopeful, Rick Santorum, has pounced on naughty Newt and determined that those extramarital hijinks raise questions about moral character. Moral character. You know, the most fundamental of leadership qualities. Because, you might be the smartest, the wisest, the most hard-working of all politicians, but one sexual snafu and it can all end in a finger-snap. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lauren Rosewarne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sex-scandals-should-not-render-a-leader-impotent/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/sex-scandals-should-not-render-a-leader-impotent/#item7594 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:59:38 +0000 Lauren Rosewarne | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-occupy-movement-needs-a-point-not-kanye-west/ The Occupy Wall Street movement’s Australian offshoots in Melbourne and Sydney were ejected from their places of gathering on Friday and Sunday respectively. There were bloody scenes in Melbourne and in Sydney protestors awoke at 5am to find themselves being dragged away by police. That’s not the biggest problem the Occupy movement is facing though, writes Lauren Rosewarne.  About five or six students from my year level at high school ended up at Melbourne Uni. Most of them I spotted in the first week or so; it took a year and a half for me to eye the only one I really wanted to see. And there he was. Mid-1999. Crouched down on a footpath, scrawling out in huge letters: “Students for Chalk”. He didn’t stick around too long after that. I was thinking about him and his postmodern protest the other day when 40-odd Occupy protestors crossed my path in Amherst, Massachusetts, where I’m currently working. One kid, probably all of nineteen, waved a giant “Fuck da Police” placard at me. A cheeky grin on his face. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lauren Rosewarne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-occupy-movement-needs-a-point-not-kanye-west/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-occupy-movement-needs-a-point-not-kanye-west/#item6983 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:50:04 +0000 Lauren Rosewarne | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/casey-anthony-and-the-thirst-for-crocodile-tears/ Boasting everything from alleged molestation, a mistress, a suicide attempt, a chlorophyll/chloroform Google mix-up, a concocted character “Zanny the Nanny” right through to fake employment at Universal Studios and at the very heart one very dead toddler, the Casey Anthony trial had it all. On July 5, the jury, after deliberating for a mere handful of hours, found Casey Anthony not guilty. Not quite the same as saying she’s innocent. Nevertheless, the jury’s verdict came from the leftest of left field. And it was on that not guilty pronouncement that the story got really interesting. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lauren Rosewarne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/casey-anthony-and-the-thirst-for-crocodile-tears/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/casey-anthony-and-the-thirst-for-crocodile-tears/#item6347 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:40:31 +0000 Lauren Rosewarne | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-your-facebook-friends-pimp-you-out-for-kicks/ In one of the earliest scenes in The Social Network, the nerds are shown using the net to rank the hotness of women at their university. That nerds are still using Facebook for these very same purposes a decade on should surprise few. In recent days a private Facebook group has been exposed as trading in images of women. Of pilfering snaps from the pages of friends, of reposting them, of ranking the women like cuts of meat. In a surprising twist, a group which clearly demonstrates no ethics apparently has a code of conduct for members including a mandate to never discuss the group, a rule I daresay imposed for fear of outing oneself as a geek, a letch and as a perv rather than to preserve any Stonecutter secrets. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lauren Rosewarne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-your-facebook-friends-pimp-you-out-for-kicks/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-your-facebook-friends-pimp-you-out-for-kicks/#item5881 Thu, 19 May 2011 19:45:10 +0000 Lauren Rosewarne | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apple-should-have-kept-the-anti-gay-app/ One of my favourite episodes of Will & Grace involves Jack stumbling across the “Welcome Back Home” conversion program. It’s hilarious for two reasons: One, because Jack cunningly chooses to think of the group as “Welcome Back Homo” and two, as the episode amusingly shows, washing that gay right out of your hair isn’t all that simple. Or successful. My interest in conversion programs is two-fold. I find them stupidly hilarious as Will & Grace and But I’m a Cheerleader and Saved and Boston Legal and Big Love and plenty of other examples testify. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lauren Rosewarne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apple-should-have-kept-the-anti-gay-app/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apple-should-have-kept-the-anti-gay-app/#item5492 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:00:09 +0000 Lauren Rosewarne | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-can-critique-each-other-without-a-catfight/ From the very second those stolen/borrowed nudie rompin’ footballer photos were released, the “St Kilda schoolgirl story” has had me biting my tongue. I bit down through the girl’s distribution of those handwritten “Women’s Rights” and “Fight the Power” flyers at the training session. Bit down a little more watching her YouTube testimonials. And while reading her Tweets. And her blog. And I bit down a whole lot more through her drip-drip video releases. I bit down because biting down is exactly what’s expected of me. Women just aren’t supposed to criticise other women. Least of all not 17-year-old girls. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lauren Rosewarne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-can-critique-each-other-without-a-catfight/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-can-critique-each-other-without-a-catfight/#item5245 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:50:56 +0000 Lauren Rosewarne | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mile-high-club-just-got-a-whole-lot-weirder/ An upstart Thai airline recently revealed that it had begun hiring “third sex” staff. By third sex, the airline means trannies. Pre-op, post-op, they don’t appear all that fussed; apparently they’re an inconclusive mob over there at PC Air. A win for the rights of transgender and transsexual people the world over? Hmm. I’m 30. Not so young, but certainly so, so cynical. I’m guessing that the airline name comes from the initials of the founder, Peter Chan, although in the West, PC has connotations centred on computers. And politics. The later, no doubt, underpins the temptation to rejoice. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Lauren Rosewarne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mile-high-club-just-got-a-whole-lot-weirder/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mile-high-club-just-got-a-whole-lot-weirder/#item5153 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:50:02 +0000 Lauren Rosewarne | Author bios | The Punch