Author Interview: White Masculinity in Contemporary Australia
Posted on: March 16, 2021
Exploring the contradictory resistance to and adoration of ideals of masculinity
White Masculinity in Contemporary Australia spans the disciplines of sociology, history, media and cultural studies, and popular culture to offer a historical exploration of Australian masculine tropes and an examination of contemporary representations of masculinity in the media.
This book was published in 2019, and has only recently been released in Paperback format. The author of this book, Andrea Waling, was kind enough to spend some time answering some of the most pressing questions about the current state of masculinity in Australia and how it has developed within modern society.
Indigenous leader welcomes important change to national anthem which PM says reflects the Australia we always hope to be
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has been encouraged by the strong response from Australians to a change in Advance Australia Fair that recognises our timeless land of ancient First Nations peoples .
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Australians have responded strongly to the anthem wording change, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says
But composer and Yorta Yorta woman Deborah Cheetham says changing the anthem one word at a time is probably not the right way to go
Christchurch massacre: an Australian crime
Husna Ahmed was a wife and mother who migrated from Bangladesh to New Zealand, where she used to teach children and help to care for the elderly at her local mosque.
When the Australian terrorist began to slaughter the fellow members of her congregation at the Masjid Al Noor last year, she ushered the other women and children safely towards a side exit, before returning in search of her husband, who has been a paraplegic since a hit-and-run accident six years earlier.
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Ko tō tātou kāinga tēnei” – a title that translates to “This is our home” – the report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on March 15, 2019, opens by acknowledging Ahmed’s name, along with those of the other 50