Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne
Associate Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
See research profile
Arts & Culture
A doll is just a doll is just a doll
The new Barbie movie has renewed discussion about the message she sends and feminism – but it’s really just the fallacy of plastic role models
Politics & Society
Dodging disease and death in the first US presidential debate
The first US presidential debate ahead of the November election didn’t proffer a winner so much as testimony to a dire political discourse
Arts & Culture
Book extract
Has Hollywood run out of original ideas?
With remakes of Mulan, Dune, The Witches and The Invisible Man all due out this year, a new book answers the big question: what justifies a remake?
Arts & Culture
Where have all the good festive films gone?
Every festive season for years, we’ve been served Christmas schmaltz at the movies, but that’s now changing. And while we’re on the subject, why is Die Hard a Christmas film?
Arts & Culture
Book extract
Sex and the remake
A new book explores the fraught process of taking on a TV or film remake, and why updating attitudes to sex may not always work
Politics & Society
Get with the (political) programming
If real-life politics is getting you down, these fictional political TV power players might inspire your interest instead
Arts & Culture
The online overhaul of courtship
Technology is changing our love lives and has been for a while now – but is it really at the expense of the romance of courtship?
Politics & Society
October surprises and the false hope of the midterms
As Justice Brett Kavanaugh joins the US Supreme Court, many progressives hope the anger over allegations against him will be reflected in the midterm elections, but is it likely?
Arts & Culture
Part 1: 2018 Summer reading
Reading a good book on holiday is one of life’s indulgences, but getting a gem of a recommendation can be a true gift