Simon Copland

Simon Copland is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the Australian National University (ANU), studying the online ‘manosphere’. He has research interests in online misogyny, extremism and male violence. Simon is a freelance writer, and had chapters in the books ‘Queer Stories’ and ‘Going Postal’. Simon powerlifts and is a David Bowie and rugby union fanatic. He is on Twitter @SimonCopland and online at www.simoncopland.com

What are we talking about when we talk about a crisis in masculinity?

What are we talking about when we talk about a crisis in masculinity?

By: Simon Copland

Masculinity is in crisis. This is a readily agreed upon view amongst many scholars, pop psychologists and media figures alike. Examining declining educational achievement, high suicide rates, and a growing cohort of ‘angry men’ determined to reclaim a lost sense of...

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Past Issues

PRECARITY

Precarity’s paradoxical force unites us in a condition of fragmentation and isolation.

CRISIS

The change and ruptures in our personal and collective lives, still lingers.

THE UNIVERSITY

Excessive managerialism, neoliberalisation and casualisation are some of the main challenges that are threatening the viability and the values of the university today. Lina, Amber and Scott kick off ‘The University’ issue, introducing the core themes and questions.

BODIES

This issue of Demos explores the ways in which the body moves through the world – how it labors and loves, how it treads the duplicitous thresholds of legality, how it is radicalised, and eternalised, how it is corralled and transgressed.

STUDENT ACTIVISM

Today’s student activists ask themselves: “how did we get here?”, “where are we going?” and “how are we going to get there?”. Issue 7 of Demos Journal concerns itself with these questions representing the history, practice and form of student activism.

FUTURES POSSIBLE

Introducing Demos issue 6: the editors take a look into what it means to imagine the future.

RESISTANCE

Introducing Demos issue 5: the editors take a look into what it means to resist and affect change.

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

Introducing Demos issue 4: the editors take a look into what boundaries mean to Australian identity today.

VOICES FROM THE GRASSROOTS

As a sneak peak into our latest edition, the Demos Editors bring together voices on grassroots organising and activism at ANU, in the Canberra community, and from beyond.

ARTICULATING SILENCE

The Demos editorial team bring you a preview of some of the exciting pieces to come with an exploration into the many meanings of silence.

CREATING DEMOS

To introduce the exciting diversity of voices that make up the first edition of Demos Journal, we embark upon a reflection on the relation between democracy and creativity itself.