Boy Trouble Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/boy-trouble Boys are in trouble – or so we are often told. Boy Trouble asks challenging questions about the lives of contemporary boys, and about the popular truisms that frame these lives: Boys are in crisis! Boys will be boys! Certainly some boys might be in trouble, but it's not all the same kind of trouble, and the differences between boys are more interesting than the things they share in common. Linking media analysis to social and educational research, the series explores topics such as online misogyny, men’s rights activisms, the experiences of mixed-race boys and boys of colour, boys’ relationship to sex and consent education, and class and identity in elite boys schools, among others. Along the way, the podcast explores ways to tell better stories about boys, and to find new ways of working through the trouble. 2023 University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney e109a971-11a9-5b53-908f-1c73b87407e3 no Peter Adams Grace en Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:34:22 +1000 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:49:08 +1100 https://img.transistor.fm/u8eofJzhy49z_9BVFAi_9zDmQrw93jlTg7ZVAgy443o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwNzkzLzE2ODE3/MDM3NjgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Boy Trouble episodic University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney Boys are in trouble – or so we are often told. Boy Trouble asks challenging questions about the lives of contemporary boys, and about the popular truisms that frame these lives: Boys are in crisis! Boys will be boys! Certainly some boys might be in trouble, but it's not all the same kind of trouble, and the differences between boys are more interesting than the things they share in common. Linking media analysis to social and educational research, the series explores topics such as online misogyny, men’s rights activisms, the experiences of mixed-race boys and boys of colour, boys’ relationship to sex and consent education, and class and identity in elite boys schools, among others. Along the way, the podcast explores ways to tell better stories about boys, and to find new ways of working through the trouble. Boys are in trouble – or so we are often told. manosphere, pickup artists, incels University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney soh.online@sydney.edu.au No No Growing Up Mixed Race 3 3 Growing Up Mixed Race full cac1487f-dc86-43be-8165-fe6524712aa6 https://boy-trouble.transistor.fm/episodes/growing-up-mixed-race In this episode we talk to Dr Timothy Kazuo Steains about different experiences of growing up as a mixed race Asian boy. Tim takes us through how mixedrace people live with interraciality through a triangle of identity, family, and desire.

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]]> eurasian tiger, mixed-race, Asian identity, boys No Peter Adams Grace Timothy Steains The Manspreader 2 2 The Manspreader full 5702c015-aa46-48c1-8e1c-6bb216e53098 https://boy-trouble.transistor.fm/episodes/the-trouble-with-the-manspreader A man spreads his legs, a woman writes a post, a boy responds. This week Dr Jessica Kean joins us for a discussion of what can go wrong when feminists tell stories about masculinity, and how we can fix it

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]]> Mon, 22 May 2023 12:57:49 +1000 University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney 946 A man spreads his legs, a woman writes a post, a boy responds. This week Dr Jessica Kean joins us for a discussion of what can go wrong when feminists tell stories about masculinity, and how we can fix it

]]> manspreader, manspread, mansplaining No Peter Adams Grace Jessica Kean The Trouble with the Manosphere 1 1 The Trouble with the Manosphere full 98993345-9037-4a2c-a769-b9d7e12a7daa https://boy-trouble.transistor.fm/episodes/the-trouble-with-the-manosphere This first episode looks at the phenomenon of the manosphere, a broad label for the online networks that connect pickup artists, men going their own way, involuntary celibates, and men's rights activist, among others. Despite important differences between them, each group promotes the idea that it is men – and not women – who are the real victims of gender discrimination and sexism. This episode features as a guest Finola Laughren, a PhD candidate examining different feminist responses to the manosphere.

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Cover art from Unsplash.

]]> Tue, 02 May 2023 11:34:38 +1000 University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney 979 This first episode looks at the phenomenon of the manosphere, a broad label for the online networks that connect pickup artists, men going their own way, involuntary celibates, and men's rights activist, among others. Despite important differences between them, each group promotes the idea that it is men – and not women – who are the real victims of gender discrimination and sexism. This episode features as a guest Finola Laughren, a PhD candidate examining different feminist responses to the manosphere.

Cover art from Unsplash.

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