New article: Gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse people’s experiences of alcohol and other drug consumption

A new article by DruGS Program Lead Adrian Farrugia in collaboration with Kiran Pienaar (Deakin University) and Fay Dennis (University of London) explores the relationship between gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse people’s experiences of alcohol and other drug consumption. Building on recent DruGS team scholarship such as David Moore’s research…

Thinking ‘dangerous’ consumption

Last week the SSAC team took part in the Dangerous Consumptions Colloquium, which was hosted this year by Monash University in Melbourne. Drawing on social, cultural and critical theory to discuss ‘dangerous’, ‘risky’ and contested consumptions, the annual colloquium runs over two days with a single stream of papers. This approach, along with mandated funding…