Dr David Smith's Outputs (5)

I spoke to men who swallowed the red pill: what incel culture is really like. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2025. I spoke to men who swallowed the red pill: what incel culture is really like. Metro [online], 19 March 2025. Available from: https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/19/spoke-men-swallowed-red-pill-incel-culture-really-like-22752536/

Short for involuntary celibates, incels are men who believe a combination of their bad genes and modern feminism have left them romantically/sexually destitute. In short, they consider themselves scientifically unloveable. As a psychologist, I find i... Read More about I spoke to men who swallowed the red pill: what incel culture is really like..

Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
FITZSIMONS, S. and SMITH, D. 2025. Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them. The conversation [online], 6 February 2025. Available from: https://theconversation.com/ofsted-inspections-affect-not-just-teachers-but-also-the-people-who-train-them-249084

Ofsted, England's education inspectorate, has proposed changes to the way it assesses schools, colleges and universities that offer teacher training. The suggested changes include the move to a report-card system rather than a headline judgment. In t... Read More about Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them..

Why would anyone join the "nofap" movement? (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2023. Why would anyone join the "nofap" movement? Current affairs [online], 30 January 2023. Available from: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/01/making-sense-of-nofap-culture

In this contribution to "Current Affairs", the author explains the theory behind the "nofap" challenge, in which participants don't masturbate or watch porn. It has grown into a large online movement. The author explores the gender politics of these... Read More about Why would anyone join the "nofap" movement?.

Tory flag policy: a "cheap tactic" to take people's minds off Brexit, Covid and Nicola Sturgeon? (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2021. Tory flag policy: a "cheap tactic" to take people's minds off Brexit, Covid and Nicola Sturgeon? Left foot forward [online], 26 March 2021. Available from: https://leftfootforward.org/2021/03/is-tory-flag-policy-cheap-tactic-to-take-peoples-minds-of-brexit-covid-and-nicola-sturgeon/

In this contribution to "Left Foot Forward", the author explores how flags form a long-standing aspect of human social and national histories, helping to form connections among "insiders" while making "outsiders" feel unwelcome.

The Colston conundrum: what's behind the right's respect for slaver statues? (2020)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2020. The Colston conundrum: what's behind the right's respect for slaver statues? Left foot forward [online], 11 June 2020. Available from: https://leftfootforward.org/2020/06/the-colston-conundrum-whats-behind-the-rights-respect-for-slaver-statues/

In this contribution to "Left Foot Forward", the author explores how the way in which the UK reacted to the unceremonious toppling and harbourside-dumping of Edward Colston's statue in Bristol reflects a warped vision of nationhood and Britain's impe... Read More about The Colston conundrum: what's behind the right's respect for slaver statues?.