By Dr Blair Williams

Journal articles

Williams B, 2026, 'Daggy Dads and State Daddies: Theorising the Masculinities of Australian Men Political Leaders', Men and Masculinities, 29, pp. 169 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184X251328266

Williams B, 2025, 'Bloody Howard! Gender, Leadership, and the Decline of the Liberal Party of Australia as the “Party for Women”', Australian Journal of Politics and History, 71, pp. 753 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajph.70007

Stephenson E; Williams B; Mikolajczak G; Hayes J, 2025, '‘Risky visibility’: the online harassment of queer politicians', European Journal of Politics and Gender, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/25151088y2025d000000075

Williams B; Stephenson E; Mikołajczak G; Hayes J, 2025, 'Out online: an analysis of tweets posted to LGBTQIA + Australian politicians during the 2022 federal election', Australian Journal of Political Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2025.2574028

Williams B, 2025, 'The Politics of Gender Equality. By Carol Johnson. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. pp. 332. €49.99 (HB). Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64816-8', Australian Journal of Politics & History, 71, pp. 536 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajph.13046

Williams B, 2024, 'The Unsettling of Women Prime Ministers: A Gendered Analysis of Political Cartoons', Women S Studies in Communication, 47, pp. 480 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2024.2396308

Williams B, 2024, 'Women, Media, and Elections: Representation and Marginalization in British Politics. By Emily Harmer. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2021. 212 pp. $139.95 (cloth). ISBN: 9781529204940.', Politics & Gender, 20, pp. 252 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x23000235

Williams B; Greer B, 2023, 'All’s Fair in Pandemic and War? A Gendered Analysis of Australian Coverage of Covid‐19', Media and Communication, 11, pp. 91 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i1.6139

Williams B, 2022, 'It’s a man’s world at the top: gendered media representations of Julia Gillard and Helen Clark', Feminist Media Studies, 22, pp. 780 - 799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2020.1842482

Williams B, 2021, 'Ms Represented: exploring 100 years of struggles and firsts for women in politics', History Australia, 18, pp. 872 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2021.1994432

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Williams BE, 2021, 'A Tale of Two Women: A Comparative Gendered Media Analysis of UK Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May', Parliamentary Affairs, 74, pp. 398 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsaa008

Palmieri S; Williams B; Sawer M, 2021, 'Parliament as a Gendered Workplace: Introduction to this Special Issue', AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW, 36, pp. 8 - 19

Johnson C; Williams B, 2021, 'Still Lacking Her Rights at Work: The Treatment of Women Politicians in the Australian Parliament and Print News Media', AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW, 36, pp. 110 - 129

Johnson C; Williams B, 2020, 'Gender and Political Leadership in a Time of COVID', Politics and Gender, 16, pp. 943 - 950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X2000029X

Williams B, 2020, 'Louise Swinn, 'Choice Words: A Collection of Writing About Abortion', Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2019, 379 pp., ISBN: 9 7817 6087 5220, A$29.99.', Queensland Review, 27, pp. 206 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2020.19

Williams B, 2018, 'Gender, politics, news: a game of three sides', Feminist Media Studies, 18, pp. 333 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2018.1436907

Williams B, 2017, 'A gendered media analysis of the prime ministerial ascension of Gillard and Turnbull: he’s ‘taken back the reins’ and she’s ‘a backstabbing’ murderer', Australian Journal of Political Science, 52, pp. 550 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2017.1374347

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