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Associate Professor Anthea Taylor is Chair of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. With a BA (Hons) from the University of Wollongong and MA (Hons)/PhD from UNSW, her career spans academia and government policy roles. She joined Sydney in 2013 after a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Queensland.
Her research examines gender in popular culture through frameworks of celebrity feminism, postfeminism, and media studies. Current book projects analyze Germaine Greer's polemical legacy and celebrity feminism in China. She co-edits The Routledge Companion to Gender and Celebrity (2023), reflecting her interdisciplinary approach bridging literary theory, media analysis, and cultural policy.
Publication trends reveal sustained focus on:
- Feminist celebrity studies through historical (Greer, Steinem) and contemporary figures (Gu, Spicer)
- Political memoir as feminist reclamation (Gillard, Clinton, Lewinsky)
- Television narratives as sites of gender politics (Penny Dreadful, Mrs. America)
Awards recognize scholarly leadership:
- Presidency of Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (2012-2014)
- University of Queensland Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009-2013)
- Early Career Researcher Award (2009)
She mentors six PhD students researching digital feminism in China, diasporic life-writing, and VTuber labor. Supported by ARC grants, her Germaine Greer Archive project informs ongoing work at Gloria Steinem's archive.
