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The pedagogy of regret: Facebook, binge drinking and young women

Rebecca Brown Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Melissa Gregg Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Pages 357-369 | Published online: 18 May 2012

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