A recent online conversation hosted by the Women's Climate Congress (WCC) and attended by more than 100 women from many different countries revealed one of the most disturbing issues we face in the...
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“It illuminated the experience of psychosis for me”
And Then She Fell, by US author Alicia Elliott, is a mind-bending and slinking novel unpacking themes of motherhood, mental health, Indigeneity, dispossession and connection to land and culture –...
DV literacy: a necessary tool in combatting coercive control
The following article is a condensed version of a research paper delivered at the ANU Gender Institute symposium on ‘Understanding Coercive Control’ that explored coercive control from multiple...
Why is the NT asking for needs-based funding?
The Northern Territory is in the midst of a landmark inquiry into the murders of four Aboriginal women. The inquest has repeatedly heard of a system in crisis: women’s shelters do not have enough...
Periods are “actually kind of weirdly cool”
Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual’s period as useless,...
Aimee’s story: A feminist perspective on sex work
Feminism, advocacy, and facing stigma Yes, there are plenty of people who think sex work is anti-feminist and that it degrades women. But 28 year old Aimee (that’s the name she uses online),...
Endometriosis isn’t funny. Libby doesn’t agree.
Let’s start at the start. What is endometriosis? Who does it impact? Endometriosis is a painful, chronic, incurable illness that affects one in nine people who menstruate. Gynaecologist and author...
Coercive control is not a new phenomenon
The following article is a condensed version of a research paper delivered at the ANU Gender Institute symposium on ‘Understanding Coercive Control’ that explored coercive control from multiple...
The Matildas’ 2023 Legacy: A Line in the Sand
After the Matildas’ heart-stopping quarter final win over France, the French coach, Herve Renard, congratulated his players, “for playing so well against an entire nation.” The Matildas at the FIFA...