My great Auntie Rita grew up in an Australia where being Aboriginal, with dark features, saw her dismissed, degraded, and all but shut out of society. My beloved late Aunt told me that growing up in...
They called her “Lucky”. But she wasn’t.
Content notification: This story discusses family violence, coercive control, reproductive coercion and financial abuse I first heard Britney Spears when I was 16 in a changing room in Sydney - to...
1960s women: beyond sex, drugs, rock n’ roll
Female baby boomers came of age in the 1960s and 1970s and changed the world forever. It wasn’t just about hippies, flower power, anti-war demonstrations, sex, drugs and rock and roll. Even more...
I’m somebody, not just my trauma
Content notification: This article discusses domestic abuse and gendered violence. Tender is a thoughtful podcast series about what happens when women leave abusive relationships. Each...
Why advertising still embraces ‘Mad Men’, not 2021
Did you see BroadAgenda editor Ginger Gorman’s recent tweet about meal kit company Hello Fresh’s gendered adverts? Hi @HelloFreshAU is there a reason the woman is always cooking in your ads and her...
Oh yes, Britney Spears. Disabled women hear you.
Britney Spears. We’ve all heard bits and pieces about her fight to regain guardianship of herself from her father. In the US they call this conservatorship and according to the BBC, it is...
Will the Australia of tomorrow be more equal?
The future lives of women have changed drastically. As a growing number of women agitate for change, this new book, edited by Jamila Rizvi and Helen McCabe, contends it is time to demand what women...
Why quotas and not ‘merit’ are the answer
Tina was confident she was the right person to win the promotion to manager level in a state public sector body. She had higher education credentials, years of experience and the respect of her...
A life huge with possibility: my transgender son
I’m a teacher educator at the University of Canberra, and a part of my job is helping students negotiate the bureaucratic aspects of their chosen profession. This is not my favourite task: I prefer...