From the makers of 'See What You Made Me Do?', Strong Female Lead explores the gender politics during Julia Gillard’s term as Australia’s first and still only female Prime Minister. Looking back at...
Category: Commentary
We use the words ‘this is hard’ a lot
Now in Melbourne’s sixth lockdown, we've chalked up more than 200 (non-consecutive) days under restrictions. And for perhaps the first time, it seems the constellation of conditions for getting out...
The expertise of survivors must be recognised
As a neurodiverse, bisexual, cis-woman who has experienced domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) throughout life, I recognise that gendered violence has played a significant part in my story....
Community sector crisis and the gender pay gap
In 2021, Equal Pay Day falls today (on August 31), 61 days past the end of the financial year. I can’t help but imagine the men of Australia sitting on a beach somewhere, sunglasses on faces and...
Time to stop excluding women for having difficult bodies
There is a passage in Carmen Maria Machado In The Dream House about going back in time to talk to your younger self. I love it because I am a chronic time-travel day dreamer. I also love it because...
We’re so proud! BroadAgenda PhD student 3MT finalist
The Three Minute Thesis is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia. Three Minute Thesis heats were held across the University of...
The brutal reality of childcare closures for parents
For many thousands of Victorian parents, Saturday afternoon was spent contacting bosses, rearranging calendars and sending each other stress-face emojis. I know, because I was one of them. With...
Designing our way out of gender inequality
Monash University’s intriguingly named “XYX Lab” - a team of design researchers exploring gender-sensitive design practices and theory – recently received a prestigious national prize in the...
Afghan women’s rights defenders gravely at risk
All week, civil society organisations have been frantically trying to pull together a list of Afghan women's human rights defenders they've worked with over the past decades to try and get the...