Back when I worked as a bartender, I always found it interesting how men and women tend to gravitate towards different drinks. The more time I spent behind the bar, the more I came to understand how...
Inspiring women: Jen Webb
BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice at the University of Canberra, Jen Webb. ...
“You can’t judge someone’s health by their appearance”
Fresh from casually dancing and singing with the Bee Gees offstage at the Whitehouse during Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s State visit to the US (true story!), Australian of the Year Taryn...
Striking images of women at work in Fyshwick
Across Australia, the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick is known as the butt of jokes about pornography and fireworks. But local photographer Fiona Bowring looks at the locality with fresh eyes. She's...
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,...
We need women’s leadership based on power, love
As a kid I was fortunate to travel widely, and I saw the devastation of the natural beauty of the world across many countries. Now, a little older, I am a student in environmental management, and I...
Womanhood, immigration, and finding freedom
In her new novel, Untethered, debut author Ayesha Inoon, who is now based in Canberra, shares with readers an incredibly intimate portrait of a young Sri Lankan woman who immigrates with her husband...
Just imagine: What would a feminist city look like?
Who designs cities? And who are they made for? In her book, 'Trophy Cities:'A feminist perspective on new capitals,' Associate Professor Dorina Pojani from the University of Queensland offers a...
Stan Grant shows up a lack of media diversity
Stan Grant, host of ABC’s Q+A, announced last Friday that he would be stepping away from his role for an unspecified period. Grant cited a need to take ‘a break from the media’ after receiving...