Distinguished Professor Susan Scott, a theoretical physicist from The Australian National University (ANU) whose pioneering work has fundamentally altered our understanding of the deepest and...
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LateBloomerLesbians: Body through #hashtags
Some of us are married to men, some of us are dating them, and some of us are chronically single. But we all have one thing in common: we are late to the coming out game. So reads the introduction...
Women are turning the tide on climate policy
When the new federal parliament opened last week, a record number of female politicians took their seats: 38% in the House of Representatives and 57% in the Senate. This changing of the guard, with...
Profile: Wendy Somerville on storytelling, identity, and knowledge
Wendy virtually introduces me to her Country through a photo. “This is the Shoalhaven River, this is Jerrinja Country.” She points to different spots and I begin to see more than just green and...
Exclusive: “Man Who Has It All” bares all
Wooohoooo! BroadAgenda has obtained an exclusive interview with social media smash hit, The Man Who Has It All (MWHIA). We’ve teamed up with social media expert Dr Catherine Archer – who has deep...
Learning Covid lessons: A gender-just future is possible
Right now, it feels as if the world is lurching from crisis to crisis. We’ve navigated more than two years of a global pandemic that has left none of us unscathed, only to be confronted by the...
The Beyoncé of Finance: Representation and Hope
Falling in love with academia When Bomikazi Zeka attended a graduation ceremony as a guest during her Honours year, she decided that one day, no matter what, she would do a PhD. “There was...
The double-edged sword of gender in politics
Gender is a double-edged sword. It can aid the rise to political power for women but can also limit their political ambitions, including what they can achieve for fellow women. The presence of women...
Sexist stock photography, lesbian sisters, and androgyny
Recently, I stumbled across a “lesbian” stock image where the two women looked almost identical. Were they supposed to have shared a womb or were they dating? This sent me down a stock photography...