When it happens to you, it can be devastating. Violating. Traumatising. But did you know it’s also rape? I’m talking about stealthing – the non-consensual removal of a condom during sex. Elena, who...
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Remote communities also need free menstrual products
In Australia, most states have introduced initiatives to provide people who menstruate with free period care products in public schools. The Queensland government’s recent announcement of free...
Confronting domestic abuse in the South Asian community
Manjula Datta O’Connor's book, Daughters of Durga, is an incisive investigation of domestic violence in South Asian communities, and the resilience of women in the face of adversity. Here she talks...
Census shows women are doing more housework. Again.
The Australian Census numbers have been released, showing women typically do many more hours of unpaid housework per week compared to men. It’s not a new development. In 2016, the “typical”...
The myth of working-class men blocking gender equality
As a kid, I was brought up in relative poverty on a working class council estate, and part of that upbringing involved experiencing and witnessing profound violence perpetrated by several working...
Towards a feminist First Nations foreign policy
Prior to the 2022 election, now Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced that if elected, the government would pursue a First Nations Foreign Policy. A decisive global moment, the announcement builds...
The suffocating blanket of heteronormativity
Look around you. Men and women couple up on TV shows like Love Island for millions of viewers. The latest Hello Fresh ad shows Mum cooking dinner for her husband and two children. You see a friend’s...
Why women are breaking up with the news
Despite huge and seemingly compelling news events – the Black Summer bushfires, the global pandemic and a hard-fought election campaign interest in news continues to fall. The proportion of those...
The capitalisation and secrecy of the menstrual industry
Cash Flow: The Businesses of Menstruation, by UK-based academic Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik, delves into how much we know about the menstrual industry - its surprisingly patriarchal business model, how...