It is a remarkable coincidence that both New Zealand black comedy Creamerie and American post-apocalyptic drama Y: The Last Man have arrived on our screens in the middle of a global pandemic. Both...
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No women involved? You can count me out.
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...
How and why women become homeless
Coming Home is a narrative and political podcast about women’s homelessness, made in conjunction with Juno, a women's homelessness service. It tells the story of three women from Melbourne’s...
I’ve suffered gender discrimination. Now I fight it.
Picture this: a young mother, struggling across the road with a cumbersome contraption that appears to be two cheap strollers screwed together. A pair of male police officers watch her, amused. They...
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...
Grieving for someone you have never met
Today marks International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. ACT Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee reveals her private and most recent pain. How do you say goodbye to someone you have never...
A ban on NDAs would rob women of choice
In recent negotiations on behalf of a woman who was sexually harassed at work, I found myself in an unusual position. My client sought an NDA (non-disclosure agreement). They generally prohibit all...