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....
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Gender lens: BroadAgenda Research Wrap
BroadAgenda Research Wrap is your fortnightly window into academia. We scour the journals so you don’t have to. No topic too impenetrable, no research too eclectic; BroadAgenda Research Wrap brings...
Review: ABC’s ‘Why Women are Angry’
I was looking forward to 7:30’s Why Women are Angry, hosted by Leigh Sales (pictured), because there is some morbid comfort in having my rage diagnosed back to me. But while watching, I realized the...
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...
Notes from a transition: The Diagnosis Game
What follows is an extract from Yves Rees' new book, titled 'All About Yves: Notes from a transition.' It's published here with full permission. I sink onto the red couch, clutching myself tight. I...
We all need to acknowledge pandemic fatigue
“At 5 pm the territory will be locked down." We all were hanging off the press conference for the chief minister at 12:15pm, on August 12, 2021. Cue absolute chaos and madness; panic buying, traffic...
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...