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...
Our storytelling around fatherhood must change
I groan at the screen when I see my kids watching one of the typical portrayals of the ‘modern dad’. Perhaps the most common depiction is the well-intentioned, loving but equally clueless, hopeless...
“In front of our eyes, they beat my sister”
Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence against women. So many have asked me about the plight of women in Afghanistan. I am not going to cite statistics. I am not going...
Breaking the seal of my late onset feminism
He’s back! Harvey Weinstein, American film producer and convicted sex offender, was recently extradited from New York to LA where he faces 11 rape and sexual assault charges. He is also appealing...