It’s not new to anyone that the Olympics has a bit of an issue when it comes to gender equality. John Coates’ treatment of Annastacia Palaszczuk at the moment of triumph was a textbook example of...
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Women athletes take control of their uniforms
Photo: Georgios Kefalas/EPA/AAP Women’s dress codes in sport are determined by “traditions” that are both outdated and gendered. Their outfits have long tried to reconcile notions of “femininity”...
Why women can’t stop talking about Sex/Life
The TV program Sex/Life dropped on Netflix late June it’s a show that has got the world talking. All of a sudden, thousands of folks were responding to the TikTok challenge that went like this: ...
Gender lens: BroadAgenda Research Wrap
BroadAgenda Research Wrap is your monthly 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 you...
Must listen podcasts for the late onset feminist
My image of feminism growing up was naïve and clichéd. It was when I turned 50 and the #MeToo movement went viral that I felt a rumble of rage, yet somehow unworthy. Married for 25 years and the...
Diverse women fronting veterans’ peace movement
When she joined Veterans For Peace in 2015 it didn’t take Army veteran Monisha Ríos long to learn that there is a status hierarchy among vets—even those working for peace and justice. On meeting...
Review: ABC TV’s Ms Represented
“100 years of ‘firsts’: The story of women in Australian parliaments started with a blunder from an inept man with a not-quite-so-ingenious plan.” Ebenezer Ward, an anti-women’s rights politician...
Turia Pitt: How to rewrite your own story
Ten years ago Turia Pitt had her career mapped out. She was a mining engineer, working in the Kimberleys. One day, she planned to be CEO of a global firm. “That never happened,” Turia told an...
‘It’s time now to right the wrongs of the past’
Co-chairs of the Uluru Youth Dialogue, Allira David and Bridget Cama, talk about their fight for justice and self-determination.