The following article is a condensed version of a book chapter of mine that was published in June 2023. This is part of a book entitled Gender, feminist and queer studies: Power, privilege and...
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Listening to those who’ve been let down by language
The following article is a condensed version of a research paper delivered at the ANU Gender Institute symposium on ‘Understanding Coercive Control’ that explored coercive control from multiple...
Innovative scholarship for researchers helps alleviate unpaid caring
Grassroots social enterprise, Franklin Women has awarded six health researchers funding to alleviate barriers associated with unpaid caring responsibilities so they can take advantage of career...
Women call out military emissions reporting
A recent online conversation hosted by the Women's Climate Congress (WCC) and attended by more than 100 women from many different countries revealed one of the most disturbing issues we face in the...
“It illuminated the experience of psychosis for me”
And Then She Fell, by US author Alicia Elliott, is a mind-bending and slinking novel unpacking themes of motherhood, mental health, Indigeneity, dispossession and connection to land and culture –...
DV literacy: a necessary tool in combatting coercive control
The following article is a condensed version of a research paper delivered at the ANU Gender Institute symposium on ‘Understanding Coercive Control’ that explored coercive control from multiple...
Why is the NT asking for needs-based funding?
The Northern Territory is in the midst of a landmark inquiry into the murders of four Aboriginal women. The inquest has repeatedly heard of a system in crisis: women’s shelters do not have enough...
Periods are “actually kind of weirdly cool”
Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual’s period as useless,...
Aimee’s story: A feminist perspective on sex work
Feminism, advocacy, and facing stigma Yes, there are plenty of people who think sex work is anti-feminist and that it degrades women. But 28 year old Aimee (that’s the name she uses online),...