What if women’s breasts and nipples were as commonplace and accepted in the same settings as men’s are? And why aren’t they? I talked with friends about this cultural conundrum, more recently...
Category: Gender
Being an autistic woman in a non-autistic world
What's it like to realise you're autistic? And how do you start to ask the world around you to accept that? Sandra Thom-Jones explores theses questions in her new book 'Growing in to Autism' -...
The impossible load that just keeps growing
As we approach the next ACT public school pupil free day, I have been reflecting on the demands we are placing on our working parents - and more specifically mums around the country. For my part,...
Paid parental leave: women left holding the baby
Thinking of parenthood in the 1950s conjures a picture of a perfectly coiffed wife, cherubic baby in arms, cheerily waving goodbye to her husband - the gallant breadwinner - as he heads off to work....
Forging tools to challenge gendered financial inequality
There’s a Jobs and Skills Summit in the offing – the new government canvassing issues and strategies with key stakeholders, and there is pre-caucusing going on to bring specific perspectives to the...
Research wrap: Burnout and why it hits women harder
Folks, we need to talk about burnout. Lately, it’s been a constant feature in my newsfeed. See here and here and here. Once upon a time most often an individual condition, it seems as though there...
A whistling comedian in a man’s world
Opening a mysterious case of old photographs, former documentary filmmaker Sharon Connolly begins a search for the great aunt she never knew. Gladys Shaw was a whistling comedian, a singer and...
Intersectionality in research and why it matters
A few weeks ago I was reminded of the importance of evidence, narratives and the power held by those writing it at a workshop on Gender & Cultural Diversity in Politics: Australia, Asia &...
The universe’s mysteries and smashing the gravitational ‘ceiling’
Distinguished Professor Susan Scott, a theoretical physicist from The Australian National University (ANU) whose pioneering work has fundamentally altered our understanding of the deepest and...