A recent paper by University of Canberra researchers found women with larger breasts are less satisfied with their breasts and that this has significant implications for their quality of life and...
Category: Health
Why it’s tricky when we attach emotions to food
Dr Vivienne Lewis is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Canberra. She specialises in eating disorders and body image in her clinical and research work. Recently...
Stretchy but rigid: the neoliberal complexities of yoga pants
Raise a hand – or better yet, a leg – if you own a pair of yoga pants. Marketed largely to women in Western countries, these items began to appear after yoga became a globalized mainstream practice...
Violence against First Nations women, children during COVID-19
This article was inspired by a talk given by Dr Chay Brown for ANU's Centre for Aboriginal and Economic Policy Research, where she is a fellow. At the start of the pandemic, I was returning home...
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' -...
Natural disasters negatively impact babies’ birth weights
Research from the Australian National University shows natural disasters - specifically recent cyclones in Queensland - increase the rates of premature and low birthweight births. BroadAgenda editor...
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...
Remote communities also need free menstrual products
In Australia, most states have introduced initiatives to provide people who menstruate with free period care products in public schools. The Queensland government’s recent announcement of free...
The suffocating blanket of heteronormativity
Look around you. Men and women couple up on TV shows like Love Island for millions of viewers. The latest Hello Fresh ad shows Mum cooking dinner for her husband and two children. You see a friend’s...