From acclaimed author Anna Spargo-Ryan comes A Kind of Magic, a tender, and at times, wry insight into complex mental illness, and indeed, the moments of magic in among it all. BroadAgenda editor...
Category: Mental health
Missing: a journey of both hopefulness and hopelessness
In early August 2022 we marked National Missing Persons Week – a time when the Australian community can reflect on the stories of loss relating to those who have vanished, and those who are left...
Want to do a PhD about cyberhate against female athletes?
Remember when AFLW Carlton forward Tayla Harris got predator trolled simply for doing her job? In case your memory needs jogging, back in 2019 a photograph taken by AFL Media senior photographer...
The isolation of being transgender: How I got here
Nothing to Hide is Australia's first mainstream anthology of trans and gender diverse writing. In this excerpt, Stacey Stokes writes about her tough and painful journey to become a woman. This...
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...
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...
Why women are breaking up with the news
Despite huge and seemingly compelling news events – the Black Summer bushfires, the global pandemic and a hard-fought election campaign interest in news continues to fall. The proportion of those...