As a kid, I was brought up in relative poverty on a working class council estate, and part of that upbringing involved experiencing and witnessing profound violence perpetrated by several working...
Category: Misogyny
Bra-burning to Hollywood – trailblazing women in film
In an electric event held at the ANU last month, some of Australia's best female film makers and experts shone a light on a tough, sexist industry. The battle continues for female film practitioners...
‘The effects of this toxic industry are everywhere’
Content notification: This post discusses sexual violence and trauma. 'Body Shell Girl' is a memoir in verse about the first two years of a decade that Australian Rose Hunter spent in the sex...
A (feminist) love story saved by radical empathy
It’s something each of us might sometimes wonder. How do you change someone’s mind? This unexpected love story is the ultimate lesson. It could easily have been one of those Tinder-dates-from-hell...
The “weather event”: Australia’s stormy #MeToo movement
The #MeToo movement has powered an insurgency against sexism and sexual violence in Australia. From once-isolated survivors to political staffers, women everywhere are refusing to keep men’s...
The glass cliff: why women lead in a crisis
In 2003 I finished up my PhD at ANU and jumped on a plane (and then the trans-Siberian express train) to make my way to Europe. Within a month of arriving at the University of Exeter, my mentor and...
Celebration becoming resistance: feminist night marches in Turkey
In Turkey, International Women’s Day is not celebrated only at corporate breakfasts and morning teas. It is celebrated on the streets and at night by marching, dancing, and chanting. At Feminist...
Placing family violence survivors at the centre
In a brand new podcast called "There’s No Place Like Home", produced by Future Women, survivors are placed at the centre of the story. Ten brave Australians speak candidly about abuse they’ve...
On Reckoning: when rape became the national conversation
Amy Remeikis, political reporter for The Guardian, has written and extraordinary essay, titled On Reckoning. This work tells of the moment when the personal became very political and when rape...