It’s not new to anyone that the Olympics has a bit of an issue when it comes to gender equality. John Coates’ treatment of Annastacia Palaszczuk at the moment of triumph was a textbook example of...
Category: Opinion
Gender deafness is widespread, but can be cured
Last week, Annabel Crabb’s outstanding ABC series Ms Represented included accounts from women across the political spectrum on what Julie Bishop called ‘gender deafness’. Gender deafness is a...
Why women can’t stop talking about Sex/Life
The TV program Sex/Life dropped on Netflix late June it’s a show that has got the world talking. All of a sudden, thousands of folks were responding to the TikTok challenge that went like this: ...
Review: ABC TV’s Ms Represented
“100 years of ‘firsts’: The story of women in Australian parliaments started with a blunder from an inept man with a not-quite-so-ingenious plan.” Ebenezer Ward, an anti-women’s rights politician...
Turia Pitt: How to rewrite your own story
Ten years ago Turia Pitt had her career mapped out. She was a mining engineer, working in the Kimberleys. One day, she planned to be CEO of a global firm. “That never happened,” Turia told an...
How do we father in the era of #metoo?
I have two young kids, and love discussing the joys and challenges of fatherhood with different audiences. I’ve been grappling with a dilemma ever since we first heard news of alleged sexual assault...
Women will not be silenced again
The Minister for Families and Social Services, Anne Ruston, is right. There is “a rot in society”. But Scott Morrison is wrong. Anointing a “prime minister for women”, even as a joke, and creating a...
Rage & the rise of a new women’s movement
There is extraordinary power in the emotions surfacing in women around Australia right now. The power of this moment is unprecedented. But, as a nation, we must get this right. We must hear the...
Why I will march: a survivor’s story…
In 2013, I was in an abusive relationship. After months of gaslighting, isolation, aggression, and infidelity; being told I was crazy and demanding, I sat shaking on my couch with a positive...