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...
Category: Research
A botched labiaplasty turned Jessica into an activist
Jessica Pin is a US advocate with the goal of comprehensive and equitable coverage of the clitoral anatomy in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (OB/GYN) textbooks. She's regularly interviewed by the...
Research wrap: In the shadows of war
BroadAgenda Research Wrap is your monthly window into academia. We scour the journals so you don’t have to. This is not the Research Wrap I wanted to write. I wanted to write something...
COVID: how anti-vaccine influencers exploit mothers
Opposition to vaccination has existed for as long as vaccination itself. Ever since widespread smallpox vaccination began in the early 1800s, there have been cycles of questioning the safety and...
Banishing body shame: ‘Ladies, We Need To Talk’
'Ladies, We Need To Talk' (the book) breaks the stigma around everything women are thinking but not saying. Author and presenter Yumi Stynes and health reporter and digital editor Claudine Ryan...
COVID-19: Economic insecurity and domestic abuse
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted significant concerns about the “shadow pandemic” of violence against women, and in particular intimate partner violence. A new study published by ANROWS...
Gender and office housework: Who cleans the microwave?
Over summer, BroadAgenda is republishing some of its most popular articles. This compelling piece was first posted earlier this year. Think about the microwave that sits in your office. Who cleans...
Time to stop excluding women for having difficult bodies
Over summer, BroadAgenda is republishing some of its most popular articles. This compelling piece was first posted earlier this year. There is a passage in Carmen Maria Machado In The Dream House...
Groundbreaking move to end period poverty
A few days ago people in Canberra awoke to the news that the ACT could be the first jurisdiction in Australia to provide free sanitary products in places like health facilities, public toilets,...