feminism and testicles: love in the time of cholera
Christopher Bantick’s opinion piece ‘Sex with a child is not the stuff of the school curriculum’ has caused quite a bit of controversy. The article was penned last week and suggests that Gabriel...
View Articlein brief: lingerie football league will now be sans lingerie
The Lingerie Football League has announced a major re-branding process so as to gain recognition as a serious sport. Changes will include a switch from lingerie to performance-wear uniforms in order to...
View Articlefeminism and testicles: julie burchill and transsexuals
By now you’ve probably heard of Julie Burchill’s column and the subsequent outrage it provoked. The piece, which was published in print and online, attracted more than 2000 comments before it was...
View Articlein brief: sexism behind over-investment in cycling infrastructure
A recent report by RMIT University claims that cycling has received disproportionate government attention because cycling is by far the most male-dominated mode of transport. Paul Mees and Lucy...
View Articlefeminism and testicles: men can be feminists too
It is rare for a discussion on feminism these days to consist of only female voices. More and more men are taking up the cause of gender equality and discussing women’s issues. However there still...
View Articlefeminism and testicles: women in publishing
The literary journal The Lifted Brow was recently accused of gender discrimination because their sixteenth edition published eighteen men compared with fourteen women. On their Facebook page, The Brow...
View Articleseth macfarlane and the oscars: why are we defending him?
We all knew Seth MacFarlane was going to say something offensive right from the moment he stepped on stage at The Oscars. After all, Family Guy is a very offensive show—it plays off our idea of what is...
View ArticleMonday Night’s Q&A – A Review
Monday night’s episode of Q&A featured a panel comprised entirely of women. Brooke Magnanti, Germaine Greer, Mia Freedman, Deborah Cheetham and Janet Albrechtsen answered questions put to them by...
View Articlein brief: feminism a threat to russia
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has claimed that feminism could destroy Russia. On Tuesday last week, Patriarch Kirill denounced feminism as ‘very dangerous’ and a form of ‘pseudo-freedom’. He...
View Articlein brief: pakistani teen injured in acid attack
While Australians debate the country’s leadership, women overseas continue to suffer brutal attacks over things we take for granted. Less than a week ago, an 18-year-old Pakistani woman was attacked...
View Articlein brief: record number of women in cabinet
Last week’s successful leadership spill was bad news for Julia Gillard. For the rest of the women in the Labor party though, there is something worth celebrating. Yesterday Kevin Rudd placed a record...
View Articlein brief: more aussie women freezing their eggs for “social reasons”
More and more young Australian women are choosing to freeze their eggs for future use. While the chance of having a baby from a frozen egg was extremely low a couple of years ago (less than one per...
View Articlein brief: bindi irwin calls for better family planning methods in developing...
Bindi Irwin has joined the birth control debate, saying she is upset that young girls in poor countries are having children they simply cannot feed. The daughter of the late Steve Iriwn turns 15...
View Articleforced child marriages: yemeni girl speaks out via youtube
Last week the world was shocked after a video of a young Yemeni girl made the rounds on the internet. In the clip, 11-year-old Nada Al-Ahdals tells of how she ran away from her family in order to...
View Articlein brief: UN watchdog says women’s rights threatened in afghanistan
Women’s rights in Afghanistan are at risk of being undermined in the peace process, according to a United Nations watchdog. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women says...
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