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Data show young Australian women are less politically engaged than men. Given the negative experiences of female politicians, that’s hardly surprising. But there’s a glimmer of hope.
We’re used to describing feminism in ‘waves’, from the first in 1848, campaigning for women to vote, to the current fourth wave, in the age of #metoo. But do waves still work to describe feminism?
Feminist podcasts are having a moment. An expert reflects on 12 of them, from The Guilty Feminist and Feminist Book Club to podcasts that explore women’s lives and stories.
While there is much to applaud in the government’s strategy, it neglects to deal with the unequal gender impacts of climate change.
Thierry Mugler’s extreme contours and lines have been said to empower rather than objectify women.
Since its conception in 2007, Tumblr has developed a reputation for its appeal to marginalised users.
We have found that young people have a straightforward desire for authentic and healthy relationships.
Corporate medicine is hijacking feminist narratives around empowerment and women’s rights to market technologies, tests and treatments that aren’t backed by evidence.
Research shows that feminist women are more likely to have sex that is more loving and pleasurable.
As the country prepares to go to the polls on February 14, will the low representation of women in parliament improve? Given the systemic barriers in place, probably not.
Notwithstanding the proliferation of exhibitions devoted to women, the question that feminists asked in the 1980s is more relevant than ever.
Mae D Huettig, Romana Javitz and Shirley Graham DuBois were instrumental in their respective media fields but very few of us will be aware of their individual contributions.
Nollaig na mBan marks the end of the Christmas season on January 6, but is also a day to celebrate Mná na hÉireann (women of Ireland).
Through acts of covert resistance, women have been driving change in family relationships, women’s sexuality and reproductive issues, and women’s cultural identities.
The new Binge series Strife is a fictionalised adaptation of Mia Freedman’s 2017 memoir.
Zora Simic has never been married, nor wanted to. She assesses two new books about feminism and marriage – Clementine Ford’s polemic against it and Rachael Lennon’s history of its reformation.
Feminists are about as man-hating as men are.
In Intercourse, Andrea Dworkin set out to expose the power dynamics underpinning sexual relationships. Her book was pilloried in the 1980s, but many of her ideas no longer look so radical.
After decades of efforts to increase female representation in corporate decision-making bodies, few women are managing to take the reins of power.
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, La Trobe University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury
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Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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