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Loss of basic female skills or loss of basic journalistic skills? 31 Jan 2011 | 07:55 pm
(This post is cross-posted at Crikey.) There’s an article by Helen Dow currently on News.com.au (originally in Queensland’s Sunday Mail) reporting on some findings from social research consultancy Mc...
AFL player not convicted or charged, no one faints from surprise 29 Jan 2011 | 06:12 pm
Reading the (online) paper this morning, I saw that two Collingwood AFL players have been cleared of sexual assault charges by police. I don’t know very much about that case and don’t really want to s...
Sexism in sport never seems to go away 26 Jan 2011 | 12:23 pm
Sexism in sport never seems to go away. Three members of the Sky Sports football commentary team in the UK have been taken off air for a variety of actions deemed unacceptable by management – perhaps...
Would this fly if we had a male PM? 21 Dec 2010 | 03:28 pm
This cartoon by Bill Leak, published in today’s Australian, isn’t garden-variety media sexism. It’s an appallingly ill-judged combination of callousness and racism surrounding the Christmas Island asy...
What Does The Assange Rape Case Mean For Feminism? 9 Dec 2010 | 02:05 pm
I’ve been very uneasy reading the commentary about the pending rape and sexual misconduct charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Of course, I’m suspicious about the timing of Assange’s rece...
“Party rape” 24 Nov 2010 | 05:51 pm
[image caption: "Millionaire to stand trial - Melbourne property developer Paul Fridman accused of party rape"] In case you were wondering, “party rape” is different to other types of rape. I’m not q...
A precedent set in Queensland abortion law, what next? 14 Oct 2010 | 07:11 pm
As many of you will be aware, earlier today Tegan Simone Leach and Sergie Brennan – charged with “procuring an abortion and supplying drugs to procure an abortion” – were acquitted at trial. This is ...
Feeling assailed by feminism 28 Sep 2010 | 05:20 pm
As part of the Wheeler Centre’s merry non-question “Feminism has failed”, the literary centre asked Michaela McGuire to write a piece on questioning whether she was a feminist. Basically, McGuire’s c...
Feminism Has Failed, not really, however, it will be debated tomorrow night 21 Sep 2010 | 08:22 pm
Don’t miss this event! Tomorrow night! 6.30pm! Feminism Has Failed part of the Wheeler Centre’s Intelligence Squared debate series… Featuring: Author of The Feminist Denial Monica Dux, ABC journo...
Street Harassment: tone vs content 8 Sep 2010 | 03:20 am
Last week I read this excellent post on street harassment, which was republished in Jezebel. Street harassment is not the same as offering compliments to strangers. It is an aggressive move to assert...
