Women have been in the Australian Federal Parliament for 80 years. In this time, the culture of Parliament house has changed but has it caught up with modern workplace culture standards?
Read More »Let’s Throw In The Towel With Gender-Segregated Gym Spaces
By Deanna Ruseska “Tilt your hips up more like when you fuck a chick,” says the gym worker. The remark is repeated as he stands behind a 16-year-old boy whilst ‘explaining’ how to correct his squat technique. I stare ahead and pretend not to hear the remark through my Airpods …
Read More »UNSW Women Sign Open Letter to Pru Goward
By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-Editor Yesterday, university students met with Pru Goward, Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, at NSW Parliament House for a consultation session regarding the sexual assault strategy the NSW government is currently developing. At the meeting, at which there were approximately fifty attendees, …
Read More »Girls Like Me Say Goodbye To “Girls” With Sadness And Thanks
By Hannah Wootton Recently, Girls filled our screens in all its bold and honest glory for the last time. I saw it go with some sadness; as a young woman in my 20s, I identified with and was empowered by Girls for a hundred different reasons. Here are the main …
Read More »The Stella Prize Helps More Women Than Just Its Winner
By Hannah Wootton Heather Rose won the 2017 Stella Prize for her intricate and thought-provoking novel, The Museum of Modern Love. Established in 2013, the Stella aims to encourage and celebrate the writing of women. In reality, it does this and much more. Women Who Write Firstly, it provides tangible …
Read More »Her; India
By Shaki Srikanth Shakti Srikanth has been on a three-month internship in Bangalore over the summer. 1 January 2017: Indian women wake up with bruises, not hangovers. Reports emerge of widespread sexual violence in the nation’s Silicon Valley – Bangalore. Women tell of being groped, physically assaulted and fighting off …
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