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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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

So often, the relationships that are deemed most important in media are those of heterosexual, romantic couples. In celebration of International Women’s Day this week, Tharunka looks at the very female and rarely simple relationships that colour the lives of women – relationships that are in fact far more special …