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Gwen Harwood was one of Australia’s finest poets – she was also one of the most subversive

Image: Gwen Harwood (1920-1995). A.T. Bolton/Wikimedia commons Gwen Harwood is one of Australia’s finest poets. Her poetry is studied in secondary schools across the nation. While...

Religious lies, conmen and coercive control: how cults corrupt our desire for love and connection

Image: Young women members of the Charles Manson family kneel on the sidewalk outside the Los Angeles at Hall of Justice March 29, 1971,...

Sunday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women

Musician and poet Patti Smith: ‘always evolving’. Dan Himbrechts/AAP Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise...

Sunday essay: ‘fair game’, racial shame and the women who demanded more

Image: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club last month. Mick Tsikas/AAP Sexual politics is difficult terrain for young people to navigate. Desire,...

Sunday essay: Sex, power and anger — a history of feminist protests in Australia

 Picture: NLA/AAP(various) Rage and roar are two words commonly used to describe the events of Monday 15 March, when tens of thousands joined the March4Justice:...

‘What are you afraid of ScoMo?’: Australian women are angry — and the Morrison government needs to listen

 Picture: AAP Image/Dave Hunt Thousands of women are gathering in cities across the country, angry about the allegations of rape, sexual abuse and harassment emerging...

Guide to the classics: My Brilliant Career and its uncompromising message for girls today

National Film & Sound Archive Growing up in Australia in the 1970s, I much preferred the hijinks of Han Solo and Chewie to Princess Leia’s sexualised...

From ‘common scolds’ to feminist reclamation: the fraught history of women and swearing in Australia

Kath and Kim (aka Jane Turner and Gina Riley): the suburban hornbags used swearing in clever ways in their 2002-2007 TV series.  Riley Turner...

We asked 24 women to reflect on images of ‘hot’ men — and it’s good news for those with ‘dad bods’

Image: Shuttlestock Since the 2012 hit film Magic Mike explored the hedonistic lifestyle of men who strip for women, popular culture has exploded with images of sexy, muscular,...

Sunday essay: The Female Eunuch at 50, Germaine Greer’s fearless, feminist masterpiece

Germaine Greer at The Chelsea Hotel in 1972. AAP Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch changed lives. Published 50 years ago in October 1970, it exists in...
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