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‘Get out of the way, you fat fuck’. These are the words a young bloke yelled at me from his moving car as I walked across a carpark in suburban Canberra. He swerved his car toward me, I assume to scare me. I was scared. His words still make me
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On Friday, as around 5,000 people took to the streets of Melbourne for the Walk Against Family Violence, which every year kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, I found myself stuck at home marking student assessments. As I browsed through my social media feeds, I felt
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Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Women. The Taliban’s regime of gender apartheidcontinues to stifle women’s rights and voices. The Australian Government has removed human rights defenders from their list of criteria for priority processing from the country our military and aid workers spent decades working to
read nowI have always been in awe of both the natural world and the human psyche, pondering over how individual self-development can be used to facilitate a shift in the collective response to the climate crisis. Throughout my time in university, ‘hardcore’ science has never resonated with me, that is why
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According to Government statistics, women only make up 27% of the workforce across all STEM industries. That’s why it can feel a bit lonely! And those professionals may long for a wonderful support network. Non-profit Franklin Women is making a splash in Canberra. On November 29, they’ll be an
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I recently published a paper Managerial influences on the inclusion of transgender and gender-diverse employees: A critical multi-method study in the Australian Journal of Management. The paper discusses the influence leadership can have on increasing inclusion of gender diversity in the workplace. The following post reflects on my findings. What
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Fresh from casually dancing and singing with the Bee Gees offstage at the Whitehouse during Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s State visit to the US (true story!), Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt hit the stage at the National Press Club in Canberra to give us all a sobering message about
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Across Australia, the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick is known as the butt of jokes about pornography and fireworks. But local photographer Fiona Bowring-Greer looks at the locality with fresh eyes. She’s making waves with her stunning black at white images depicting women hard at work in the industrial suburb. She
read nowThis blog post was first published by The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA), the leading organization representing researchers, academics, and students in the fields of Women’s Studies and Gender Studies in Australia. Read the original here. Feminist research is increasingly intersectional, yet the way in which intersecting aspects
read nowThis opinion piece was first published by the Australian Financial Review and is reposted here with permission. Read the original here. As a Jewish Australian, whose professional and personal life focusses on protecting the rights of individuals in Australia and abroad, it has been a devastating week. Having long advocated
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More than 2.5 million Australians are approaching perimenopause or in menopause. But so many women in their 40s and 50s suffer symptoms FOR YEARS without realising these are related. Beloved author Kaz Cooke believes there’s a flood of misinformation and hard-sell marketing coming at perimenopausal women, and it’s confusing! Her new
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Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfiit is bringing her message of body positivity to Canberra when she delivers the National Press Club Address on Tuesday 31 October. Admittedly, the speech is five months later than originally planned after Taryn caught Covid the day before a scheduled address in May. Now
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