Advice Why are women missing in action in MBAs? Macquarie University has launched a new initiative to break down barriers to entry into MBAs for women.
News & Views Time magazine wants to ban the word feminist? I can’t even Time magazine has decided we should ban the word feminist.
News & Views Time apologises, but ‘feminist’ is still winning in the word banishment poll Time magazine editor Nancy Gibbs has apologised for the inclusion of the word ‘feminist’ in its list of words to ban in 2015.
News & Views No one is funny, famous or powerful enough to justify this. Not even Bill Cosby. Fifteen women have now come forward and accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, yet, we are continually told their allegations are dubious at best.
News & Views Why did the Guardian publish this letter about false rape accusations? “You damaged my perception of women entirely… I don’t know why you told your friend that I had raped you – maybe because you didn’t want to admit you’d had sex so casually.
News & Views Was this week a turning point in the way we treat sexual harassment? Some people argue that collectively demanding action on sexual assault is pointless.
News & Views Coca Cola withdrew these sexist ads but why were they made in the first place? Coca Cola and Fairlife have come under fire for a series of sexist adverts for a new premium brand of milk.
News & Views How can we stay safe in the age of Tinder? This morning we heard some troubling news for women.
News & Views Man Haron Monis was awaiting trial for the murder of his ex-wife. Why was he granted bail? What happened in Sydney on Monday was one of the most horrific and unspeakable tragedies we as a city have witnessed in living memory.
News & Views Five things I learned from Lena Dunham I can safely say I have never read, watched or listened to anything that resonated with me as a young woman the way Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl did.
News & Views Russell Crowe: Ladies, stop complaining and act your age Russell Crowe has offered some helpful advice to older women struggling to be taken seriously by Hollywood: Stop complaining.
News & Views Charlie Hebdo & freedom of speech: Why we need to cherish our capacity for meaningful debate more than ever The senseless attack on journalists in Paris last week was unspeakably horrific, and there is little that can be done or said to mitigate the trauma that resonated the world over in its aftermath.