News & Views ‘We need to radically democratise the very notion of leadership’: Dr Stephanie Dowrick Dr Stephanie Dowrick is the latest guest on The Leadership Lessons, a Women’s Agenda podcast series supported by Salesforce.
News & Views ‘While democracy can be delayed, it can never be defeated’: Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman steals the show 22-year old Amanda Gorman stole the show as the youngest ever poet to perform at a presidential inauguration.
Screen Bridgerton breaks the mould for diversity in period drama and everyone’s on board The success of Netflix series Bridgerton shows diversity in period drama is a huge and much needed drawcard.
News & Views Tara June Winch wins Prime Minister’s Literary Award for novel The Yield Tara June Winch has won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for her novel The Yield, taking out the $80,000 fiction category.
News & Views Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlist announced for 2021 The shortlist for the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards has been announced with recognition going to 26 of this year’s best writers.
Life In our own voices: 5 Australian books about living with disability Rather than presenting a disability as an obstacle, life writing can explore the joys, frustrations and creativity of living with disability.
Books NAIDOC Week book giveaway & poetry from Oodgeroo In celebration of NAIDOC Week, Women’s Agenda is excited to offer a giveaway of Australia’s foremost Aboriginal poets’, Oodgeroo’s new book.
News & Views The evolution of the dictionary definition of ‘woman’ Oxford University Press have changed the dictionary definition and sentence examples of the entry of “woman”, writes Jessie Tu.
News & Views How young, female influencers have swayed the US election Big superstars are using their platform to try to influence voters to get Trump out of the office. What will happen in this election?
Screen Emily in Paris is irresistible, okay? This week, we’re watching the show everyone is talking about – Emily in Paris. It’s totally and utterly bingeable!
Screen I miss the 2000s. So I watched a romcom on Netflix: The Culture Wrap This week, Jessie looks at a new Aussie romcom on Netflix, a book edited by Helen McCabe and Jamila Rizvi and listens to Julia Stone.
Life Unseen: Jacinta Parsons on chronic illness & losing her body Jacinta Parsons is a radio broadcaster & author who explores living with Crohn’s Disease and losing her body to medicine in Unseen.