On Saturday night, freelance journalist Dr Kate O’Halloran was subjected to an array of online abuse brought on by a single tweet she made about sexism in sport. As a journalist who frequently covers …
100 gamers competed in the Fortnite World Cup & none were women
If you have a son in school, or know a teenage boy, you have probably heard of Fortnite. The survival shooter game is just two years old but in that time it has amassed a worldwide player population o…
Is the cost of success worth it? Not when your wellbeing suffers
On paper, my former life seemed so glamorous: global travel, box seats at a David Beckham game, dining in a castle in Spain, accumulating 1 million Qantas points. But deep down, I was struggling. As a…
Only 18% of people profiled on Wikipedia are women
The gender bias on Wikipedia, is real. Only 18% of people profiled on the web-based, free digital encyclopedia are women. Wikipedia is the fifth most visited website in the world and is based on a mod…
Melissa Lucashenko wins 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Last night in a ceremony in Sydney’s Ovolo Hotel, Melissa Lucashenko was awarded the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, making her the 20th female author to win the prize in the award’s 62 year…
Female breadwinners STILL do more housework than their male partners
The latest Housing Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey (HILDA) results are in, and make clear female breadwinners are losing out across many levels in Australian households. According to th…
‘Time for change’: NSW finally set to decriminalise abortion
One hundred and nineteen years is a long time waiting, but that’s how long women have been on the other side of the law in NSW when it comes to their reproductive rights. This week, things are set to …
Australia triumph over England by seven wickets in Women’s Ashes T20
In a commanding performance, Australia has maintained an unbeaten Ashes run with a seven-wicket victory in the second T20 against England. The Australian side cruised to a dominant win in the penultim…
Voluntary super: a good way to increase women’s dependence on men
Voluntary super contributions would be a backward step for women and would increase the superannuation gap, writes Helen Hodgson, from Curtin University and Myra Hamilton, from UNSW in this piece rep…
The problem with Quentin Tarantino’s predilection for female violence
A confession. I was looking forward to seeing Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, his ninth, Once upon a Time in Hollywood. I wasn’t excited because I’m a Tarantino aficionado, I haven’t e…
