Laurie Penny is a British journalist, activist, author and feminist. She began writing about feminism online at 19 and, a little over a decade later, has become a leading voice in discussions around g…
‘It hurts, it’s going to be horrible & it will test us’: Christine Forster on her brother Tony Abbott
“I’m not going to sway him and he’s not going to sway me,” Sydney Liberal Party councillor Christine Forster says in relation to the position her brother, Tony Abbott, takes on same-sex ma…
It might break the Liberal party but marriage equality is finally in reach
“I’m working on it,” the then opposition spokesperson for communications Malcolm Turnbull said. He was responding to Liz Ann Macgregor, the MCA director, who had just implored him to…
The women of the BBC demand action on the pay gap.
The women of the BBC now have proof of what they had suspected: they are paid vastly less than their male colleagues. It was confirmed when the public broadcaster released the salaries of its top 96 s…
Note to Margaret Court: the Bible isn’t meant to be read that literally
Robyn J. Whitaker, University of Divinity Margaret Court is wrong to claim marriage is “a union between a man and a woman as stated in the Bible”, as she did in her open letter to Qantas, or that a “b…
Would business tolerate the Cabinet gender imbalance?
It would be wrong to think that gender equality in the workplace is still elusive. Even if the Abbott government’s Cabinet, with its sole female member in foreign minister Julie Bishop would seem…
The key to a positive government? Prioritising equality
The new government’s values are under the spotlight following the Prime Minister’s announcement of his ministry on Monday afternoon. With just one woman out of 19, the composition of Cabin…
Promotion on – Ahem – Merit
There’s an old piece of early 1930s newsreel footage I saw in a documentary somewhere that features Mahatma Ghandi visiting Britain for the very first time. With his classic white loin cloth and…
Why my marriage looks old fashioned
After writing about my hellish experience finding suitable childcare for our daughters a reader asked a very valid question in the comments section. If I have a partner where was he in all of it? She …
