Was it just “poor behaviour?” An incident that occurred on Melbourne trams over the weekend has triggered an avalanche of backlash across social media and National news. A group of male students from…
The ‘mad witches’ orchestrating the Alan Jones boycott
As of Wednesday afternoon, 24 companies have pulled their advertising from The Alan Jones Breakfast Show on 2GB. Encouraging major brands to pull their marketing spend from a major media platform like…
Anne Summers: ‘The Liberals have a man problem, a merit problem & a misogyny problem’
An Australian writer, columnist and feminist icon, a former Press Gallery Bureau Chief for the Financial Review, and later Editor of Ms Magazine in the US, Dr Anne Summers’ extraordinary career …
When men being good is a bar too high, the problem is clear
For a fleeting naïve moment after watching that ad I felt nothing but hope. Like many others my immediate reaction to Gillette’s ‘The Best Men Can Be’ video was emotional. It literally gave me goose-b…
How to fight for women & girls without burning out
“Is this the 1950s?” It’s the question Katja Iversen, the CEO of international advocacy group Women Deliver, poses rhetorically when discussing the rise of conservative forces in Ame…
Sexual assault at universities is rife, covered up & rarely reported
“The first person I told asked me how much I had been drinking. The second person I told said that I would be ruining his life. The third person I told said it wasn’t a university issue. The fourth pe…