News & Views The time for decisive action on campus assault is now. Ending violence & harassment on university campuses is a priority. Tanya Plibersek says it’s time for decisive, bipartisan support for ending campus assault
News & Views The truth about why political staffers rarely speak out about harassment The idea they might be responsible for a tabloid splash or political problems is why political staffers rarely complain about bullying and harassment.
News & Views NSW Police say ‘mistaken belief’ is an accused’s lack of care for the person they want to have sex with NSW Bar Association says ‘mistaken belief’ as to consent should not be a crime. NSW Police Association say it’s often an accused’s lack of care.
News & Views 34 Australian women have been killed violently this year. 3 were murdered on Saturday. On the 7th of July 2018 3 women were found dead, two in Victoria and one in NSW. It takes the toll of women killed violently in Australian this year to 34.
Books The complexity of narrating sexual assault in fiction amid a climate of #MeToo Sarah Bailey’s novel ‘Into The Night’, explores the issue of sexual assault through its’ protagonist. It was no easy task amid a climate of #MeToo.
Ed's Blog The Bill Cosby guilty verdict took 50 women speaking out. A jury in the US has found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually molesting a woman at his home in 2004. The significance of the Bill Cosby guilty verdict cannot be overstated: it took decades and 50 women speaking out.
News & Views “Sickening reading”: New report outlines shocking hazing practices at university colleges The Red Zone, a damning new report on bullying, harassment and abuse at residential colleges at Australian universities is released today by End Rape on Campus Australia.
News & Views The fact the Aziz Ansari situation is complicated is exactly the point. A 3000 word essay written by Grace* published on Babe.net about her evening with Aziz Ansari has sparked a thousand comment pieces.
Ed's Blog #MeToo, #TimesUp & why 2018 is off to a cracking start A year ago, considering that virtually every female who attended the Golden Globes would rally together in solidarity for women was unthinkable. #TimesUp
Ed's Blog In 2014 Time magazine proposed banning the word ‘feminism’. Now look. Feminism has been designated the 2017 word of the year by Merriam Webster dictionary. It’s extraordinary to consider Time proposed banning it in 2014.
Ed's Blog Why men being held to account for their conduct is terrifying Charles Moore and Peter Hitchens are terrified of women putting their foot down to sexual harassment and abuse. Is men being held to account so terrifying?
News & Views The victory of Taylor Swift, Fifi Box & Jane Caro revealing their experiences of sexual assault Taylor Swift has successfully sued DJ David Mueller for sexual assault. Fifi Box says high profile celeb put her head in his crotch. Jane Caro on vile GP.