Soapbox Why we should be concerned about artificial not-so-intelligent takes on DEI As AI continues to evolve, its representations often reinforce harmful stereotypes. Despite efforts towards diversity, equity, and inclusion.
News & Views ‘High maintenance’ is a red flag on dating apps. Women are still expected to shrink themselves Women don’t want to ‘intimidate’ a man through their photos – but this is just one way they are hiding their true selves.
Entrepreneurs Focus, fight and flexibility: How women in business are smashing bias “As successful, intelligent and articulate women, they demonstrate the falsehood of a stereotype that migrants are illiterate and a burden on the Australia.”
News & Views How a dinner date taught me to disrupt unconscious bias Defaulting to unconcious bias when making decisions about others can have serious negative ramifications, writes Gaiti Rabbani.
Business People assumed it was a ‘lifestyle decision’ when I started my business. We need to bust the myths about female entrepreneurship More often than not, it’s assumed female entrepreneurs want to escape inflexible corporate working hours, or to pursue a creative interest or passion,
News & Views A rare Bluey blunder: Chilli isn’t ‘falling short’ because she returned to work Blatant mother-shaming might be expected from Leunig but from the creators of Bluey? Hell to the no. To their credit they changed it quickly.
News & Views Sexualised & stereotyped: why Australian advertising is stuck in a sexist past New research suggests the advertising industry’s standards for judging sexism are like the world depicted in the television series Mad Men.
Jugglehood Will 2019 be the year angry mothers become a powerful force? One of the only culturally acceptable ways for a woman be angry — without being dismissed as hysterical, un-hinged — is when she does it “as a mother”.
News & Views How 50-year-old founder Megan Avard launched her contract management startup, despite being told she “needed” a male co-founder A prominent Australian investor and entrepreneur told female founder Megan Avard she would need a male co-founder to succeed in business.
News & Views Women disagreeing with each other is NOT a civil war According to a column in The Australian 20 Liberal women disagreeing about how to manage bullying is proof they wish to whip up a crisis at any cost.
News & Views ‘I’m tired of this’: The problem with a beer called Pussy Juice Boutique Gold Coast Brewery Black Hops has apologised after releasing a new beer called Pussy Juice and promoted it with a sexually explicit poem.
News & Views It’s time to radically reimagine the role of fathers in workplaces & homes With little fanfare, Liana Leach at The ANU, and Amanda Cooklin at La Trobe University, co-hosted a one-day forum in Canberra on the role of fathers.