News & Views Dutch dictionary adds new term for labia after campaign to replace ‘shame lips’ A leading Dutch dictionary has introduced a new word for labia after a successful campaign to reduce shame around women’s bodies.
News & Views A local council has banned G-string bikinis at its public pools. Why must we continually police women’s bodies? A council has announced it is banning G-string bikinis at its public pools, sparking debate about how we continue to police women’s bodies.
News & Views Is it against the law to wear a midriff top? This woman was told it was A woman was accused of breaking the law by a security guard for wearing a midriff top in a Queensland shopping centre.
Books Fat people are taught to hate themselves. Fat Girl Dancing could change that Kris Kneen’s ‘exquisite’ memoir about living in a fat body is deeply intimate. It somehow feels even more intimate than their books about sex and desire.
News & Views ‘Don’t like my facial expressions? Look the other way’: Jane Caro Abused by a man in a local restaurant who mimicked her facial expressions, led Jane Caro to reflect on how much men continue to police women’s bodies.
