Opinion
Crime
Were the Menendez brothers monsters or monstered? Young boys need the answer
The justice system has a chance to examine whether bias against men who survive rape prevents them getting a fair hearing.
- by Julia Baird
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Body image
Why Demi Moore’s body-horror movie is so compelling, despite the truth it’s missing
The Substance exposes brilliantly the tortures women put themselves and their bodies through. It is bleakly true, but there’s a bigger, and happier, truth for all women.
- by Julia Baird
Opinion
Crime
Gisele’s 80 rapists were monstrous, but not monsters. They were ordinary men
The victim, however, was extraordinary in her courage. She made her name public so the “shame” would rest with her abusers.
- by Julia Baird
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Cancer
I don’t want to pile on Elle, but if I’d ignored the doctors I’d be dead
I wish Elle Macpherson good health and a long life. But I do want to protect those with cancer from being told to thumb their noses at doctors.
- by Julia Baird
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US Votes 2024
I jumped up and down when I heard Michelle Obama utter one amazing word
I am not getting dewy-eyed here, but I see signs that Americans – across the political divide – are reviving a graciousness that had lain dormant.
- by Julia Baird
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Defamation
What I wish Linda Reynolds would say, instead of suing Brittany Higgins
It seems that sometimes the most important question is so often forgotten: what is the most decent thing to do?
- by Julia Baird
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US Votes 2024
So Kamala is the ‘childless cat lady’? White male power plays its hateful gender card
Brace for more attacks on Kamala Harris as the hounds of misinformation, juiced on the steroids of misogyny and racism, are unleashed.
- by Julia Baird
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Gender equality
Don’t jeer at cheerleaders until you’ve watched this show
A Netflix documentary series forces many of us – including me – to rethink long-held stereotyping of cheerleaders as simply pin-ups of the patriarchy.
- by Julia Baird
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Friendship
There’s no warning when you do something wonderful for the last time, so here’s what I do
If we knew it was the last moment we were talking to someone, or dancing or crying with laughter with someone, surely we’d say something expansive and meaningful.
- by Julia Baird
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Taxis
How’s your Uber rating? Mine came as a shock
Four drivers gave me one star. Four! When it comes to tiny metrics of anonymous condemnation, that’s a caning.
- by Julia Baird
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Archibald Prize
An open letter to Gina Rinehart, from Queen Victoria (who loved her beer)
Women like us are defined more by power than posing. We work hard, we shoulder immense duties, we bellow in the ears of prime ministers.
- by Julia Baird
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