Feminism
These women were extraordinary. So how did we forget about them?
They were saints and scholars, radicals and trailblazers. Finally, their stories are being told.
- by Emily Maguire
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France’s horrifying rape trial has a feminist hero
Many call her “Gisele” as if they know her personally. In her chic image, they see themselves, their mothers, their grandmothers.
- by Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
Demi Moore on the male gaze, the beauty myth, and the horrors of latex
The Substance stars Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley share their thoughts on the body horror film, and why they don’t necessarily agree with its director.
- by Karl Quinn
Opinion
Opinion
I’ve never sent a naked selfie. There’s no shame in a little shame
That we use “prude” as a derogatory term should show us the implicit pressure we put on others to embrace nudity and sexuality.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Chained to a Brisbane bar, Merle made her mark. Now a statue is promised
Thornton and friend Rosalie Bogner famously chained themselves to the Regatta Hotel bar in a 1965 protest. The state has vowed to memorialise her with a statue.
- by William Davis and Matt Dennien
Opinion
US Votes 2024
They called him ‘Tampon Tim’ as an insult. It backfired
Positive political role models like Tim Walz are important. He shows young men that they have nothing to fear by giving things to women – be they tampons or just some basic respect.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Roxane Gay: ‘Men don’t hold each other accountable’
“They don’t call each other out when they hear friends making degrading remarks,” says the author of Bad Feminist.
- by Robyn Doreian
Charming, awkward: This pop star’s joy is infectious
Girl In Red made her Australian debut in 2023 – and this year returns to play a venue seven times the size.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Sonia Nair
Single, lonely, eccentric: reclaiming the ‘sexist’ cat lady stereotype
Music megastar Taylor Swift is the “the poster girl for cat ladies”. So why does the trope persist as shorthand for a single, lonely, eccentric, sexless woman?
- by Cara Waters
Opinion
Sexism
Gen Z men have a problem with feminism. We need to talk about why
Earlier this year, a global study found one generation of men more than any other thinks feminism has gone too far. That generation, I’m uncomfortable to say, is mine.
- by Daniel Cash
Opinion
Paris 2024
Sorry, but rugby players posing in lingerie in 2024 is not ‘regressive’
Just as female athletes are transcending stereotypes, their agency is being stripped by former female athletes applying the very paternalistic lens they themselves sought to escape.
- by Emma Kemp
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