Content notification: This story discusses sexual violence and trauma. Whoever said the personal is political was not kidding. The experiences of Brittany Higgins are a striking example. As her...
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Parliament House sex assault survivor calls for redress scheme
Wednesday marks a year since Sex Commissioner Kate Jenkins’s Set the Standard report was published. The report described people’s experiences of bullying, sexual harassment, and sexual assault in...
Why I will march: a survivor’s story…
In 2013, I was in an abusive relationship. After months of gaslighting, isolation, aggression, and infidelity; being told I was crazy and demanding, I sat shaking on my couch with a positive...
Crying out for the end of patriarchy
Sometime the vodka goes down too smooth. Then again, it's just an accompaniment to the main course of dope, speed and coke.Of course there is a formula to the ingredients, crucially there is...
Pressing for Freedom: Letters from the Field Part 2
To give up is unthinkablePia Ranada Hi, I am Pia Ranada, a reporter for Rappler, a news website based in Manila. For almost two years now, I’ve been covering Malacañang and President Rodrigo...
Pressing for Freedom: Letters from the Field Part 1
IntroductionNicole CuratoThere is no need to be alarmist, but we are in trouble. We are in trouble because press freedom in Southeast Asia is on the decline. A political commentator was shot dead in...