‘Get out of the way, you fat fuck’. These are the words a young bloke yelled at me from his moving car as I walked across a carpark in suburban Canberra. He swerved his car toward me, I assume to...
Category: Commentary
We’re making progress in preventing gender-based violence
On Friday, as around 5,000 people took to the streets of Melbourne for the Walk Against Family Violence, which every year kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, I found...
Taliban’s gender apartheid tightens, suppressing women’s rights,
Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Women. The Taliban’s regime of gender apartheidcontinues to stifle women’s rights and voices. The Australian Government has removed human...
Reflections on heart, head and climate action
I have always been in awe of both the natural world and the human psyche, pondering over how individual self-development can be used to facilitate a shift in the collective response to the climate...
“You can’t judge someone’s health by their appearance”
Fresh from casually dancing and singing with the Bee Gees offstage at the Whitehouse during Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s State visit to the US (true story!), Australian of the Year Taryn...
Yearning for peace and reconciliation
This opinion piece was first published by the Australian Financial Review and is reposted here with permission. Read the original here. As a Jewish Australian, whose professional and personal life...
Changing how we think and talk about our bodies
Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfiit is bringing her message of body positivity to Canberra when she delivers the National Press Club Address on Tuesday 31 October. Admittedly, the speech is five...
Listening to those who’ve been let down by language
The following article is a condensed version of a research paper delivered at the ANU Gender Institute symposium on ‘Understanding Coercive Control’ that explored coercive control from multiple...
Women call out military emissions reporting
A recent online conversation hosted by the Women's Climate Congress (WCC) and attended by more than 100 women from many different countries revealed one of the most disturbing issues we face in the...