QAnon is a far-right conspiracy movement, which revolves around false claims made by anonymous individuals, much of it online. In this edited excerpt of her new book ‘QAnon and On’ Van Badham...
The NDIS is letting women with disabilities down
You’d think that the National Disability Insurance (NDIS) scheme would be equally as accessible to men and women. But our new research suggests this isn’t the case. Only 37% of participants in the...
Systemic pressures keep Joey ‘dirt poor’ and homeless
Joey King, a community services professional and student living with mental illness, details the systemic pressures that keep her ‘dirt poor’ and homeless. I googled the term “dirt poor”. I know it...
Is a world without men a dystopia or a utopia?
It is a remarkable coincidence that both New Zealand black comedy Creamerie and American post-apocalyptic drama Y: The Last Man have arrived on our screens in the middle of a global pandemic. Both...
No women involved? You can count me out.
My great Auntie Rita grew up in an Australia where being Aboriginal, with dark features, saw her dismissed, degraded, and all but shut out of society. My beloved late Aunt told me that growing up in...
How and why women become homeless
Coming Home is a narrative and political podcast about women’s homelessness, made in conjunction with Juno, a women's homelessness service. It tells the story of three women from Melbourne’s...
I’ve suffered gender discrimination. Now I fight it.
Picture this: a young mother, struggling across the road with a cumbersome contraption that appears to be two cheap strollers screwed together. A pair of male police officers watch her, amused. They...
A ban on NDAs would rob women of choice
In recent negotiations on behalf of a woman who was sexually harassed at work, I found myself in an unusual position. My client sought an NDA (non-disclosure agreement). They generally prohibit all...
Why advertising still embraces ‘Mad Men’, not 2021
Did you see BroadAgenda editor Ginger Gorman’s recent tweet about meal kit company Hello Fresh’s gendered adverts? Hi @HelloFreshAU is there a reason the woman is always cooking in your ads and her...