In an electric event held at the ANU last month, some of Australia's best female film makers and experts shone a light on a tough, sexist industry. The battle continues for female film practitioners...
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When women vote, reason trumps rage
A hundred or so years ago, there was a woman called Vida Goldstein. She was an internationally renowned suffragist. She was the first Australian in the oval office. She ran as an independent several...
Online data could be used against people seeking abortions
When the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press, many of us who have been studying privacy for vulnerable individuals came to a troubling...
‘The effects of this toxic industry are everywhere’
Content notification: This post discusses sexual violence and trauma. 'Body Shell Girl' is a memoir in verse about the first two years of a decade that Australian Rose Hunter spent in the sex...
The Mothers’ Milk Tool: Putting a price on breastmilk
Breastfeeding and mothers’ milk is presently not counted in food systems or the economy and should be, argues Dr Julie Smith. She explains the new 'Mothers’ Milk Tool' quantifies the volume of...
Opaque Budget Papers, but here’s the gender scrutiny
The National Foundation for Australian Women is an independent feminist organisation that carries a voice outside of party politics. As we near the Federal election, BroadAgenda's editor Ginger...
The Batty effect: Sharing power with abuse survivors
In this article – which is both personal and research-based – Lisa Wheildon explores the events and social changes that led her to publish a paper about “The Batty Effect” in the journal Violence...
Pregnancy termination is a personal choice
The supreme court ruling to overturn Roe vs Wade in the US has sparked enormous global discussion about women’s bodily autonomy and what should be an indisputable right to decided what happens with...
Why some women oppose gender equality
Anti-feminists, ‘tradwives’, and men’s rights advocates - why some women oppose gender equality (and what to do about it). When we talk about women’s activism, the first thing that comes to mind is...