More than 40 years after Roe v Wade, how is abortion still a taboo subject on television? Most networks dance around it as though they’re afraid the world will collapse if abortion is discussed,...
Everyone’s watching the latest season of Orange is the New Black, but what does that really say about US culture and society? As the thinkpieces roll out, fans fill Twitter, and roundtable...
In Sydney, women’s shelters are days away from being decimated. 15.39 million dollars has been allocated to homelessness services, with only 1.1 million of that going to women’s services. And no,...
In watching Game of Thrones and falling in love with the worldbuilding, the characters, and the stories, there’s one thing that’s inescapable: the misogyny. This is not just a violent, brutal...
I spent all day Saturday participating in the #YesAllWomen tag, which was created in response to the Isla Vista shooting blamed on Elliot Rodgers. I woke up the next morning to discover that my...
The sounds of what I am told is a gun rally pound against the windows of my hotel room in Madison, Wisconsin, as I write. A man’s angry voice, distorted by amplification, and the sounds of a...
In the United States, if you’re a critically ill sex worker, society will leave you to die, as adult performer Eden Alexander has learned over the last few days. After starting a fundraiser to help...
Three weeks ago, over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted from their secondary school in Borno state by the Islamist group, Boko Haram. The girls were taken at gunpoint and forced into the dark...
Allegations of sexual impropriety, abuse and violence have been an increasingly regular part of Australian football culture over the past 10 years. By pointing this out, I don’t suggest that the...
In (coastal) America the line between performance art and pornography has long been walked by a plethora of female provocateurs, from Annie Sprinkle right up to Sasha Grey. So in this sense Femen –...
