Review: Anna Krien’s Night Games
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...
Category: Feminism
Director Kitty Green on “Ukraine is Not a Brothel”
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 –...
A Legal Third Sex? Norrie’s Win in Australia
International media are abuzz with the recent news out of Australia, where Scottish-Australian Norrie sued for the right to select “non-specific” as a sex option on her (Norrie’s been...
Why Don’t Men Watch Call the Midwife?
Call the Midwife is BACK! Viewers of PBS in the United States are just starting the third series of this show, which is growing on viewers in a major way. And while the programme revolves around the...
Revisting Veronica Mars
A long time ago, we used to be friends...and I can’t wait to see you again. This Friday, the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated Veronica Mars movie comes out, and fans everywhere are already...
Ban Bossy: What’s Wrong With Bossy?
Sheryl Sandberg, Condoleeza Rice, and the Girl Scouts have joined together in a campaign to ‘ban bossy,’ and they’ve been joined by a growing number of other high-powered women and women’s...
Review: Anne Summers’ Stella-nominated The Misogyny Factor
The longlist for the second Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing was announced a couple of weeks ago, and it’s a rather interesting selection, featuring only 5 novels alongside a short...
Gays Not Welcome: America’s New Wave of “Religious Freedom” Laws
If Arizona legislators have their way, business owners will soon be able to deny services to people on the grounds that they’re wearing mixed fibers—a Biblical no-no—along with others who...
What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Coming Out Genderqueer
I’ve always been a staunch defender of celebs like Anderson Cooper who for most of his career refused to confirm his homosexuality. To me, speculation as to whether Cooper was or wasn’t gay...
How Downton Abbey Punishes Women
With almost everything worth watching (with the exception of Brooklyn Nine Nine) on hiatus in the US right now, viewers are even more riveted to Downton Abbey than usual. As Julian Fellowes furthers...