4+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1405+ words) Everybody remembers when they first saw Chrissy Amphlett. When she first entered my consciousness, it was already after her tragic passing in 2013: I remember watching the now-defunct Max TV channel airing Divinyls music videos " Chrissy's band for those unaware " Amphlett…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (549+ words) There is a quiet, almost invisible burden that millions of women carry every month. It could be classified as the mere inconvenience of a period, or simply the pain accompanying it, but in truth, the burden encompasses a more the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (457+ words) The piece was published in the "Analysis" category, suggesting the editors considered it, on a balance, more objective fact than subjective opinion. This is an interesting choice considering the lack of substance and analysis behind the author"s assertions." If…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (635+ words) I was lucky enough to sit down with Vella and producer Chloe Rickard and discuss the creative choices behind He Had it Coming. We talked casting, process, internet culture, and everything in-between. Ella Ruddle: I noticed the creative team was…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (354+ words) In June, La Trobe University investigated this online trend. The study used a hypothetical Tik Tok account of an 18-year-old female living in Australia before the algorithm personalised content. Three professionals with backgrounds in public and reproductive health reviewed 100 videos…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (566+ words) I grew up in a matriarchy. An all-white, all-conservative matriarchy. I have one mother, one grandmother, and no male role models. I don't have a father, my one grandfather is long dead, and none of my uncles were around enough…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1257+ words) Trophy Boys maintains its dynamic energy as it continues to uncover the hypocrisy behind self-declared progressive yet hypocritical men. Trophy Boys: Uncovering the hypocrisy behind "progressive" men Many powerful men in Australian society are educated, groomed, and conditioned by the…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago  (867+ words) Strip away the slogans about personal choice and self-expression, and a quieter reality appears: every impulse already bears the watermark of the culture that produced it. To live in society is to be drafted into a lifelong apprenticeship of imitation....

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (997+ words) But what if a bomb drops on your head right now? Radical Feminism is dogshit because it asks the questions it deigns no-one else dares to, when the reality is that no-one else is asking these questions because they're fucking…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1470+ words) Why should I have to put up with a middle-class feminist asking me why I didn't "do anything " scrub toilets, even?' than become a stripper? What's so liberating about cleaning up other people's shit?" - Nickie Roberts We Fight With Sex…...