FEMINISM
A response in support of men who want to address the violence against them
September 6th and 7th saw a much-lauded Women’s Safety Summit in Australia, the purpose of which was to bring together hundreds of survivors, experts and advocates, with a goal to design our nations plan to reduce violence against women and children.
Naturally, as a feminist writer and activist, I tuned…
SHORT FICTION
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, and maybe not even then
It was well past midnight when she found the book; small and black, worn around the edges, and oozing mystery in the way that little black books often do.
She’d opened the box in a fit of pandemic boredom that Netflix could no longer alleviate. She’d already sorted the kitchen…
I know I’ve got a little life in me yet
It hits me as I kneel in my garden, radio beside me, pulling at the weeds in the only place that feels like sanctuary while the world rages silently on the other side of my six-foot fence.
I am a recluse. The pandemic is my cover. …
An undercover dive into the online ghettos of organized extremist misogyny
Men hurt women. It is a fact. It is an epidemic. It is a public health catastrophe. It is normal. ~ Laura Bates.
The above quote from Laura Bates’ book, “Men Who Hate Women; from Incels to Pickup Artists, the truth about extreme misogyny and how it affects us all”…
OPINION
America’s National French Fry Day highlighted just what is wrong with the world
Chips; the humble potato; peeled, sliced, par-boiled and fried in hot oil; an affordable and universally popular food source — among white westerners at least.
Some like their chips with gravy. Others with tomato sauce. Many are…
An undercover dive into the online ghettos of organized extremist misogyny
It was a dark wintery day when I stepped through the gateway into the first lair of online misogynist terrorism — apt considering the task at hand.
I had spent some time preparing; creating a fake male persona; writing up an imaginary profile; making mental checks of my speech. The…
A local story of a global housing crisis
The first thing I noticed as I opened the door was the smell. Dank. Musty with a hint of stale cigarette smoke. It was a small house, barely a bungalow really, set in a little gully, right next to a community garden. I went into the bedroom and stood at…
SATIRE
Look out feminists, there’s a new girl in town!
Hi my name is Becky, I’m privileged and white.
I think that I’m special, I think that I’m right.
I think that I’m perfect and totally woke,
and if you say otherwise, then you’re just a joke.
I’m not like the others, despite what they say,
though I do love spiced lattes; wear ugg boots…
FEMINISM
Is the patriarchy finally crumbling?
I’m really not sure how the term “extinction burst” entered my vocabulary but I found myself recently using it in a discussion around patriarchy and as it left my mouth I had one of those moments when I realised I might actually be on to…
