Using hate to cover the lack of support struggling mothers receive in a deeply patriarchal and racist society — Oh, how society loves to hate an imperfect woman, and an imperfect mother even more so. If she’s an imperfect mother at the bottom of the socio-economic pile then more hate is considered appropriate. …

Unpacking America’s most polarising reality show to date — It’s been quite the spectacle — American reality TV on an epic scale with Johnny Depp putting on what I hope will be his last great performance of the kind he is so well known. …

Stalking, intimidation, and the two faces of Graham Paterson — Troll. Dictionaries define this modern manifestation of an arsehole as a person who intentionally leaves inflammatory or insulting comments on the internet in order to upset, offend, harass and seek attention. Once upon another time, they were a less tangible thing. In fairytales they were depicted as grotesque and predatory…

Misogyny, American culture, and the endless abuse of women who speak — This is gonna be a bit of reactive writing right here. The kind where you just punch it out on the keyboard with little thought to anything in terms of writing style, grammar, or meeting anyone's publishing guidelines. It’s the kind of ragey writing that is born from the need…

Are they ever too young (or too old) to be seen and recognised as predators? — Content warning: descriptions of rape and sexual assault. Boys My first experience of male predation was at the age of eight at the hands of two boys; twelve and fourteen. They took me to the woods not far from where I lived demanding I show them my vagina. They explored with…

Adam James: convicted yet not constrained — There are a few things you might expect if you’re a domestic violence survivor starting a new life in a reportedly friendly layback country like Australia. Being placed in employment in a small charity owned by a “good Christian man” only to be abused, threatened, harassed, and stalked by that…

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…

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. …