Women
Gillard’s “misogyny speech” ― one month on

A month after Gillard’s now famous “misogyny speech”, Bec Zajac reflects on why the speech ...  
Sub-tropical Fascism (Part 2): Media  insecurity

In the second of a six part series on Australian fascism by Dr George Venturini, he looks at ...  
Signalling molecule fertile ground for controlling cancer

An important discovery at Melbourne’s Prince Henry’s Institute may point the way towards ...  
Standing up against chauvinism

Misogyny and chauvinism is alive and well in Australia, and this week Wayne Brooks saw it at its ...  
Politicians pushing down the poor

The Prime Minister cutting single parent benefits on the same day as her famous feminist inspired ...  
Of men and human nature

With claims of misogyny and sexism circling powerful men in our society, the image of men is at an ...  
The contexts of Julia Gillard's speech

So you want context to Julia Gillard's speech last week? Well, I’ll give you contexts – ...  
The ‘real’ Julia revealed

The ‘real Julia’ stood up for herself and for all women on Tuesday, and revealed the ‘real ...  
Julia Gillard breaks through

Something amazing happened on Tuesday — a brave but grieving prime minister stood up for ...  
Hiding behind Margie's skirts

Margie Abbott was wheeled out over the weekend to boost her husband's political ambitions ― but ...  
Conservatives crying crocodile tears

Why is it that conservatives cry out 'stop attacking me' when people begin to question their views ...  
Margie Abbott and Sensitive Tony

Margie Abbott has received saturation press by defending her husband, “sensitive” Tony, but ...  
Jill Meagher and Alan Jones

Some men feel that they have the right to rob us not only of our innocence and our right to feel ...  
Alan Jones and the Oedipussy Complex

Alan Jones' hatred for women would seem to be pathological and Oedipal in origin, writes contri ...  
Tony Abbott and the 'Handbag Hit Squad'

Tony Abbott has a problem with women, says Peter Wicks, but the way to fix it is not to to get ...  
Abbott's Utopia

If Tony Abbott won’t front a press conference and answer every question journalists can throw at ...  
Destroying the Jones

Distinguished Australian actress Nancy Cato takes Alan Jones to task over his latest misogynist ...  
Sex and the singular Gurley Brown

By Tess Lawrence Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence, the first female feature writer on ...