Feminism

Arts & Culture

‘The Man’: Taylor’s feminism could go so much further

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Man’ promotes the idea of women being given the same standards as men, we should instead focus on not making ‘alpha male’ the standard

Arts & Culture

A doll is just a doll is just a doll

The new Barbie movie has renewed discussion about the message she sends and feminism – but it’s really just the fallacy of plastic role models

Arts & Culture

Provocative women in cinema

The cliché of the ‘sensitive’ woman filmmaker ignores the long history of confronting female-directed movies

Sciences & Technology

Challenging the climate of bias

Although there’s still inequality in STEMM, the largest ever all-woman expedition to Antarctica is working to challenge the future

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

Sex and the remake

A new book explores the fraught process of taking on a TV or film remake, and why updating attitudes to sex may not always work

Arts & Culture

The human animal: Breastfeeding in public

A new production puts the quiet, intimate act of breastfeeding on stage, and asks us to consider what it means to be an ecofeminist mother to a girl in the 21st century

Arts & Culture

Nanette, self-deprecation and when not to use it

Hannah Gadsby has shone a light on the dark side of Australians’ fondness for self-deprecation

Sciences & Technology

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Podcast

How does gender diversity improve science?

Men continue to outnumber women in science, technology, engineering and maths professions; what has been the effect of this predominantly male lens?

Sciences & Technology

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Podcast

Smashing through science’s glass ceiling

From a schoolgirl who studied science to meet boys, Professor Frances Separovic became the first female chemistry professor in Victoria. Now she champions young women in science

Sciences & Technology

Your grandchildren may retire before we have gender equality in science

The gender gap for women working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) is likely to persist for generations, unless we take proactive steps