Earlier this year,a global study found one generation of men more than any other thinks feminism has gone too far. That generation,I’m uncomfortable to say,is mine.
Just as female athletes are transcending stereotypes,their agency is being stripped by former female athletes applying the very paternalistic lens they themselves sought to escape.
The feminist and teacher was also influential as an author,editor and creative industries leader,changing the lives of young women through education and careers and bringing attention to women’s literary history.
Living in Melbourne and working in hospitality,one cultural difference with France was immediately apparent:men’s behaviour towards women.
The best-selling children’s book author is revising his Weirdo audiobooks to remove a “prettiest girls” list. “I was ranked low on a list and it affected me for years,” he says.
“At 60,I didn’t have time to waste waiting for an uncertain future to reveal itself. I had to make my own future.”
Blame for the abysmal failure of Clementine Ford,Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes’ event shouldn’t be placed solely on the male comedian now being dragged online.
The event featuring Clementine Ford,Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes was billed as a feminist forum about love and relationships. It quickly went off the rails.
The 85-year-old Australian feminist gave an interview to the British-American broadcaster from her aged care home in Victoria.
Let’s call it Feminist Freedom Day – a day when we can discuss what women really want.
Celebrating 50 years since the Elsie women’s refuge,Anne Summers recalls the first months of the service which gave Sydney women leaving abusive partners a place to go.