From benders and slacking to Type A box-ticking:A Perth writer’s re-organisation

From benders and slacking to Type A box-ticking:A Perth writer’s re-organisation

Life and art collide in WAtoday’s multiple award-winning journalist Emma Young’s Bridget Jones-ish comic novel The Disorganisation of Celia Stone.

  • byMark Naglazas

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Wendy Harmer on the price of being a trailblazer in a man’s world

Wendy Harmer on the price of being a trailblazer in a man’s world

Even when she became the most powerful woman in Australian radio,Wendy Harmer was still “putting up” with men behaving badly around her.

  • byAndrew Hornery
‘It hit me with a thud’:The moment Jessica Rudd realised how naive she’d been

‘It hit me with a thud’:The moment Jessica Rudd realised how naive she’d been

Jessica Rudd admits she led a life of privilege until she had children,when she realised how the inequality built into the childcare system hurt working women

  • byJordan Baker
Brilliant Bombe machine operator was Bletchley Park codebreaker:

Brilliant Bombe machine operator was Bletchley Park codebreaker:

Margaret Betts volunteered for the Wrens in early 1943. “They had the best uniform.”

Why an Afghan teenager’s underground book club needs Australia’s help

Why an Afghan teenager’s underground book club needs Australia’s help

As women’s rights have been wound back,one teenager and her friends have found a way to study.

  • byGarry Maddox
Jeremy was 16 and depressed. A psychiatrist offered therapy to suppress his attraction to boys

Jeremy was 16 and depressed. A psychiatrist offered therapy to suppress his attraction to boys

The NSW government is moving to ban conversion practices. What does it mean for LGBTQ people,religious groups and healthcare providers?

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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As a lifelong feminist,being a stay-at-home girlfriend sounds pretty good

As a lifelong feminist,being a stay-at-home girlfriend sounds pretty good

Girls are told they can be and do anything they want to. Instead of blindly believing it,we should be taking a step back and asking what’s in it for us.

  • byKaty Hall
Young men feel under siege – and it’s driving them to dark places

Young men feel under siege – and it’s driving them to dark places

When I first turned up at university,I was confronted by two bracing pieces of graffiti:“All Men are Rapists” and “Women Walk. Men Stalk”. Anger was my first impulse.

  • byMichael Bachelard
Gay conversion law would ban suppression of gender identity
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Gay conversion law would ban suppression of gender identity

The NSW government’s plans to ban gay conversion practices will be extended to include making it illegal to change or suppress a person identifying as trans or gender diverse.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
From Barbie to Taylor Swift – why are men so afraid of girls?
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From Barbie to Taylor Swift – why are men so afraid of girls?

We are experiencing a great flowering of Girl Culture. Why is it so hard for some men to celebrate?

  • byJacqueline Maley
How Barbie and Oppenheimer created a cultural phenomenon
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How Barbie and Oppenheimer created a cultural phenomenon

Barbenheimer has created more than just Dream Land and an ‘atomic’ explosion. Can Barbie be a feminist? Was Oppenheimer conflicted? Explore our stories.

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