Reader,I bought them:The Aussies helping reel in literature’s ‘great white whales’

Reader,I bought them:The Aussies helping reel in literature’s ‘great white whales’

Many of our state libraries’ historic collections are stacked towards male writers. Two Melbourne women are determined to correct that imbalance.

  • byMelissa Fyfe

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Her dad was killed,but that’s not what stops this Bhutto from entering politics

Her dad was killed,but that’s not what stops this Bhutto from entering politics

Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto discusses her life after her father’s death,why women bear the brunt of climate change,and her resolve to never enter politics.

  • byBenjamin Law
Why some young men idolise Andrew Tate,and young women are disgusted
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Why some young men idolise Andrew Tate,and young women are disgusted

The social media influencer,former kickboxer and alleged human trafficker was searched more on Google than Kim Kardashian one month last year.

  • byJewel Topsfield andLachlan Abbott
‘No more nymphs’:Fifty pioneering women who deserve their own statues

‘No more nymphs’:Fifty pioneering women who deserve their own statues

Alison Harcourt changed the fundamental computation of logistics around the world and reduced the donkey vote in our electoral system. Would we know more about her achievements if she was a bloke?

  • byJewel Topsfield
How you feel about Princess Diana says a lot about you

How you feel about Princess Diana says a lot about you

Too emotional,too dumb... but now the narrative around the People’s Princess is changing as the world catches up to what she went through.

  • bySamantha Selinger-Morris
Uncomfortable conversations? No problem. Chatting with punk feminist Amy Taylor

Uncomfortable conversations? No problem. Chatting with punk feminist Amy Taylor

On this episode of Good Weekend Talks,the Amyl and The Sniffers lead singer talks about meeting the PM,music-industry sexism – and men who care.

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The Liberals’ rejection of quotas is self-sabotage on an epic scale

The Liberals’ rejection of quotas is self-sabotage on an epic scale

The Liberals will use the same toothless buzzwords - “targets and talent pipelines” - to distract themselves from the ever-widening divide between the party and the values of modern Australia.

  • byJacqueline Maley
The original riot grrrls return to Australia,just as we need them most

The original riot grrrls return to Australia,just as we need them most

Feminist punk icon and Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna still has plenty to say. Gropers be warned.

  • byJo Roberts
At 91,my mother refuses to behave as others think old ladies should

At 91,my mother refuses to behave as others think old ladies should

She does not have a cowardly bone in her body,and what a gift that has been,particularly for her daughters.

  • byJane Caro
Writer Charmian Clift,her biographer and one surprising,Aussie-linked Greek island

Writer Charmian Clift,her biographer and one surprising,Aussie-linked Greek island

In 1954,when Australian writer Charmian Clift swapped her London life to live on Kalymnos,she discovered an intriguing culture that remains,decades on.

  • byNadia Wheatley
‘She was absolutely right’:Actor Virginia Gay on her mother’s valuable advice

‘She was absolutely right’:Actor Virginia Gay on her mother’s valuable advice

The actor,writer and director discusses what her mother taught her,dealing with cancelled shows in lockdown,and learning to love her “phenomenal” body.

  • byBenjamin Law