What is Roe v Wade,and what happens if it is overturned?
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What is Roe v Wade,and what happens if it is overturned?

What was this famous US court decision – and what would happen if it were overturned?

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The great equaliser:Wendy McCarthy on a life of championing fairness

The great equaliser:Wendy McCarthy on a life of championing fairness

For more than half a century,Wendy McCarthy has been an advocate,activist and feminist legend – and she’s not finished yet.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Wendy McCarthy on good fights,bad knees and taking serious risks

Wendy McCarthy on good fights,bad knees and taking serious risks

The trailblazing feminist discusses life after a long marriage,the importance of funerals – and dancing to Daddy Cool at her 80th.

  • byBenjamin Law
‘Trauma is a beast’:Grace Tame,Rosie Batty open up about struggles

‘Trauma is a beast’:Grace Tame,Rosie Batty open up about struggles

Grace Tame cautioned feminists against tearing other women down and the use of inaccessible language while Rosie Batty spoke of her battle to overcome trauma.

  • byMatthew Knott
Enough is enough:the political left’s misogynistic attacks must end
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Enough is enough:the political left’s misogynistic attacks must end

If leaders on the left won’t call out misogyny and abuse perpetrated by their side of politics,does the left really support women or are they just playing politics?

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Grace Tame,TikTok and the emergence of feminism’s Fourth Wave

Grace Tame,TikTok and the emergence of feminism’s Fourth Wave

When activist Grace Tame was scolded by the Prime Minister’s wife for her lack of manners,it highlighted a generational divide over the unapologetic and frank approach of a new breed of feminists.

  • byJacqueline Maley
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Misplaced female solidarity and the tricky fight against sexism

Misplaced female solidarity and the tricky fight against sexism

Why paint women as passive in order to have a public conversation about the social pressures placed upon them to appease the male ego?

  • byDiana Reid
A spectacle worth seeing:celebrating the vitality of women artists
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A spectacle worth seeing:celebrating the vitality of women artists

The National Gallery’s Know My Name 2 is full of strong works by Australian women artists and clever juxtapositions. But for tougher stuff,try Anne Marsh’s book on feminist art.

  • byJohn McDonald
Beauty,shame and preventative Botox:when self-improvement veers from love to loathing

Beauty,shame and preventative Botox:when self-improvement veers from love to loathing

Women in their 20s are told nothing is more beautiful than confidence. Yet friends of mine have already started undergoing cosmetic procedures. This is not entirely surprising.

  • byDiana Reid
‘Out with man haters’:Young angry men lead new political cry in South Korea

‘Out with man haters’:Young angry men lead new political cry in South Korea

After the nation’s slow gains in women’s rights,a backlash has seen young men become increasingly vocal about their anger towards feminists.

  • byChoe Sang-Hun
Honouring the rage of Black feminist pioneer bell hooks
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Honouring the rage of Black feminist pioneer bell hooks

When the pioneering American feminist wrote of rage,she not only gave us permission as Black women to feel ours,she reminded us that it was central to our emancipation.

  • byChelsea Watego