Ed's Blog It’s a million degrees and I’ve never been more incensed by shirtless men Amid the escalation of climate change and ongoing heat waves, there’s an injustice of society’s expectation on women to cover up.
News & Views The price Dee Madigan paid for fighting back against dangerous online attacks A man was waiting for Dee Madigan to be walking on her own, late at night, on a dark, empty street, secretly filming her.
Women's Health News Advocates demand action on shocking rates of sexual assault at university Advocates are demanding urgent action on sexual assault ahead of the government’s response to the Universities Accord Interim Report.
News & Views ‘I started walking the long way’: Many young women first experience street harassment in their school uniforms While schools were often sites of harm for our participants, uniform should not be seen as a “normal” part of growing up.
News & Views Most victims of islamophobia in Australia are women and bystanders are failing to show support There’s a gendered nature to islamophobia, and bystanders don’t seem to be intervening to support victims, according to a new report.
News & Views ‘Be kind’ motto means little to former employees at The Ellen DeGeneres Show Allegations of a toxic workplace culture, harassment, racism, and intimidation have circled around long-running daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
News & Views 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence The latest yearly report on the well-being of Australian principals provides a sobering picture of harassment, violence, burnout and mental-health concerns.
News & Views Tarana Burke: What happens after a person says ‘me too’ is fundamental Back in 2006 Tarana Burke, a civil rights activist from Brooklyn, began using the phrase ‘me too’ on social media. She talks privilege, healing & what needs to come next.
News & Views Weren’t the criminal charges John Setka’s pleading guilty to ‘inconsistent’ with Labor’s values? After reports of John Setka’s allegedly disparaging remarks about Rosie Batty Labor proposed expelling him. Why weren’t the criminal charges enough?
News & Views The shock of being abused by a stranger on the street Georgie Dent was with her kids when a man leaned out his car window & screamed “F&*(ING SLUTS!” While shocking this harassment is commonplace.
News & Views Tayla Harris hits back at trolls: ‘What are these people doing behind closed doors?’ In an interview Tayla Harris gave on radio with RSN Breakfast on Wednesday morning she said there needs to be consequences for the trolls.
News & Views Toxic is the 2018 word of the year: Please, let’s do better? The Oxford Dictionary have picked toxic as the word of the year in 2018, applicable as it is to masculinity, politics, waste, culture, relationships.