Here are two recent examples of the narrative being twisted to suit the feminist agenda, one in the sphere of domestic politics and one in international sport. The toxic, so-called bullying environment in Australian Parliament—which is no doubt bad for all members—is being hyped as a key reason why women don’t go it to politics. […]
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MAKE GOOD ART (with your clothes on)
October 5, 2013 
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So what did you think of Sinead O’Connor’s letter to Miley Cyrus? Following Cyrus’ claim that her now famous nude-on-a-wrecking-ball video clip was inspired by O’Connor’s hit 80s song ‘Nothing Compares,’ O’Connor hit out at Cyrus, basically imploring her to stop prostituting herself. ‘Nothing but harm will come in the long run, from allowing yourself […]
Continue readingThrough the rose-coloured looking glass
July 9, 2013 1 Comment
Anne Summers, in her new online magazine Anne Summers Reports, is very proud to have conducted Julia Gillard’s last major interview and clearly still very angry over how appallingly our recently ousted Prime Minister was treated by ‘so many in this country’. But before I come to the content of the interview, I will say […]
Continue readingAll sexism is offensive but not all that is offensive is sexism.
June 18, 2013 Comments Off on All sexism is offensive but not all that is offensive is sexism.
You will often hear uttered, from women who don’t subscribe to the whole feminism package but who nevertheless wish to add their voice to the gender equality debate, that well known phrase ‘I’m not a feminist, but…’ You are less likely to hear, however, the phrase ‘I am a feminist, but…’ This is because the […]
Continue readingBugger Off, Feminist Movement.
February 22, 2013 2 Comments
Yesterday I read on Daily Life a transcript of an interview between regular contributor Clementine Ford and feminist stalwart Anne Summers. During this interview, Summers laments the fact that only 38 per cent of educated Gen X women are in full-time jobs compared to 90 per cent of educated Gen X men. Why aren’t more […]
Continue readingJust One Thing (in consideration of laziness)
February 21, 2013 Comments Off on Just One Thing (in consideration of laziness)
Many moons ago, well shy of my adolescence, I became inflicted with a malicious virus — called laziness. I’m not sure how it happened, but I’m pretty sure it was born of rebellion. My mother was a great home maker and lived by that smug mantra ‘a place for everything and everything in its place’. […]
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The Bowditch Pitch 
We are how we dress
My husband refuses to wear ties to work. Funerals, occasionally, but never work. And fair enough. Why should he conform to the homogeneity of the corporate world? Sure, he runs his own business and has no one to answer to, but still; he’s taking a stand and I applaud him. Men without ties look great, […]
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