News & Views

Surprising backer joins marriage equality cause

The Victorian branch of the Country Women's Association has become the latest high-profile group to throw its support behind marriage equality.

International students 'silent' victims of assault and harassment

It was 3am when Sabeena Mozaffar started getting Facebook messages from a fellow student offering to pay her for sexual favours.

A foreign student at UNSW has reported sexual harassment from a fellow student.

Oklahoma legislature passes bill making it a felony to perform abortions

According to the measure, a person who performs or induces an abortion will be punished with between one and three years in the state penitentiary.

A person who performs an abortion will be punished with between one and three years in the state penitentiary.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

The irony of silencing feminists for speaking out about rape culture

"This is the twisted, inescapable nature of rape culture... It reinforces the need to stay silent in order to preserve yourself," writes Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen.

Dom Knight

I'm disorganised, and I deserve your pity

"Nothing good happens to unpaid parking tickets, or cars that haven't been serviced, or teeth that haven't seen a dentist," writes Dom Knight.

Patrick Lenton

Two young guys hanging out on a bridge in the city.

Why I’m uncomfortable with male friendship

Patrick Lenton explains why he has always felt a kind of quivering caution around men.

Facebook fat-shaming

The "offending" image of model Tess Holliday.

Facebook rejected a feminist group's body positive ...

The image they used of plus-size model Tess Holliday was deemed "undesirable" and would apparently make viewers "feel bad about themselves."

Trans issues

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said President Obama was involved and consulted throughout the process.

White House deflects backlash over inclusive ...

The guidance requires schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom or locker room of their chosen gender.

Empowered emojis

Google's new emojis show women doing things other than leisure activities and being princesses.

Google proposes new emojis showing women doing more ...

When it comes to emojis, women can be brides or princesses, paint their fingernails, get a haircut and go dancing in a red dress. Google has heard your complaints about the tired stereotype and has announced a plan to fix it.