Culture
Adult education: Lord of the dance
Benjamin Law It has taken me a while to come to terms with this, but I'm a shithouse dancer. Munted, actually.
Eating solo
I’m not lonely - I’m eating alone to enjoy my own company
Kimberly Lew "Eating by myself has started to feel like a welcome respite, a stretch of time where I don't need to be social."
Q&A; recap: Steve Price's 'hysterical' insult prompts a mic drop from Van Badham
Andrew P Street After Steve Price dismissed a woman as being "hysterical", literally while she was explaining how dismissive attitudes to women feed into a culture of gender-violence, Van Badham delivered the coup de grace.
Pokemon Go
Could Pokemon Go help you find true love?
Clem Bastow "Think about it: you at least already know you've got Pokémon in common, right?", writes Clem Bastow.
The people who hate Beyonce
Andrea Peterson When Beyoncé speaks, people listen. But they don't always agree.
Ben Pobjie
The profile Vanity Fair refused to publish
Ben Pobjie I meet Rich Cohen in Grappler's, a Greco-Roman wrestling-themed delicatessen in Manhattan's upmarket cabanossi district. I don't remember what he was wearing, but it was simple, elegant, skin-tight, possibly mohair.
Understanding Shari'ah
I follow Shari'ah. This is what it really means to me
Asiya Rodrigo With One Nation making its return on a platform of "no sharia law", Asiya Rodrigo thinks it's time Australians found out what Shari'ah is really about for everyday Muslims like her.
Winter IS coming to Game of Thrones ... just not yet
Nick Galvin Filming on season seven of Game of Thrones has been pushed back because the real-world weather is too nice at the moment.
So Sad Today
'I smile a lot in real life': Meet Twitter's confessional queen, Melissa Broder
Nicole Elphick "I felt I needed to have a place where I could say the things that I can't say in daily life. So I started tweeting into the abyss."
RIP The Toast
A salute to the Toast, which was everything that is good about the internet
Alexandra Petri The internet is in mourning. The Toast, beloved source of all things that are good, shuttered July 1.
Frankenfood
I'm not 'hangry' about ethnic fusion food. Just angry.
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen In recent weeks, the internet has imploded with the arrival of the "sushi donut" and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen has had enough.
The Daily Show proves why TV shows deserve dignified deaths
Alyssa Rosenberg Having fought so long to keep our favourite shows alive, we might be better served by learning when to let go.
Home truths
The reality of racism in Australia
Jenna Price "It's about the skin I'm in and no matter what you do, whether you have a PhD, whether you are well-spoken or friendly, you are still always black first."
Clem Bastow
My Facebook memories might be embarrassing, but they show me how far I've come
Clem Bastow "Every morning, I get to open the Itty Bitty Bin of Facebook history and see, in stark relief, just how bad it got," writes Clem Bastow.
Going viral
Watch this UK police officer awesomely interrupt London Pride parade to propose to his boyfriend
Rob Moran "He said yes."
#NoWomanEver
Women are fighting back online and it is glorious
Susanne Legena There is a sense of joyful solidarity to see women taking ownership over the things we've silently put up with for far too long.
Virtual equality
Can robots help solve our gender woes?
Neha Kale "If our machines are simply a projection of us, can we design them to rewrite society's sexist scripts?," asks Neha Kale.
Must-see TV
Why UnReal is my (enjoyable) weekly penance
Hank Stuever Don't mistake this show for a comedy. It never fails to bring out the worst in its characters, who will do just about anything to manufacture sensational TV.
#NoWomanEver
Women on Twitter confirm #NoWomanEver is flattered by harassment
Jenny Noyes Sorry dudes, nobody's buying the excuse that you're paying a woman a 'compliment'.
LGBTI lights
London now has pedestrian traffic lights featuring same-sex couples
Rob Moran "These new signals show that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBTI community, and display the tolerance and celebration of difference in our city," said London's new mayor Sadiq Khan.
Mythbusting film
'Muslim women are not always victims. They're fighters'
Ruby Hamad Filmmakers Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Geeta Ghandbir cut through prevailing stereotypes in their work, and their latest doco about Bangladeshi women peacekeepers is no exception.
Orlando shooting
People are tweeting pictures of #TwoMenKissing and #TwoWomenKissing in defiance of LGBT hate
Rob Moran The hashtags were a direct response to comments from the shooter's father, who told reporters his son had become angry after seeing two men kissing.
Adult education
Benjamin Law: How I'm slowly learning to face my fear of death
Benjamin Law I never thought of myself as a fearful kid, but I now realise my phobias were varied, myriad and batshit insane.
Geek life
An ode to dorkiness
Patrick Lenton "I was definitely a dork at school – I wasn't smart enough to be a nerd, I wasn't hated enough to be a geek," Patrick Lenton writes.
Clem Bastow
The community radio stations that are giving women and LGBT people a voice
Clem Bastow "The Federal Budget's proposed cuts of $1.4m to community radio is a potential cultural catastrophe," writes Clem Bastow.
Rape culture
This woman perfectly corrected that horrible letter from Brock Turner's dad
Rob Moran "I was always excited to buy him a big rib eye steak to grill, but it just wasn’t the same after [he raped an innocent young woman]."
Sex ed
What an STI scare reminded me about 'safe sex'
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen "The right to have upfront conversations about sexual health should be considered as essential as consent," Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen writes.
What will it take for Hollywood to drop famous, dangerous men?
Alyssa Rosenberg The industry has flailed and failed in response to serious allegations against famous men. This is why Depp could be different.
Hobby anxiety
Why women are left hankering for a hobby
Annie Stevens Do you worry that you don't have any interesting adult hobbies away from work?
Why House of Cards needs Claire Underwood
The creator of House of Cards has unravelled the mysteries of the show, including Frank's sexuality and the missed opportunity of Claire.
Clem Bastow
The problem with '#AdultingIsHard' and the internet's self-deprecating trend
Clem Bastow "I dream of a world in which the 'most shareable' content isn't the self-deprecating 'lol my whole life is a mess' stuff, but images of greatness or tales of talent," writes Clem Bastow.
#TryBeatingMeLightly
Women in Pakistan hit back at legislators over bill that would allow husbands to 'lightly beat' their wives
Jenny Noyes Pakistani women are daring men to #TryBeatingMeLightly in response to the proposed bill.
Everyday sheroes
You need to read this story about three women who stepped in to prevent a date rape
Jenny Noyes "Don't roofie someone on our watch."
Literary prize
Four women shortlisted for Australia's premier literary prize
Jason Steger Four women are on the shortlist for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award - and four of the listed writers are new to this stage of the award.
Racist advertising
'Jaw-droppingly racist' Chinese detergent ad provokes global condemnation
Adam Boult The ad has sparked a conversation about racially-charged Chinese beauty standards and the nation's phobia of darker skin.
Great housekeeping
The UK's 'Good Housekeeping' magazine did a study on vibrators and tabloids couldn't handle it
Jenny Noyes Yes, middle aged women still like to get their rocks off. Don't be so alarmed, everyone.
Loser generation
My theory for why we're losing things more often
Jenna Price The more we submit to the demands of connectivity, the less we can pay attention to everything else - including our belongings, writes Jenna Price.
Going viral
This teen's tweet about secretly taking his boyfriend to prom is going viral
Rob Moran "My parents told me I couldn't go to prom because I wanted to go with my boyfriend so I had to go behind their backs."
Patrick Lenton
Why I’m uncomfortable with male friendship
Patrick Lenton Patrick Lenton explains why he has always felt a kind of quivering caution around men.
Facebook fat-shaming
Facebook rejected a feminist group's body positive event ad on 'health and fitness' grounds
Jenny Noyes 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 deflects backlash over inclusive bathroom guidelines for transgender students
Gregory Korte The guidance requires schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom or locker room of their chosen gender.
Empowered emojis
Google proposes new emojis showing women doing more than painting their nails
Karen Workman 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.
College culture
College culture is misogynistic even if it offers some women sexual freedom
Xiaoran Shi Focusing too much on individual experiences numbs us to structural faults larger than ourselves, Xiaoran Shi writes.
Uni students infiltrate massage parlour
Aparna Balakumar Students from Wesley College have apologised after a massage parlour was infiltrated during an initiation activity.
Femmo art
A beginner's guide to the new wave of feminist activist art
Neha Kale Because, as Neha Kale writes, there are few conversations as snooze-inducing as the one that insists great artists are always white, male geniuses.
Airbnb bias
The problem with using the sharing economy as a brown Muslim woman
Zeynab Gamieldien How many Airbnb rejections do I need to go through before I can stop calling it a 'coincidence'?, asks Zeynab Gamieldien.
Storrar can now buy a whiz-bang toaster
Aisha Dow A crowd funding campaign to raise money for Q&A;'s latest social media hero has raised more than $9000.
Stonewall
Obama to name Stonewall as the first LGBTI rights national monument
Juliet Eilperin "We must ensure that we never forget the legacy of Stonewall," NYC politician Jerrold Nadler said.
Comment
Why I refuse to feel sorry for torrenting Game of Thrones
Mark Serrels What Australians are expected to go through to pay for and watch this show is actually insane. It borders on anti-consumer.
Book-loving stars on Instagram: They're the new Oprah
Jocelyn McClurg The hottest Hollywood accessory of the moment is just the right size to fit snugly in a Hermes Birkin bag or a Celine Luggage tote: a book.
Good hair? Don't care
The mission to destroy 'Becky with the good hair' misses Beyonce's radical point
Neha Kale Are Beyonce's furious fans ready to accept her reimagining of female power?
Language
Why Merriam-Webster added 'cisgender', 'genderqueer' and 'Mx.' to the dictionary
Niraj Chokshi The addition of words such as genderqueer lends legitimacy to terms long in use by the LGBT community.
Love prevails
Widowed former senator will remarry at 90, this time to a man
Helena Andrews-Dyer "Too often, our society seeks to label people by pinning them on the wall - straight, gay or in between."
The war on sex: PM axes school sex-ed program
Jill Stark Online resource will replace program using youth educators to deliver sex education in schools and universities.
Why Purple Rain, the movie, matters
Steven Rea Prince made one great rock movie, the semi-autobiographical star-is-born psychodrama 'Purple Rain, released in 1984 in tandem with the album.
Michaelia Cash's message to men
Anna Patty It's time for a "two-way exchange" when it comes to gender and careers, says the Employment Minister.
Trans rights
Target welcomes customers in fitting rooms, bathrooms that correspond with 'gender identity'
Yanan Wang Last August, Target transformed its toy section so that toys were no longer grouped together by gender.
RIP Prince
Prince and Bowie showed there's no one right way to be a man
Alyssa Rosenberg At a time when politics is consumed by gender panic, we've lost two men who had an expansive, almost luxuriant vision of what it meant to be a man.
Splendour 2016
Splendour doesn't want your sexist camper vans
Rob Moran The festival tells prospective campers to "steer clear" of camper vans with sexist slogans.
New US $20 bill will feature civil rights activist Harriet Tubman
Megan Cassella Civil rights activist and one-time slave Harriet Tubman will replace slave-holding former President Andrew Jackson on the $US 20 bill, becoming the first African-American woman to be featured on the face of US paper currency in more than a century.
