Opinion

Linda Tirado had to travel to Ohio to have an abortion.

Why Ohio's 'fetal heartbeat' anti-abortion bill should have us all worried

COMMENT
Linda Tirado

A young girl creating art on the concrete ground.

If gender theory is a 'bogeyman', it's one we should all embrace

Senthorun Raj

Regularly subjected to media abuse: Samantha Armytage.

It's time we called out Daily Mail's treatment of Sam Armytage for what it is

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Journalists and editors have a responsibility to the victims of crime and to the public.

10 news headlines that needed to be fixed in 2016

Jane Gilmore

Actress Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb in 2013.

The lawsuit by Sofia Vergara's frozen embryos is an attack on reproductive rights

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Ford is right that more men should endeavour to understand what it's like to be a woman, but will penetrative sex do that?

Should all men be penetrated? Not for the reasons given by Tom Ford

Clementine Ford

Lighten your load with the Four-Gift Christmas Challenge.

Want to reclaim your sanity at Christmas? Implement the 'four gift' rule

Jenna Price

Ultimo tango a Parigi Year: 1972 Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Marlon Brando Maria Schneider

Male 'genius' directors must not ruin a woman's life for art's sake

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

To make things truly accessible is not about ticking off a checklist, it is about listening and adapting.

Accessibility is not a blue wheelchair logo, it is an attitude

Josephine Maguire-Rosier

Brandon Cook's story

Why I'm so lucky to be living as a gay man in this era

Brandon Cook

Ian "Dicko" Dickson with Timmy "Djawa" Burarrwanga in East Arnhem Land.

First Contact was a ratings opportunity - and a bonanza for bigots

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

Miranda Kerr on the cover of <i>Dolly</i> magazine.

It was the teenage bible we not only loved but also needed

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

"White men are so keen on eroding the collective power of working class men in Australia that we just had a bizarre ...

White, working class men have nothing to fear but other white men

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

"Truth be told, I'd be afraid to use a mobility scooter in public."

Judging someone who can walk for using a wheelchair or scooter? Stop that

Naomi Chainey

Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham as Rory and Lorelai in Gilmore Girls.

As a teen, I saw myself in Rory. Now I strive to be like Lorelai

Alana Saltz

Former reality star Tila Tequila, right, giving a Nazi salute at an alt-right conference in Washington DC.

Why the term 'alt-right' should not be legitimised

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

Tyrone Unsworth, 13, who took his own life after being bullied.

The tragic death of Tyrone Unsworth is the reason why we need Safe Schools

Brandon Cook

Tolerant image: Burj Khalifa in the middle in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The country where women can be punished for reporting rape

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Taryn Brumfitt

The question from my seven-year-old daughter that shook me

Taryn Brumfitt

When it comes to abortion, women still face stigma on multiple fronts.

Women don't need Pope Francis' forgiveness for having abortions

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey

Ruby Hamad.

I am one of Peter Dutton's migration 'mistakes'

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

A couple of disagreements is no bar to happiness for Dallas Baird and Lucinda Crossley Meates, pictured on their wedding ...

What my bipartisan marriage can teach us about living in harmony

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Dallas Baird

Let's get talking about our genitals, no matter what they are known as

Let's banish prudishness and start talking about our boxes

COMMENT
Cat Rodie

"It's easy to wear a white ribbon when you assume that violence is something that other men do."

We need to quit the 'white saviour' mentality

COMMENT
Alex McKinnon

St Paul's College at Sydney University.

Sexual assault is a campus, not just a college, problem

COMMENT
Mary Ward

Ivan Trump.

To understand the Trump presidency, we must decipher Ivanka

Monica Hesse

"Everything in India just seems more. Louder. Brighter. Busier." And more unequal, writes Ruby Hamad. Here, West ...

What a trip to India taught me about my own privilege

Ruby Hamad

The diet industry, and society at large, is trying to force us to be all one shape and size.

Trying to lose weight made me sick, miserable and fed up

Belinda Marsh

Indonesian stand-up comedian Sakdiyah Ma'ruf will be the star speaker at the Sesquicentennial Inaugural Chaser Lecture ...

Why the stereotype of the oppressed Muslim woman helps no one

Sakdiyah Ma'ruf

The White House is going to party like it's 1986: Donald Trump and ex wife Ivana.

Trump's golden reign of glamour, big hair and gold plating has begun

SATIRE
Ben Pobjie

Steve Price and Jamila Rizvi duelling on The Project after the US election.

Clementine Ford: A message to Steve Price and his supporters

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

The safety pin movement is gaining momentum in the days following the US election.

Why wearing a safety pin is a meaningless act of solidarity

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Could the male "feminist" be doing more harm than good?

Excuse me, Mr Feminist, but don't block my way

COMMENT
Jane Caro

Cosplayers can often be the victims of unwanted attention when attending conventions.

Bum pinchers and booth babes: the battle that's still not won

Clem Bastow

Markets have rallied on US President-elect Donald Trump's promise to spend millions in infrastructure.

It is not society failing women, it is whiteness

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking in New York where she conceded to Donald Trump.

How appalling sexual conduct didn't hurt Trump at polls

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Clair Sheehan takes part in a protest against the election of President-elect Donald Trump in Seattle.

There are dark days ahead and the fight has just begun

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

A Democrat wearing a 'Make America Great Again' hat and her friend dressed as Wonder Woman were celebating when Hillary ...

What does President Trump mean for feminists?

COMMENT
Jill Filipovic

It remains unclear how Trump will act on his promise to jail Hillary Clinton.

Hillary once again shows us how women can endure pain

COMMENT
Susan Chira

Women are pushing back against the 'boys will be boys' culture.

There is a new era of girls being girls, and boys better watch out

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

No election like it: Divisive presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

This is why I'm finding it hard to care about the US election

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says he has been dealing with depression and anxiety for some time.

To me, Scott Ludlam's leave of absence means the world

COMMENT
Brandon Cook

Speaking to the media after Ardent Leisure's AGM on 27th October 2016.

The double standard treatment of Ardent Leisure CEO Deborah Thomas

COMMENT
Jane Caro

Bono.

Bono doesn't need another microphone, but women do

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

What has Rosie Batty done to deserve Mark Latham's outpouring of bile?

A message for Mark Latham: lay off Rosie Batty

COMMENT
Jenna Price

We know abstinence is the wrong approach for physical sex education. The same goes for digital interactions.

What I wish someone had taught me about sexting

COMMENT
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Is there common ground between the worlds of men's rights activism and feminism?

Can feminist men open up a useful dialogue with MRAs?

COMMENT
Ashley Thomson

Donald Trump and Jennifer Hawkins in 2004 after she was crowned Miss Universe.

Jennifer Hawkins defended Donald Trump because he'll always be her boss

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Hillary Clinton.

Could Hillary Clinton continue Bill's record on breaking glass ceilings in cabinet?

Elise Viebeck

If we don't act to stop attacks on women in VR, it will become yet another exclusionary, male-dominated space.

'His hand approached my body and started to virtually rub my chest'

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Minister for Women and the Minister for Employment: Michaelia Cash.

Is Michaelia Cash a worse Minister for Women than Tony Abbott?

COMMENT
Jenna Price

A couple of nasty women: Hillary Clinton (L) at a rally in New Hampshire with Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Paid parental leave backflip affects all us nasty women

Karen Hardy

The online world is where they socialise, negotiate, deal with criticism, accept praise, express opinions.

Accepting the 'new normal' that our kids can't separate social media from the 'real' world

Kerri Sackville

Aidan Turner as the smouldering hero Poldark in the series of the same name.

TV shows need to quit peddling the rape myth that 'no means yes'

Clementine Ford

We shouldn't rely on CCTV to stop violence against women

Caitlin Overington

Age liftout: My Top 5 Picks of the Program. Clementine Ford, Alice Pung, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Charlotte Wood, Rafael Epstein

Why women must not stop speaking out against abuse

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Why is it that Azealia Banks's version of events is not trusted?

Why does Russell Crowe get the benefit of the doubt over Azealia Banks?

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey

Maria Claudia Lutz with her two children, Martin, 10 and Elisa, 11.

There are no excuses for the Davidson tragedy

COMMENT
Carly Findlay

'Offensive' Weight Watchers stunt misses the mark and women aren't buying it

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

If Trump's campaign has accomplished anything, it's reminding women they have plenty to fear

COMMENT
Ginia Bellafante

A still from the documentary 'Hush'.

The Christian lobby is now trying to convince women that abortion causes breast cancer

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

Twitter could be a safety net, instead for some it's a living hell

COMMENT
Patrick Lenton

The sad truth is that we can't afford to give harassers the benefit of the doubt.

Why we can't afford to give the man on the train the benefit of the doubt

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Musician Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize in literature.

Why no woman won the Nobel prize this year

Jenna Price

We need these safe spaces to have important conversations on manly topics.

Please don't take away our precious locker rooms

Ben Pobjie

Hillary Clinton with supporters at a campaign rally.

Never Trump – but I'm still not excited about a Hillary Clinton victory

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Hillary Clinton shakes hands with husband Bill Clinton after the Presidential Debate with Republican presidential ...

What I hope Hillary Clinton says next time she's asked about Bill's cheating

Virginia Heffernan

Age liftout: My Top 5 Picks of the Program. Clementine Ford, Alice Pung, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Charlotte Wood, Rafael Epstein

Clementine Ford: Imagine if Australian women held a general strike

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Students, as well as teachers, see trigger warnings as a way of opening up discussion rather than closing it down.

In praise of trigger warnings

COMMENT
Ika Willis

Donald Trump poses with his daughter Ivanka Trump at a party in Los Angeles.

Why are men pretending to be so shocked at Trump's lewd comments about women?

COMMENT
Linda Tirado

It was The Washington Post's stamp that gave credence to the authenticity of the 2005 video of Donald Trump on the set ...

We have all been Arianne Zucker in that Donald Trump video

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Hillary Clinton (L) and daughter Chelsea Clinton campaigning in Pennsylvania on October 4, 2016.

Hillary Clinton's message to 15-year-old girl was confusing... and spot on

Heidi Stevens

Ivanka Trump listens as her father delivers a policy speech.

Republicans are finally denouncing Donald Trump. Here's why that's still depressing

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Happy kids AND clean sheets - what scorcery is this?

How do some people have it all?

COMMENT
Dom Knight

A one-size-fits-all approach is careless, writes Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen.

It's time to admit we haven't solved the problem of contraception

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Thousands of women demonstrate in front of the Polish parliament against a legislative project that will effectively ...

Industrial action is the perfect response to lost reproductive rights

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey

Michael Cox and Taylor Anderton want to have a baby.

Stop trying to control people with Down syndrome, start supporting them

COMMENT
Claire Pullen

Warren Mundine

Australia could learn a lot if it actually listened to Indigenous women on domestic violence

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

America's options: The Donald and HRC.

After Trump and Clinton, we'll never look at gender in politics the same way

COMMENT
Maureen Dowd

"Will my new daughter, born into a devout Muslim home, become another narrative device to be exploited for a good yarn ...

Will Australia's obsession with 'problem people' harm my daughter?

Randa Abdel-Fattah

I love leggings, but this is holding me back from buying more

COMMENT
Chloe Papas

There needs to be a new conversation about alternatives to arbitrary and indefinite confinement of asylum seekers.

The tactic that explains why we are turning our backs on asylum seekers

Ruby Hamad

Clementine Ford

The question I am tired of being asked

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the presidential debate today.

7 times Hillary Clinton owned Donald Trump in the first debate

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Hillary Clinton deserves credit for her marriage, not insults

COMMENT
Alyssa Rosenberg

Tiahleigh Palmer's mother Cindy attends her daughter's funeral in Brisbane.

The one person who doesn't deserve vitriol after Tiahleigh Palmer's death

COMMENT
Sarah Tucker

Women continue to be the fixers in Australian households.

Has decline of sexism increased outsourcing of services?

COMMENT
Adele Blair

Susan Carland in her Sunday Life shoot.

I envy those who come into Islam from the outside, like Susan Carland

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Kendall Jenner in the ballet-inspired shoot for Vogue Espana.

Ballerinas are upset over Kendall Jenner's Vogue video, and they really shouldn't be

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

The internet has long peddled a rivalry between Angelina Jolie (left) and Jennifer Aniston (right).

Can the petty Aniston-Jolie 'catfight' now please stop?

COMMENT
Josephine Tovey

Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation in 2015.

The mother-shaming of Chelsea Clinton

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

The brain is very plastic: it can change shape depending on how it is used.

Are our brains really 'wired' pink or blue?

COMMENT
Jemima Lewis

"We can't afford to take the bait and keep practicing this groundhog feminism, to doom ourselves to reliving the same ...

Contemporary feminist debates too often feel like Groundhog Day

Ruby Hamad

The term "big girl" should not exist, according to Wendy Squires.

No, my bum does not look 'big' in anything

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

Indians turned out in numbers for New Delhi's leading gay pride parade despite the country's ban on gay sex.

Surgical sterilisation shouldn't be the cost of correcting a birth certificate

COMMENT
Jo Hirst

"Reunions are drinking parties - but for some of us, they also provide a moment to revisit the past," writes Jenna Price.

10 things I've learned about surviving reunions

Jenna Price

Tara Moss: "Every time we call rape 'sex', we do the public and injustice."

Why rape is not 'sex' and survivors don't 'confess'

COMMENT
Tara Moss

In the company of women, there's "more likely to be reciprocity and mutual respect, and a willingness to search for ...

Why I prefer the company of women over men

Kasey Edwards

Is victim-blaming really behind the need to keep rape a secret?

It shouldn't be seen as 'courageous' to admit I was raped

Sophia Dembling

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