Opinion

Mr Harrison, 39, was made redundant after having an affair with Mr Worner.

Amber Harrison refuses to quietly disappear, which is why I salute her

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Poor ventilation and too much air conditioning can lead to higher carbon dioxide levels in your home.

Explainer: Getting the most out of air ventilation

Dr Darryl O'Brien

Women and children in a makeshift house they share with six others in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, ...

Why do we seem to care more about an immigration ban than a genocide?

Ruby Hamad

'A living hell': Andrew Bolt and Miranda Devine on 3AW.

What Miranda Devine's clash with Andrew Bolt says about the boys' club

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Clementine Ford

It's not hard to understand why careers in this arena are so coveted.

Why I'm deeply suspicious of Instamums turning family life into a business opportunity

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Clementine Ford

Christie Brinkley poses with her daughters for Sports Illustated's 2017 Swimsuit Issue.

Damned if you don't, damned if you do. What we can learn from Christie Brinkley's bikini body

Annie Brown

Chris and Grant, the gay couple on Seven's reality series <i>Bride & Prejudice</I>.

The TV scene that was stab in gut for every gay man watching

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Brandon Cook

"If only you could see yourself the way other people see you."

Is it possible to be your own best friend?

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Kasey Edwards

Groomed for power: Stephen Bannon is said to be the only person exempt from Trump's dress code.

Women, we can't rest until we can all dress like Steve Bannon

COMMENT
Annie Brown

If you feared the world might have been running out of ways to shame pregnant women, worry not.

Pregnant women can't enjoy a doughnut any more without being shamed

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Clementine Ford

Single parent Erin O'Dwyer with her twins when they were babies, Ambrose (right) and Clancy (left).

My day as a 'lazy' single mother of twin boys

Erin O'Dwyer

A photo from the facebook page of Alexandre Bissonnette.

We need to open our eyes to the radicalisation of racist, sexist white men

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Celeste Liddle

Mad Men's Joan Holloway and Peggy Olsen.

Sisters in arms a better option than the loneliness of the man's woman

COMMENT
Jane Caro

NSW Minister for Women Tanya Davies

The new NSW Minister for Women is 'personally pro-life'. That's not good enough

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

No, she doesn't want your carrots, Ashton.

Ashton Kutcher should have shown 'support' for Natalie Portman with his wallet

Clementine Ford

President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump and Major General Bradley Becker review troops in Washington.

Is there room for compassion towards Melania?

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Naomi Chainey

You must be fun at parties and other insults from the treacherous edge of the internet.

Why I couldn't care less if men think I lack a sense of humour

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Clementine Ford

Deborah Conway

Deborah Conway: Why equality remains the battle cry of women everywhere

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Deborah Conway

Actor Madeleine Madden.

Madeleine Madden: we need to change the date

Madeleine Madden

Former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, now the CEO of the YWCA in NSW, is being appointed a Companion of the Order of ...

The Australia Day honours list still has a gender problem. But you can help

Vivienne Pearson

Abuse within the family is a risk factor for other forms of criminal behaviour, and it happens more quickly among males.

When domestic violence leaves home

Jenna Price

Demonstrators hold signs while marching towards Trump Tower during the Women's March in New York.

Let’s use the momentum of the Women’s March to fix Australia’s abortion laws

Naomi Chainey

Donald Trump is enjoying a political bromance with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Digitally altered image.

From Russia to the US, woman's rights are used as a bargaining chip

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

The motherhood question

When it come to motherhood, women can't win either way

Erin Riley

The words we use can have a lasting impact.

Why boys are 'cheeky' and girls are 'difficult'

Shevonne Hunt

Singer Kylie Minogue, right, and fiance Joshua Sasse.

Why we'll mourn Kylie Minogue's name change

Natalie Reilly

Protestors march during the Women's March On Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Women have killed apathy and revived global resistance

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Clementine Ford

Gladys Berejiklian is the second woman to be chosen as premier of New South Wales.

Should Berejiklian be steeling herself for an onslaught of sexism?

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

I am working for my daughter's future.

My daughter is the reason I'm marching tomorrow

Erin Riley

Hillary Clinton.

An open letter to Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Clementine Ford

Waiting in the wings? Will Gladys Berejiklian be the new NSW premier?

Hey, men in the NSW Liberal Party: here are five reasons to give Gladys the top job

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Felicity Jones portrays Jyn Erso in <i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i>.

Why it's not enough to have a great female lead

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Zoe Saldana

No Zoe Saldana, Hollywood did not bully Trump

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Natalie Reilly

A group of men surround a young woman and shout 'black top, black top' requesting she remove her top. She didn't remove ...

Clem Ford: The toxic behaviour that cannot be excused or ignored

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Clementine Ford

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in summer favourite <i>La La Land</i>.

There's nothing romantic about the dapper gentleman

Neha Kale

Khloe Kardashian is expanding her television empire with <i>Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian</i>.

The trouble with Khloé's 'Revenge Body'

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Catherine Bouris

Hayden Szeto as Erwin Kim plays opposite protagonist Nadine Franklin (Hailee Steinfeld).

We're finally seeing Asian movie characters portrayed as real people

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Nude Live

Fully clothed, but naked as the day I was born

Jenna Price

Women who like a tipple are judged and condescended to far more than men who do the same, writes Maeve Marsden.

The age-old double standard of 'concern' over women's drinking

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Maeve Marsden

Casey Affleck poses with his Golden Globe earlier this month.

Meryl Streep is right about violence and disrespect. But is Hollywood really listening?

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Jill Saward (pictured in 1997) became a powerful British campaigner against sexual violence.

The legacy British sexual assault activist Saward leaves behind

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

We need to stop blaming 'cake culture' and start looking at the bigger picture.

'Cake culture' warning leaves sour taste

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Emma Jane

Rapeglish - the hyberbolic, sexualised vitriol found online

Emma Jane

It's time to hold a strike until Twitter drains its swamp.

Enough is enough. It's time for women to hold a Twitter Strike

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Kayla and Darius Boyd.

Backlash against Kayla Boyd reveals hypocrisy over miscarriage and abortion

Natalie Reilly

As new year's resolutions kick in, I'm worried self-love advocates are creating yet another impossible standard for ...

As a body positive advocate, this is why I don't judge women who diet

Ally Garrett

Latest crime statistics show that reports of sexual assault, rape and intimate partner violence double, and in some ...

With the holidays comes fear in the family home

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

Some of the offensive banners which have forced the Brass Monkey Hotel into issuing an apology.

Banners or not, The Brass Monkey's 'frat party' is a shameless celebration of rape culture

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

George Michael, circa 1988.

How learning about George Michael's life this week has given me hope for the new year

COMMENT
Brandon Cook

Peter Dutton: part of the problem.

Why sacking Peter Dutton should be at the top of Australia's list of New Year's resolutions

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

In this image taken in the 1970s and provided by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Vera Rubin uses a measuring engine.

Vale Vera Rubin, the greatest astronomer you never heard of

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

Excellent party behaviour has some overarching principles.

How to win the war on party monologues

Jenna Price

Peter Fitzsimons, pictured at his home in Cremorne, says his father advised him to learn from the lives of other men.

Some fatherly advice and what I learnt from Alan Jones

Peter FitzSimons

Illustration: Simon Letch

Why I hate Nippers and their four-wheel-driving parents

COMMENT
Helen Pitt

Actress Lena Dunham at the Glamour Live Summit 2016.

Over-reaction to Lena Dunham's latest gaffe just proved a point about stigma

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Ruby Hamad

If you don't learn what "woke" means now, you will just keep blankly nodding your way to irrelevance, you old geezer.

Words you should know the meaning of before the end of 2016

Mary Ward

Melbourne band Camp Cope

Triple J listeners snub women again – but who is really to blame?

COMMENT
Somayra Ismailjee

Polly Dunning with her son, Alfred.

Having a son went from a dilemma to being the most valuable lesson of my life

Polly Dunning

Bana Alabed

Now that Bana Alabed is safe, who will take her place for us?

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Madonna came late ... and fans left early.

Why I'm still taking life lessons from Madonna

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Margaret Cho.

What Tilda Swinton still doesn't understand about white privilege

COMMENT
Omar Sakr

Being tall has its ups and downs.

The best thing about being tall ... and the all-time worst

Michael O'Reilly

Guilty Pleasures. Illustration: Simon Letch

Why I handed back my pen licence

Nick Galvin

Another German shepherd.

Why I hate your dog now, tomorrow and forever

COMMENT
Kathryn Wicks

Guilty Pleasures.

Guilty Pleasures: A celebration of cold pizza

Callan Boys

Julie Lewis was entranced by the Victorian lace of Sydney's terrace houses.

First Love: Victorian lace and a steep staircase - an inner-city romance

Julie Lewis

Illustration: Simon Letch

Why I hate museums and cannot be bothered by the Mona Lisa

Michael Koziol

"Remember when kale was weird?"

The real reason we consult Google before visiting the doctor

Natalie Reilly

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in the 2017 film.

Gutless wonders: Why the UN should have stuck with the Amazonian warrior

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Melbourne Stars' Meg Lanning in action in the popular Big Bash League last season.

Cricket's care gap has been exposed and it's horrifying

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Jenna Price

Sun, sand and psychedic dancing at Collaroy. Little wonder Malcolm Knox has fond memories of the beach.

Memories etched in sand

Malcolm Knox

Mecca Laalaa, Cronulla's first burqini-clad lifeguard.

When rights of children should outweigh their parents' religious beliefs

Ruby Hamad

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

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

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Linda Tirado

The burden of school holiday care falls almost entirely on the shoulders of mothers.

School holidays are here. Mothers, get to work

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

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

First Love

First love: Till death, not family disapproval, do us part

Rachel Browne

Illustration by Simon Letch.

Guilty Pleasures: the leather jacket, love story and deep philosophical musings of Grease

Andrew Webster

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

Return any unwanted gifts at the same time.

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

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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

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Celeste Liddle

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

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

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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Alex McKinnon