This Month
Xi’s message to women: ‘Go home and have babies’
The Communist Party’s solution to China’s demographic crisis and a slowing economy is to push women back into traditional roles.
- Alexandra Stevenson
September
Meet the writer who says men were not born to rule
British author Angela Saini’s enlightening trip through history and science reveals the truth about the patriarchy, and that it might not be males’ best option.
- Julie Hare
August
Entire Spanish World Cup team quits over forced kiss
Soccer boss Luis Rubiales refused to resign after grabbing star player Jenni Hermoso and kissing her on the mouth, instead complaining that he was the victim of feminism.
- Fernando Kallas and Emma Pinedo
January
British novelist, screenwriter Fay Weldon dies at 91
Weldon was a playwright, screenwriter and a prolific novelist, producing 30 novels as well as short stories and plays written for television, radio and the stage.
- Sylvia Hui
December 2022
What if ‘fig-leaf feminism’ is just business as usual?
It’s no longer enough for companies to pat themselves on the back for adding women to their boards. They need to prioritise getting in management roles that traditionally lead to CEO.
- Andreea Papuc
May 2022
- Opinion
- Federal election
The teal win is a tectonic shift in Australian politics
The two major parties have been more interested in maintaining power than purposeful policy - and it’s left Australia falling behind the rest of the world.
- Kylea Tink
December 2021
- Opinion
- Streaming
Why the ‘Sex and the City’ sequel series matters
This uniquely influential TV programme has reached and affected more Gen Xers and Millennials than Woodstock touched Boomers – and had a huge economic impact.
- Stephen Armstrong
August 2021
How Max Mara’s creative chief Trojan-horsed feminism into fashion
Ian Griffiths, who’s been at the innovative helm of the classic Italian brand for more than 30 years, brings a quiet radicalism to his work.
- Lauren Sams
March 2021
Why we love, and hate, Jordan Peterson
The Canadian psychologist’s appeal is that he is every one of us who couldn’t resist that pointless Facebook argument.
- Helen Lewis
January 2021
With 'I Hate Men', French feminist touches a nerve
Pauline Harmange wrote about living in a man-centred world. She's since received rape and death threats and had her literary debut, derided as a 'genocidal moral project', translated into 17 languages.
- Laura Cappelle
Carey Mulligan flips the script
After a career spent mostly in period dramas, the British actor is out of corsets but still dealing with the same type of men - bad ones.
- Kyle Buchanan
November 2020
Donors race to back exhibition highlighting Australian women artists
The National Gallery of Australia's Know My Name initiative celebrates female artists from 1900 to the present day.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2020
The first-time female investors backing Adore Beauty
The most valuable public float of 2020 lured long-time customers and fans to the sharemarket – but they want to see more female-led ASX companies.
- Aleks Vickovich
August 2020
Why women are posting black-and-white selfies
Questions have been raised about the practicality of a new Instagram campaign that uses black-and-white images of women in an effort to promote female empowerment.
- Taylor Lorenz
June 2020
Coming clean about housework
Domestic labour is still disproportionately a woman's burden - and it's getting worse. Author Sally Howard wants us all to take a hard look at ourselves.
- Hans van Leeuwen
The Runaways' 'jailbait' rocker who questions #metoo
Cherie Currie saw and suffered plenty during her stint in the world's first all-girl rock band, but she's not dwelling in victimhood.
- Michael Bailey
April 2020
How COVID-19 is fuelling a surge in sex toys
As more people are instructed to stay indoors, sales of designer lingerie and intimate products are thriving.
- Natalie Reilly
January 2020
The Women's March movement's dramatic rise and fall
The Women's March was once the heart of anti-Trump activism. Three years later, it is a lesson in how protest movements can fade as quickly at they appeared.
- Marissa J. Lang
November 2019
Judy & Punch fails to strike a blow for feminism, but Suzi Q does
Mirrah Foulkes' debut feature is a heavy-handed parable that oddly seems to endorse violence, while a Suzi Quatro documentary is an inspiration.
- John McDonald
70 years on, The Second Sex is as relevant as ever
In 2019, at the height of the #MeToo movement, one can – and should – read Simone de Beauvier's seminal work as a rebuke to the limits of white, capitalist feminism.
- Fatima Bhutto
