Name: Clare Welsh Age: 22 Occupation: Student and artist Location: Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States Describe yourself in one word: Brimming What is your feminist philosophy? Women’s rights are human rights. We cannot help the sex we are born with any more than we can help the colour of our skin. That some people should be…
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Because today is my own very special day, where I get to celebrate what its like to be a woman in my own very special way I choose to pretend that I live in the society of my dreams and I will: Walk down the street in a skirt above my knee and not be…
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My niece, Ella, turns two on March 8 this year. I’m undeniably jealous that she gets to be born on International Women’s Day; but on the other hand, I get to share my birthday with the late Jeff Buckley, Isaac Hanson, RuPaul and Rachel McAdams, so I guess that can be my consolation prize. Still,…
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Feminism seems to have increased in its cool factor over the last few years. Gone are the days when the stereotypical feminist was a dowdy, sagging womyn, gnarled fist perpetually in the air. Today, she’s anyone who wants to say she is one. She can be a stripper, a mother, a 16-year-old runaway or a…
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During the International Women’s Day Breakfast in Canberra yesterday, Tony Abbott claimed that his wife and three daughters have helped him become a feminist. ‘My views on policy towards women have changed and evolved in response to watching friends of mine, watching colleagues of mine and in particular looking at my daughters grow up and…
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At our recent Lip-readings event in Canberra on January 24, SBS Press Gallery Producer/Reporter Shalailah Medhora gave the following speech on the complex issue of weight loss and women. Told with her unique voice, her talk painted a frighteningly realistic picture of the body image issues that plague so many women – and we’re excited…
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French filmmaker, Éléonore Pourriat, has everyone talking about her latest short film, Majorité Oprimée (Oppressed Majority), an interesting take on the reversal of gender roles. Oppressed Majority finds a man taking his son to daycare and going to work, encountering everything from condescending conversation to public catcalls, and even sexual assault, along the way. The…
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The latest trend that’s been heating up Twitter, blogs and online articles alike is something called ‘free bleeding.’ It’s a ‘disturbing new trend … in which a woman who is menstruating chooses to use feminine products no longer, in exchange for allowing her blood to flow “freely” out of her body, staining her clothing and…
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At our recent Lip-readings event in Canberra on January 24, Celebrant and writer Judy Aulich gave the following speech. Judy married 11 same-sex couples during the five-days in which it was legal in the ACT. Her talk was moving and powerful, and we’re excited to share it with you here. During New Year I was…
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Here in Kangaroo-Land, we don’t really have the Super Bowl. So, for those of you not aware: it’s basically just America’s AFL Grand Final, but a lot bigger and more American (read: Gigantic, hugely commercialised, hopefully/probably involves hotdogs with mustard, chilli cheese fries, peanuts and whatever). The thing about the Super Bowl is not only…
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Name: Ruby Grant Age: 21 Occupation: Lip News Editor, Academic, Barista Location/Hometown: Hobart, Tasmania Describe yourself in one word: Squirrel. What is your feminist philosophy? Nothing too groundbreaking, really. I believe that gender equality is a basic human right, that women/women’s bodies/femininity should not be viewed as the ‘exception,’ the ‘variation’ or the ‘other’ to…
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Name: Kiara Moore Age: 24 Occupation: Student Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA Describe yourself in one word: Dreamer What is your feminist philosophy? There are natural inherent freedoms that belong to everyone and to me feminism is about recognising and acknowledging everyone’s humanity. I love bell hooks’s potent phrase ‘patriarchy has no gender’. Feminism doesn’t…
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Publisher of Mamamia, Mia Freedman, posed the following question in an article on January 13: Are selfies vain? To which she a responded with an enthusiastic ‘hell yeah they are!’ – with many of the commenters on her article in full agreement with this sentiment. The Oxford Dictionary defines vain as ‘having or showing an…
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Name: Ruth Retassie Age: 26 Occupation: Cashier at The Wedge Community Co-op Hometown: Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Describe yourself in one word: Resourceful What is your feminist philosophy? I believe that everyone should be treated equally. Those that are disadvantaged in any sort of way should receive extra support to make the world a fairer place….
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