So you’re tired of your job, you’re well qualified and have bags of experience. You should be able to chuck it in and get a new one pretty quickly based on your impressive CV, right? Well, one Australian man had a completely different experience, with his CV leading to workplace discrimination rather than a fantastic…
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Trashy tabloids love a ‘Wardrobe Malfunction,’ and never fail to get all Shadenfreude on these unfortunate situations. The Daily Mail proved no exception when it covered alternative rocker and cult legend, Amanda Palmer’s recent performance at Glastonbury. Whilst performing, Amanda’s bra did that annoying thing it does where it rides up at the back when…
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Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Malala Yousafzai, a school-girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban last year has addressed the United Nations on her 16th birthday. Yousafazi was targeted by the Taliban by demanding girls have access to education. She has vowed to carry on her fight and used her speech…
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This week’s controversial Roxy Pro Biarritz 2013 Official teaser ad, has again highlighted the divisive issue of visual exploitation of women in Australian society and advertising. Released on Wednesday, the advertisement, promoting the Women’s World Surfing Championships, has been slammed by media and women’s rights advocates as ‘sexploitation’ and demeaning to women, while others…
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Female scientists are being urged to climb the career ladder as early as possible. Australian Laureate Fellow, physicist Tanya Monro, is encouraging young women to take risks in their career, rather than settling for job security. Professor Monro has recently won a share of $47 million in Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship funding. With the…
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For ages, stone has aided humans in their everyday life. But for some, a.k.a. hippies or the open minded, these stones are more than just an ancient tool to crush berries or spear a feed. Crystals are held by new age spiritualists as holding healing powers for matters of body and soul. Just as gender…
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Two of the top women in UK publishing have stepped down this week, leaving the so-called ‘Big Four’ publishing houses in Britain to be controlled by men. Victoria Barnsley departed as chief executive (UK and International) of HarperCollins after a management shake-up by Rupert Murdoch. She had spent 13 years in the role. Over…
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Men have 63 per cent of the nation’s $1 trillion in super, which equates to a financial disadvantage of approximately $1million dollars for women. The statistics come from super fund First State Super, which quotes ACTU and federal government studies. The stats also indicate that women are further disadvantaged by taking time off work to…
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Last week’s successful leadership spill was bad news for Julia Gillard. For the rest of the women in the Labor party though, there is something worth celebrating. Yesterday Kevin Rudd placed a record number of women in Cabinet (there are now six female politicians instead of four). The women ministers include newcomers Jacinta Collins…
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Two sisters and their mother have been shot dead in Pakistan, after the girls appeared in a video which showed them dancing in the rain. The sisters, aged fifteen and sixteen, have been named in local media as Noor Basra and Noor Sheza, the daughters of a retired police officer. According to Dawn, five masked…
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On the 16th of June, the 15-year-old daughter of Boing Boing creators Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair was travelling with a group of high school students on college tour when a TSA officer at LAX started glaring at her. In text messages to her parents, she said that the officer began mumbling at her, and…
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A World Health Organisation study has shown that thirty percent of women worldwide are victims of domestic violence. The report also found that forty percent of women killed worldwide were slain by an intimate partner. The head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, called it ‘a global health problem of epidemic proportions.’…
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Woman kicked out of uni for being gay now owes college thousands of dollars Danielle Powell was kicked out of her university after officials found out she was dating a woman. Her scholarship to Grace University in the US was also withdrawn as a result of the judicial board hearing that forced her expulsion. Now…
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Yesterday a menu from a Liberal party function emerged that referenced the Prime Minister in an appallingly derogatory way, dispelling any doubt that Julia Gillard is the victim of sexist abuse. The menu offered diners the option of ‘Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail – Small Breasts, Huge Thighs & A Big Red Box’. The menu…
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