The Oscars, Seth and all in between The Oscars happened, and so did Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane, as Lip has covered here and here. Macfarlane took to the stage to host the three hour show on Monday, managing to offend Jews, women and family audiences with humour that included barbed insults aimed at a…
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Joan Child, the first female Labor member of the House of Representatives, and first female Speaker, has died at the age of 91. Prime Minister Julia Gillard paid tribute to Ms Child in a statement released on Sunday night. ‘With Joan Child’s passing, Australia has lost one of its pioneering female political leaders, and I…
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Leigh Sales farewells Hillary Clinton The outgoing US Secretary of State has chatted with ABC journalist Leigh Sales about ending gender discrimination during a final interview in Washington DC. Sales was invited to moderate the ‘townterview’ event after leading a similar forum with Clinton in Melbourne. The event saw questions asked from participants around the…
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With all the furore and discussion that’s been kicked up around Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech and Tracey Spicer’s letter to Mr Sexist, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it all means. I’ve been trawling message boards and online newspapers to see what’s being said. What’s come out of it is that 1:…
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In what is some sweet, sweet vindication and a firm ‘fuck you’ to every Australian media journalist who labelled Prime Minister Gillard’s ‘I will not be lectured by this man’ speech as nothing more than personal abuse, playing the gender card and being calculatingly political, it has come out in that last few days that…
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Earlier this week I attended the launch of The Peach, an online magazine that is all about acceptance, inclusiveness and telling it like it is. The magazine is written by women for women and its content ranges from articles on contemporary issues to more traditional areas such as beauty and fashion. Considering the recent issues…
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The word misogyny has been thrown around a lot this week, and whether or not you’ve been following the issue in Parliament, it’s unlikely that you’ve been able to completely avoid seeing snippets of Julia Gillard’s lengthy dig at Tony Abbott. Like any political outburst it has incited a raucous debate, and everyone seems to…
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Parliament sittings may be Australia’s least favourite afternoon programming, but Julia Gillard’s words in Federal Parliament today have made many search for the footage. This afternoon, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott moved a motion to have Peter Slipper removed as Speaker. The motion was brought by the Opposition Leader after developments in a sexual harassment case…
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Renowned for her irreverence, more than 40 years after the publication of international best-seller The Female Eunuch Greer continues to spark controversy and leave outrage in her wake. The most recent debacle occurred in March 2012 when the trailblazer featured on the panel of ABC’s Q&A. She not only criticised the fit of Julia Gillard’s…
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It can be a little hit-and-miss, but every couple of weeks Australia is sent into a minor tizz over words spoken on Q&A. The national panel show, now in its second full year of embracing the tweet-giest, can pull the odd controversial statement out and influence the tone of debates. Late last week we saw…
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Bob Brown’s remark about the level of sexist criticism directed at Julia Gillard put the Greens Senator firmly ahead of Gillard in the unpopularity contest that is Australian politics. Charges of sexism are nothing new, so why the outcry when someone accuses them of being directed at Gillard? Much of the early debate about Gillard…
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You may have noticed that Julia Gillard is of the female persuasion. Perhaps you’ve also seen that her government has received a fair chunk of disgruntlement from the Australian people lately. Leaving the ‘faceless men’ and leadership worries aside, is there actually sexism hiding within the walloping that Ms. Gillard has received? How do we…
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