Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young to sue ZOO as she damn well should. Australian Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young is suing ZOO magazine for photoshopping her face onto the body of a bikini model in such a way that Hanson-Young claims made her appear ‘incompetent and immature.’ Hanson-Young claims the lad’s mag represented her as ‘not a…
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DC Comics just can’t seem to get enough negative press at the moment. First they make a decision not to allow Batwoman to marry her female partner, and then they announce their new competition. Not just any competition, mind you, but a competition to draw four panels featuring popular villain Harley Quinn preparing to commit…
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Senegal has a sassy feminist Prime Minister. Aminata Toure, women’s rights activist, anti-corruption whistle-blower, justice minister, football player and all round feminist bad arse, has been appointed the new Prime Minister of Senegal. Toure has dedicated much of her life to advocacy and activism for causes such as reproductive rights, women’s health issues and…
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It turns out that controversial feminist activist group, FEMEN, was founded by man. In, Ukraine Is Not a Brothel: The Femen Story, a film currently screening at the Venice Film Festival, the true founder of feminist activist group, FEMEN, has been revealed. As it turns out, it’s a guy. This new information has prompted…
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On the 2nd of this month, Neil Mitchell took to Twitter to share this gem: ‘about to do the chat room on Nine. Any views on women who cry at work? Weakness or tactic?’ This upset quite a few people, for good reason. After all, weakness and tactic are both very negative words with a…
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Malala Yousafzai opens new library in Birmingham Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban after advocating for girls’ rights to education, spoke at the official opening of a new civic library in Birmingham, UK. In her speech, Malala stated that ‘pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.’ According to Malala ‘the…
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It would be easy to assume that the bulk of prospective candidates put forward for romance at the Shanghai Marriage Market are men. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, by 2020, there will be 24 million more Chinese men between the ages of 20 and 44 than women. But in fact it is the…
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Dunkin’ Donuts Thailand’s ‘Charcoal Donut’ ad campaign deemed ‘bizarre and racist’ by Human Rights Watch. A Thailand franchise of Dunkin’ Donuts has released advertisements for their ‘Charcoal Donut’ which feature an image of a women in blackface with bright pink lipstick. The tag line of the advertisement claims that the chocolate donut ‘breaks all the…
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Aussie couples heading overseas to select gender of babies via IVF A study has suggested that in the last 18 months, around 120 Australian couples headed a specific clinic in Thailand to avoid a law that prevents parents to select the gender of their child. Australian medical guidelines currently prohibit parents from picking their child’s…
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Yesterday (28th August) was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King gave his iconic ‘I have a dream’ speech. In the years following King’s speech the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act were signed,…
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This piece first appeared in Macquarie University’s student publication, Grapeshot. * Kevin Rudd has officially called the election, meaning the campaign trail is on and each political party has until September 7 to convince the voters. Despite the fact that one in four 18 – 25 year olds (the demographic that makes up the majority…
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Cadets found guilty in Skype case Two cadets have been found guilty of ‘using a carriage service in an offensive manner’ in a case that has demonstrated the systemic gender problems in the Australian Defence Force Academy. ACT Supreme Court jury also found one of the men guilty of committing an act of indecency on…
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‘Female sperm and male eggs a medical possibility’ Scientists in Japan have used skin cells from mice to develop sperm and eggs, successfully creating live births via IVF. Women in Argentina sue over faulty implants About 300 women with faulty PIP breast implants have filed suit seeking $54.7 million in damages from three European companies,…
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Tasmania’s Catholic Archbishop Adrian Doyle draws comparisons between the psychological impact of abortion and sexual abuse The Most Reverend Doyle has given evidence at an Upper House inquiry into laws which would remove abortion from the criminal code and allow women to terminate their pregnancies at up to 16 weeks on the advice of doctors….
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