feminism

Saturday, June 06

#MeToo takes "two steps forward, one step back"

Despite the rise of movements including #MeToo and #TimesUp, social commentator Jane Caro warns women still have a long way to go to fight the “great, heavy, oily, sticky, obnoxious, toxic beast” of misogyny.

Film review: The Divine Order

Off the back of recent gender-equality movements #MeToo and #TimesUp, new film The Divine Order is a timely reminder of the struggles and achievements of early feminists.

Germaine Greer giving a presentation about The Female Eunuch in 1970, and letters from the archives.

Reading Germaine Greer's mail

A collection of 50 years’ worth of correspondence belonging to Germaine Greer offers a powerful – and sometimes perplexing – insight into the many faces of the influential feminist and the lives of those affected by her work.

Parties trip up as "F-word" enters the campaign

The “f” word has made an unexpected entrance into the election campaign – and that “f” word is of course “feminist”. Eva Cox analyses the major parties’ feminist credentials in light of this week’s campaigning.