Another month is passing and another brilliant panel has been assembled for next month's show Cherchez la Femme: Feminism and Work. Many of us are engaged in work, paid or unpaid, be it creative, intellectual, physical, menial, domestic, voluntary, satisfying or otherwise. The issue of how we work and get paid is of particular import to women, who until relatively recently were not a part of traditional labour forces. But work we do! The challenges we face as women working,…
Find out more »It's responsible for delivering some of the most powerful shared experiences in our culture, and some of us were partly raised by it, but it still has a lot to answer for in terms of normalising gender roles and other hegemonic discourses - that's right, it's television, baby, and it's the next topic of discussion at Cherchez la Femme. Do you have favourite feminist shows? Are there 'great' shows you can't bear because they reek of sexism? How about when…
Find out more »100% completely sold out! For as long as humans have existed they've been pretty into seeing depictions of other humans having sex. Whether you call this pornography, erotica, or adult entertainment, you might've noticed it's undergone huge changes recently in terms of availability, content and access. Rather than having a discussion about the validity of porn and whether it should exist, I thought we could talk about the fact that it's ubiquitous, homogenous and mostly monotonous. But as ever, feminists…
Find out more »We've all been to at least one so I thought it was about time we talked about Feminism and Birth! The politics of how people come into the world are complex and powerful (and include many other factors besides labour) but there is a moment when every one of us goes from unborn to born and how we see this process has a huge impact on many women. Here in Australia it's only recently that childbirth moved from the home…
Find out more »Women have always been absolutely crucial to the struggles of the Left and continue to form the backbone of many campaigns for social justice, workers' rights and income equality. There is no question that the women of the Left have fought and won, not only for themselves but for many members of marginalised groups. Feminist movements have not only been successful in advocating for women; feminists meaningfully participate in a broad spectrum of left-wing organising and consciousness-raising. But many of…
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