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Why are people still scared of the word feminist?
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (360+ words) Why are people still scared of the word feminist?SMH.com.au March 11, 2026 " 4:00pm Why are people so scared of the label "feminist? Why is feminism so aggressively and gleefully demonised? A majority of people in Western countries embrace fundamental concepts…...
Here I am, yet another woman wrecking the joint
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (651+ words) Have you heard? Women have been on the march, wrecking stuff with horrible traits like empathy. I've been so busy ruining things that I barely had time to file this column. But then if I didn't, I'd be passing up…...
Fifty years ago, I wrote a bestseller about sexism in Australia. So, what’s changed?
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (539+ words) When the subversive and iconoclastic ideas of women's liberation began infiltrating Australia in the late 1960s and early '70s, women like me were thrilled. We eagerly absorbed these notions of rebellion. We were glad, grateful even, to have a counterweight to the…...
Kim Kardashian’s latest controversial product may be hailed as feminist, but I don’t buy it
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (916+ words) When you work in media, there is very little that shocks you. And so on Wednesday, when Kim Kardashian released a line of underwear crowned with faux pubic hair via her brand Skims, I was hardly surprised. I was, however,…...
‘People don’t want to have this conversation’: Virginia Tapscott’s uncomfortable crusade
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1167+ words) By Parnell Palme McGuinness Virginia Tapscott began to re-evaluate society's expectations of women after the birth of her first child.Credit: Edwina Pickles Tapscott has a "tradwife" vibe, but she's not easy to pigeonhole. Tapscott has written a book, which…...
A dark satire of girlboss feminism and the cult of beauty
9+ mon, 7+ hour ago (599+ words) Despite our best efforts, the pursuit of beauty for women feels like an inescapable project of distraction. Case in point: we're not entirely sure if the overpriced lash serum will deliver on its promise of longer, lusher lashes, but we…...
Erica Jong is a feminist icon, but to her daughter she’s ‘an alcoholic narcissist’
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (635+ words) MEMOIRHow to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's MemoirMolly Jong-FastPicador, $36.99 Molly Jong-Fast is the "only child of an alcoholic narcissist. As it turns out, that narcissist is a second-wave feminist icon: American author Erica Jong. In 1973, Jong published Fear of Flying,…...
The Liberals must make peace with the ‘F’ word
10+ mon, 14+ hour ago (1023+ words) The conservative side of politics has always had difficulty embracing the values of feminism. That stance has come with a hefty political price tag. There is no greater confirmation of the Liberal Party's inability to learn from its mistakes than…...
I’ve got a rocket for these space cadets and their pantomime of feminism
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (917+ words) The whole exercise was emblazoned with such drippy femininity that all womankind was implicated. It was a test of the implicit feminist pact to Support Women. I suspect I failed it. Trump 2.0 is testing us all in unexpected ways. Prime…...
You’d be shocked by how much my siblings and I laughed when our father died
11+ mon, 1+ day ago (924+ words) Never underestimate the power of comedy to make a statement. The Sydney Morning Herald Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One night, sleeping in my bed in London, I…...