This month was not a one off. Violence against women is insidious and it happens every day. But violence and sexual assault does not occur in a vacuum - it is the result of our social structures, the people in power, the rhetoric that surrounds these conversations, a lack of education, and countless other facets of Aussie society.
Boy gossip, an age-old practice of unrestrained idle talk that may or may not be true, is the cornerstone of civilisation. When women and girls get together and share stories about their male counterparts, it’s an absolute miracle of human and societal observation: girl talk.
Starting on Monday 29, students at UQ will begin an indefinite solidarity encampment for Palestine. We cannot stay silent and passive while our universities and governments are aiding and abetting an ongoing genocide.
In the wake of her infamous single Karma, Jojo Siwa claimed she was ‘bringing back’ gay pop music, a genre that never left, and has in fact been thriving in the last few years without her contribution.
On the eve of the release of Taylor Swift's latest album- The Tortured Poet's Department, Jess Morgan delves into the ways in which Taylor Swift's music and The Era's Tour concert changed her life.
In the aftermath of this award season, I can’t help but feel sick to my stomach, and it's not just because of the catastrophic Barbie snubs. No, what makes me abhor this past Oscars ceremony is the Barbie snubs alongside the highly awarded fetishized porno masquerading as female empowerment that was the film, Poor Things.
ABC News Australia recently released a snippet of a speech by the Director of the Australian Institute, Richard Dennise, to the National Press Club stating university students are the real ‘backbone of the economy’. *Sarcastically gasps* Like we didn’t already know.
Every girl has had a complex relationship with the colour pink, which I have discovered through many conversations with the women in my life. Unfortunately, it is not a unique experience.