“Featured with their quirky, struggling and slightly embarrassing families, these female characters were raw, crass and tough.”
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Growing Up With the Female Underdog Heroes of Australian Cinema
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Love Is Not ‘The Cure’
“It perpetuates the misconception that loving, and being loved, makes everything better.”
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Women Against Women: There Are No Real Winners
"The Bachelor paints a wider picture of how misogynist culture permeates not only our daily lives, but all of our institutions, woven throughout our media industry."
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Taylor (Shift) The Blame
"Well, if Blurred Lines was subject to onslaughts of criticism for abetting rape culture, I would argue the same regulations should be applied to Look What You Made Me Do."
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Review: Princesses & Pornstars
"Princesses & Pornstars analyses post-feminist gender politics in Australia, drawing on interviews of Australian women, examples from contemporary Australian politics and media, and anecdotes from Maguire’s own Australian youth to critically assess social attitudes towards women and sex."
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Review: Spiderman: Homecoming
"Overall, Spiderman: Homecoming is a ball of refreshing, cheeky, corny, heartfelt moments wrapped up in 2.5 hours of a teen rom-com, that is disguised as a superhero movie."
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Not Safe Yet: Reading Benjamin Law’s Quarterly Essay
"In his essay, Law astutely tracks the maliciousness of The Australian’s attack on Safe Schools – a saga that he says amounts to a 'beat-up'."
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Review: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
"Overall, the documentary, whilst informative, did not have the impact the first film; it ended up being a film about Al Gore and his life."
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Review: Dunkirk
"But I would argue that we cannot criticise depictions of femininity if we do not uphold the same scrutiny for portrayals of men, particularly in a film that celebrates what it means to be a man."
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Review: Modibodi’s Period Undies
"Period undies have hit the mainstream in a big way recently, with Thinx and Dear Kate becoming buzzwords in the social media feminist landscape. Recently, an Australian company called Modibodi released ‘heavy absorbency’ period undies that seemed to be comparable to anything available on the US market ... So, tempted by Australian prices and free shipping, I took the plunge and bought a few pairs to road test."