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Market-Models Like the NDIS Are Failing People With Disabilities
“If we take a closer look at the NDIS’s criteria, application process, and ongoing rollout, we can examine just how much is going wrong, and why market-based models of disability support are further entrenching oppression.” Read more
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Manic Pixie Meme Girls
“Manic Pixie Meme Girls” has become my personal nickname for the class of meme-makers who have popped up on Instagram in 2017.” Read more
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In Defence of Arts: Two Perspectives
“PSA: It’s time to stop claiming that a Bachelor of Arts is ‘useless’.” Read more
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How Deep Is Your Love?
Therefore, polygamy is not inherently bad, but is avoided because it would mean a subversion and destabilisation of the dominance and power inherent to a patriarchal, capitalist system. Read more
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A Bride by Any Other Name
“We need to once and for all break open and destroy the cage that marriage has placed women in.” Read more
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Poverty and Insecure Work Through a Gendered Lens
“The fact that women work in low-paid jobs says less about their capabilities than it does about the devaluation of ‘women’s work’ and the implicit assumption that women are unworthy of workplace protections and economic freedom.” Read more
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The Art of Non-Gendered Insults
“I want to break down the art of the insult so that we can tastefully insult people without it being at the expense of any particular gender.” Read more
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Beauty in Colour
“The first step to changing the way beauty is perceived in society is to embrace beauty in all colours and appreciate the different forms of beauty that women of colour offer.” Read more
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Mansplaining: Sexism in Miniature
“The most insidious thing about having privilege is how ingrained it is and how normal it can feel when you are not the one affected by its absence.” Read more
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Is It 2017 in the World of Women’s Sport?
“It is a common narrative: the pay gap between men and women in day-to-day society. This disparity, however, is much more pronounced in the world of sport, with the differences in income going from thousands to millions.” Read more
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