The ANU women department's intersectional feminist Magazine

Opinion

Bossy
1–2 minutes
  • Indigenous and Black Feminists to Stand With and Get Behind

    Indigenous and Black Feminists to Stand With and Get Behind

    In so-called Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander feminists always have and continue to challenge the white-middle class mainstream feminist movement. We encourage non-Indigenous Bossy readers to step back and listen to Indigenous/Blak feminists, learn and make space. Read more

  • Intentional Incongruity: Queerness Embodied through Fashion

    Intentional Incongruity: Queerness Embodied through Fashion

    Bossy took to the National Botanical Gardens to ask its readers about how queerness impacts their fashion. Many queer people embody their identity and individuality clothing and accessories can be a way to embody their identity and individuality. Read more

  • Game of Thrones has failed its female characters. Here’s how.

    Game of Thrones has failed its female characters. Here’s how.

    After spending eight years of my life watching this show, I’m left with a burning question: what was the point? Why develop these intricate, powerful female characters only to not do them justice? Female characters do not need to be perfect or satisfy our notions of who they should be; I did not fall in… Read more

  • I think of her, I think of me

    I think of her, I think of me

    What did she do afterwards? They may have written her off, in value and the screen, but it’s her story I need to hear. We don’t just stop existing after we’ve been brutalized. How did she endure? I haven’t watched Narcos since. I don’t want to. I don’t want to think about it. Her name… Read more

  • Why We Need to Talk about Gender-Based Violence on Mother’s Day This Year

    Why We Need to Talk about Gender-Based Violence on Mother’s Day This Year

    I regularly hear from men that their mothers are sacred. That they respect mothers and therefore respect women. That they would do anything to protect their mothers. But women are victims of a kind of violence that happens regardless of their motherhood status, or anything else. This violence occurs because they are women – and… Read more

  • Please select your ethnicity:

    Please select your ethnicity:

    My mouse hovered over White. Then Black. Other? Do you identify as coming from a diverse cultural background: Yes ( ) No ( ) Help. Read more

  • Of Labels and Indifference: Why Men don’t Fall into Categories

    Of Labels and Indifference: Why Men don’t Fall into Categories

    We live in a world in which we like to divide people neatly into boxes. Good or bad; people can be one or the other. In the discourse surrounding the (mis)treatment of women, it is widely believed that men fall into one of two categories – the ‘good guys’ and the ‘bad guys’. Read more

  • The Corporatisation of Feminism

    The Corporatisation of Feminism

    It’s not an extraordinary moment when I see a Covergirl #girlscan image on the Internet, or when a Dove #realbeauty advertisement bursts before my buffering Youtube video. But, I’ve always been sceptical of companies using feminism for profit. Read more

  • Two Elastic Straps

    Two Elastic Straps

    Two elastic straps The oppression of women Dangerous wild girl Read more

  • Antiquity, the Ancient Past and the History of the Silenced Woman of Elizabeth I

    Antiquity, the Ancient Past and the History of the Silenced Woman of Elizabeth I

    In the 21st Century, pre-conceived understandings of society often lie embedded within ancient and Hellenistic civilisations, such as the great Roman, Greek and Persian Empires. The female deities which emerged from such civilisations often epitomise traditional femininity. Read more