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Tag: Patriarchy

Satire September 10, 2018September 12, 2018 by Nupur Apte

I Am Sorry To Report

In recent weeks a strange phenomenon has swept over Canberra causing widespread trepidation amongst the local population – multiple organisations have reported a record decline in the use of ‘sorry’ amongst local women.

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Opinion July 7, 2018July 10, 2018 by Alice Rae

Blowing the Patriarchy: The Myth of the Feminist Hoe

“I am a sex worker. I am a feminist. I am myself and I refuse to let labels define me.”

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Satire November 15, 2017July 10, 2018 by Zoe Saunders

White Man Acknowledges Privilege “May Have Played a Part” in Job Offer

“Since receiving his offer to paralegal for Clayton-Utz, Dustin Dobbs has acknowledged his inherent privilege may have played into the hiring decision. Dustin is a heterosexual cis-male whose dad plays squash with Alfred, the managing partner, on a Tuesday.”

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Memoir November 13, 2017July 10, 2018 by Anonymous

All’s Fair in Law and Clerkships

“I prepared myself for the occasional ‘darling’, but the infantilism, image control, emotional manipulation and sexualisation that clouded my six months went much further than ‘darling’.”

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Memoir November 9, 2017July 10, 2018 by Ksenia Bestuzheva

The God of Men

“God created men in his image, so they say, and while attempts are sometimes made to convince us that this somehow includes women, in reality, it does not.”

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Opinion November 9, 2017July 10, 2018 by Madeleine Castles

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.”

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Memoir November 2, 2017July 10, 2018 by Hannah Sami

“Papa don’t Preach” – Unravelling The Christian Patriarchy

“In addition to these women’s stories, the Bible recounts many more instances in which God dismantles the gender inequalities of the time. It is disappointing, therefore, that we can see greater roles attributed to women in the Bible than in churches today.”

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Opinion October 23, 2017July 10, 2018 by Jessica Whiting

Life Imitating Art: On Harvey Weinstein

“If Oscar Wilde believed that life imitates art far more than art imitates life, then activist action used in existing movements can be applied in the movie business.”

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Opinion July 8, 2017July 10, 2018 by Emily Jones

Hidden in Plain Sight

“Many structural power imbalances faced by women are subtle, making them difficult to isolate and address head on. However, others, like the existence of titles, are hidden in plain sight.”

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