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Why Aren’t We Seeing More Child-Free Women On-Screen?

Why Aren’t We Seeing More Child-Free Women On-Screen?

by cjharris | | equality, feminism, film, popular culture, women

When I think about how women are portrayed on-screen, the final image in the 1999 romantic comedy Notting Hill comes to mind. In a montage laden with sentimentality, we are whisked through Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ romantic life — culminating in a scene on a park...
Will a Pandemic Make Us Realise How Privileged We Are?

Will a Pandemic Make Us Realise How Privileged We Are?

by cjharris | | current affairs, equality, life

I think we can all agree that it has been an exhausting week. And month. And year. Australia was only just beginning to recover slowly from the horror show of the worst bushfire season in history, when we — as everywhere else — were struck with a global pandemic. It...
I Don’t Want to Have Kids Because of Climate Change – Stop Telling Me This Is Stupid

I Don’t Want to Have Kids Because of Climate Change – Stop Telling Me This Is Stupid

by cjharris | | current affairs, environment, equality, feminism, women

– These days, every time I open the news, there is reporting of yet another way in which the world is headed towards catastrophe. In the last week alone, we’ve seen bushfires in Australia, floods in Indonesia, record-breaking high temperatures, and accelerated...
Can We All Finally Acknowledge How Ridiculous the Monarchy Is?

Can We All Finally Acknowledge How Ridiculous the Monarchy Is?

by cjharris | | current affairs, equality, feminism, history

What is the actual point of the monarchy? I’m not British so I can’t pretend to understand the feeling of stability that having the same ruler for almost 70 years brings — but she is the Queen of Australia too so you’d think we would have figured out why by now. The...
Performing Virginity Checks on Women Is Nothing Short of Abuse

Performing Virginity Checks on Women Is Nothing Short of Abuse

by cjharris | | current affairs, equality, feminism, women

Full disclosure: until two days ago, I had never heard of a person (rapper?) called T.I. And now, thanks to Twitter, I know just one thing about him — that for the past few years, he has taken his 18 year old daughter to the doctor every birthday to check that her...
Kindness Is Not Always the Best Response

Kindness Is Not Always the Best Response

by cjharris | | current affairs, equality, politics

One of the unfortunate side effects of the Trump presidency is that it has made people forget the awfulness of other world leaders, both past and present. The bar of our expectations has now been set so low, that everyone who isn’t Donald Trump sails over it —...
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