Controversy
What if you don’t love your children?
KASEY EDWARDS Should it be more socially acceptable to be ambivalent about motherhood?
Women outnumbered
Women Still Outnumbered Where it Counts
TARA MOSS In the ''year of the woman'', men continue to dominate in ways that affect us all.
Culture clash
Growing up Arab in Australia
AMAL AWAD The pleasures and challenges of growing up in a migrant family.
Retro values
Is it a man's job to look after a woman?
Is it still the man's job to look after a woman? The question was asked ahead of All About Women, a discussion at Sydney Opera House
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
‘Women’s safety is the top priority’
RUBY HAMAD When Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks, people listen. Ruby Hamad finds out what she has to say.
The richer sex
In praise of ‘slingshot marriages’
SARAH MACDONALD The Richer Sex author Liza Mundy on why the ‘Big Flip’ in gender roles could be just around the corner.
Yityish Aynaw
The hypocrisy of a black Miss Israel
RUBY HAMAD Does recognising someone from a minority group with a beauty prize really mean progress or atone for past transgressions?
fan girls of violent men
The Fan Girls of Violent Men
CLEMENTINE FORD Why does Oscar Pistorius have a cult following among a certain demographic of women?
Autism Awareness
Living with Autism
KATHRYN WICKS Having a child with high-functioning autism doesn't mean living with a genius. These children have their own unique challenges.
Victim blaming?
A difficult conversation about sexual assault
AMY CORDEROY Though it's bound to spark debate, AMY CORDEROY believes we need to discuss the relationship between alcohol, drugs and sexual assault.
Femen
Is this photo grounds for death?
CLEMENTINE FORD A Tunisian activist posted this pic of herself. Here's what happened next.
Victim blaming
Rapists are to blame for rape
KASEY EDWARDS [Trigger warning: discussion of child abuse]
There was only one victim at Steubenville
CLEMENTINE FORD The boys who raped and humiliated an unconscious 16 year old may have been punished – but do they understand they’re not the victims?
Brooke Magnanti
An interview with Belle de Jour
Nick Miller Meet Brooke Magnanti: best-selling author, cancer researcher, former prostitute.
True bravey
United States Jennifer Steinhauer Washington Two US military servicewomen have told a Senate panel how they were raped by superiors and then ridiculed by officials.
Clark Beaumont
NICOLE ELPHICK The young Queensland-based art duo that get to exhibit alongside Damien Hirst.
Violence against women
Why we need to keep discussing gender equality
Julie McKay Violence against women is one of the most pervasive human rights abuses in the world says the Executive Director of UN Women Australia, Julie McKay.
Ending violence
The two ways to dismantle rape culture
CLEMENTINE FORD As with all social change, it starts with you.
Bad taste?
Abortion Humour
CLEMENTINE FORD Why making jokes about a serious issue can be empowering.
New Speaker added to our All About Women Event
NATALIE REILLY Daily Life is hosting a festival of ideas at the Sydney Opera House next month and a brand new special guest has just been added to the line-up.
The number one issue for women
Anne Summers Anne Summers reflects on our most critical undertaking on International Women's Day.
Clem Ford
Are women's voices being gagged?
CLEMENTINE FORD We won't hear the absence of women’s voices if we've been taught to ignore them.
Victim blaming
Stop telling women to be afraid
BIANCA HALL BIANCA HALL is sick of the police’s knee-jerk response to sex crimes.
100 years on
Is International Women's Day working?
Child brides, female foeticide, genital mutilation: what has changed in 100 years?
Child-free life
Choosing to be child-free
SHELLY HORTON Shelly Horton doesn't want children. So, she asks, why do so many people have a problem with that?
All About Women
All About Women
A Q&A with the curator of an exciting new Daily Life event for women.
