Alecia Simmonds
Adjunct lecturer of law at UNSW and Merewether Fellow at Mitchell Library
Alecia Simmonds
Four countries that treat asylum seekers better than Australia
Alecia Simmonds We're being shown up by countries far more disadvantaged than we are.
Marius and the sharks
Should animals have legal rights?
Alecia Simmonds Will animals always be our property to breed, kill, study or incarcerate at our will?
Aussies hate earnestness
Why 'taking yourself seriously' is such a crime
Alecia Simmonds The damaging phrase most often said by Australians.
Happy relationships
Are gay couples happier than straight ones?
Alecia Simmonds Three things gay couples do better than the heteros in their relationships.
French PM scandal
Is it more progressive to be accepting of affairs?
Alecia Simmonds Or is it absurd to expect female partners to suffer this humiliation in silence?
Don't believe la hype: what French women are bragging about now
Alecia Simmonds The French have many reasons to think that they're better than everyone else. Firstly, butter. Secondly, bread.
Rebellious Victorians
Five things you never knew about 19th century women
Alecia Simmonds Victorian women get a bad rap - here are five facts that turn the tea-party of tedium into a hellfire club of hilarity...
Blackfish
Keeping animals in captivity for our own entertainment must stop
Alecia Simmonds A powerful argument in favour of keeping wild animals in the wild.
Paris romance
Five things no one tells you about moving to Paris for love
Alecia Simmonds Continental romances are not as easy as riding on a vespa into a sepia-tinted sunset.
Home ownership
Australian property dream is more like a nightmare
Alecia Simmonds Home ownership is not an autonomous desire so much as a death sentence because we have no viable alternatives.
World's first genderless person
Norrie May-Welby's battle to regain status as the world's first legally genderless person
Alecia Simmonds Norrie May-Welby's battle to regain status as the world's first legally genderless person goes to the high court today.
Shoplifting
Why do women steal?
Alecia Simmonds When shoplifting is seen more as of a pleasurable game than a very real crime.
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Why we love to watch Embarrassing Bodies
Alecia Simmonds What was it about the 10-stone scrotum that recently managed to pull 800,000 viewers?
Anglo saxons
Does racism against Anglo Saxons exist?
Alecia Simmonds "Iorigin. My morning news is a carnivalesque horror show of Anglo-Saxons burdened by their positions of power: making laws, running companies, owning everything.
Embracing lady rage
In defence of 'murderous rage'
Alecia Simmonds Why lady rage is a key ingredient towards progress.
Relationship role models
Why we love the Obamas
Alecia Simmonds On the First Lady's birthday, we reflect on why the Obamas have a relationship that we love to love.
Sexist culture?
Why women can't get ahead in law firms
Alecia Simmonds There are consequences to women being relegated to the status of fringe-dwellers in the legal community.
Women behind bars
How would an Australian version of Orange is the New Black look?
Alecia Simmonds What characters would we encounter? And should they be in prison in the first place?
Asked to leave the country
When disability discrimination is legal
Alecia Simmonds Meet the family that has been refused citizenship because of their son's mild autism.
Motherhood or not?
Is the ‘smart women don’t want kids’ argument valid?
Alecia Simmonds Is it possible childless women have made a 'smarter' decision than their child-bearing counterparts?
