Women, this is how you keep yourself safe

Posted on December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 by Jane Gilmore

Women, even if you do all the “right things”, you will still be implicitly blamed for not keeping yourself safe. So stay at home all the time, lock all the doors and windows and never ever leave. But the most dangerous place for women to be is at home with a man who says he […]... Read More

FixedIt: “Death of a family”, or pre-meditated murder of woman and children?

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Jane Gilmore

Murderers who also kill themselves are still murderers. Why is an otherwise thorough report of the murder of a woman and her children, including detailed evidence of her intention to divorce him, run under a headline about the “death of the Manrique-Lutz family”? All the evidence laid out in the article shows Fernando Manrique planned the […]... Read More

Article: 10 headlines about male violence that needed to be fixed in 2016

Posted on December 12, 2016February 19, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

Here’s a list of things that don’t cause murder: selfies, jealousy, alcohol, mothers, shoes, Jagerbombs, broken hearts, razor blades and romance. Here’s a list of all the things that do cause murder: a person’s decision to commit murder. Read the summary of the worst FixedIts from 2016 on Sydney Morning Herald... Read More

Article: We need to start talking about working dads

Posted on December 9, 2016February 19, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

Women are never going to be able to access an equal level of professional opportunity until men take on equal responsibility for unpaid work. I’m not talking about men “helping” more with the children, I’m talking about a fundamental change to how we understand family roles. Read the full article on The Sydney Morning Herald... Read More

Article: Could automation make life worse for women?

Posted on December 8, 2016February 19, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

Last year the World Economic Forum (WEF) coined the phrase the fourth industrial revolution for the sweeping changes technology is set to make to our world. This revolution will irrevocably alter our fundamental concept of work, and our ability to trade time and skill for money. This is not something we’re waiting for though; it’s […]... Read More

Article: Australia’s Biggest Old White Man Sooks Of 2016

Posted on December 7, 2016February 19, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

Speaking of assholes, 2016 was yet another year of spectacular Old White Man fails. Spat dummies littered the year as one Old White Man after another threw all their toys out of their cots, took their footballs and their mixed metaphors, and flounced into the public spotlight to sook about how mean the world is […]... Read More

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Month: December 2016