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As Australia moves to make social media platforms responsible for preventing harm before it reaches users, racial hatred must be part of the equation - because algorithms aren’t just hosting racism, they’re amplifying and profiting from it, writes Prabha Nandagopal.
- Prabha Nandagopal
"Women do not need to prove they can save the United Nations to deserve the opportunity to lead it. And Latin American women should not have to be defined only by the struggles we face for the world to recognise the power we already exercise."
- Gabriela Barzallo
As recent sexual assault cases dominate headlines, we need to talk less about the futures of the men involved - and more about what police investigations and court proceedings can ask of the people who come forward, writes Anna Coutts-Trotter.
- Anna Coutts-Trotter
Allie Daisy King rounds up the September releases worth adding to your TBR, from hotly anticipated romances and haunting feminist fiction to new novels from Min Jin Lee and R.F. Kuang.
- Allie Daisy King
Ellie Wilkes reflects on growing up loving the AFL, the repeated failures of accountability in the men’s game, and why the rise of the AFLW has given her a new generation of sporting heroes to believe in.
- Ellie Wilkes
Melissa Marsden argues that cuts to NDIS community participation risk shrinking the lives of people with disabilities - and undermining the sport, connection and independence that make genuine inclusion possible.
- Melissa Marsden
Sunny Adcock visits Days for Girls Nepal to learn how the organisation is challenging menstrual stigma, tackling the harmful practice of chhaupadi and helping women and girls access education, safety and opportunity.
- Sunny Adcock
Sisonke Msimang is a South African-Australian writer, activist and political analyst based in Perth, whose focus is on race, gender and politics.
- Sunny Adcock
"When we think of adventurers, we often think of serious men abandoning their responsibilities to risk their lives in the wild, but now I know that some of the bravest and most inspiring mountaineers are young women who laugh and sing and dream of a life without limits" - writes Sunny Adcock
- Sunny Adcock
- Allie Daisy King
In this book club episode, Booksmart hosts Sunny and Allie review the short novel Muñeca.
- Missing Perspectives
"You can be covered in glitter and rhinestones while still being the smartest person in the room."
- Alicia Vrajlal