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To Australia’s university fat cats, who may yet face job cuts not of their own making – don’t forget to wash your underwear

It’s been decades since parasitic consultancies began advising our tertiary institutions, at exorbitant cost

The Guardian - AU

Middle-aged men are among society’s loneliest people – what does that say about the patriarchy?

The internet, toxic male influencers and ruthless marketeers – not biology – have helped create a cohort of men with few friends

The Guardian - AU

Are young women finally being spared the unique cruelty of male literary opinions?

Oh, boys; with the passage of time, have you forsaken your Goldberry… or have you forgotten her entirely?

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Our obsession with spoiling pets has gone too far: your dog doesn’t care if its collar is from Burberry

From luxury pet-friendly accommodation to chartering a private plane for your pooch, the indulgences of late-stage capitalism are extreme

The Guardian - AU

The ‘womanosphere’ is the latest cultural propaganda assault on young womanhood. Will it work?

A conservative movement seeking to harness female fandoms and pop culture gossip is the new front in the hard right’s endless culture war

The Guardian - AU

The impact of Trump 2.0 on Australia is evidence of how American we suddenly aren’t

Our two countries once shared a history fighting together for freedom. But does the US, like, even do that any more?

The Guardian - AU

Dutton has backed more funding to women’s health. But the political record is worth revisiting

In this policy arena, as in others, historical accuracy in the stories political movements like to share about themselves can be somewhat slippery

The Guardian - AU

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King Charles, know this: Australians don’t hate the royals – we just wish you’d lose interest in us

It’s a bit awkward: Charles and Camilla are expecting us to bring out the bunting. Instead, they’ll meet with a wall of lazy republicanism, says Guardian Australia columnist Van Badham

The Guardian - UK

Why are men who murder women seen as less of a threat than terrorists?

We can continue to bury the bodies of murdered women. Or we can get serious about misogynistic violence

The Guardian - AU

Girls, ignore the sexist rhetoric. Revel in everything that upsets the haters

The preferred model of femininity for the yelping far right is the homebound tradwife. Let them cry and keep boxing

The Guardian - AU

The Questions is a gorgeous and joyful piece of new Australian musical theatre

A blind dinner date in a small high-rise apartment between a blandly dressed neat-freak with a professed admiration for alt-right male online celebs, and a colourful gender studies grad with a strong sense of social justice is falling apart.

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Gossip, my friends, is both a moral mission and a pleasure. It’s also something those in power can’t control

Workplace ‘tea-spilling’ is seen as unethical, says a new study. Tell that to the buzzing network that keeps my town on the rails, says Guardian Australia columnist Van Badham

The Guardian - UK

Brits, you have no idea how to be sun safe. But as an Australian, I can tell you exactly what to do

Full-body swimsuits, ‘no hat, no play’ – avoiding the sun is a national pastime, says Guardian Australia columnist Van Badham

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Vomit-inducing deepfake nudes show yet again that when misogyny intersects with AI and elitism, girls get hurt

The Bacchus Marsh grammar allegations are shocking but not new. Barely regulated tech has made school student pornographers a global phenomenon

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Cate Blanchett was pilloried for saying she’s ‘middle class’. Here’s why she’s right on the money – in Australia at least

Having pots of Hollywood dollars shouldn’t invalidate the cultural experience of the actor’s rearing, education and life opportunities

The Guardian - AU

As Australia screams for action against lethal male violence, this is a culture war for survival

I have survived an abusive relationship, stalking and sexual assault – yet even I was stunned at the revelation of men using smart fridges to threaten women

The Guardian - UK

Banging Denmark review – misogynist podcaster meets feminist scholar

Channeling the Gamergate saga and the world of the online pickup artist, Van Badham’s disturbingly timely play offers dark laughs and rewarding nuance

The Guardian - AU

The stage-three tax cuts are finally being revised. The rich complaining Labor broke its promise just sound vulgar

Anyone wishing to make hay of Albanese’s ‘broken promise’ deserves to be asked to just whom in the electorate this promise was made

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The Guardian - AU

Australian students aren’t trying in the Pisa exams. They should be congratulated for their disdain

The most meaningful information to come out of the Pisa assessment is the revelation that Australian kids don’t give a shit about it

The Guardian - AU

When Andrew Tate and the online manboys obsess over a ‘bodycount’, girls, you know what to do

Tate’s comments that he rejects women who have slept with more than three men betrays a screaming admission of insecurity and immaturity

The Guardian - AU

Teenage mullets are freaking me out – but I’m all for them

I, for one, spent a significant chunk of my late teens with long, lank unbrushed tresses dyed an unforgivable shade of burgundy

The Guardian - AU

‘It was devastating’: theatremakers on the fallout from their worst reviews

Many directors crave critique as much as they fear it. But what happens behind the scenes after a public panning?

The Guardian - AU

I give in, I’m a Halloween convert. Australians need it as much as anyone

I’m ready to love the pumpkin, change out of my regular clothes and laugh at our inescapable mortality

The Guardian - AU

Red-carpet criticisms of Queensland’s premier reveal – yet again – a gender double standard

No government is perfect, but attacking Annastacia Palaszczuk’s official public appearances is an odd choice

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