Opinion
Crime
Rape myths are extremely dangerous. Did the Lehrmann verdict bust them?
After the awful, vitriolic and often ignorant public debate we’ve seen during the Lehrmann trial, now is the time to elevate the best drivers of change: experts, evidence and experience.
- by Julia Baird
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Gender equality
The sick joke that insults our new GG – and Beyonce
I’m growing increasingly intolerant of pervasive negativity, and this week’s reaction to Sam Mostyn becoming governor-general set me off again.
- by Julia Baird
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Royal family
Where on earth is Kate Middleton? Here’s my wild guess*
Not one of the theories is supported by a single piece of evidence. Unlike mine.
- by Julia Baird
Opinion
International Women's Day
The girl boss is dead, and I’m not going to the wake
We do more unpaid work and lose more sleep than men. This International Women’s Day, let’s lie down, dig our toes into the dirt, listen to music, read a book without guilt ...
- by Julia Baird
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King Charles III
We can’t expect King Charles to be our pin-up for pain
It is wrong to pressure someone currently wrestling with a diagnosis to tell all. I delved into the health records of Queen Victoria for a biography, but she was long dead.
- by Julia Baird
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Crime
Did Roger Rogerson poison my dog? Dunno, but I did ask him curly questions
A colleague warned me not to ask Roger Rogerson about his killing of Warren Lanfranchi, but I could hardly dwell on his new stand-up comedy career.
- by Julia Baird
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New York
Postcard from New York: The city that never sleeps looks tired
Unnerved by Donald Trump’s revival and besieged by inequality, New York is shedding its skin, again. So what next for the Big Apple?
- by Julia Baird
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Gender equality
Men hunt, women gather, right? No, let’s spear this myth
Everything from toxic modern masculinity to the gender pay gap may stem from a chauvinistic interpretation of historical data.
- by Julia Baird
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Human rights
If we’re willing to imprison outsiders for life, we must ask: Who are we?
The release of 84 detainees has triggered a fierce debate. But as former POW and US Republican John McCain once said: “It’s not about who they are. It’s about who we are.”
- by Julia Baird
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Domestic violence
If nothing can keep women safe, perhaps our raw rage will
The research is in: anger gets things done. If ever we needed to harness that emotion, it’s now.
- by Julia Baird
Julia Baird: Exactly how do you go about grieving the death of an ex?
When the man she almost married died in a plane crash, she was grief-stricken – and unsure of the place for her sorrow.
- by Julia Baird