Kristin Perissinotto
We don't want allyship in exchange for praise
Reactions to the overturning of Roe v Wade has come in waves. Anger, devastation, action, reaction, and there have been a few themes...
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Kristin Perissinotto
- May 4
- 3 min
Roe v Wade is our business
The leaked draft of a decision to overturn Roe v Wade in the US has been confirmed as authentic. The abortion rights law is set to be...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Ignorance is bliss, apathy is cruel
It's election season, which means the heated political conversations over strained family dinners will soon be reaching a peak. News...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Jan 12
- 3 min
What's so radical about equality and fairness?
I have a shaved head, two pairs of Doc Martens (!!), I don't shave my armpits, and I'm a ~known feminist,~ so by 1980's standards, I'm as...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Rules are rules! Unless you're above them
Scott Morrison has outdone himself today, with a Tweet so dripping with irony that you have to check three times that it wasn't posted...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Scott Morrison might win the next election
Watching Scott Morrison fuck up in front of the media and public again and again is simultaneously horrifying and comforting. Horrifying...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Barnaby Joyce needs to shut the fuck up, but Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd should keep talking
What's a Monday in Australia without someone in the Cabinet saying something absolutely fucking ridiculous? Today, it was none other than...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
Politicians are just people...
Politicians are simultaneously just like and nothing like the rest of us. The idea that they're 'just regular people' often comes about...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
I'm sick of engaging with people just looking for a fight
Any person who has a 'pet cause' or strong political views knows what I'm talking about. The person who approaches you gleefully at an...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Sep 27, 2021
- 3 min
It's 2021 and I'm embarrassed
Embarrassed to live in a country that has Scott Morrison in charge. Embarrassed about how we'll explain the pandemic to the next...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
Christian Porter cannot become Morrison's scapegoat
The news that Christian Porter resigned from Cabinet over the weekend has been met with shock, suspicion, and anger. Shock that a male...
B. Hennessy
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
What the Taliban taking control of the Afghan Government means for women
A watershed moment for the #MeToo movement. Following the withdrawal of U.S military troops, over the past week, Taliban fighters have...
Cheek
- Aug 5, 2021
- 4 min
Abusers and the systems that protect them
Powerful men can get away with anything. Patriarchal systems, money, and influence mean CEOs, A listers, and the elite can often do...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
Pauline Hanson's race theory ban has no impact, except that it does
It's a tale as old as conservatism itself: a right-wing politician taking issue with something that wasn't even happening in the first...
Hannah Ferguson
- Apr 18, 2021
- 4 min
Review: Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld ★★★★☆
What if Hillary hadn’t married Bill? That is the premise of Curtis Sittenfeld’s sixth novel, a work of speculative fiction which will be...
Cheek
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Morally, they are cooked
ScoMo has made statements, apologies, and tried to retract his words. He's says he's listening to women.
Cheek
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Harmony Week? More like Irony Week
The deeply ironic tagline is 'Everyone Belongs'. It's ironic because two days ago, a minor from New Zealand was deported.
Cheek
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
This CEO is making change from the top down
Women didn't get the vote by playing by the rules. Second wave feminists were notoriously 'angry women'.
Cheek
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Australia's own #MeToo
Is this the start of Australia's very own #MeToo?
External Contributor
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Another Australian university liberal club, another tone deaf statement
La Trobe University Liberal Club, a better use of your time would be to put yourself in someone else's shoes, and take a history lesson.