What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and media pundits included - just don't consider the beating down of women to be of any consequence. Half… — Clementine Ford Copy Share Image
After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour… — Clementine Ford Copy Share Image
Recently, I wrote that feminism was 'finding a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt' a way for girls and women to re-negotiate our understanding of the world so that we can become a full and equal part of it rather than just a means of decorating it; to move towards a place where the mere act of being… — Clementine Ford Copy Share
In our current society, it is considered a weakness to be female and a treason to protest this. Highlighting inequality results in aggressive insults and threats, all of which are propped up by the repeated narrative now that women are 'playing the gender card'. And this is the final insult. That of all the unfair things associated with women -… — Clementine Ford Copy Share
Asking women to respect themselves in order to ‘earn’ the right to be treated like a human being is total horseshit. But suggesting that… — Clementine Ford Copy Share Image
What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and media pundits… — Clementine Ford Copy Share Image
It would be rare to find a woman who hadn't endured some kind of ridicule for stepping out of line. When the market dictates… — Clementine Ford Copy Share Image