The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers by Mathew Hays. Arsenal Pup Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-55152-220-3. 384 pages. The View from Here is rich in its diversity…. Read more »
Radical Women
Abortion Rights in Victoria are within reach – Pro-choice action is crucial
By November this year, Victorians will have new abortion laws. For the first time in 50 years, women and their doctors will no longer face possible imprisonment, as stated in… Read more »
Young Women’s Prognosis for Feminism: Alive, Kicking and Life-saving!
The Australian newspaper’s contribution to International Women’s Day this year was this article: “What young women want: Feminism is dead, or at least in desperate need of an extreme makeover.”… Read more »
Victoria’s health workers and teachers give lessons on how to fight WorkChoices
Women workers are leading the resistance! Paid far less than their counterparts in the rest of Australia, nurses, allied health workers and teachers have ignited a spark in the union… Read more »
Crunch time for abortion rights in Victoria: A call to action for pro-choice campaigners
This year, Victorian women could win the right to choose, at last. Fifty years of dogged campaigning — in parliament, within the governing Labor Party and in the streets —… Read more »
A call to rebellious sisters: It’s time to turn our vision of a perfect world into a reality. Because we can!
How often have you heard it said that women are the powerless victims of a ruthless society that enslaves us? Or these words, “In a perfect world…”— to shut us… Read more »
Radical Women hosts Indigenous rabble-rouser
Nellie Moore and Alison Thorne at Solidarity Salon. On 17 April, Solidarity Salon was filled with Radical Women (RW) members, supporters and new friends eager to hear Nellie Moore, a… Read more »
Out of the closets and into the streets! Equality beckons, but not through the ballot box
It seems as if the federal election has been coming for an eternity! Australia has been in pre-election mode since the Australian Labor Party (ALP) chose its new leadership team… Read more »
Bracks is Back! A call to join the unfinished battle for reproductive rights in Victoria
Saturday morning, October 28, 2006, was freezing and threatening rain in Melbourne. On a day like this, Wellington Parade, outside the Fertility Control Clinic, is like a wind tunnel. But… Read more »
Yellow Woman Speaks by Merle Woo
Merle Woo’s poetry achieves a rare combination of substance and style. Undoubtedly political, often shocking, Yellow Woman Speaks is a pleasure to read. Her conversational, open, no-bull tone made me… Read more »