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Australia’s first female prime minister was disparaged as a witch and a bitch as recently as 2011. The whole country allowed this to be perp

What is a ‘Karen’? And why do we have this term? Perhaps it is another way to keep women in their place. by EK Wills Karen is used as a derogatory name for mostly Generation X women, who speak out directly about perceived injustices. From a generalised point of view, I would argue that this persona has been created by society and developed as a reaction to circumstance. According to a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), the term refers to ‘white, uptight and mi

I’ve been beating myself up today, wracking my brain to figure out what I want to do to change my life. Then I came across an article in the Sydney morning Herald that stung my eyes as well as my heart. It was a piece about troubled women, by Elizabeth Farrelly, where she points out the disparity between men and women. Even now, she says, men are seen to deal with the troubles of the world where women are seen to be tortured inside for attempting the same. This may all be st