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To The Birth Strikers: Have Hope, Not Fear!
by Women's Forum Contributors
I was sceptical and concerned when I first came across a recent article (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/12/birthstrikers-meet-the-women-who-refuse-to-have-ch ...
We Are What We Eat (Listen To, Watch and Read)
by Women's Forum Contributors
Could what we audibly and visually consume impact us in ways we may not even realise?
I’ve been asking myself this question for quite some time. Perhaps it was that p ...
Why I Tell People I’m Pregnant Before 12 Weeks
by Women's Forum Contributors
This week, I came across an article titled “No More Isolation: Why More Women are Sharing Pregnancy News During the First Trimester (https://foreverymom.com/family-parent ...
NSW Abortion Campaign Not About Women's Health
by Rachael Wong
A new campaign (https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/sixty-groups-fighting-to-overturn-nsw-s-archaic-abortion-laws-20190501-p51j23.html)to 'decriminalise' and modernise' aborti ...
The Unforgotten Babies
by Women's Forum Contributors
Some passions are born out of life experiences and others just by wanting to make a positive difference in the world. For me it’s both. In my life, I have made bad choice ...
A Feminine Touch In Recent Politics
by Women's Forum Contributors
Something I’ve noticed lately has been the impact of a feminine touch in politics - if I can put it that way. Whether or not I agree with all of their policies, both NSW ...
Cultural Change Is Everyone’s Challenge
by Women's Forum Contributors
When the term ‘toxic masculinity’ went to air in the controversial Gillette ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0) earlier this year, it prompted yet anot ...
Should Taking Harmful Drugs While Pregnant Be A Crime?
by Women's Forum Contributors
After a horror car crash that killed a young woman heavily pregnant with twins last year in NSW,[i] (#_edn1) an attempt was made to re-enliven debate on ‘Zoe’s Law& ...
To Turn The Tide On Sexual Harassment, We Must Address Our Pornographic Culture
by Women's Forum Contributors
In the documentary Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTClhVvqoR8), released in 2017 by Magic Lantern Pictures (http://magiclanternpictures.o ...
Take The Glamorised ‘Bad Mum’ With A Grain Of Salt
by Women's Forum Contributors
Has anyone else noticed the emergence of the glamorised ‘bad mum’? I first really noticed it with the 2016 film Bad Moms, whose protagonist was an overworked mum wh ...
