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Fired Up
Isn’t It Time We Had Consent Classification In TV & Films?
Alicia Vrajlal
16 Sep. 2022
Unbothered
If Your Feelings About The Queen’s Death Are Complicated, That’s OK
L'Oréal Blackett
15 Sep. 2022
News
Queen Elizabeth II Has Died At The Age Of 96
Refinery29 Staff
8 Sep. 2022
Fired Up
We Can’t Address Street Harassment Without Considering Inte...
At least half of all women in Australia have experienced sexual harassment, abuse or violence. That’s 1 in 2 that has been sexually harassed, 1 in 3 that
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Alicia Vrajlal
World News
A Third Of Pakistan Is Under Water — Here’s How To Help From Here
In Pakistan, ‘unprecedented’ rains caused by climate change have left a third of the country underwater, killing 1,100 people and leaving 10 mi
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Zahra Campbell-Av...
Global News
Under Liz Truss, Things Could Be Harder For Women In Britain
Former foreign secretary Liz Truss has won the Conservative party’s leadership contest and beat former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the race for the top job
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Vicky Spratt
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News
The Teacher’s Pet Podcast Is Re-Released In Australia After...
Update 2/09/2022: The Australian‘s popular true crime podcast, The Teacher’s Pet, will become available to Australian audiences again after Chr
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Jess Commons
Global News
Sanna Marin Has Been Exposed As Human & It’s Good For Us All
What exactly constitutes a scandal in politics these days? Allegedly misleading parliament over what you were up to during the coronavirus lockdowns (Boris
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Vicky Spratt
News
I’m A 17-Year-Old Ukrainian Refugee, Reminding You The War Is Far...
August 24 marks six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. A conflict that the world hoped would end quickly following the initial invasion on February 24 ha
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Lauren Crosby Med...
Work & Money
The Influencer Pay Gap: How Female Australian Creators Are Missin...
Social media is often touted as this feminist utopia where anyone can be somebody. Sure, it’s democratic in a way that we don’t see with traditional me
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Maggie Zhou
Wellness
Dina Asher-Smith Calls For Research Into How Period Cramps Affect...
Dina Asher-Smith, the fastest woman in British history, has started an important conversation about the way period cramps can affect performance. Competing
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Nick Levine
Wellness
Monkeypox Impacts Us All — But Stigma Will Hurt LGBTQ+ People Of ...
In the past week, data has shown how the monkeypox outbreak has been disproportionately impacting Black and brown folks in the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S.
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Molly Longman
Fired Up
Australia Is Finally Talking About Migrant & Refugee Women Experi...
At least half of all women in Australia have experienced sexual harassment, abuse or violence. That’s 1 in 2 that has been sexually harassed, 1 in 3 that
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Alicia Vrajlal
Unbothered
Brittney Griner Sentenced To 9 Years In Russian Prison For Drug C...
After being detained by Russian police at Sheremetyevo Airport on drug allegations in February, WNBA athlete Brittney Griner has officially been sentenced
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Ineye Komonibo
Living
I’m Deeply Invested In Swimmer Emma McKeon’s Love Life, Does That...
Let’s get things straight: Emma McKeon is one of Australia’s most celebrated athletes for good reason. The 28-year-old Wollongong-born swimmer has just
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Maggie Zhou
News
Letter From The Editor: Cheers To Our First Year At Refinery29 Au...
Today marks Refinery29 Australia’s first birthday! The past 12 months have been incredible and at times, tough, but I’ve never believed in anyt
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Zahra Campbell-Av...
Sport
8 Aussie Female Athletes Going For Gold At The 2022 Commonwealth ...
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Alicia Vrajlal
Fashion
Kate Moss Recalls Being Asked To Remove Her Bra At A Photoshoot W...
Content warning: This article details instances of sexual harassment and may be distressing to some readers. Kate Moss has opened up about a “horri
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Nick Levine
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Why Kamala Harris Feels ‘Optimistic’ About The Future...
It wasn’t hard to see the symbolism in the torrential rains that preceded US Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Indianapolis, IN, on July 25. One
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Molly Longman
Unbothered
Why I’m Only A Black Woman On Sundays
I am only a Black woman on Sundays. Let me clarify. I am a 21-year-old Black nonbinary person. I was assigned female at birth. My pronouns are they/h
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Reegan Saunders
Fired Up
Image-Based Abuse Is Growing In Australia — & Young People Are At...
At least half of all women in Australia have experienced sexual harassment, abuse or violence. That’s 1 in 2 that has been sexually harassed, 1 in 3 that
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Alicia Vrajlal
News
Rally In Solidarity: Every
Roe v. Wade
Abortion Rights Pro...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade — the 1973 landmark decision that legalised abortion in the US. This means that many Am
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Alicia Vrajlal
Entertainment
Say Goodbye To Macy Gray — She Outed Herself As A TERF
On July 4, Macy Gray chose to go on known bigot Piers Morgan’s show Uncensored and reveal herself as a transphobe on national television. In the controve
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Wisdom Iheanyichukwu
News
Everything You Need To Know About Australia’s Self-Administ...
In a pivotal update to the National Cervical Screening Program, Australia is now the first country in the world to offer self-testing swabs to people with
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Alicia Vrajlal
News
‘A Minor Victory.’ Abortion Care Resumes In Four U.S....
Chaos and clinic-closing ensued after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which protected a person’s right to choose abortion, on Friday., June 24.
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Molly Longman
Living
Why America’s Abortion Bans Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Us...
When I woke up on the weekend and saw the news that Roe v Wade had been overturned in America, I, like so many people all over the world, wanted to throw u
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Maya Skidmore
Politics
What Abortion Access In The U.S. Looks Like Post-
Roe
Dec...
This story will be updated as more news about the Dobbs decision comes to light. History will remember 24th June, 2022, as the day the U.S. Supreme Court d
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Molly Longman
Abortion Access For All
9 Posters To Bring To Your Next Abortion Rights Rally
It’s official: The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. On June 24, people started gathering to protest against the loss of our Constitutional r
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Elizabeth Gulino
Fired Up
The Australian Music Industry’s Finally Waking Up To Its Se...
At least half of all women in Australia have experienced sexual harassment, abuse or violence. That’s 1 in 2 that has been sexually harassed, 1 in 3 that
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Alicia Vrajlal
Unbothered
As A Black Woman Who Lived In Sweden, #Swedengate Is All Too Fami...
Sweden used to evoke the usual stereotypes: blonde-haired blue-eyed people traipsing through green flowery fields, assemble-by-numbers furniture with simpl
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June Findlay
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