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Comment: Julia Gillard

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I’m not naive, you know, I’m not Doris Day who’s just somehow parachuted into Canberra. I had to […]

Posted on August 1, 2010July 25, 2011 The Monthly

Oil’s Shame in Africa

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In Nigeria, spills are weekly events. It was hard to believe BP when it announced oil had stopped […]

Posted on July 18, 2010June 13, 2011 Newsweek

Too Hot to Handle

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Stop ogling Republican women. Something pretty creepy has been happening to conservative women lately. There seems to be […]

Posted on July 3, 2010June 13, 2011 NewsweekU.S. Politics

Being Julia

Australia’s new prime minister breaks the glass ceiling. What a gloriously surprising day it was when Julia Gillard […]

Posted on June 25, 2010June 13, 2011 Newsweek

A Letter From Lady Thatcher

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To my brand-new chum, Sarah Palin. Dear Mrs. Palin, Of course I would be happy to meet with […]

Posted on June 18, 2010June 13, 2011 Newsweek

The Front Line Is Online

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Freedom should trump privacy. It’s been a year since Neda Agha Soltan died. Since her dark eyes blazed […]

Posted on June 5, 2010June 13, 2011 Newsweek

You go, girls: we’re just so over Sex

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Wouldn’t it be great if there were just one character of real substance in the fading female pantheon […]

Posted on May 28, 2010June 13, 2011 Sydney Morning Herald

Shallow Gals

The four main characters of used to be just like us. In the latest film, they’ve become one-dimensional […]

Posted on May 26, 2010June 13, 2011 Newsweek

From Softball to Bridget Jones

Why we should stop talking about Elena Kagan’s sexuality. You know things are getting a little grim when […]

Posted on May 12, 2010June 13, 2011 Newsweek

Lowering the Bar

When bad mothers give us hope. When reporters told Doris Lessing she had won a Nobel Prize in […]

Posted on May 6, 2010June 13, 2011 Newsweek

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