Yes,Barbie the movie has heard of feminism. (And thinks it sounds awesome!) But how patriarchy-toppling is it really?
Sure,there’s the odd analysis of the royal family’s history with empire and slavery,sure the couple continues to earn profits the size of a small country’s GDP for their association with said royal family. But they’re so in love.
When I picked up the “other” Bronte’s novel,I did so with resignation and spiritual smugness. This will be hard,I thought,but it will be good for me.
The court has heard that Depp once passed out,face down,in the sands of his Bahamas island. There’s no more striking tableau for the spiritual shallowness of mega-wealth:unconscious,even in a private paradise.
The pandemic gave us work-from-home,longer hours and other questionable “conveniences”.
A university degree is more than a product:it’s a formative chapter in a life. Universities need to be places of moral force that nurture students,not merely deliver job-ready customers,
Some commentators have suggested many young Australians would not be prepared to fight for their country. The deeper question is what might we fight to defend - and I know what that line is.
Why paint women as passive in order to have a public conversation about the social pressures placed upon them to appease the male ego?
We say we want to get rid of the monarch,yet we’re still searching for someone to crown
Women in their 20s are told nothing is more beautiful than confidence. Yet friends of mine have already started undergoing cosmetic procedures. This is not entirely surprising.
Therapy-speak,psychobabble … whatever you call it,it’s become part of the 20-something conversation.