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Wo! Special
Cronulla Anniversary: Women of Colour Speak Out
Confusion from the other side of the world
Sevana Ohandjanian recalls watching the Cronulla race riots unfold and attempts to understand the shocking events of that day.
Cronulla, conflict and culture: How can muslim women be heard?
Christina Ho explores high-profile leaders and commentators’ use of women’s rights as a tool to further anti-muslim sentiment- particularly in light of the tensions caused by the Cronulla ‘riots’ of December 2005.
Islam & the West: Asking for it
Shakira Hussein explores the effect of Sheik Hilali's recent speech, in which he compared unveiled women to meat and men to predatorial cats, on wider community perceptions of Islam and women in the Islamic community.
Dost thou Speakest for me? Dispatch from a young Hijabi
Rayann Bekdache gives an insight into the everday life of muslim women who don the hijab or Islamic head-scarf.
Profile: Irene Khan accepts Sydney Peace Prize
Eleanor Bell talks to a modern day human rights Sisyphus. Irene Khan accepted the Sydney Peace Prize in November for her work in her position as Secretary General of the world's largest human rights organisation, Amnesty International.
Features
Terminating choice: Pro-choice pregnancy counselling service hangs in the balance
Lauren Farrow looks at the future of pro-choice counselling services in Australia which are struggling to survive under the burden of disappearing budgets.
Move over Tupperware, make way for the Latex
Friends, fun, a glass or two of champas and…sex toys. Or that’s supposed to be the recipe for a successful PASH Party. Jennifer Lush finds that timing is everything as a grumpy hostess and a weeknight come together to make ’the comfortable environment’ decidedly uncomfortable.
Not coming to a cinema near you
Kim Powell explores the effect of cinematic sex on our bedroom antics.
Medication nation
It seems nowadays everyone has a disorder or dysfunction. It doesn’t take much to get ready access to all kinds of drugs from your local pusher, the GP. Sophie Taylor explores the medication nation.
Sexual Assault is Not Our Lore
Marianna Leishman attended this year’s Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Corroboree in Redfern. The Corroboree, held annually, acts as a platform to discuss sexual, family and domestic violence in the Indigenous community and attempts to break the shroud of silence that surrounds it.
Perspective
Mother superior
Everywhere she looks some new mother is trying to coax her into a life of nappies and screaming tots. Sally Holtz wonders when her choice to remain childless became illegitimate.
News from the Wo! front
Blog it!
Virtual communities like the blogosphere have untapped potential for social change and feminism. How can feminists in Australia harness it? Kathy Fox reports.
DIY
Amateur Witchcraft Sewing 101
Melanie Hankewich has prepared these instructions on how to take a regular second-hand skirt and make it look fabulous with a bit of DIY stitch witchery.
Eat me
Let them eat millet muffins
Kimberley Chaumont whips up some delicious millet muffins from a recipe she found shoved in the door of her car. Turns out it was quite the yummy find.
Entertain me
Erase Errata: Moral indie crusaders
Erase Errata, the all-girl San Francisco-based indie punk rock outfit, toured Australia promoting their third album, Nightlife, in November. Bass player Ellie Erickson took time out with Erin Riley to discuss inspiration, owl fetishes and why politics matters.
Album review: THE BLOW, 'Paper Television'.
By Lorese Vera
Pinkbits
Six things you didn't know about Islam
Sarah Malik reveals that the Islam we know today has a feminist history.
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