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50 years of Ms. Magazine: How the groundbreaking publication sparked a feminist revolution

Not long after “Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman” begins, the fictionalized Ted Bundy begins opining on the concept of guilt.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, opera performers could take any role they wanted. Sopranos were kings, countertenors their lovers; although, in an old theater tradition that went back to the Greeks, wet nurses were always played by men, and the character was re-written if no male could be found to p...

Languages reflect the societies that use them – and English is riddled with sexism Should dictionaries include sexist words and definitions?  At university I had a lecturer of medieval language and literature who was so wonderfully idiosyncratic that you will no doubt suspect I have made him up. His name was Alaric. He recited Beowulf from memory to silence the room and was known to remove his shoes before commencing a lecture. You can find a video of him rapping the opening lines of Piers Plowman on YouTube. He once took our class to York for the Jorvik Viking Festival, and led us r...

Melbourne has an energy, a juju that impacts on the music scene: Adalita Save Normal text size Advertisement Getting hit by a beer can or three was a rite of passage when you played certain venues in Geelong in the 1990s. Magic Dirt lead singer and solo artist Adalita Srsen recalls fondly what she describes as a quasi-initiation. Adalita at the Carringbush Hotel. Credit:Penny Stephens Growing up in the seaside city, she loved seeing local punk rock bands. “It was dangerous being in the room watching them – in a good way, in a decadent, bacchanalian way. Everyone just going off.â€�...