Media tarts / Julia Baird ; with a foreword by Annabel Crabb.
Publication details: Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2021.Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: 400 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780733341922 (paperback)
- Media tarts : how the Australian press frames female politicians
- 1900-1999
- Women in politics -- Australia
- Politics and government
- Politics, Practical
- Women in the civil service
- Women -- Political activity
- Women in mass media
- Women in mass media
- Women politicians -- Australia -- Public opinion
- Politics, Practical -- Australia
- Women in the civil service -- Australia
- Women -- Political activity -- Australia
- Australia
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- 320.994082 23
- HQ1236.5.A8 B35 2021
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 320.994 BAI | Available | 063474 |
Originally published: Melbourne, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2004.
Bibliography: pages 381-400.
Julia Baird's seminal work, Media Tarts, was originally published in 2004. Based on a series of extensive interviews, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of a generation of prominent female politicians on the Australian political system, exploring the part played by the press in their downfall. Almost two decades later, it is evident how little has changed. Now revisited and updated with a new foreword, Media Tarts is essential reading from one of our foremost journalists and political commentators, providing a powerful, sobering and incisive insight into how deep the currents of misogyny run, and how the media continues to treat female politicians. If we want to understand what is happening today, and avoid the endless repeating of the same story, we need to reckon with our past.
