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Unfinished business : sex, freedom and misogyny / Anna Goldsworthy.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Quarterly essay (Melbourne, Vic.) ; issue 50 (2013).Publication details: Colliingwood, Vic. : Black Inc., [2013].Description: 126 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1863956026 (pbk)
  • 9781863956024 (paperback)
ISSN:
  • 1832-0953
Other title:
  • QE 50 2013 [Running title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available electronically, via the journal.
Contents:
Includes correspondence : Andrew Charlton, Jim Chalmers, Peter Brent, Russell Marks, Guy Rundle, Louise Tarrant, Troy Bramston, Nicholas Reece, Mark Latham.
In: Quarterly essayRead by Louise Crawford.Summary: Western women today have unprecedented freedom and power. In Australia we have a female prime minister and governor-general; women are at the forefront of almost every area of public life. Yet when Julia Gillard?s misogyny speech ricocheted around the world, it clearly touched a nerve. Why? For young women in particular, it is both rewarding and confusing. What cultural messages do they receive about work and home, about sex and their bodies? Why do so many reject the feminist label? And why does pop culture wink at us with storylines featuring submissive women, from Mad Men to 50 Shades of Grey to the darker recesses of pornography? With piercing insight, Anna Goldsworthy lays bare the dilemmas of being a woman today and asks how women can truly become free agents.
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Item type Home library Call number Vol info Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item reserves
Magazine Melbourne Athenaeum Library QE50 -- 2013 / 50 Jun 2013 Available Unfinished business by Anna Goldsworthy 054126
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Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-79)

Includes correspondence : Andrew Charlton, Jim Chalmers, Peter Brent, Russell Marks, Guy Rundle, Louise Tarrant, Troy Bramston, Nicholas Reece, Mark Latham.

Read by Louise Crawford.

Western women today have unprecedented freedom and power. In Australia we have a female prime minister and governor-general; women are at the forefront of almost every area of public life. Yet when Julia Gillard?s misogyny speech ricocheted around the world, it clearly touched a nerve. Why? For young women in particular, it is both rewarding and confusing. What cultural messages do they receive about work and home, about sex and their bodies? Why do so many reject the feminist label? And why does pop culture wink at us with storylines featuring submissive women, from Mad Men to 50 Shades of Grey to the darker recesses of pornography? With piercing insight, Anna Goldsworthy lays bare the dilemmas of being a woman today and asks how women can truly become free agents.

Also available electronically, via the journal.

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