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xiv, 295 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: sometimes you just have to laugh / Jane Caro -- A complex problem / Monica Dux -- Destroying the joint is about more than being a woman in power / Christine Milne -- A fairer country / Michelle Law -- Destroying the joint starts at home / Leslie Cannold -- Girl talk / Lily Edelstein -- Women destroy the joint / Tara Moss -- History's footnote, or, a Wolvi incident / Melissa Lucashenko -- We are destroying the joint / Carmen Lawrence -- Global destroyers / Emily Maguire -- Birth of a movement / Destoy the Joint Administrators -- Spanners and mirages / Jennifer Mills -- Love tweets / Yvette Vignando -- The writing on the walls / Jenna Price -- We appointed a women executive once ... it didn't work out / Catherine Fox -- Destroying the joint in twelve easy lessons / Catherine Deveny -- Women talk back / Wendy Harmer -- Speaking truth to power: sexism, outrage and the public consciousness / Paula McDonald and Abby Cathcart -- There's nothing funny about misogyny / Clementine Ford -- A letter to feminists from a man who knows better / Corinne Grant -- Outside manners / Susan Johnson -- Joint destroyer, born and raised / Steph Bowe -- Beyond jeering: an unapologetic love letter to teen girls / Dannielle Miller -- Leaky ladies and their worrisome wombs / Nina Funnell -- The politics of exclusion / Stella Young -- Markers of change / Penny Wong -- The university and the beast: a fairy tale / Krissy Kneen |
| Summary |
In 'Destroying the joint: why women have to change the world', Australian women reply to commentator Alan Jones's comment and the broader issues of sexism and misogyny in our culture |
| Analysis |
Attitudes |
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Australian |
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Equal opportunities |
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Feminism |
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Former Members |
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Jones, Alan B., (radio broadcaster) |
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Sex discrimination |
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Sexism |
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Social change |
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Social conditions |
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Women |
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Women Members |
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Women in politics |
| Notes |
"Penny Wong, Corinne Grant, Christine Milne, Wendy Harmer, Clementine Ford, Tara Moss, Stella Young, Catherine Deveny, Leslie Cannold and more"--Cover |
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N copy signed by author, 23 October 2015. ANL |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) |
| Subject |
Australian essays -- 21st century.
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Leadership in women -- Australia.
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Leadership.
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Political science.
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Political science -- Australia.
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Politics and literature -- Auatralia
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Politics and literature -- Australia.
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Women -- Political activity -- Australia.
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Women -- Political activity.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 2001-
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Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478
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Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
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| Author |
Caro, Jane, editor
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| ISBN |
9780702249907 (paperback) |
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