Jessie Matheson explores how “out-sized” rural women used the women’s pages of a 1930s newspaper to counter discourses about their bodies. This post is based on an article that appears in the 2020 issue of Lilith, available now on open access … Continue reading
Kerrie Handasyde explores how dress played an important role in perceptions of the religious identity and authority of the first women preachers in Australia. This post is based on an article that appears in the 2020 issue of Lilith, available now … Continue reading
Belinda Eslick considers how Luce Irigaray’s philosophies can transform the way we think about the radical nature of women’s political history in Australia. This post is based on an article that appears in the 2020 issue of Lilith, available now on … Continue reading
Rebecca Louise Clarke considers how the maternal experience is shared and archived in today’s digital museum spaces. This post is based on an article that appears in the 2020 issue of Lilith, available now on open access here. The merging of … Continue reading
Toni Church explores how popular understandings of the past can be deepened and transformed by enlivening how colonial women are represented in curatorial language and physical embodiments in Australian museums and galleries. This post is based on an article that appears … Continue reading
Jennifer Caligari examines how temperance and suffrage activist Bessie Harrison Lee used the theatrics of protest to promote her agenda. This post is based on an article that appears in the 2020 issue of Lilith, available now on open access here. … Continue reading
Rachel Harris and Michelle Staff reflect on the year’s events to date, and what it means for the future of feminism and feminist historians. This article is based on the editorial that appears in the 2020 issue of Lilith, available … Continue reading
As the Anglican Diocese of Perth welcomes its first female archbishop, Peter Sherlock reflects on the history of women’s ordination in the Anglican Church of Australia. On Saturday February 10, 2018, the Anglican Diocese of Perth will welcome Bishop Kay Goldsworthy … Continue reading
Our series of blogs based on articles published in Lilith: A Feminist History Journal continues with Suzanne Rutland’s analysis of Jewish women in Australia. The role of the Jewish woman is encapsulated in a famous Hebrew proverb, beginning: ‘A woman of value … Continue reading
Our series of blogs based on articles published in Lilith: A Feminist History Journal continues with Tanya Serisier’s analysis of feminist anti-rape politics. Warning: this post includes the explicit discussion of and imagery relating to rape. In 1975, Susan Brownmiller published … Continue reading