| ISBN |
9780702249907 (paperback) |
| Title |
Destroying the joint : why women have to change the world / edited by Jane Caro. |
| Published |
St Lucia, Queensland University of Queensland Press, 2013. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
xiv, 295 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
"Penny Wong, Corinne Grant, Christine Milne, Wendy Harmer, Clementine Ford, Tara Moss, Stella Young, Catherine Deveny, Leslie Cannold and more"--Cover. |
| Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) |
| 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. |
| Subjects |
Women in politics -- Australia |
| Women -- Political activity -- Australia |
| Politics and literature -- Australia |
| Australian essays -- 21st century |
| Leadership in women -- Australia |
| Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century |
| Other Names |
Caro, Jane editor. |
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