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Unapologetic truth bombs on gender equity, leadership, and what it really takes for women to rise.
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Sick of Clapping for Crumbs from the Patriarchy? Yeah, Same. (opens the original)
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Women keep messaging me, furious about this, and I’m right there with them. Another invitation has a stage full of blokes telling us how much they’ve done for women. We complain, they bolt one woman on, and we’re supposed to say thanks. FFS, Enough!Truth Bomb Times exists because women deserve a space where nobody mansplains to them. Paid subscribers keep the lights on and the paid-up members of the patriarchy out.<input
He’s Good With a Footy: So Nothing Else Matters. (opens the original)
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Every time a man who has harmed women is handed a platform to tell his comeback story, someone is making a bet that the audience won’t ask questions. Ben Cousins is this month’s example. Here are five questions to ask of every redemption story, including the one that shows who gets offered redemption in the first place.Truth Bomb Times exists because women deserve a space where nobody mansplains to them. Paid subscribers keep the lights on and the paid-up members of the p
My Father Taught Me How to Hurt a Man. Nobody Taught the Boys Not to Give Me a Reason. (opens the original)
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I posted on social media about how frustrated I was that fifty years after my sisters and I were coached by my Dad on how to defend ourselves against men, how to stay safe, how to avoid situations where men could harm us, there is bugger all done to teach boys and men not to be the cause of fear and harm to girls and women. There was a huge response, and it got me thinking. Then a school headmaster in Australia said what needed saying all along.Truth Bomb Times exists because women deserve a
The Feminist Survival Guide: 4 Types of Exhausting People (opens the original)
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Part of this survival guide is knowing when to say I’ve simply run out of time. So no new edition this week. But I still want you to have what you need, and this one hasn’t dated a day: the four types of people who make the load heavier than it should be.If you’ve read it before, you’ll recognise that at least two of them are still in your life. If you haven’t, buckle up.The Truth Bomb Times is a no-bullshit, unapologetic feminist pub
Six Questions That Test If He's a Safe Manager (opens the original)
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A woman apologised to me last week for telling the truth about a workplace that had hurt her. I told her what I’m telling you here: if we can’t say the heavy thing in a space built for women’s power, there’s nowhere left to say it. This is for every woman working out whether her manager is a safe harbour or a risk, and for every manager who’s never once asked.Free, every Tuesday. No bullshit.<form class="subscription-widget-su
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