TUF. Prostitution and the sexual contract
In this episode, Martine and Liv look at prostitution through a second-wave, materialist feminist lens — and at why the shift to "sex work" language matters more than it might first appear. Drawing on...
7 Maj 11min
Surrogacy is not 'fertility support': Our evidence to the NSW inquiry
In this bonus episode, we share some of the audio of our appearance before the NSW Legislative Council’s inquiry into fertility support and assisted reproductive treatment. Presented under public inte...
1 Maj 19min
Power, proportionality, and the Lesbian Action Group: When the AHRC stands in its own shoes
Last week the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission addressed the National Press Club. We were there — and we asked him why Parliament should extend the Commission's enforcement powers o...
30 Apr 15min
Guardianship, not paternalism: A different way to think about surrogacy and the state
Before the NSW Legislative Council even asked its first question, we made a deliberate choice: to shift the entire frame of the hearing. In this short episode, Emma and Megan discuss the opening state...
23 Apr 10min
Agency ends when the surrogacy contract begins: Lived experience, power and law‑making
Emma and Megan unpack their recent evidence to the NSW Legislative Council inquiry on ‘fertility support’ and surrogacy. Drawing on AAWAA’s anchoring arguments, they explain why Parliament’s role is t...
23 Apr 12min
Her super, his payday: closing the male violence loophole
When a woman dies, her superannuation doesn't automatically go to her estate — it goes to whoever her super fund trustee decides, within rules that can force payment to a violent or controlling man. E...
16 Apr 9min
Violence against older women: What Australia won’t count
Emma and Luci unpack AAWAA’s new submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, focusing on how violence against older women is made invisible in Australia. They explore ...
9 Apr 13min
TUF. Women as a sex class in a world of 'identity'
In this first episode of The Unmoved Feminist, Martine and Liv dig into one of the most consequential shifts of the past two decades: the gradual displacement of sex by gender identity in law, policy ...
4 Apr 11min
