Van Badham
Van Badham is a theatre-maker and novelist, occasional broadcaster, critic and feminist. She is vice-president of the MEAA, Victoria. She writes columns for the Guardian and lives in Melbourne.
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Finding out there's a forgetful gene didn't make me feel better about the treasure I'd lostIn an age of increasing consumerism, what makes us become so attached to certain possessions, and so despairing when we lose them?
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The female strength on display in Rio is worth getting excited aboutFor the first time in my life, watching these Olympics, I am consumed with female body envy. I wish I’d worked out, toughened up, added muscle
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Van Badham: my week of abuse after Steve Price Q&A clash – videoGuardian Australia columnist Van Badham talks about the response to the ABC’s Q&A program, where she clashed with fellow panellist Steve Price over the Eddie McGuire saga and domestic violence issues.
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I'm still reeling from Q&A – but not because I was called 'hysterical'I wanted to make the point to Australia’s attorney general that cuts to legal centres abandon women who need help the most. I never got to make that point
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Fairness and community values: how the unions brought the government to its kneesThe ACTU and its affiliates hitting the streets for community values was the most effective reversal of electoral orthodoxy in a generation
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Melbourne theatre productions show the difference 40 years of feminism makeDouble Indemnity offers female archetypes, Trilogy is a feminist masterwork, and Quippings has been called ‘crip burlesque’
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Don't let the election distract you from what's happening to workersMaintenance workers at Carlton United Breweries have lost their jobs. In what amounts to a corporate sleight of hand, they can reapply if they accept pay cuts of up to 65%
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Labor has a detailed strategy to fight for fairness. This mattersI understand why Britons voted for Brexit because I was caught in the low-wage economy there. Only Labor can prevent that exploitation setting in here
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#faketradie is worried about blue-collar jobs? He should be under this mobWhether the man dubbed the #faketradie is a real tradie or not, the decline in manufacturing jobs since the Coalition took over is real and worrying
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Van Badham: don't fall for the same old neoliberal election ads – Behind the Lines podcastVan Badham joins Gabrielle Jackson and Miles Martignoni to discuss inequality in Australia
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It’s time Australians looked more closely at our privileged ruling classWhile Duncan Storrar was being dragged through the mud for asking a hard question, students from an exclusive college were being protected from investigation and Malcolm Turnbull was dining in a private club
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This election will be fought on class lines – not good news for TurnbullEver since Richard Nixon, conservative leaders have felt the imperative to connect with ordinary voters. But can Malcolm Turnbull pull it off?
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The fight for the environment and the fight for blue-collar jobs are one and the sameMarket exploitation of working class people and of the environment adds up to the endangerment of both and, ultimately, us all
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Everything you don't understand about Senate voting reform (and are afraid to admit)Australia is poised to erode one of the most powerfully enfranchised electorates in the world – and we’re losing it without a sophisticated discussion
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Madonna review – pop queen pole dances, high kicks and bigs up Mike TysonFrom simulated sex acts to pole dancing on the belly of a woman dressed as a nun, Madonna proves she can still do whatever she wants
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Dog groomers make more per hour than women who educate childrenThe gender pay gap hasn’t moved in a decade. Women are retiring with half the super of men and they still do more housework. Sisters, it’s time to kick ass
Australia culture blog Melbourne festival: show me The Money and I'll decide how to spend it