March is Women’s History Month and in honour of that The Broad is covering a new book about an Australian swimming legend and the woman who’s captured her story. Mina Wylie at Coogee beach In Search of Mina Wylie tells the life story of Australia’s greatest swimmer. It recounts the life of
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Banksy Exhibition
The Banksy exhibition is currently on in Sydney with 80 artworks, the largest touring collection of the famed street artist's works. Just this week Banksy hit the news over a trademark dispute for merchandise using his artworks. Basically if he doesn't have his own merchandise, he doesn't own the trademark,
Queen Victoria: An unlikely icon
The Nightingale: Feminine exploration of Australia’s violent Colonial past
The Nightingale is an astonishing new Australian film from writer/director Jennifer Kent in cinemas now. It’s the follow up to The Babadook, Kent’s critically acclaimed 2014 film. It traces the story of Clare, a young Irish convict woman free after serving her sentence is seeking revenge for the violent acts committed
Meet comedian Joanne Brookfield
Don't get mad, get funny. That could be the mantra for female comedians everywhere who've had to fight harder to have their voices heard in the historically made-dominated world of comedy, particularly stand-up. Australian comedian, writer and journalist Joanne Brookfield doesn't always see the funny side of comedy. Her new show
Portrait of the Artist as a Woman, as a Mother
The Archibald portrait exhibition and the problem of being a woman and an artist, including discussion of artist Del Kathryn Barton and her painting of Cate Blanchett, Mother (a portrait of cate). The recent Archibald Prize exhibition revealed a theme of interest to Some Notes From A Broad. Woman as artist
Tarantino has a questionable record in #MeToo context, should we boycott his film?
Christina Lee, Curtin University This story contains spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. While promoting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was asked why Margot Robbie’s character – murdered actress Sharon Tate – was given so few lines. An “angry-looking Tarantino”, as