Eleanor Robertson
The Guardian
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Why do we love advice columns so much? We are hungry little piggies desperate for rules and guidance
The expectations around relationships have never been so lax, but what are the new rules? → Read More
Nepotism was once pretty groovy – it’s meritocracy that’s freaky and new
There’s a part of me attracted to the idea of simply being given a track in life. But such favouritism is not what it used to be → Read More
Yoga with Adriene is now a direct substitute for things I used to do outside: exercising, socialising, even therapy
The terror caused by coronavirus is being lived out by the stiffness in my body → Read More
There is a lot that is scary about Amazon – but hate the economic system not the enormous global company
Amazon relies on people’s love for good deals overriding any concerns about worker mistreatment → Read More
Nick Cummins proved too sensitive for the nightmarish Bachelor
The Honey Badger is, by all appearances, honestly trying to process what it meant for him to be complicit in something he finds so repulsive → Read More
I don’t want to get good at gaming, I want to escape the relentless pressure to improve myself
I enjoy video games, but I’m not good at playing them and I don’t want to be → Read More
Intersectional-what? Feminism's problem with jargon is that any idiot can pick it up and have a go
There’s no Académie Française of anti-oppression terminology; nothing stops your supposed enemies from appropriating your language to use against you → Read More
The government's proposed internships scheme is more like welfare for businesses than the unemployed
The government is trying to sell its plan to give employers $1000 and the free labour of dole recipients as an "internship" program. Eleanor Robertson isn't buying it. → Read More
Why Bronwyn Bishop didn't blaze a trail for Liberal women
With her departure, the number of female Liberal MPs is set to sink to proportions not seen outside of MRA meetings and literal male bathrooms. → Read More
A feminist's guide to making guys like Roosh V irrelevant
Instead of playing visa whack-a-mole, the proven effective technique is to shut them down at the source of their power over women. → Read More
What this video shows us about how boys are taught to handle rejection
It's not just 'kids being kids' when a boy intentionally injures a girl based on a perceived rejection or slight. → Read More
Feminists, get ready: pregnancy and abortion are about to be disrupted
Artificial wombs, able to gestate a foetus outside the body, will completely upend feminism’s accepted arguments on bodily autonomy – for good or ill → Read More
Why the best romance on The Bachelorette is the one between the 'bros'
In between swearing they'll never betray the sacred 'bro code', the dudes spend most of their time cuddling and having supportive chats about their emotions. → Read More
Why can't men stand public mothering? Let Kelly O'Dwyer breastfeed her bub
It’s not selfish to expect to breastfeed your child in public (or in parliament). Why do so many men think they can avoid having to deal with kids, though? → Read More
Why Malcolm Turnbull is no progressive hero
When it comes to the distribution of power, privilege and resources in Australian society, Malcolm backs conservatives all the way to the bank. → Read More
Why are the baby boomers desperate to make millennials hate ourselves?
New statistics from the Pew research centre show the youngest workers have totally internalised the messaging of the luckiest generation in human history → Read More
BoJack Horseman: to avoid another show about a white dude, make him a horse
Why is BoJack Horseman a horse when his character traits could belong to a middle-aged deadbeat? Once again, we meet a common TV trope → Read More
I don't want to go on Leunig's anti-vaccination mental vacation
There’s a reason Leunig’s cartoons are pinned up where people are desperately unhappy: the cartoonist has been encouraging a retreat from reality for years → Read More
Do we need Lenny, Lena Dunham's newsletter, when feminism itself has been Dunhamised
Lena Dunham’s Lenny newsletter is billed as ‘Goop meets Grantland’. Great – it’ll fit right in with the rest of the sassy, individualistic feminist speciality media → Read More
Do we need Lena Dunham's newsletter when feminism itself has been Dunhamised?
Lena Dunham’s Lenny newsletter is billed as ‘Goop meets Grantland’. Great – it’ll fit right in with the rest of the sassy, individualistic feminist speciality media → Read More