Is #MeToo The Privatisation Of Protest?
Dr Liz Conor continues New Matilda’s series exploring the meaning and the motivation behind the…More
Author: Liz Conor
Liz Conor
Liz Conor is a columnist at New Matilda and an ARC Future Fellow at La Trobe University. She is the author of Skin Deep: Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Women, [UWAP, 2016] and The Spectacular Modern Woman: Feminine Visibility in the 1920s [Indiana University Press, 2004]. She is editor of Aboriginal History and has published widely in academic and mainstream press on gender, race and representation.
#MeToo: Trauma Triggering Or Trigger-Happy?
In the ‘good old days’ raising awareness about violence against women looked very, very different.…More
Homophobes Desperately Need Marriage Equality (Because Nobody Loves Them)
Won’t someone please think of the Homophobes, writes Dr Liz Conor. If eyebrows have been…More
Detaching Women’s Toes In The Red Army
After a lifetime of confusion Liz Conor finally understands the Battle that is Ballet. Here’s…More
EXCLUSIVE: The Transcript Of Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull’s Phone Call
New Matilda’s Dr Liz Conor has been leaked a copy of the transcript of the…More
The Climate Movement Is Indigenous-led
Dr Liz Conor pays tribute to the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Indigenous…More
Wake in Fright: The Morning After
Dr Liz Conor awoke this morning to a virtual retinal detachment. She explains. The Director…More
The Bald Eagle Stripped Bare Is An Alt-White Frontiersman
Donald Trump supporters are not poor. They are, however, quite scary writes Dr Liz Conor.…More
No Part of a Woman is Up For Grabs. Unlike Predator Trump’s Ballot.
The public meltdown of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign begs several obvious questions, writes Liz Conor.…More
The C-Word: Its Manners, Customs and Many Varied Uses
Last week, a protestor crashed a stage with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and dropped the…More