Destroying The Joint

Overview

Early in September 2012, commentator Alan Jones, responding to a comment by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said: ‘She [Gillard] said that we know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating. Women are destroying the joint – Christine Nixon in Melbourne, Clover Moore here. Honestly.’ The twitterverse exploded with passionate, disbelieving and hilarious responses, and here in Destroying the Joint women reply to this comment and the broader issues of sexism and misogyny in our culture. With Jane Caro editing, this entertaining and thought-provoking collection consists of essays, analysis, memoir, fiction and more, from a variety of Australian women writers.

Author Biography

Jane Caro runs her own communications consultancy and lectures in Advertising Creative at The School of Communication Arts—UWS. She has co-authored two books: The Stupid Country: How Australia is dismantling public education (with Chris Bonnor) and The F Word: How we learned to swear by feminism (with Catherine Fox). She is sought after as a speaker, MC, and workshop facilitator, in both the public and private sectors. She has also appeared on several Australian television and radio talk shows.