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<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nWhy Villanelle will go down in history as one of the best TV villains<\/h3>\n
Crime novelist Tara Moss makes the case that Killing Eve\u2019s Villanelle is one of the most complex and compelling villains we\u2019ve seen on screen. APRIL 26, 2022, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n
WHY CLASSIC CRIME FICTION WAS OBSESSED WITH FASHION, Crime Reads<\/a>
Every suit, every dress tells a story.
DECEMBER 29, 2020 BY TARA MOSS<\/p>\n________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-<\/p>\n
\u00a0Five things you need to know on International Day of People with Disabilities<\/a>
– Tara Moss on building a more accessible and equal world<\/a><\/p>\nDECEMBER, 2020 BY TARA MOSS<\/p>\n
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Best of free-to-air TV: Cyberhate with Tara Moss 5\/5 stars<\/h3>\n
The Age | March 12, 2017<\/p>\n
\u2018A ferocious ambassador for human rights, Tara Moss wastes no time in debunking the sentiment behind the playground chant, \u201cSticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me\u201d. Her opening statement makes clear that real people write the real words that impact on real people on the other side of the computer screen. Unlike Ian Thorpe, \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Why rape is not \u2018sex\u2019 and survivors don\u2019t \u2018confess<\/h3>\n
Sydney Morning Herald | September 14, 2016<\/p>\n
Stories have always mattered. Media coverage helps inform our view of the world, and cements \u2013 or challenges \u2013 social attitudes. Rightly or wrongly, much like the parables of old, news and media stories can carry the weight of lessons. When we read the news today, what do we learn about issues like sexual assault and violence against women? Let\u2019s take a look at some \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Why are women\u2019s voices judged more harshly than men\u2019s<\/h3>\n
SBS | May 25, 2016<\/p>\n
Acclaimed author Tara Moss speaks out in an edited extract from her new book, Speaking Out: A 21st Century Handbook for Women and Girls, looking at how gendered perceptions and old-fashioned social norms impact the way we listen \u2013 or don\u2019t listen \u2013 to women when they speak out: \u2018Fortunately, not many people these days will openly admit to not wanting to \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Girls will be Boys<\/h3>\n
ABC News Australia | March 1, 2016<\/p>\n
If it\u2019s true we are all androgynous, why are we so rigid about dress? Tara Moss maps her journey from tomboy to \u201cfull dude\u201d Victor Lamour in homage to the unsung genre of Drag King. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Tara Moss Reports On The Rise Of Child Brides In Syrian Refugee Camps<\/h3>\n
Marie Claire | September 25, 2015<\/p>\n
On a visit to one of the hundreds of tented refugee camps in Lebanon, UNICEF ambassador Tara Moss discovered a horrific development: the sale of displaced Syrian girls as child brides. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Tara Moss: observations from Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon<\/h3>\n
Radio National, ABC | June 9, 2015<\/p>\n
Australian author and UNICEF Child Survival Ambassador, Tara Moss has just returned from Lebanon where she visited refugees from the Syrian conflict. What she saw in the camps and informal settlements has had a deep impact on her. Tara is particularly concerned that the plight of Syrian refugees has slipped off the news agenda. \u201cI can\u2019t turn away. We can\u2019t \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Sunrise, CH7 | June 9, 2015<\/h3>\n
Tara Moss\u2019s new mission<\/p>\n
Tara speaks to Sunrise about her time visiting refugee camps in Lebanon where millions of Syrian refugees are living, having fled from the violent conflict in Syria, and why she is raising money for UNICEF\u2019s work. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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One brave girl\u2019s story shines amid shocking scenes of hardship in a sea of Syrian refugees<\/h3>\n
The Age | June 7, 2015<\/p>\n
I am sitting cross-legged on a concrete slab in a home that is not a home. This is a makeshift shelter of corrugated iron and plastic sheeting, about the size of a parking spot, and it accommodates a displaced Syrian family with three young children. There is no door. Directly outside the open entrance is the dust and weather of \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Interview with Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman<\/h3>\n
Radio National, Sydney Writer’s Festival | February 5, 2015<\/p>\n
Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. But she finds there are important things in life that she can\u2019t ask for and she learns that she isn\u2019t alone in this. In her new book, she explores and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical \u2026Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Tara Moss: Why domestic violence is a whole of society issue<\/h3>\n
702 ABC Sydney | March 18, 2015<\/p>\n
In conversation with Pallavi Sinha, author and patron of the Full Stop Foundation Tara Moss discusses the statistics of domestic violence in Australia and why it requires a whole-of-society response. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Interview with Australian of the Year Rosie Batty<\/h3>\n
Ideas at the House – Sydney Opera House | March 8, 2015<\/p>\n
When two young men lose their lives in drunken assaults in the space of a few weeks, governments declare \u2018Enough is enough\u2019, and enact strict regulation to prevent another incident. But despite one Australian woman being killed by a current or former partner every week, family violence doesn\u2019t attract anywhere near an equivalent amount of airtime, or popular outrage. Rosie \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Unless we take action, our goals on child survival will not be met<\/h3>\n
Daily Life | September 17, 2014<\/p>\n
In the years I have been involved with UNICEF I have become closely connected to the stories of mothers and parents in Australia and around the world. As a patron of the Baby Friendly Health Initiative I have met women for whom access to health care has given them the confidence to raise healthy, happy children through the first days \u2026 Read More.<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Interview with Mona Eltahawy<\/h3>\n
Ideas At The House | May 7, 2014<\/p>\n
Tara Moss interviews Egyptian-American activist and journalist Mona Eltahawy about the situation for women in the Arab world, her controversial essay \u2018Why Do They Hate Us?\u2019 and her experience of being assaulted as a protester in Tahrir Square. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Interview with activist Ilwad Elman<\/h3>\n
Ideas At The House | May 7, 2014<\/p>\n
We grabbed All About Women speaker Ilwad Elman for a backstage interview with Tara Moss at the festival. Watch Ilwad discuss the issues facing her home country of Somalia, what she\u2019s doing to help, and why she left a comfortable life in Canada to do so. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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The Manus Solution<\/h3>\n
Four Corners, ABC Australia | April 29, 2014<\/p>\n
The Manus Island Regional Processing Centre, located off the north east coast of Papua New Guinea, is eight hundred kilometres from the country\u2019s capital, Port Moresby, and even further away from Canberra. Last July, when Kevin Rudd announced that asylum seekers arriving by boat would be sent to Manus and settled in PNG, many thought they would be out of \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Manus Island \u2013 An insider\u2019s report<\/h3>\n
Tara Moss’ Blog | March 24, 2014<\/p>\n
In February I was unexpectedly contacted by one of my many long-standing crime research contacts. He explained that he is currently stationed at Manus Island, and that the information being made public about the violence that took place there was not correct. He explained that he was one of those who worked on the now deceased Mr Reza Barati, 23, \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Nauru and Manus Island \u2013 The Inside Story, SBS<\/h3>\n
SBS | March 3, 2014<\/p>\n
Inhumane conditions, self-harming and mismanagement\u2026 we\u2019ve heard the claims about life inside the Nauru and Manus Island detention centres. Now Dateline has the evidence of what\u2019s really going on there. Read More.<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Manus Island detention centre riot \u2013 more pictures<\/h3>\n
The Guardian | March 3, 2014<\/p>\n
Images obtained by author Tara Moss, from contacts on Manus Island, show the aftermath of unrest which left one man \u2013 Reza Barati \u2013 dead. Moss blogs about more details on the photographs and other events on Manus\u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Manus Island unrest: Audio recordings give new insight into detention centre protests<\/h3>\n
ABC News Australia | March 13, 2014<\/p>\n
The ABC has obtained audio recordings made inside the Manus Island detention centre before and after the deadly violence last month. The recordings suggest protests in the days leading up to the riot were noisy but non-violent. They also give new accounts of gunfire and tell of ongoing fears of further attacks. The audio was provided to the ABC by \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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The Festival of Dangerous Ideas : \u2018There Are No Sexual Ethics\u2019 panel<\/h3>\n
The Festival of Dangerous Ideas | November 2, 2013<\/p>\n
The \u2018There Are No Sexual Ethics\u2019 panel at the Sydney Opera House 2013 features author and presenter Tara Moss, sex columnist Dan Savage, Sydney Morning Herald young novelist of the year Emily Maguire, and Christos Tsiolkas, the award-winning Australian author of The Slap and Barracuda. Moderated by the ABC\u2019s Natasha Mitchell. VIEW VIDEO ONLINE Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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The only way forward\u2026<\/h3>\n
Australian Author | August 2, 2013<\/p>\n
Conversations about literature are too often haunted by nostalgia. The digital age is not the end of literature. It is only change, and I welcome it, writes Tara Moss. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Why World Breastfeeding Week is important<\/h3>\n
Essential Baby | August 2, 2013<\/p>\n
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated around the world from August 1. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018support\u2019, and, as Tara Moss writes, it\u2019s a fitting focus for modern times. \u2018A mother\u2019s choice about how to feed her child must be respected. She is the one doing the feeding. The rest of us can be supportive of her choice. In my view, \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Deadlier Than The Male: Femme Fatales, from Eve to Amanda Knox<\/h3>\n
The Wheeler Centre | July 10, 2013<\/p>\n
Throughout history many \u2013 if not most \u2013 cultures have perpetuated the myth of the evil woman. In a recent Lunchbox\/Soapbox address, Tara Moss discussed evil women, female criminals and the demonisation of the female gender: from Eve and Pandora to Elizabeth Bathory and Paula Broadwell. Read the essay here. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Women still outnumbered where it counts<\/h3>\n
Sydney Morning Herald | March 31, 2013<\/p>\n
It is often said that this is \u201dthe year of the woman\u201d \u2013 in politics, in sport, in the arts. And it seems like it is. You may have noticed that our Prime Minister is a woman. Our Governor-General, too. Our influential American friends have the largest-ever number of women in the Senate. Women are everywhere, it seems. Sure, there \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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The Hoopla | November 24, 2012<\/h3>\n
Mate, Stop The Violence<\/p>\n
Sunday, November 25th is White Ribbon Day and the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. We can make a difference together. And we must, because according to the largest study ever published on the problem of violence against women \u2013 a study conducted in 70 countries over 40 years \u2013 violence is \u2018a bigger danger to women than cancer\u2019. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Women are their own worst enemies? Think again.<\/h3>\n
Sydney Morning Herald | September 29, 2012<\/p>\n
\u2018All women hate each other\u201d, or so the saying goes. It is also a view of women many instinctively agree with. From the sports field to the boardroom, male ambition and competitiveness is praised, yet the term \u201dambitious\u201d, when it describes a female, is often used with ambivalence. There is a nasty side to female competition and aggression, we are \u2026Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Who do you look up to?<\/h3>\n
Sydney Morning Herald | September 29, 2012<\/p>\n
Role models don\u2019t necessarily have to walk red carpets or lead countries. In fact, they don\u2019t need to be famous at all. There is no doubt that the role models we choose significantly impact our lives. At their best, they can inspire us to grow, to learn and to be better human beings. They can show us that something is \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Why has breastfeeding become controversial?<\/h3>\n
Vogue magazine | September 20, 2012<\/p>\n
Why has breastfeeding become so controversial? First there was the debate around the breastfeeding mum in The Slap, then the fuss over the recent Time magazine cover featuring a breastfeeding three-year-old with the unfortunate headline \u201cAre you mum enough?\u201d Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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Beauty obscures the beast<\/h3>\n
smh.com.au | September 25, 2011<\/p>\n
Crime author and TV host Tara Moss examines why female criminals are softened for their portrayal on screens big and small. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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You owe our PM an apology, Sir.<\/h3>\n
thehoopla.com.au | August 4, 2012<\/p>\n
This week Australia Agricultural Co CEO David Farley compared Prime Minister Julia Gillard to \u2018an old cow\u2019. This while explaining plans to build an abattoir near Darwin that \u2013 wait for it \u2013 specialises in slaughtering old cows. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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In Defence of Birth Plans<\/h3>\n
essentialbaby.com.au | June 17, 2012<\/p>\n
Birthzillas, Bridezillas and perhaps all \u2018Zillas\u2019 are bad news. It\u2019s amusing stuff, but the thing is, birth plans are helpful for many parents, and an increasing number of obstetricians and midwives request them. There are a number of reasons for this. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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The Feminist Supremacy?: Lette, Deveny, Maguire, Moss<\/h3>\n
themonthly.com.au | June 29, 2012<\/p>\n
All of a sudden it seems everyone\u2019s a feminist. Women who once rejected the term now embrace it. Anti-abortion campaigners call themselves feminist. Meryl Streep says Margaret Thatcher was a feminist. At one point George Bush said we went to war in Afghanistan to fight for women\u2019s rights. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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The Fear of Giving Birth<\/h3>\n
dailylife.com.au | June 23, 2012<\/p>\n
\u2018I died, but it was fine,\u201d a woman at a barbecue told me when I was nine months\u2019 pregnant. She was a stranger, her story unsolicited. As I nodded and nervously sipped a glass of water, she explained how she\u2019d suffered from pre-eclampsia, \u201cdied\u201d on the obstetrician\u2019s table and been brought back to life. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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A Night with the Ghosts<\/h3>\n
thehoopla.com.au | December 28, 2011<\/p>\n
The local Aboriginals call it \u2018Binoomea\u2019 \u2013 Dark Places. It\u2019s believed to be the world\u2019s oldest known open caves system, with more than 40 kilometres of remarkable caverns still undergoing exploration. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n
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When push comes to shove, home births don\u2019t deserve to be demonised<\/h3>\n
smh.com.au | December 14, 2011<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nWhy Villanelle will go down in history as one of the best TV villains<\/h3>\n
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WHY CLASSIC CRIME FICTION WAS OBSESSED WITH FASHION, Crime Reads<\/a> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-<\/p>\n \u00a0Five things you need to know on International Day of People with Disabilities<\/a> DECEMBER, 2020 BY TARA MOSS<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Age | March 12, 2017<\/p>\n \u2018A ferocious ambassador for human rights, Tara Moss wastes no time in debunking the sentiment behind the playground chant, \u201cSticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me\u201d. Her opening statement makes clear that real people write the real words that impact on real people on the other side of the computer screen. Unlike Ian Thorpe, \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sydney Morning Herald | September 14, 2016<\/p>\n Stories have always mattered. Media coverage helps inform our view of the world, and cements \u2013 or challenges \u2013 social attitudes. Rightly or wrongly, much like the parables of old, news and media stories can carry the weight of lessons. When we read the news today, what do we learn about issues like sexual assault and violence against women? Let\u2019s take a look at some \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SBS | May 25, 2016<\/p>\n Acclaimed author Tara Moss speaks out in an edited extract from her new book, Speaking Out: A 21st Century Handbook for Women and Girls, looking at how gendered perceptions and old-fashioned social norms impact the way we listen \u2013 or don\u2019t listen \u2013 to women when they speak out: \u2018Fortunately, not many people these days will openly admit to not wanting to \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABC News Australia | March 1, 2016<\/p>\n If it\u2019s true we are all androgynous, why are we so rigid about dress? Tara Moss maps her journey from tomboy to \u201cfull dude\u201d Victor Lamour in homage to the unsung genre of Drag King. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marie Claire | September 25, 2015<\/p>\n On a visit to one of the hundreds of tented refugee camps in Lebanon, UNICEF ambassador Tara Moss discovered a horrific development: the sale of displaced Syrian girls as child brides. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Radio National, ABC | June 9, 2015<\/p>\n Australian author and UNICEF Child Survival Ambassador, Tara Moss has just returned from Lebanon where she visited refugees from the Syrian conflict. What she saw in the camps and informal settlements has had a deep impact on her. Tara is particularly concerned that the plight of Syrian refugees has slipped off the news agenda. \u201cI can\u2019t turn away. We can\u2019t \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tara Moss\u2019s new mission<\/p>\n Tara speaks to Sunrise about her time visiting refugee camps in Lebanon where millions of Syrian refugees are living, having fled from the violent conflict in Syria, and why she is raising money for UNICEF\u2019s work. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Age | June 7, 2015<\/p>\n I am sitting cross-legged on a concrete slab in a home that is not a home. This is a makeshift shelter of corrugated iron and plastic sheeting, about the size of a parking spot, and it accommodates a displaced Syrian family with three young children. There is no door. Directly outside the open entrance is the dust and weather of \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Radio National, Sydney Writer’s Festival | February 5, 2015<\/p>\n Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. But she finds there are important things in life that she can\u2019t ask for and she learns that she isn\u2019t alone in this. In her new book, she explores and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical \u2026Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 702 ABC Sydney | March 18, 2015<\/p>\n In conversation with Pallavi Sinha, author and patron of the Full Stop Foundation Tara Moss discusses the statistics of domestic violence in Australia and why it requires a whole-of-society response. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ideas at the House – Sydney Opera House | March 8, 2015<\/p>\n When two young men lose their lives in drunken assaults in the space of a few weeks, governments declare \u2018Enough is enough\u2019, and enact strict regulation to prevent another incident. But despite one Australian woman being killed by a current or former partner every week, family violence doesn\u2019t attract anywhere near an equivalent amount of airtime, or popular outrage. Rosie \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Daily Life | September 17, 2014<\/p>\n In the years I have been involved with UNICEF I have become closely connected to the stories of mothers and parents in Australia and around the world. As a patron of the Baby Friendly Health Initiative I have met women for whom access to health care has given them the confidence to raise healthy, happy children through the first days \u2026 Read More.<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ideas At The House | May 7, 2014<\/p>\n Tara Moss interviews Egyptian-American activist and journalist Mona Eltahawy about the situation for women in the Arab world, her controversial essay \u2018Why Do They Hate Us?\u2019 and her experience of being assaulted as a protester in Tahrir Square. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ideas At The House | May 7, 2014<\/p>\n We grabbed All About Women speaker Ilwad Elman for a backstage interview with Tara Moss at the festival. Watch Ilwad discuss the issues facing her home country of Somalia, what she\u2019s doing to help, and why she left a comfortable life in Canada to do so. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Four Corners, ABC Australia | April 29, 2014<\/p>\n The Manus Island Regional Processing Centre, located off the north east coast of Papua New Guinea, is eight hundred kilometres from the country\u2019s capital, Port Moresby, and even further away from Canberra. Last July, when Kevin Rudd announced that asylum seekers arriving by boat would be sent to Manus and settled in PNG, many thought they would be out of \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tara Moss’ Blog | March 24, 2014<\/p>\n In February I was unexpectedly contacted by one of my many long-standing crime research contacts. He explained that he is currently stationed at Manus Island, and that the information being made public about the violence that took place there was not correct. He explained that he was one of those who worked on the now deceased Mr Reza Barati, 23, \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SBS | March 3, 2014<\/p>\n Inhumane conditions, self-harming and mismanagement\u2026 we\u2019ve heard the claims about life inside the Nauru and Manus Island detention centres. Now Dateline has the evidence of what\u2019s really going on there. Read More.<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guardian | March 3, 2014<\/p>\n Images obtained by author Tara Moss, from contacts on Manus Island, show the aftermath of unrest which left one man \u2013 Reza Barati \u2013 dead. Moss blogs about more details on the photographs and other events on Manus\u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABC News Australia | March 13, 2014<\/p>\n The ABC has obtained audio recordings made inside the Manus Island detention centre before and after the deadly violence last month. The recordings suggest protests in the days leading up to the riot were noisy but non-violent. They also give new accounts of gunfire and tell of ongoing fears of further attacks. The audio was provided to the ABC by \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Festival of Dangerous Ideas | November 2, 2013<\/p>\n The \u2018There Are No Sexual Ethics\u2019 panel at the Sydney Opera House 2013 features author and presenter Tara Moss, sex columnist Dan Savage, Sydney Morning Herald young novelist of the year Emily Maguire, and Christos Tsiolkas, the award-winning Australian author of The Slap and Barracuda. Moderated by the ABC\u2019s Natasha Mitchell. VIEW VIDEO ONLINE Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Australian Author | August 2, 2013<\/p>\n Conversations about literature are too often haunted by nostalgia. The digital age is not the end of literature. It is only change, and I welcome it, writes Tara Moss. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Essential Baby | August 2, 2013<\/p>\n World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated around the world from August 1. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018support\u2019, and, as Tara Moss writes, it\u2019s a fitting focus for modern times. \u2018A mother\u2019s choice about how to feed her child must be respected. She is the one doing the feeding. The rest of us can be supportive of her choice. In my view, \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Wheeler Centre | July 10, 2013<\/p>\n Throughout history many \u2013 if not most \u2013 cultures have perpetuated the myth of the evil woman. In a recent Lunchbox\/Soapbox address, Tara Moss discussed evil women, female criminals and the demonisation of the female gender: from Eve and Pandora to Elizabeth Bathory and Paula Broadwell. Read the essay here. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sydney Morning Herald | March 31, 2013<\/p>\n It is often said that this is \u201dthe year of the woman\u201d \u2013 in politics, in sport, in the arts. And it seems like it is. You may have noticed that our Prime Minister is a woman. Our Governor-General, too. Our influential American friends have the largest-ever number of women in the Senate. Women are everywhere, it seems. Sure, there \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mate, Stop The Violence<\/p>\n Sunday, November 25th is White Ribbon Day and the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. We can make a difference together. And we must, because according to the largest study ever published on the problem of violence against women \u2013 a study conducted in 70 countries over 40 years \u2013 violence is \u2018a bigger danger to women than cancer\u2019. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sydney Morning Herald | September 29, 2012<\/p>\n \u2018All women hate each other\u201d, or so the saying goes. It is also a view of women many instinctively agree with. From the sports field to the boardroom, male ambition and competitiveness is praised, yet the term \u201dambitious\u201d, when it describes a female, is often used with ambivalence. There is a nasty side to female competition and aggression, we are \u2026Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sydney Morning Herald | September 29, 2012<\/p>\n Role models don\u2019t necessarily have to walk red carpets or lead countries. In fact, they don\u2019t need to be famous at all. There is no doubt that the role models we choose significantly impact our lives. At their best, they can inspire us to grow, to learn and to be better human beings. They can show us that something is \u2026 Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vogue magazine | September 20, 2012<\/p>\n Why has breastfeeding become so controversial? First there was the debate around the breastfeeding mum in The Slap, then the fuss over the recent Time magazine cover featuring a breastfeeding three-year-old with the unfortunate headline \u201cAre you mum enough?\u201d Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n smh.com.au | September 25, 2011<\/p>\n Crime author and TV host Tara Moss examines why female criminals are softened for their portrayal on screens big and small. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n thehoopla.com.au | August 4, 2012<\/p>\n This week Australia Agricultural Co CEO David Farley compared Prime Minister Julia Gillard to \u2018an old cow\u2019. This while explaining plans to build an abattoir near Darwin that \u2013 wait for it \u2013 specialises in slaughtering old cows. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n essentialbaby.com.au | June 17, 2012<\/p>\n Birthzillas, Bridezillas and perhaps all \u2018Zillas\u2019 are bad news. It\u2019s amusing stuff, but the thing is, birth plans are helpful for many parents, and an increasing number of obstetricians and midwives request them. There are a number of reasons for this. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n themonthly.com.au | June 29, 2012<\/p>\n All of a sudden it seems everyone\u2019s a feminist. Women who once rejected the term now embrace it. Anti-abortion campaigners call themselves feminist. Meryl Streep says Margaret Thatcher was a feminist. At one point George Bush said we went to war in Afghanistan to fight for women\u2019s rights. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n dailylife.com.au | June 23, 2012<\/p>\n \u2018I died, but it was fine,\u201d a woman at a barbecue told me when I was nine months\u2019 pregnant. She was a stranger, her story unsolicited. As I nodded and nervously sipped a glass of water, she explained how she\u2019d suffered from pre-eclampsia, \u201cdied\u201d on the obstetrician\u2019s table and been brought back to life. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n thehoopla.com.au | December 28, 2011<\/p>\n The local Aboriginals call it \u2018Binoomea\u2019 \u2013 Dark Places. It\u2019s believed to be the world\u2019s oldest known open caves system, with more than 40 kilometres of remarkable caverns still undergoing exploration. Read More..<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n smh.com.au | December 14, 2011<\/p>\n
Every suit, every dress tells a story.
DECEMBER 29, 2020 BY TARA MOSS<\/p>\n
– Tara Moss on building a more accessible and equal world<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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\nBest of free-to-air TV: Cyberhate with Tara Moss 5\/5 stars<\/h3>\n
\nWhy rape is not \u2018sex\u2019 and survivors don\u2019t \u2018confess<\/h3>\n
\nWhy are women\u2019s voices judged more harshly than men\u2019s<\/h3>\n
\nGirls will be Boys<\/h3>\n
\nTara Moss Reports On The Rise Of Child Brides In Syrian Refugee Camps<\/h3>\n
\nTara Moss: observations from Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon<\/h3>\n
\nSunrise, CH7 | June 9, 2015<\/h3>\n
\nOne brave girl\u2019s story shines amid shocking scenes of hardship in a sea of Syrian refugees<\/h3>\n
\nInterview with Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman<\/h3>\n
\nTara Moss: Why domestic violence is a whole of society issue<\/h3>\n
\nInterview with Australian of the Year Rosie Batty<\/h3>\n
\nUnless we take action, our goals on child survival will not be met<\/h3>\n
\nInterview with Mona Eltahawy<\/h3>\n
\nInterview with activist Ilwad Elman<\/h3>\n
\nThe Manus Solution<\/h3>\n
\nManus Island \u2013 An insider\u2019s report<\/h3>\n
\nNauru and Manus Island \u2013 The Inside Story, SBS<\/h3>\n
\nManus Island detention centre riot \u2013 more pictures<\/h3>\n
\nManus Island unrest: Audio recordings give new insight into detention centre protests<\/h3>\n
\nThe Festival of Dangerous Ideas : \u2018There Are No Sexual Ethics\u2019 panel<\/h3>\n
\nThe only way forward\u2026<\/h3>\n
\nWhy World Breastfeeding Week is important<\/h3>\n
\nDeadlier Than The Male: Femme Fatales, from Eve to Amanda Knox<\/h3>\n
\nWomen still outnumbered where it counts<\/h3>\n
\nThe Hoopla | November 24, 2012<\/h3>\n
\nWomen are their own worst enemies? Think again.<\/h3>\n
\nWho do you look up to?<\/h3>\n
\nWhy has breastfeeding become controversial?<\/h3>\n
\nBeauty obscures the beast<\/h3>\n
\nYou owe our PM an apology, Sir.<\/h3>\n
\nIn Defence of Birth Plans<\/h3>\n
\nThe Feminist Supremacy?: Lette, Deveny, Maguire, Moss<\/h3>\n
\nThe Fear of Giving Birth<\/h3>\n
\nA Night with the Ghosts<\/h3>\n
\nWhen push comes to shove, home births don\u2019t deserve to be demonised<\/h3>\n