Not Now, Not Ever Ten years on from the misogyny speech

by Gillard, Julia

• ISBN13: 9781761343445
• ISBN10: 1761343440
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-09-10
• Publisher: Penguin (AU Adult)

Summary

Over ten years on from a barn-burning piece of Australian feminist history—Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech.

On October 9, 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up and proceeded to make all present in Parliament House that day pay attention – and left many of them squirming in their seats. The incisive ‘misogyny speech’ continues to energize and motivate women who need to stare down sexism and misogyny in their own lives.

With contributions from Mary Beard, Jess Hill, Jennifer Palmieri, Katharine Murphy and members of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, Julia Gillard explores the history and culture of misogyny, the patriarchy’s toolbox, intersectionality, and gender and misogyny in the media and politics.

We hear recollections from Wayne Swan, Anne Summers, Cate Blanchett, Brittany Higgins and others of where they were and how they first encountered the speech, and Julia Gillard explores the roadmap for the future with next-generation feminists Sally Scales, Chanel Contos and Caitlin Figueiredo to motivate us with that rallying cry: Not now, not ever! Proceeds from the book will go to the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL).

Author Biography

Julia Gillard was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia, the first, and only, woman to serve in that role. Since leaving office, she has dedicated her time to advocacy, governance roles and writing. In 2021, Julia was appointed Chair of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation based in the UK that supports science to solve urgent worldwide health challenges. Julia is also the founder and inaugural Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King's College London and Chair of its sister Institute at the Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Contents
Prologue The misogyny speech ix

Part One The speech
1 Personal reflections on the misogyny speech 3
Julia Gillard
2 In the media: Reporting on gender and the
misogyny speech 25
Katharine Murphy
3 Choirs, TikToks and tea towels: How the
misogyny speech travelled around the world 45
Kathy Lette

Part Two Misogyny past and present
4 The history and culture of misogyny, from
the ancient world to today 63
Mary Beard
5 Misogyny and intersectionality 80
Aleida Mendes Borges
6 Sexism today: Tools in the patriarchy’s toolbox 99
Michelle K. Ryan and Miriam K. Zehnter
7 Misogyny and violence 123
Jess Hill
8 Misogyny in politics: ‘There’s just something about her’ 144
Jennifer Palmieri
9 Misogyny in today’s world of work 165
Rosie Campbell

Part Three Fighting misogyny
10 What do next- generation activists think? In conversation with Chanel Contos, Caitlin Figueiredo and Sally Scales 189
Julia Gillard
11 Misogyny: What’s next? 211
Julia Gillard

Notes
Acknowledgements