Unfinished Revolution The feminist fightback

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>In 1975 the fight was alive. It was the year the United Nations declared International Women's Year as a marker of progress and aspiration. Fifty years on award-winning journalist Virginia Haussegger shines a light on the feminist revolution in Australia capturing its spirited momentum and a fatigued lag.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Unfinished Revolution</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)> tells a fresh story of feminist action in this country from the largest women's protest rally - March4Justice in 2021 - to the dynamic Australian Women's Liberation Movement of the 1970s. With a focus on gender and power in politics and the media from national consciousness raising to shifting media narratives this book is an exploration of what feminist change looks like.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>'Here is contemporary history at its best. Virginia Haussegger presents Australian feminism as a promise of liberation that gutsy passionate and brilliant women have pursued not in waves but persistently across eras and generations. <em>Unfinished Revolution</em> should be compulsory reading for anyone serious about understanding in its historical and global context Australia's own #MeToo moment of 2021 as well as the wider possibilities for a resurgent feminism amid continuing gender discrimination male violence against women and anti-feminist backlash.' - Frank Bongiorno AM</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>'Virginia Haussegger is not just a brilliant journalist but an original and insightful thinker and feminist. I will read anything she writes. And I recommend you do too.' - Jane Caro AM</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>'In<em> Unfinished Revolution</em> Virginia Haussegger stares down a terrifying global swing to the far-right and yells: Enough. This is the battle cry we desperately need right now one that refuses to be watered down into niceties that ask politely for equity. This is a book that dares to fight back and pulls no punches.' - Hannah Ferguson</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>'At a time of global backlash against women and the women's movement <em>Unfinished Revolution</em> is a spirited piece of feminist scholarship. It practically hums with righteous fury. For those who were at the pointy end of some of the historical changes in the Australian cultural zeitgeist that it charts it is a timely reminder of what can and has been achieved. It acknowledges that there have been some painful moments along the way. That change is not always linear that setbacks abound but none of these things are cause for despondency and complacency. There is a relentless almost bloody-minded optimism in these pages. It feels like a book which urges women to pick themselves up dust themselves off and just keep marching.' - Louise Milligan</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>'A brilliant read. And a reminder that feminist change is possible and it's happening right now. <em>Unfinished Revolution</em> honours the Australian feminist movements past and present that have shaped our lives today. A must-read for every young Australian woman ready to build the next chapter of the feminist fight.' - Yasmin Poole</strong></p><p></p>