Although the author, Theodor 'Ted' Seuss Geisel, died in 1991 at the age of 87, his widow has found unpublished material in her home when it was being renovated, which will be published as What Pet Should I Get, on July 28.
The depressingly common act of a man patronisingly telling a woman about the world, i.e. to “mansplain”, has become the Macquarie dictionary’s word of the year.
Malala Yousafzai, the 17 year-old winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in campaigning for education, is now the most admired woman in India and the second most admired woman in the world.
London bombings survivor Gill Hicks, domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty and adoption advocate Deborra Lee Furness are among the finalists this year.
Last year actress Lupita Nyong’o electrified the world with her speech on beauty and how she finally accepted that her dark skin was beautiful. “I hope that my presence on your screens and in magazines will lead you, young girl, on a similar journey. That you will feel the validation of your external beauty, but […]