The Good Society’s milkshake video brings all the hidden agendas to the fore
Chief creatrix at Represent, Cathie McGinn, examines the Department of Education’s failed attempt at navigating a serious issue.
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There are two particularly dismal things about being a feminist killjoy: firstly, the fact that beneath the simmering rage at patriarchal injustice is an ever-present, undimmable glimmer of optimism. “It’s not the despair, I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand.” The second is that being right means someone is having an awful time.
It’s hard to say who’s having a worse time in the wake of the launch of new ‘consent’ education platform The Good Society. The comms team at the Department of Education? The actors? The agency? Every Australian survivor of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence who has just seen their experiences trivialised and diminished like so much spilt milkshake?
