Kate Cantrell

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Kate Cantrell |Susan Hopkins

At the centre of the new Netflix show is a devastating truth: the most dangerous place in the world for a teenager is alone in their bedroom.

Nov 3, 2024 | theconversation.com | Kate Cantrell |Jessica Gildersleeve |Susan Hopkins

At first glance, Netflix’s Woman of the Hour is yet another true crime fictionalisation that plays to our preoccupation with American serial killers of decades past. Directed by Anna Kendrick, who also plays the female protagonist Sheryl Bradshaw, the film reconstructs the crimes of serial rapist and murderer Rodney Alcala, aka the “dating game killer”. Alcala famously appeared on (and won) a television matchmaking show in 1978 amid a years-long killing spree.

Apr 29, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Kate Cantrell

By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer — Writing, Editing, Publishing, University of Southern Queensland In her new memoir Hope, Rosie Batty reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women and children from gendered violence – and the personal toll of becoming an unlikely campaigner. Read complete article© The Conversation -

Apr 29, 2024 | theconversation.com | Kate Cantrell

It is ten years since Rosie Batty’s 11-year-old son Luke was murdered by his father during cricket practice. Last week, amid a national crisis of violence against women, Batty reiterated her plea for family violence to be called what it is: intimate terrorism. There is, argues Batty, an unconscious minimisation of violence when we put domestic or family in front of it. When we hear the word terrorism, it makes you abruptly consider something more sharply.

Dec 23, 2023 | dailybulletin.com.au | Kate Cantrell

This article contains mentions of the Stolen Generations, and policies using outdated and potentially offensive terminology when referring to First Nations people. Aunty Ruth Hegarty, or Ruthie, was four-and-a-half years old when she was forcibly removed from her mother, Ruby, under the auspices of Queensland’s Aboriginals Protection Act (1897).