Zayda Dollie

Adelaide, South Australia

Reporter at The Advertiser (South Australia)

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Articles

Brittany Higgins' new role is the start of a system overhaul

3 weeks ago | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

*CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rapeBrittany Higgins isn’t a hero for enduring rape, but for speaking out about it over voices determined to drown hers out, writes Zayda Dollie. FORMER LIBERAL STAFFER Brittany Higgins, who came forward with rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann in 2021, has just announced her return to public life. The 30-year-old former media advisor to the Liberal Party has been appointed as the new director of public affairs for PR agency Third Hemisphere.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in the court of public opinion

1 month ago | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie |Justin Baldoni

When it comes to public opinion, women face harsher trials than men — long before any verdict is reached, writes Zayda Dollie. *CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape and sexual assaultTHE FEUD BETWEEN co-lead and director Justin Baldoni and Hollywood actress Blake Lively on It Ends With Us has culminated in competing lawsuits. It is a feud being fought on the internet in routinised he said/she said cycles with no end in sight.
Election fallout reflects a changing nation — we need politicians to change with it

1 month ago | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

The nation's shifting core group has outgrown, outnumbered and outclassed the politicians still refusing to represent it, writes Zayda Dollie. THE REAL VICTORY to come out of the 2025 Federal Election is the record number of women who will make up the nation’s new parliament. It's a sign of the times, but it also marks a shifting voter base that has no qualms in swiping right on representatives for as long as it takes to find the right one.
Dutton's actions aren't for men or women — they're for Dutton

2 months ago | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

A government that favours only one group will marginalise everyone else – men included, writes Zayda Dollie. INVESTMENT CONSULTANT Steve Moriarty spoke on his podcast recently about the men globalisation left behind.
Liberal Party reshuffles misogynists in the seat of Whitlam

2 months ago | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

The Liberal Party is like a members-only boys' club — except the boys aren't there when members need them the most, writes Zayda Dollie. LIVE BY the Bro Code, die by the Bro Code. If you are drawn to the warm embrace of a boys' club, then you’d better hope for its protection when things heat up. The Liberal Party has just ousted one of its own candidates for making disparaging comments about women, which resurfaced last week ahead of the May Federal Election.
We need to talk about Andrew Tate

Mar 28, 2025 | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

New Netflix drama ‘Adolescence’ raises questions about the online influence of figures like Andrew Tate, who weaponise misogyny and normalise violence. Zayda Dollie reports. * CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape, violence and murderA NEW NETFLIX SHOW, Adolescence, which centres around the interrogation of a 13-year-old boy accused of killing his schoolmate, has hit a collective nerve.
MAFS criticised for promoting male violence and misogyny

Mar 14, 2025 | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

The latest season of Married at First Sight has stirred controversy with accusations of the show enabling and encouraging domestic violence, writes Zayda Dollie. IT SEEMED LIKE the Nine Network had audiences all figured out when Married At First Sight (MAFS) broke Australian streaming records just last month.
Tone-deaf but still on-air: Misogynistic media in need of a rehaul

Feb 28, 2025 | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

Misogynistic comments made by radio host Marty Sheargold and others are symptomatic of a lag between legacy media and an increasingly switched-on audience threatening to leave it behind. Zayda Dollie reports.
Adelaide neo-Nazis suffering from oppression envy

Feb 3, 2025 | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

The group of men arrested for a far-right parade on Australia Day are nothing more than a watered-down version of real Nazis with no direction, writes Zayda Dollie. THE 16 MEN who were arrested after marching through Adelaide CBD on Australia Day call themselves White supremacists. What they really suffer from is oppression envy — they want the story of struggle without the achievement. It’s a symptom of a society that will only turn its head to look when something is wrong.
Being Australian isn't all bad news

Jan 31, 2025 | independentaustralia.net | Zayda Dollie

What does it mean to be Australian? Are we still living in the luckiest country? And where did we go wrong with Raygun? Zayda Dollie has all the answers. I’D LIKE TO preface this by saying my toxic traits are pattern recognition and using my words. It’s an illness. Idioms, for example, are my bread and butter. When I first moved to South Australia a little over two years ago, I had to get used to how people here talk. There were a few terms of expression I would hear fairly frequently.