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"Over recent weeks, the slogan “ditch the witch” has been featured alongside
AI-generated photos of Victorian premier Jacinta Allan. She’s depicted in a
dusty and distressed witch’s hat, a fake wart on her chin, on billboards and
trucks around Melbourne in the lead up to the state election this November.
Instead of critiquing her policies or governance, the campaign attacked her
gender. The brothel owner who partly funded the campaign says the slogan is not
sexist.
It’s not the first time the phrase has been used that way. In 2011,
then-opposition leader Tony Abbott stood before protest placards that read
“ditch the witch”, targeted on that occasion toward our first woman prime
minister, Julia Gillard.
In fact, there is a long sexist history of labelling women in power as witches.
So, why is it misogynistic to call a powerful woman a “witch”?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
