Articles for Jess Hill

An impossible choice between violence and poverty: 60 per cent of single mothers report past domestic abuse, research finds
2 years, 6 months ago

An impossible choice between violence and poverty: 60 per cent of single mothers report past domestic abuse, research finds

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It's a situation no one wants to be in — least of all a first-time mum with a six-month-old baby cradled in their arms. A ground-breaking report, authored by leading feminist researcher Anne Summers, has revealed 60 per cent of single mothers have experienced domestic violence at the hands of a previous partner, compared to 17 per cent of women …

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Stella Prize 10 years on: Australian authors reflect on how the award changed their careers and the literary landscape
2 years, 9 months ago

Stella Prize 10 years on: Australian authors reflect on how the award changed their careers and the literary landscape

ABC  

When Heather Rose found out she had won the $50,000 Stella Prize for Australian women and non-binary writers in 2017, she celebrated by taking a bottle of champagne to the beach with her friends in Hobart. Stella Prize winners 2021: The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld 2020: See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill 2019: The Erratics by …

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Domestic abuse investigation by journalist Jess Hill wins Stella Prize for writing by Australian women
4 years, 8 months ago

Domestic abuse investigation by journalist Jess Hill wins Stella Prize for writing by Australian women

ABC  

Journalist Jess Hill has won the $50,000 Stella Prize for writing by Australian women for See What You Made Me Do, her study of domestic abuse in Australia. Louise Swinn, chair of the Stella Prize judging panel, said Hill's book "meticulously dismantle all of the lazy old lies we associate with domestic abuse" by means of "forensic investigation and highlighting …

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The Stella Prize 2020 shortlist is your shortcut to some of the year's best books by Australian women
4 years, 9 months ago

The Stella Prize 2020 shortlist is your shortcut to some of the year's best books by Australian women

ABC  

Writing by Australian women has found a champion in The Stella Prize, which has been spotlighting not just our local heroes but our emerging stars since 2013. The $50,000 prize, awarded annually to a work of fiction or nonfiction, has so far been awarded to Alexis Wright for her collective memoir of Leigh Bruce "Tracker" Tilmouth, Charlotte Wood's dystopian novel …

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Coercive control: The 'worst part' of domestic abuse is not a crime in Australia. But should it be?
5 years, 1 month ago

Coercive control: The 'worst part' of domestic abuse is not a crime in Australia. But should it be?

ABC  

For decades survivors have been reporting that the most difficult thing about domestic abuse is not necessarily the physical violence: the bruised ribs, chipped teeth or broken bones. Stark's research has found 60-80 per cent of women who seek help for abuse have experienced it, and that the "level of control" in such relationships is a predictor of severe and …

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Jess Hill's mission to understand abusive men
5 years, 6 months ago

Jess Hill's mission to understand abusive men

ABC  

When the state government of Victoria first flagged the idea of holding its ground-breaking Royal Commission into Family Violence four years ago, domestic abuse experts around the country practically tripped over themselves in their rush to support it. This became the central aim of Hill's investigation, she said: to go deep inside the minds of abusers; to understand the complex …

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