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What they really mean when they call grown women 'mean girls'

The pressure Kimberley Kitching was under before her tragic death has blown open a nasty battle within the Labor Party that has been a festering political reality for years. Yet it is profoundly disappointing that it is playing out in archaic and sexist language that still finds its origin in representations of witches, harpies and shrews, writes Virginia Trioli.
March 19, 2022 • Virginia Trioli
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