When is it OK to criticise a prime ministerâs spouse?
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Magda Szubanski, Australiaâs sweetheart and most beloved netball ambassador, recently got herself into hot water when she tweeted about the Prime Ministerâs wife, Jenny Morrison.
Twitter storms are best ignored entirely, but this one edged into my consciousness because it seemed to run on for so long.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny at a prayer service to commemorate the death of Prince Philip at St Andrewâs Cathedral in Sydney.
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Ray Martin has revealed that he was only allowed to ask Prince Philip about wildlife and conservation in his landmark 1981 interview.
The Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Castle on Friday aged 99 after a long illness, with his death confirmed by Buckingham Palace at 3pm local time.
The veteran 60 Minutes reporter remembered his somewhat stilted 45-minute conversation with the high-ranking royal almost 40 years ago on Sunday night s program.
The opportunity arose when he got a phone call from the British High Commission asking whether he was interested in interviewing the prince on the condition that he would only ask about his role as international president of the World Wildlife Fund.
In his new role, Kamala Harris’s husband can model a masculinity that embraces support.
By Cindi Leive
Ms. Leive is a co-founder of the media collective The Meteor and a former editor in chief of Glamour and Self. She writes frequently about gender equity.
Jan. 30, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff.Credit.Pool photo by Melina Mara
The list of barriers Vice President Kamala Harris has broken is thrillingly long first Black vice president, first South Asian vice president, first female vice president and you have to go pretty far down it to get to the fact that, thanks to her, we now have our nation’s first male vice-presidential spouse. So when social media exploded with joy last week at the presence of @SecondGentleman Doug Emhoff, I found myself apprehensive. Are we really going to give Mr. Emhoff, lovely as he seems to be, credit just for doing the support work that wives have been doing forever? (I’ve rolled my eyes too many times as my husband gets