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Women behaving badly

Toxic femininity takes centre-stage

14 May 2022

9:00 AM

14 May 2022

9:00 AM

Harry and Meghan, actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, Kimberley Kitching vs Labor’s Mean Girls – women’s toxic behaviour is in the spotlight like rarely before, with manipulation, ‘whipped’ men, social exclusion and some typically female dark arts on display.

I hesitate to detail for delicate-minded Speccie readers the Twitter #MePoo controversy sparked by Amber Heard during her defamation trial and countersuit with the louche and drug-loving actor Depp but suffice to say it involves excrement, beds and photos thereof.

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