Media

I am available to write or comment on events and items related to gender, feminism and popular culture.

Journalistic Publications

Ford, Jessica. “Girl power and girl bosses might be ‘feminist’ – but we can’t consume our way to equality.” The Conversation. 3 June 2025.

Ford, Jessica. “The myth of feminist perfection.” IAI News. 8 March 2024.

Rutherford A, Altman D, Harrington E, Ford J, Deller M, et al., “Black comedy, political drama and a documentary about a cult: what we’re streaming this February.” The Conversation. 2 February 2024.

Harrington, E., Ford, J., Arrow, M., Richards, S., & Grant, Y. “Wartime hijinks, wilderness survivors and contemporary dance: what we’re streaming this October.” The Conversation. 2 October 2023.

Altman, D., Mattes, A., Harrington, E., Ford, J., McAlister, J., Arrow, M., & Richards, S. “Romantic comedies, Japanese reality television and New Zealand true crime: the best of streaming this September.” The Conversation. 31 August 2023.

Ford, Jessica. “More than mumblecore and bigger than Barbie – who is Greta Gerwig?” The Conversation. 14 July 2023. (Republished by NZ Herald, The New Daily, The Daily Maverick)

Ford, Jessica. “My best worst film: She’s The Man – Amanda Bynes shines in a hilarious commentary on gender.” The Conversation. 19 October 2020.

Macrossan, Phoebe and Jessica Ford. “Friday Essay: Clueless at 25 – Like, a totally important teen film.” The Conversation. 17 July 2020. (Republished by ABC News)

Ford, Jessica and Phoebe Macrossan. “The Real Dirty Dancing reduces a political film to little more than coy dance numbers.” The Conversation. 8 October 2019.

Ford, Jessica. “Five ways Orange is the New Black changed TV for the better.” The Conversation. 16 June 2016.

Ford, Jessica. “Mad Men, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the ‘Golden Age’ of television.” The Conversation. 7 October 2015.

Ford, Jessica. “Orange is the New Black, True Detective and the gender problem on prestige TV.” The Conversation. 29 June 2015.

TV Appearances

Myers, Emma. “Disability Is No Joke, But It Can Be Funny!“ABC News Breakfast (National TV). Broadcast date: 5 December 2020.

Quoted in Newspapers and Digital News Sites

Geraets, Nell. “Serena Williams admitted to taking weight loss drugs. What’s going on?” Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online). Publication date: 25 August 2025.

Jefferey, Yasmin. “Girls creator Lena Dunham returns with Too Much starring Meg Stalter.” ABC News (online). Publication date: 15 July 2025.

Geraets, Nell. ‘Wildest, most offensive thing’: Why Cynthia Erivo doesn’t like your ‘Wicked’ fan art. Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online). Publication date: 1 November 2024.

Geraets, Nell. “If Zendaya and Sabrina Carpenter can be sexy, why can’t other child stars?” Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online). Publication date: 16 May 2024.

Hendley, Shona. “Yes, it’s totally fine to give up on a book – even a highly acclaimed one.” Body + Soul (online and print). Publication date: 6 March 2024.

Singer, Melissa. “Quiet Luxury is So Last Season. This Year’s TV-led Trend is About Colour.” Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online and print). Publication date: 4 February 2024.

Singer, Melissa. “How Barbiecore turned the world hot pink.” Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online). Publication date: 15 July 2023.

Geraets, Nell. “Australia’s very own Gossip Girl: Meet the people policing the influencers.” Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online). Publication date: 23 June 2023.

Hendley, Shona. “Ted Lasso, we believed. What the heck happened?” Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online). Publication date: 17 May 2023.

Hendley, Shona. “How #booktok gave erotic literature a Gen Z glow-up.” Body + Soul (online and print). Publication date: 13 February 2023.

Geraets, Nell. “Sage quilts, salt lamps and funky candles: Inside the teenage design craze.” Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (online). Publication date: 11 February 2023.

Hendley, Shona. “Is rom-com core 2023’s most romantic trend?” Harper’s Bazaar (online). Publication date: February 2023.

Hendley, Shona. “How elaborate pregnancy reveals became an empowering celebrity rite of passage.” Harper’s Bazaar (online). Publication date: December 2022.

Hendley, Shona. “The enduring cultural icon that is Dolly Parton.” Harper’s Bazaar. Publication date: December 2022.

Hendley, Shona. “Mariah Carey deserves the Queen of Christmas TM she applied for.” The Sydney Morning Herald. Publication date: 22 November 2022.

Geraets, Nell. “Met Gala’s Lagerfeld theme exposes fashion’s short memory.” The Age. Publication date: 5 October 2022.

Selinger-Morris, Samantha. “Mind the gap: Calling out movies pairing men with much younger women.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: 19 June 2022.

Selinger-Morris, Samantha. “Maybe it’s time to stop caring if Sex and the City is un-feminist.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: October 20 2021.

Singer, Melissa. “Wear a turtleneck, buy an indoor plant. But watch this show first.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: June 13 2021.

Tassios, Cassandra. “Kevin Spacey returns to acting despite being a part of ‘cancel culture’.” The New Daily. Publication date: 25 May 2021.

Selinger-Morris, Samantha. “Is it easier to come out, now that so many celebrities are?” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: 13 April 2021.

Tassios, Cassandra. “Controversial comedian Chris Lilley brings back Ja’mie, but are we ready?” The New Daily. Publication date: 7 April 2021.

Jennings-Edquist, Grace. “Netflix’s feminist movie Moxie is about young people, not by them — and it shows.” ABC Everyday. Publication date: 16 March 2021.

Selinger-Morris, Samantha. “Can ‘open’ relationships work? Inside the latest sexual revolution.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: 14 March 2021.

Selinger-Morris, Samantha. “Britney, young women and the ‘damaged goods narrative’.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: 4 March 2021.

Tassios, Cassandra. “Framing Britney Spears exposes the dark side of our celebrity obsession.” The New Daily. Publication date: 20 February 2021.

Tassios, Cassandra. “As Buffy stars distance themselves from creator Joss Whedon, fans face a dilemma.” The New Daily. Publication date: 13 February 2021.

Singer, Melissa. “Summer’s raunchiest show could change the way we talk about sex.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: 10 January 2021.

Tassios, Cassandra. “Royal obsession: The ugly truth of why so many people love to hate Meghan Markle.” The New Daily. Publication date: 24 October 2020.

Singer, Melissa. “Why Schitt’s Creek‘s Moira Rose is a lesson in style, dear.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: 29 September 2020.

Tassios, Cassandra. “Loving, hating and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, as the cult show ends.” The New Daily. Publication date: 9 September 2020.

Tassios, Cassandra. “Successes and failures of Sex and the City, before Darren Star’s new show.” The New Daily. Publication date: 3 September 2020.

Aubrey, Sophie. “The show that was destined to capture the zeitgeist.” The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. Publication date: 6 September 2020.

Radio and Podcast Appearances

‘Cruel intentions: how toxic tabloids and celebrity culture changed the way we talk about mental health‘ on All in the Mind, ABC Radio National (National Radio). Broadcast date: 24 August 2025

‘Is reality tv more than just a guilty pleasure?‘ on Life Matters, ABC Radio National (National Radio). Broadcast date: 4 March 2025.

“Barbie earns a billion at the box office” on RN Breakfast, ABC Radio National (National Radio). Broadcast date: 8 August 2023.

‘Barbie film’. The Daily, 2SER (Community Radio). Broadcast date: 31 July 2023.

Regular fortnightly ‘Popular Culture’ segment on ABC Newcastle (Local Radio) on ‘NSW Mornings with Paul Turton.’ Broadcast date: January to June 2023.

‘25 years of Clueless‘ on The Daily, 2SER (Community Radio). Broadcast date: 29 July 2020.

“Identity: what’s in a name?” Oversubscribed Podcast. Release date: 6 July 2020.

‘Drive’ segment on Disney+ disclaimers on racially charged content. ABC Radio Newcastle (Local Radio). Broadcast date: 15 November 2019

‘Evenings’ segment on violence against women in cinema and popular culture. ABC NewsRadio (National Radio). Broadcast date: 3 June 2016.

‘The Daily’ segment on how Orange is the New Black changed television. 2SER (Community Radio). Broadcast date: 24 June 2016.

‘The List’ for roundtable discussion on television: ‘The TV Club.’ ABC Radio National (National Radio). Broadcast date: 16 October 2015.

‘The List’ for segment of US television’s gender problem. ABC Radio National (National Radio). Broadcast date: 14 August 2015.