Julia Banks and Jacinda Ardern show it's women's fate to be diminished and objectified | Van Badham

Gendered cultural logic follows that women with power will be ‘glanced at’, negatively assessed and devalued as a result

The photograph that has best summed up the feminist political moment is Alex Ellinghausen’s portrait of Australian politician Julia Banks.

She’s in navy, and seated in the pale green chamber of the Australian House of Representatives. There are five men in the photograph positioned around her, standing, walking, in the process of conversation. They ignore Banks, they are white, they wear suits, they are indistinguishable.

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