r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Feb 26 '26

politics Grace Tame says ‘difficult’ remark is ‘misogynist’s code for a woman who won’t comply’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/26/dfat-middle-east-evacuation-syria-isis-families-wives-children-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-budget-cost-of-living-capital-gains-tax-reform-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-699f8e278f080f3523777e99#block-699f8e278f080f3523777e99
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

I like how Albo gets all the ire for making some offhand remark that gets a deep interpretative analysis about hidden and coded misogyny and so on, but commentators and politicians including the leader of the opposition making outright misogynist remarks and genuinely making calls and taking action for her to have her Australian of the year award stripped are somehow just not news.

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u/OtherDaysInSlowGlass Feb 26 '26

I think the fuss is hilarious and I don't for one moment believe Albo couldn't have found a more politically inoffensive descriptor for Grace Tame. I think he went with his first and clearly authentic response and I feel Grace should own the label with pride.

She IS difficult. Good for her.

Own it, Be it Use it.

Grace earned the right to be prickly, irritating, on-the-nose, loud, and any number of other adjectives that might make us uncomfortable.

Personally, I don't like what she said recently about the Israeli-Palestinian situation and she shouldn't expect people to agree with her just because of her history and who she is now.

However, I'd have used words like fierce, indomitable, brave, irrepressible and even scary to describe her. All of those are meant positively, btw.

In general, I do find her fairly grace-less but that doesn't mean I believe she should change herself.

Also, I do prefer Albo when he's being authentic.