Fixed It

With her razor sharp wit and impeccable research skills, Jane Gilmore's Fixed It has delivered into the world a text that is essential to understanding the insidious ways our media minimises the impact of men's violence against women. #FixedIt won't just change lives - it will change society."

Clementine Ford

Jane Gilmore is not just changing how we think, she is changing how we use our words and maybe she is the first person to get those things the right way round.

Jane Caro

You have to stand outside the goldfish bowl to see the water. Jane Gilmore’s position as an “outsider” entering journalism on her own terms allows her to challenge the toxic assumptions behind how violence against women is reported. It’s an important contribution.

Margaret Simons

Gilmore’s Fixed It is a potent reminder of the dangers of dehumanising stereotypes, and the importance of interrogating and rethinking the way violence is reported on and discussed.

Tara Moss

Jane Gilmore tirelessly ‘fixes’ headlines that excuse or trivialise violence and abuse. Fixed It is her way of pushing back against the media’s erasure of violent men and blaming of innocent victims.

Natasha Stott Despoja

Are you frustrated by the way that gendered violence is represented in the media? Are you tired of reading headlines about ‘nice, polite’ murderers from ‘a good family’? Are you sick of any kind of rhetoric around the idea that a murdered or assaulted woman can be ‘asking for it’? Jane Gilmore is too, and Fixed It is her response. Fixed It demonstrates the myths that we’re unconsciously sold about violence against women, and undercuts them in a clear and compelling way. This is a bold, powerful look at the stories we are told – and the stories we tell ourselves – about gender and power, and a call to action for all of us to think harder and do better.

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