I’m a journalist, speaker and advocate, exposing the impact of power and control on our relationships, institutions, and systems.
See What you made me do
Black inc. Books
- Helen Garner
Losing it
Quarterly essay 97
“Losing It is a sobering read. But most of all, it’s a galvanising one.”
- The conversation
The Reckoning
Quarterly essay 84
“Like all of her work, a powerful example of how anger can be artfully harnessed to thorough, evidence-based, utterly convincing argument. Even if you already accepted the sentiment and thought you knew the facts, Hill’s essay renews the energy for change.”
- Malcolm Knox
“Jess Hill’s reporting on gendered violence has changed the course of public policy in this country.”
- NSW Premier Chris Minns MP
See What You Made Me Do
This groundbreaking three-part SBS series exposes the shape-shifting nature of coercive control.
The Trap
A podcast about love, power and abuse - why does it happen, and how can we stop it?
Commissioned by:
Victorian Women's Trust
Unravelling
Coercive Control
Coercive control is a system of abuse that never switches off – even during the ‘good times’. Perpetrators deploy specific techniques, like isolation, blame-shifting, gaslighting, degradation, threats, micro-regulation, rule-setting, and surveillance, in order to entrap and subjugate. Victim -survivors often say that when they hear coercive control explained, it’s like a lightbulb moment – they realise that the abuse was not their fault, and that they were not ‘crazy’. More than just violence, coercive control is a sustained attack on a person’s sense of self, and their dignity.
Upcoming Events
08 Dec 25
Keynote address, Conference on Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence, University of Sydney
Sydney
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