Telegraph.co.uk | Julia Gillard can knit all she likes: she's still a feminist hero Telegraph.co.uk Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minister, has again been forced to defend herself to the public. In the past month she been compared to 'fried poultry' as part of a 'joke', and told to cover up her flesh in parliament. Now she is being criticised for her knitting ... Does a good feminist knit? Should a prime minister knit? PM's office roos the knitting shoot, blames magazine for stitch-up Furore over Julia Gillard's Australian Women's Weekly photo shoot continues |