In this frank and funny 'femoir' - part memoir, part manifesto - Tracey 'sheconstructs' the structural barriers facing women in the workplace and encourages us all to shake off the shackles of the good girl.

The news that a woman was suing Network Ten for pregnancy discrimination made headlines around the country.

Like so many women I know, Spicer has experienced far too many examples of personal and professional sexism, misogyny and gender-based discrimination.

Aussie newsreader and journalist Tracey Spicer refuses to take discrimination laying down.

Spicer’s book encourages women to take control of their leadership journeys, and to not be afraid to contest ingrained gender stereotypes.

We were known as "the pussy mafia". And none of us had a cat. Five women, one mission: to carve a career from the Jurassic jungle that was Channel Nine in the 1980s.

This edited version of a speech given by Tracey Spicer at a Women of Letters presentation was first published on Wendy Harmer’s, The Hoopla.