When it comes to privilege, I’ve been dealt a pretty great hand. I’m a white, cis-gendered, middle-class male. And I aim to be conscious of the many ways in which this benefits me. But recently I’ve been thinking about aRead more…
Feminist Writers Festival – Q&A with Liz Conor
We’re thrilled to be supporting the inaugural Feminist Writers Festival, taking place in Melbourne from 26-28 August this year. We’ll be featuring interviews with several artists and Committee members over the coming months in the lead up to the event.Read more…
#LetThemStay – clicktivism, or creating real change?
Much like the party guest who RSVPs to an event and fails to attend, ‘hashtag activism’ is often derided for its inability to incite follow-through. Social media shows us a steady stream of armchair warriors re-posting ideals that accord withRead more…
Radical Acts
Recently, I was wandering the aisles of a local department store when a moment of activism by a woman shopper stopped me in my tracks. It was in the book section. I’d only just read that the books in chainRead more…
Pauline Pantsdown – Political (Satirical) Pioneer
In the early 1990’s, my family migrated to Australia and settled in the country town of Albury. It was a pretty idyllic life at first, and it wasn’t until I started school that I had any real sense of racialRead more…