“Your being Asian was at the forefront of how you were identified – not for your smarts like Rachel, not for how athletic you were like Brenda, but on your skin colour.”
Dear Me
Month: August 2017
Review: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
“Overall, the documentary, whilst informative, did not have the impact the first film; it ended up being a film about Al Gore and his life.”
Sexual Assault: A Letter About a Conversation We Need to Have
This is a letter to the students of ANU, to all activists, survivors and supporters, to all ANU staff, educators and residential college staff, and to the staff that hold fancy titles. This is to anyone who chooses to read this letter.
Survivors Locked Out of ANU’s Sexual Violence Response
“A review into the university’s sexual assault policies and procedures is meaningless if it does not examine how the university and its staff actually use these policies in practice. It is meaningless if it does not examine how survivors have experienced the system in place.”
Want Gender Equality? Watch Game of Thrones
“That’s right, you’re secretly fighting the patriarchy every Monday night when you and your friends drink mulled wine and watch the latest Game of Thrones episode. Every time you slip one of Martin’s tomes into your bag you’re carrying a pipe-bomb that will blow misogyny to smithereens.”
The Tales of an Independent Travelling Woman
“It is important to recognise and understand the intersection of travel and feminism, and to create more equal opportunities regardless of gender identity.”
Review: Dunkirk
“But I would argue that we cannot criticise depictions of femininity if we do not uphold the same scrutiny for portrayals of men, particularly in a film that celebrates what it means to be a man.”
In Conversation with Loretta Lackner
“I have been listening to podcasts since around 2009. Podcasting has been around for a while longer than that – it was first created as a play on the then popular ‘iPod’.”
It’s Cool to Catch-22
“Interestingly, amongst all of this contemplation, what I have noticed is that the concept of the ‘Cool Girl’ seems to largely be discussed and debated by women.”
Shop ‘Til You Drop but Do It Ethically
“There’s even more to shopping ethically: ideally, we’d not just be buying ethically produced goods, but less clothes altogether.”