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Museums and Galleries: Where Past and Present Collide
I think there is a central question on the purpose of museums – should they focus on items from elsewhere to educate people on other ways of life, or should they focus on local histories and cultivate a relationship with the land they sit on? Read more
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Tales of Tattoos & Skin-Deep Stories
Bossy asked people to share their first tattoo stories—the good, the bad and the ugly! Read more
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Filling in the Gaps: Danielle Scrimshaw’s Exploration into Queer Australian History
Keighli O’Brien interviewed Danielle Scrimshaw about her first book: ‘She and Her Pretty Friend: The Hidden History of Australian Women who Love Women.’ Read more
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Believing in the Self
‘I do not feel my ancestors…what are they gonna do, and also what do we know about what they thought…and what they would think if they were raised now. Inevitably, it has to be a reflection of where I grew up. I guess I don’t believe much in the soul. I believe in the self.’ Read more
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The Literary Mind of Kathryn Hind
Kathryn Hind is a Canberra-born writer and winner of the inaugural Penguin Literary Prize for her first novel, Hitch (published June 2019). Hitch is the story of Amelia, a twenty-something woman hitchhiking across Australia with her dog Lucy. Read more
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Too Young. Too Woman.
On 5 June 2021, a Facebook update from Sally read, “this is … potentially the hardest [post] I’ve ever written – but I have decided to rescind my decision to stand for election to Lismore City Council.” After weeks of being followed in the street, having rocks thrown through her windows, and daily defamatory posts… Read more
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Talk Period.
In celebration of MH Day 2022, Bossy asked menstruators to share their experiences with menstruation, menstrual hygiene, and menstrual stigma. Read more
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‘She’s just my type’: The Racial Fetishisation of Women of Colour
Racial fetishisation is covert sexualised racism. Read more
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Walking Familiar Paths: How Many Marches Does It Take?
Attending the Canberra strike, amidst my recent anxiety and despair about the earth burning and everything dying, I was reminded that a whole of bunch of people care and are in this together. We feel that we are in a turning point in history, and that if we don’t do something now, our future will… Read more
Interview
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