The Australian National University's intersectional feminist magazine.
CW: discussions of suicide, addiction, and mental illness.
In these interviews, I sat down with some women at the ANU and tried to explore the difficulties they face in navigating life as a woman and as a carer. I want to acknowledge that the positions these women occupy, often on the margins, can be incredibly hard and taxing, but also incredibly diverse. Gender, culture, language and class all influence the way in which we care.
In August of last year, Bossy published ‘Gals? More Like ANU Skate PALS Am I Right?’ The article followed the early days of Canberra’s coolest skating collective; the ANU Skate Pals. A year later, I sat down with two skate pals, Sam and Lauren, to discuss the group’s evolution and all things skating.
Dr Skye Saunders is Australia’s foremost expert on sexual harassment in rural communities.
“Some days, you just don’t feel that motivated. Some days you feel down, depressed even. Most days you are second-guessing yourself: your intelligence, your willpower, your originality, hell, even your speaking voice. You don’t often get feedback as you do in your undergraduate studies, so you often compare yourself to those around you.”
“As a gender-diverse person worried about their future in the workforce, I approached a non-binary employee of the Australian Public Service, Rian Jenkins, in order to gain an understanding of how their experience being out at work has impacted their life … I hope this interview, as it did for me, eases gender diverse people’s worries and makes them a little happier about the prospect of growing up in a cisgender world.”
On International Women’s Day 2018, we caught up with some members of the ANU Women’s Department to talk about intersectionality.
Robogals is an international student-run organisation that aims to inspire, engage and empower young women to consider studying engineering and related fields. Bossy and Woroni stopped by a space-themed workshop, organised by the ANU division of Robogals, to see some volunteers and attendees in action.
In this interview, Edwina sits down with, well, herself, to reflect on things, life and the universe.
A few members of the editorial team agreed to sit down for a little chat so you could get to know them better. Join Sumithri Venketasubramanian, Alex Williams, Julia Rheinberger, Joyce Zhang, Lauretta Flack and Bronte McHenry as they chat about their feminist icons, winter comfort foods, layering and what to expect from soon-to-be-available edition three.
We were curious to know what it’s like to be a woman in the hilarious but also male-dominated field that is stand-up comedy.