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Just Press Send – a Long Overdue Message to a Friend
Hey fraannd, Brace yourself because this is going to be one unusually lengthy message. Let me begin with an apology. Terribly sorry it took me so long to reply to your last message. I’ve been busy as usual – and I’m sure you would have been too. It’s not that I haven’t been meaning to Read more
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Where Are You Really From?
“Both my own experiences and my friends’ comments have exposed a critical and alarming issue that we have in society today: our limited and perhaps ingrained conceptions of nationality. ” Read more
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Dear 16-Year-Old Me …
“Men will hurt you, but women will hold you. Love will cut you, but it will also heal you. Just remember, you are more strength than weakness. You’ll be just fine.” Read more
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Doctor, Doctor
“Three queer* Bossy contributors reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of seeking medical help.” Read more
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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.” Read more
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The Opaque Ceiling
“However, without the ability to single-handedly eliminate the patriarchy and deeply entrenched sexism within Australia, there was absolutely nothing I should have done differently that night.” Read more
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My Feminist Awakening
“And so my awakening began. Whilst I cooped myself up in my room, I started to read different feminist blogs, many of which I now cannot remember.” Read more
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I Was Korean Before It Was Cool
“When you tell a child, over and over, that they are neither a ‘real Chinese’, nor a ‘real Korean’, nor a ‘real Australian’, they start to doubt whether they are actually real at all.” Read more
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Gals? More like ANU Skate PALS am I right?
“Fear is an essential part of the experience for me, and arguably the thing that makes me return and try that ollie again – for the thousandth time.” Read more
Memoir
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