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September 21, 2018 Uncategorized

R is for racism

Fair Dinkum, definition: used to emphasise or seek confirmation of the genuineness or truth of something. Australia Post is currently

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September 14, 2018 Uncategorized

A feminist feast for your ears

Is there anything better than podcasts? Entertainment and education plugged straight into your ears, best of all they’re free! Here

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August 31, 2018 Uncategorized

Raising boys like girls

The #metoo movement has created space for women to tell their stories. Emboldened, we are speaking out and now is

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August 10, 2018 Uncategorized

All that glitters is not gold… sometimes its unicorns – Part 2

“You see… when those Elements are ignited by the… the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it

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August 3, 2018 Uncategorized

All that glitters is not gold… sometimes its unicorns – Part 1

“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.”—The Bible (Numbers 23:22) The

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July 27, 2018 Uncategorized

Like a (Lady) Boss

Somewhere along the way in life I absorbed the idea that gender equity had been achieved in our society, and

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July 19, 2018 Uncategorized

Stalking… it’s not a joke

Content warning: this post contains discussions of violence. In 2017 in the UK, 23 year old Molly McLaren texted a

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July 13, 2018 Uncategorized

#Me Too

Content warning: this post contains discussions of sexual assault. I hadn’t thought I had anything to contribute to the #metoo

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July 11, 2018 Uncategorized

Thats what she said

  “My silences have not protected me. Your silence will not protect you” – Audre Lorde Amercian writer, poet, feminist,

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June 30, 2018 Uncategorized

Maaaaaate! – Part 3

In Australia today, the definition of mateship can be boiled down to: friendship, loyalty and equality. But that equality has

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