“When I was going through my journey from five years old till 11, it was quite frightening because I was beginning to lose memory of my family.”
- Alicia Vrajlal
New York comedians Claire and Ashley have built a brand - and a podcast - out of reading celebrity memoirs. Ahead of their first Aussie live tour, they make the case for gossip and discuss the lines they'd never cross.
- Ilana Bean
In a world where media representation profoundly influences societal attitudes, the glaring absence of differently-abled bodies on mainstream reality TV is both disappointing and disheartening.
- Jerusha Mather
Emily Zarevich is a teacher, writer and book lover from Ontario, Canada. Here, she writes to a fellow reader she'll never meet in person, only in the margins.
- Emily Zarevich
Same old story, time again – as a new female pop star rises, she's subjected to invasive and entitled fans.
- Allie Daisy King
In many ways, Ella is a reluctant entrepreneur. But her life-affirming organisation The Returning is a creative and expansive response to the challenge of connecting predominantly Indigenous women with culture, country, and deeper forms of healing.
- Natasha Gillezeau
From internalised racism to the fetishisation of Asian women, the Safe Space author documents her experience of racism in Australia, and how she found hope through community.
- Alicia Vrajlal
She opens up about representation, coming out, and allyship.
- Alicia Vrajlal