Every month we publish new and commissioned works by feminist writers and thinkers,
as well as a Q&A with a fabulous feminist.
By Emily Maguire When NLA Publishing approached me with the idea of a book recounting the big moments of Australian feminist history, I was excited. I knew a lot about where we’re at and what still needed to be done, but almost nothing about how we got here. I...
Anna Krien is the author of Act of Grace. What does feminism mean to you? To me, feminism means keeping your eye in. So much of our everyday life is based on assumptions about gender roles, be it in work, politics, education, play or love, and with each stage of...
By Foong Ling Kong Journalist Jane Gilmore’s Fixed It project began as a sharp and swift red-line response to a lousy headline in September 2015 on one of Australia’s major news sites about a man who murdered his ex-girlfriend. After that first fix, which was posted...
FWF is building a community of feminist writers, readers, speakers and leaders, united in their goal to end gender inequality through the power of storytelling and conversation. Through our events, podcasts, publishing and facilitation, we connect audiences and experts to come together, to share stories and enhance their capacities to contribute to the cause.
In May 2018, Ruby Hamad wrote an article in Guardian Australia highlighting a phenomenon experienced all too often by women of colour: white woman tears. Hamad expands on the article in her first book, White Tears Brown Scars. Read Hellai Gul’s review Strategic White Womanhood: Ruby Hamad’s White Tears, Brown Scars.
Congratulations to Alison Whittaker whose Blakwork has made it to the shortlist of the PM’s Literature Awards, Poetry. Hear from Alison on the power and traditions of Indigenous storytelling in a podcast from FWF18 Sydney, Writing and Speaking Indigneous Lives or a FWF Q&A.
Jean Tong is a playwright considering what considerations of ‘diversity’ in playwriting are doing for people and institutions. Find out more in her piece, Writing Under the Influence: Race.
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