Every month we publish new and commissioned works by feminist writers and thinkers,
as well as a Q&A with a fabulous feminist.
By Hellai Gul In May 2018, Ruby Hamad wrote an article published in Guardian Australia that received enormous backlash and support. The piece highlighted a phenomenon experienced all too often by women of colour: white woman tears. Hamad suggested that there is...
Madison Griffiths is a writer, poet, artist and host of Tender. What does feminism mean to you? It means disobedience, but the best possible kind. Feminism is a conversation, a response to being left out of the discourse. It allows for women’s voices, bodies and needs...
Jess Hill is the author of See What You Made Me Do What does feminism mean to you? To me, feminism is about sustainability. It’s not just about gaining equality in a patriarchal world – it’s about exposing the patriarchy as a destructive and ridiculous system, not...
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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