In this minisode from FWF 2018 Legacy Books, Jamila Rizvi talks about the power of the imagination and how books helped her find her place in the world.
“I didn’t have a type or even a favourite genre, I read and loved everything I could get my hands on. Perhaps the only common thread was that all my favourite books featured women and girls.”
FICTION Ordinary Matter, Laura Elvery, UQPWho We Were, Lucy Neave, Text PublishingFall Girl, Toni Jordan, Text PublishingLeaning Towards Infinity, Sue Woolfe, RandomHouse NON-FICTION The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code, Judith Hoare, Scribe PublicationsDelusions of...
'The act of reclaiming craft and of understanding its history and its place in the culture is a feminist act. ' –Enza Gandolfo From subversive stitching to ‘reworked’ Barbie dolls, banners for women’s suffrage and anti-slavery leaflets sewn into bags, feminist...
'I have to try to make my own voice louder and more compassionate than theirs. For every cruel derision hiding behind a stock image, there is a person making a difference in their community. And we are stronger together.' –Anna Spargo-Ryan Activism can come at a cost....