Today is International Women’s Day. The theme is #ChooseToChallenge. When you attend (or organise) a Women’s Day event (and any event around the year), I want you to ask yourself three questions: Who is in the room? Who can’t get in the room? How will you invite them into … [Read more...]

  I don’t often show the physical manifestation of ichthyosis. I never want to perpetuate voyeurism or be a pitiful teaching moment. I also feel that showing just a body part in pain harks back to the times I was involved in medical photography - where I was in a cold … [Read more...]

Spoilers ahead   Raceless is one of those books that I didn’t want to put down, but I also didn’t want it to end. I was engrossed.  A memoir by British woman. Georgina Lawton, Raceless is about the identity crisis of being born Black into a white family. Her mother had … [Read more...]

I wonder when non disabled people will stop asking disabled people why we use the terms “disabled” and “disability”, and correcting us - like they’re words to be ashamed of. It is not ok to tell marginalised people the words we use for ourselves should be changed. I’m seeing … [Read more...]

Image: Woman with a red face and short dark curly hair tied back, wearing a purple and orange patterned shirt dress. She’s standing at the front of the State Library of Victoria, learning on a pillar, hands clasped, smiling. Photo by Aaron Francis. I had a sick day on … [Read more...]