This was my contribution to a debate at Castlemaine State Festival on Friday 26 March. The debate topic was “are leaders born, or are they taught?”, and it was between Sally Rugg, Gareth Evans and me (leaders are born) and Christine Nixon , Don Watson and Shelley Ware (leaders … [Read more...]
To Find Happiness by Josh Pyke
Hooray! Josh Pyke’s new song ‘To Find Happiness’ is out today! Such a beautiful song, especially as we emerge into the world again. Josh asked me (and many others) to put the song to a little video, to celebrate its release. I’ve had the song for a couple of weeks and have … [Read more...]
On anger
There is a high cost to disabled people for speaking out about ableism. I call it secondary ableism. That is, when a disabled person publicly (or privately) talks about ableism we face, some of the responses are ableist. “Maybe you’re overreacting.” “Maybe they were having a … [Read more...]
March 4 Justice – don’t forget disabled women
CW: abuse, violence, discrimination towards disabled women As you matched for justice today, I hope you didn’t forget disabled women, especially disabled women from First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse communities; intellectually disabled women … [Read more...]
Discrimination on Victoria’s public transport system
This is Renay - @fn_feminist on Instagram. She came into Melbourne Friday, from country Vic, to treat her child. They stayed in a hotel, did fun stuff in the city, had dinner with me. Renay is a wheelchair user. She got to the station with an hour to spare on Friday afternoon. … [Read more...]