Spare time? Here’s some feminist things to do
Podcasts, books and more to help you relax and keep your feminist flag flying high.
20th March, 20 Read more
The Spirit of Womanism
When Winnie Dunn thinks of the women who have shaped her, she thinks of one woman in particular: her grandmother.
3rd March, 20 Read more
Becoming Shelf Aware
Literature is something I have always loved. By the time I reached university, I could quote Fitzgerald lines about mysterious green light or the elusive American Dream but the only women in my favourite books were objects of desire or disdain. I was a strident feminist, posters on my wall, proud attendee of Slut Walk and yet, my reading didn’t match. I was stuck reading books I was told were ‘classics’ or ‘essential reading’ without realising none of them contained any women like me. During an English Literature class in my third...
28th February, 20 Read more
A message for every woman
Learn about the history behind these iconic feminist artworks by Carol Porter and the contemporary counterparts by Michelle Pereira.
26th November, 19 Read more
Profile: Feminist art maker Michelle Pereira
"From the moment I even remember existing, I was drawing. I’d scribble with my mum's lipstick, makeup, crayons, pastels, anything."
26th November, 19 Read more
Begin as you mean to go on: talking friendship with Leanne Miller + Duré Dara OAM
VWT Board Member Leanne Miller is a proud woman of the Dhulanyagen Ulupna Clan, Yorta Yorta nation, and the Executive Director of Koorie Women Mean Business. She has worked together with Duré Dara OAM, former restauranteur and social worker, for over two decades. This is how it all began.
9th October, 19 Read more
Cal Wilson + Santilla Chingaipe Co-Host New Trust Podcast: Money Power Freedom
Money Power Freedom is a six part podcast series looking at the barriers women face to their economic security.
8th October, 19 Read more
Resilience is Strength
"I am a daughter of the grey stone and white sand, of the arid, windswept coast, of the salty, black, closed-mouthed estuaries. My grandmother’s country is stoic, strong I know it will be there forever; waiting for me to return. The bones of my ancestors are in that place, the water is in our veins, the sky is our roof."
10th September, 19 Read more
FEMINIST FILM GUIDE: MIFF 2019
Content warning: sexual violence. See support services here. MIFF is back! The Melbourne International Film Festival (which has been running since 1952) is happening from 1-18 August 2019. The three-week film extravaganza will see some of the best works from around the globe playing on screens at some of Melbourne’s most iconic venues, including Cinema Nova, the Capitol and the Forum theatre. With over 400 films to choose from, a quick scroll through the programme may leave you feeling a little overwhelmed. Luckily, we’ve done the hard yards for you and put...
7th August, 19 Read more
Alice Lindstrom puts women at the centre
"'About Bloody Time’ is something I wish had been around when I was a teenager. I want to support the dismantling of misogynistic attitudes to periods and by extension, women’s bodies, in any way I can."
24th May, 19 Read more