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Mia-Francesca Jones is a writer and editor on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. She has written for the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, The Lifted Brow, Arts Hub, Renew Magazine, TEXT Journal, Rabbit Poetry Journal and others. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction, the Overland VU Short Story Prize and the Richel Prize by Hachette Australia. She is currently undertaking a PhD in creative writing and ecocriticism. In 2022, she was awarded the William Thomas Williams Postgraduate Scholarship for a creative scholar.
This ecoautobiographical essay plays with psychological and ecological borderlines to connect family relationships, childhood trauma, colour theory, and marine
Mia-Francesca Jones explores the opportunities of the blue economy for oceanic health, as well as human and planetary wellbeing.
An exploration of the significance of hair in contemporary culture through Australian and international art.
An experiment on King Island offers a glimpse into a greener future
Mia-Francesca McAuslan on how the hybrid virtual/live format that arose out of necessity during COVID could increase the arts sector's CO2 emissions - and how to mitigate that impact.
Goldin's photos of the 1970-1980s are both intimate and confronting.
We are driving across America in a white van named Gracie 2. Twice we see Eileen Myles speaking: once in New York – the city that harboured her years as a young adult – and once in Texas – the state she lives now – in a small town named Marfa. Like a lot of things in Texas, Eileen’s work is in-your-face: big, demanding and unashamedly itself. In New York, Eileen reads from a blues poem called ‘Harmonica’. She says, I don’t want love again because I don’t want to lose. I don’t want to eat...
Ten years ago, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in Australian parliament and spoke the iconic words that have been replayed nearly 4 million times on Youtube: 'I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man - not now, not ever'.
Sexual harassment is not inevitable: it is preventable, says Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins - and finally, we have a government who is doing something about it. Just last week the [email protected] Bill was passed in Parliament, signaling the Government's firm commitment to gender equality by ensuring women can earn a living safe from sexual harassment.
South Australia is brimming with peaceful nature retreats, forest cabins, off-grid beach shacks and floating homes. Find some of the best places to relax and reconnect in South Australia.
Our first jobs are meant to be harsh. Or so is the belief, considered by some as a right of passage upheld by the fallacy that bad treatment breeds grit and resilience. But we can clearly see the dangers of subscribing to the idea that young people should 'suck it up' and be grateful to work at all.
Mary Quant is the infamous founder of 1960 London's 'Chelsea Look' - hot pants, mini skirts and super-high hemlines. Even more significantly, she was a pioneer of global retail distribution and mass marketing, propelled by the appeal of her irreverent character - an early 'influencer'.
Search Engine Sex is Australia's first Spotify Original podcast. In its first episode - published June 2020 - presenter and creator Rowdie Walden launches the series by attempting to answer the most googled question about sex, which is: how to have it. The show considers that maybe what we're really
As streets and cities become quieter, and one of Melburnians' few permitted outdoor activities is taking a walk (or run), you might notice birdsong coming to the fore. In a talk from 2012, art historian Janine Burke questions if good design can be ascribed to birds.
Jon Tjhia and Mia McAuslan In a series of studies for Making Art Work, Jon Tjhia and Mia McAuslan examine empty space and its (dis)contents. What drives our impulse to avoid a void? Is it a mistake to mistake emptiness for nothingness?
Neighbourhood Books is an independent bookstore curated to nourish the local community. Based in Northcote, Neighbourhood Books houses a range of new fiction, non-fiction and children's books, prioritising local writers, artists and publishers. Their knowledgeable and friendly staff are eager to talk books and share recommendations with all who will listen.
Shawn Wen is a writer, radio documentarian and multimedia artist. Her essay, 'Disappearing in Duluth' examines the disturbing case of Jennifer Wilbanks, who vanished from the city of Duluth, Georgia, on an evening run in the days before her wedding.
Over the years, we've been lucky to host some incredible local screen talent, including David Gulpilil, star of the 1971 film Walkabout, in conversation with At the Movies co-host Margaret Pomeranz, and our recent livestream with actor, writer and producer Miranda Tapsell, who spoke with Nakkiah Lui about the box office hit Top End Wedding, and her correlating memoir Top End Girl.