Category - Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Shy: an acceptable personality trait.

Words by Briana, 21 VIC People describe me as shy. It is neither said in a positive or negative light. Just an observation that people say to explain why I am the way I am. Just shy. It’s a quiet word. The first...

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Identity crisis

Words by Jahin, 20 NSW There was a period in my life,during high school,when a sense of belonging,equated to liquid gold. Sitting side by side,uniformed in similarity,Feeling whole and cherished,Being a ripple in the...

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Hot Commodity

Words by Sachini, 22 ACT “Jamie said you were a Brownie,” said my friend Katie. I remember looking down at my arms, feeling a stab of defensiveness shoot through my stomach. “I don’t care,” I had said. In that moment, 8...

Words by Sachini, 22 ACT

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Pink-Haired Girls in the Night

Words by Kyara, 22 VIC I’m eight hours away from home at a festival celebrating the city of Adelaide’s 60th birthday. Crowds mill about, taking in the art displays and the food vans in the street. It’s easy to lose...

Words by Kyara, 22 VIC

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Living a Double Life – 10 Questions for Shulah

Words by Georgie, 28 VIC Sit down with your beverage of choice, put your phone on flight mode and read this inspiring story. Lauren from the WhyNot team sat down with Shulah – a young transgender woman from Melbourne to...

Words by Georgie, 28 VIC

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Homophobia is Still an Issue… What Can We Do?

Words by Laneikka, 19 NSW I didn’t come from a homophobic household.And yet I remember crying at Jamberoo because my sister groped a mermaid statute’s boobs with her hands. There was something about same sex couples...

Words by Laneikka, 20 NSW

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Beauty Synonyms

Words by Kyara, 22 VIC “We have other sizes in the back,” the shop assistants say when they see me looking through the racks. I smile and say thanks. Slim young women and athletic young men inhabit the beaches and the...

Words by Kyara, 22 VIC

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

The Tattooed Face Woman. Are All Traditions Worth Preserving? Part 2

Words by Núria, 25 VIC Back in the village, Lin Shwe is the first tattooed woman I meet, and the one who makes the strongest impression on me. I don’t know if it’s because of her hypnotic deep voice or the way she...

Words by Núria, 25 VIC

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

The Tattooed Face Woman. Are All Traditions Worth Preserving? Part 1

Words by Núria, 25 VIC Lin Shwe Htang, from the Mun tribe, is at her home with some of her grandsons. It’s their day off school, so they all hang together while their parents are working in the fields. When heavy rain...

Words by Núria, 25 VIC

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Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

The Gender Myths of the Progressive Nation

Words by Sachini, 22 ACT “So, what do you think of Denmark?” I look over at Caroline, sipping my wine. My boyfriend and his friends are engaged in easy conversation borne from growing up together in Denmark. ...

Words by Sachini, 22 ACT

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Category - Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

Identity crisis

Hot Commodity

Pink-Haired Girls in the Night

Living a Double Life – 10 Questions for Shulah

Homophobia is Still an Issue… What Can We Do?

Beauty Synonyms

The Tattooed Face Woman. Are All Traditions Worth Preserving? Part 2

The Tattooed Face Woman. Are All Traditions Worth Preserving? Part 1

The Gender Myths of the Progressive Nation

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