WhyNot

    Category - Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Looking Beyond

    Words by Zahina, 21 WA   The earth remembers the rhythm of the language the people that Lived on it spoke, sunken through the cracks in the concrete.   Our palms carry the maps we’ve travelled, Stories written...

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    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Verified

    Artwork by Ziggy, 23 NSW  Artist Statement: I had to be ‘verified’ by a medical professional as transgender, before I could continue with my transition. The funny thing is everything in this drawing makes me trans. AND...

    Ziggy, 23 NSW 

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    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Dark of the moon

    Words by Jahin, 20 NSW Welcome to the inside of my mind,A mansion of memories, that sometimes feels hollow,Cracks and curves,Embellishing the nature that swirls around it. Here you will find one of two things –The...

    Jahin, 20 NSW

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    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Disadvantaged from birth

    Words by Jahin, 20 NSW From the moment I was born,They cut my umbilical cord,And attached a stigma instead,A warm welcome to the epicentre of excellence,At least that is what I was told. When I gaped at the feet that...

    Jahin, 20 NSW

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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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