AAWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’, interviews with women getting it done across Australia. In this edition of Local Action we talk Janet Fraser. Janet is a mother, author, poet, and historian. Janet has been the National Convenor of the Australian homebirth network, Joyous Birth since 2004. She is a Spinifex author, the writer of … Continue reading Local Action with Janet Fraser
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Local Action with Isla MacGregor
AAWAA brings to you Local Action — interviews with women Getting It Done across Australia. In this edition of Local Action, we talk to Isla MacGregor. Isla has been fighting the good fight for human rights for decades. She was abruptly dragged into this new wave of feminist activism and brings to it a wealth … Continue reading Local Action with Isla MacGregor
Local Action: Sue Clarke – Woman Up
AAWAA presents Local Action — interviews with women Getting It Done across Australia. This week, we turn our attention to Woman Up, a grassroots women’s rights initiative in Brisbane that began in May 2023. QWAA sat down with Sue Clarke, one of the founding members, to talk about her local action and how it all … Continue reading Local Action: Sue Clarke – Woman Up
Local Action: Stassja Frei, Holding the line
AAWAA brings to you Local Action — interviews with women Getting It Done across Australia. In this edition of Local Action, we talk to Stassja Frei. Stassja holds a special place in my heart as the quintessential TERF, and she’s certainly one of the first Australian TERFs to pop her gorgeous head over the parapet. … Continue reading Local Action: Stassja Frei, Holding the line
Local Action: Jasmine Sussex, Breastfeeding is womens’ work
AAWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’ - interviews with women getting it done across Australia. In Local Action we talk to Mother of three and volunteer breastfeeding counsellor Jasmine Sussex. Jasmine has been attacked for holding the most reasonable and normal belief in the world – That only women can be mothers and only mothers … Continue reading Local Action: Jasmine Sussex, Breastfeeding is womens’ work
Local Action: Carole Ann, The fight for lesbian rights
AAWAA presents ‘Local Action’—interviews with women making a difference across Australia. In this edition, we speak with Carole Ann. She and the women of the Lesbian Action Group are steadfast in their belief that men cannot be lesbians. After gender ideology eroded lesbian-only spaces in the 1990s—demanding that men be included in lesbian events—many women … Continue reading Local Action: Carole Ann, The fight for lesbian rights
Local Action: Betty McLellan
AAWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’ - interviews with women getting it done across Australia. In Local Action we talk to Betty McLellan. Betty is a feminist ethicist and psychotherapist and is the author of bestselling feminist self-help book Help! I'm Living with a Man Boy, which has been translated into 16 languages. She is … Continue reading Local Action: Betty McLellan
Local Action: Nerissa Scott
AAWAA brings to you ‘Local Action,’ a report on the brave feminist actions by women across Australia. Today we are talking with the brilliant, strong and intelligent Nerissa Scott. Simply talking to Nerissa raises your IQ. She is a natural fighter for Women’s Liberation and I am stoked to be fighting the good fight right … Continue reading Local Action: Nerissa Scott
Local Action: Susan Hawthorne
AAWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’ - interviews with women getting it done across Australia. In Local Action we talk to Susan Hawthorne. Susan Hawthorne, a legendary Australian feminist, is an award-winning writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Susan Hawthorne, with her partner Renate Klein, founded Spinifex Press, a leading independent radical feminist publisher in … Continue reading Local Action: Susan Hawthorne
Local Action: Speakers’ Corner in Brisbane, 21 July 2024
AAWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’, a monthly report on the brave feminist actions by women across Australia. Local Action this week is on the Speakers’ Corner. Sue Clarke and Leah Whiston are the founders of Woman Up Queensland. They facilitate the monthly Speakers Corners in Brisbane. I sat down to discuss the Local Action … Continue reading Local Action: Speakers’ Corner in Brisbane, 21 July 2024
Local Action: Mel Days, ‘Staying You’
QWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’ a monthly report on the brave feminist actions by women across Australia. Local Action this week is with Mel Day. Mel Day is a teacher who also works in the fields of sociology and counselling. In 2018-2020 she underwent treatment for aggressive stage 3 breast cancer. Mel discovered that … Continue reading Local Action: Mel Days, ‘Staying You’
Local Action: Feminist Matriarch Merike Johnson
QWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’ a monthly instalment on the brave feminist actions by women across Queensland. In Local Action this week I talk to Merike a survivor and refugee to Australia who went on to become a an Environmental Scientist (hydrogeochemistry) with the NSW Department of Mines when women in science were rare. … Continue reading Local Action: Feminist Matriarch Merike Johnson
Local Action: Nina Lee, nature-loving, bilingual musician and poet
QWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’ a monthly report on the brave feminist actions by women across Queensland. Today we are talking with Nina Lee. Nina, a nature loving, bilingual, hippy musician and poet, lives in a commune in Northern NSW, and is an honorary Queenslander. I sit down with Nina today to to talk … Continue reading Local Action: Nina Lee, nature-loving, bilingual musician and poet
Local Action: Edie Wyatt, writer and fighter for women’s rights
QWAA brings to you ‘Local Action’ a monthly report on the brave feminist actions by women across Queensland. In Local Action this time we sit down with journalist, top tier TERF and podcaster Edie Wyatt and we discuss culture, the state, and the state we have found ourselves in. Talking with Edie is the intellectual … Continue reading Local Action: Edie Wyatt, writer and fighter for women’s rights
