Mona Community
Be unapologetically you! An interview with Bec Hyland
How do we challenge cultural expectations that tie beauty to self worth?
Mona Community
- Sep 25
Meet WWAG's Artist in Residence, Sophie Chauncy!
Mona Editor Lauren caught up with Sophie Chauncy, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery’s current Artist in Residence this month.
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Mona Community
- Sep 24
Kat talks Farmer Wants a Wife with ABC Riverina
Kat talks patriarchy in country communities and how FWAW leans in to simplified, exclusive ideas of gender.
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Mona Community
- Sep 18
The moment I became aware of 'pretty privilege'
What does it mean when women's power is tied to how we look?
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Mona Community
- Sep 12
Farmer Wants a Wife is not a dating show, it's propaganda
How has this show not evolved in 12 seasons? Perhaps it has something to do with how we feel about farmers.
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Mona Community
- Sep 7
A Playwright's Pondering
This week, new Mona member Leonie Napier, shares with us her journey as the writer and producer of her play Bloodshed at the Banquet.
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Mona Community
- Aug 28
Mona has grown! Meet our new team members
Mona began with the core belief that when women come together with a shared passion and goal, worlds are changed
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Mona Community
- Aug 22
Creative Women on Tools
In the small rural town of Ganmain in New South Wales, two women have banded together to give women in their community great opportunities.
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Mona Community
- Aug 14
Stories of isolation: Five women share their experiences
Our second collaborative piece this month comes from five women sharing their stories of isolation.
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Mona Community
- Aug 10
Timeless Treasures by Issy Jinarmo
Jill, Narelle and Maureen share one of their creative collaborations, the story of a family torn apart by tragic secret. The...
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Mona Community
- Aug 7
The Birth of Issy Jinarmo
When COVID struck, three inventive women from far-flung parts of the country let their creativity run away with them.
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Mona Community
- Jul 31
Barbed Solitude
In Mona's final post about Women at Work this month, Eila Jameson-Avey shares her poem, 'Barbed Solitude' and the labour that inspired it.
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Mona Community
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
My Teeth Fell Out
A stream of consciousness piece about the choice made for a new, but challenging, life.
Kat
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
I'm learning to smile again
For Dinah, writing is a form of therapy, 'optimistic ramblings' she calls it. Writing keeps her connected to herself.
Mona Community
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
I am...
A collection of poetry from our Mona community exploring the depths of our internal lives and how we see ourselves through others' eyes.
Mona Community
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
Through Her Eyes: A collection of poetry
How does the world look through her eyes? A small collection of poems by Mona community members writing from other women's perspectives.
Mona Community
- Apr 15, 2021
- 1 min
The perfectionist
Whose expectations are you trying to meet?
Beautiful poetry from one of our Monas Emily, explores her feelings of perfectionism.