Lauren
End of an Era
As the Mona project draws to a close after three years, each of the women behind the magazine reflects on what Mona has meant to them.
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Mona Community
- Sep 9, 2023
Finding Inspiration in Lost Places
This week, Emma Datson shares the art of recycling existing poetry and in the words we are surrounded by in our everyday lives.
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Mona Community
- Aug 31, 2023
On a Balcony Overlooking Torres Strait
This week, Mona features an experimental reflective piece by Ingrid Mason about a woman's experiences across the Pacific.
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Mona Community
- Aug 23, 2023
Leaning into Dangerous Conversations
On the back of the NSW Regional Futures Symposium in Western Sydney, Dubbo-based artist Kim V. Goldsmith asks what bold actions are needed.
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Mona Community
- Aug 18, 2023
Breaking Ground
This week, we visit one of our favourite interviews from Issue 03, 'Breaking Ground', an interview with the trailblazing Women in Cohousing.
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Mona Community
- Aug 12, 2023
The Poetry of the Everyday
This week, as Mona starts to explore some of the ways in which poetry is being transformed by new writers, we feature Emma Datson's work.
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Mona Community
- Aug 3, 2023
Issue Three - Editors' Favourites
This week, as the Mona team prepare for the official launch of Issue Three on 6th of August, the Mona Editorial Team reflect on their...
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Lauren
- Jul 27, 2023
The Collector
Mona's Lauren interviews Cara-Ann Simpson, an experimental multi-media artist who has had a long struggle with debilitating illnesses.
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Lauren
- Jul 20, 2023
Behind 'Unseen'
This week, Lauren speaks with the woman behind 'Unseen', Jacinta Parsons, about writing, sharing and courage.
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Lauren
- Jul 13, 2023
REVIEW: Unseen — the secret world of chronic illness
This week, Mona’s exploration of women’s experiences with chronic illness continues as editor Lauren reviews Jacinta Parsons' Unseen.
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Mona Community
- Jul 4, 2023
A Living Death: Life with ME/CFS
This month, Mona explores women's experiences with chronic illness, starting with Mel Ifield's experimental piece about life with ME/CFS.
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Mona Community
- Jun 28, 2023
(Sitting with) the Discomfort of Change
Dubbo-based artist Kim V. Goldsmith explores what a post-carbon economy means for our region and its inhabitants - human and non-human.
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Mona Community
- Dec 4, 2022
- 7 min
The unexpected fruits of foraging
By choosing to use what is available in season and in abundance, we break with habitual patterns shaped by consumerism.
Mona Community
- Nov 30, 2022
- 6 min
The violence no one sees: leaving fundamentalism in rural towns
In Australia we tend to dismiss fundamentalist Christians as being free to ‘do their thing so long as they don’t harm us’...
Mona Community
- Nov 25, 2022
- 4 min
Our Bodies Keep the Score
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Mona celebrates the survivors who share their experiences.
Mona Community
- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
Memories and Mementos
A beautifully told story of the acceptance of the cycle of life and passage of personhood.
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