Mona Community
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
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.
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Mona Community
- Nov 20
Your perspectives are important, we want to listen
We want to hear from you, our readers, on the things you think are important to you and your community.
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Mona Community
- Nov 14
REVIEW: Leaning out by Kristine Ziwica
Leaning Out presents a new way to view feminism, with the potential to bring heart, momentum and action to women across the divides.
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Mona Community
- Oct 30
Memories and Mementos
A beautifully told story of the acceptance of the cycle of life and passage of personhood.
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Mona Community
- Oct 25
Meet the rural woman tackling tricky conversations for parents and tweens
When Shay Baynton realised adolescence was around the corner for her pre-teen, she wanted to somehow inoculate her from absorbing the...
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Kat
- Oct 19
REVIEW: big beautiful female theory
Grills reminds us again and again that there is no stage of a woman’s life where she can live without the public and personal scrutiny.
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Mona Community
- Oct 10
The Picasso Century? A hundred years of weeping women
A Picasso exhibition that strips away the women to mere footnotes is to treat your female audience the same way Picasso treated women.
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Mona Community
- Oct 3
Be unapologetically you! An interview with Bec Hyland
How do we challenge cultural expectations that tie beauty to self worth?
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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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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
- 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
- Nov 20
- 3 min
Your perspectives are important, we want to listen
We want to hear from you, our readers, on the things you think are important to you and your community.
Mona Community
- Oct 3
- 5 min
Be unapologetically you! An interview with Bec Hyland
How do we challenge cultural expectations that tie beauty to self worth?
Mona Community
- Aug 14
- 7 min
Stories of isolation: Five women share their experiences
Our second collaborative piece this month comes from five women sharing their stories of isolation.
Mona Community
- Nov 29, 2021
- 4 min
Transition Politics: Communities embracing change
I believe in the vision of an abundant, vibrant, inclusive and sustainable way of life.
Kat
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
Why more young women running for local council matters
“Young people feel like they don’t have their voices heard so having a young person to represent them I think is a good start.”
Kat
- Aug 5, 2021
- 4 min
Your community needs you: Why more rural women should run for local government
When women run for public office, they get elected. The bad news is, not enough are running, especially in the regions.
Mona Community
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
GOOLGOWI WORKSHOP: Motherhood, maternity leave, misogyny and more!
What at day at Goolgowi with some strong-minded, tender-hearted women.