Kat
Shut up woman! What creating a women’s magazine has taught me about womanhood
After three years and two hundred submissions, Kat Vella has learned some things about women's existence in rural and regional Australia.
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Mona Community
- May 24
Starting Young
As we continue to look back on all the wonderful young people we met during Youth Week in April 2023, this week Mona publishes the...
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Mona Community
- May 18
Our Art is a Voice
Mona publishes the multimedia work of Annabelle Shakleton, a young artist who uses her talent with the brush to paint a political message.
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Mona Community
- May 8
Sisters in Ag
This week Mona publishes the photography of Jemima Nugent, a promising young artist who documents female champions of the ag industry.
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Mona Community
- May 2
A Safe and Honest Place
As we look back on all the inspiring young people we met during Youth Week in April 2023, we publish a series of talented young artists.
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Kat
- Apr 28
“No one cares as much as you do” and other frank advice for self-doubt
Writing is hard. I had been expecting, naively, that after years of doing it, it was bound to get easier.
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Mona Community
- Apr 16
The Bed
This week, Mona shares a poem that explores the expression of female sexuality and the evolving intimate experience of a relationship.
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Lauren
- Mar 21
The Truth is Hard to Bear
This week, Mona editor Lauren reviews the newly released difficult read, Hard to Bear by Isabelle Oderberg.
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Oumi Karenga-Hewitt
- Mar 14
Infertility: A Woman's Problem?
One in six couples have fertility challenges. In my case, a cancer diagnosis meant that IVF was the only route to go.
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Kat
- Mar 8
No sorry, I won't speak at your IWD morning tea
Somewhere along my life I have been convinced that women must be extraordinary in order to be valued by others.
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Mona Community
- Feb 25
You
Lauren Watson shares her personal journey to motherhood, and all its challenges, with Mona's readers this week in her poem, 'You'.
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Lauren
- Feb 10
Submit to Mona... Who? Me?!
This week, Mona editor Lauren, interviews two of Mona's original contributors, artist Sharon De Valentin and author Robyn Simpson.
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Mona Community
- Nov 20, 2022
- 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
- Jul 10, 2022
- 3 min
Sounding Board
... I later wonder how many questions they asked of women in that room.
Lauren
- Apr 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Women Who Wrote My Story
Mona team member Lauren shares how certain women authors have unveiled her world to her and how she fits in it.
Kat
- Apr 19, 2021
- 1 min
LEETON WORKSHOP: Recap and Reflection
Nine women arrived as strangers and left as keepers of each others' stories in Leeton's writer's workshop.
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