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
Jun 28, 20237 min read
(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.
Mona Community
Dec 4, 20227 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20224 min read
Memories and Mementos
A beautifully told story of the acceptance of the cycle of life and passage of personhood.
Mona Community
Sep 18, 20224 min read
The moment I became aware of 'pretty privilege'
What does it mean when women's power is tied to how we look?
Mona Community
Jul 25, 20227 min read
Goodbye to work
...none of them looked at mentally adjusting to the finishing work side of things.
Kat
Jul 17, 20224 min read
An essay is still a story: Tips for improving your creative non fiction
Kat's top tips for composing a powerful but simple personal essay.
Mona Community
Jul 10, 20223 min read
Sounding Board
... I later wonder how many questions they asked of women in that room.
Mona Community
May 22, 20225 min read
Hot Buttered Toast
My grandmother was one who sat easily with silence. She was the one who taught me to knit.
Mona Community
Sep 2, 20213 min read
Do you think about Afghanistan?
I have a Middle-Eastern cookbook, purchased in the 1970’s but it doesn't tell the stories behind the recipes.
Mona Community
Aug 26, 20213 min read
#Metoo: Call it out
I would like to think that we are now living in an enlightened time, where workplaces are respectful and harassment-free. Perhaps not.
Mona Community
Aug 19, 20213 min read
Confronting the Big C
Am I expected to keep working till I drop? Include me in the list of the 1 in 3 marriages that ended in divorce. So, I massage my own cramps
Lauren
Aug 15, 20215 min read
Let's Get Real About 'The Bachelor'
An examination of the toxic dating mindsets behind the popular reality TV series 'The Bachelor'.
Mona Community
Aug 12, 20217 min read
Finding beauty in the broken places
I wish I’d understood that what I possessed was a unique and profound skill to see the world in a way others didn’t.
Mona Community
May 26, 20213 min read
Never quite grow up
If we revered elders as many cultures do, would people still feel the need to claim they feel young, or try to look young?
Kat
May 10, 20214 min read
Is to be childfree really a choice?
Until the thought of becoming a mother became a reality to me, I never really considered the weight of it.
Mona Community
Apr 26, 20213 min read
Be Angry.
"We all need to be angry until we can all be safe." Mona contributor Sue reminds us that equality is a fragile thing.
Lauren
Apr 22, 20215 min read
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.
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