#10: Donna Abela: A forgotten piece of historical slut-shaming

Donna (she/her) has written award-winning stage and radio plays for audiences of all ages, and has extensive experience in script development, story development, and mentoring and teaching emerging writers from culturally diverse backgrounds. She is also a founding member and co-chair of PYT Fairfield (aka Powerhouse Youth Theatre). Her recent work includes the radio documentary Missing Magdalens (ABC Radio National), and an essay on trauma-informed creative practice Golden Joinery (Sydney Review of Books). She's also a bad-ass graduate of our trauma informed kickboxing program.

To contact Donna:
Instagram:  @abeladonnawriter

Georgia and Donna discuss:

• Magdalen laundries in Australia
• How the historical oppression of women contributes to today's patriarchy
• Rigid gender conformity
• Institutional gender-shaming / slut-shaming 

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SUPPORT LINKS:

Some listeners might find parts of this conversation distressing. Please take care, link in your support networks, or refer to one of these organizations if you need:

Eating disorder support: https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/ 

Mental health support: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support 

Domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support https://www.1800respect.org.au/ 

Sexism in sport https://www.respectvictoria.vic.gov.au/

DirectLine (Alcohol & Drug Support) – 1800 888 236 (24/7) 

http://www.directline.org.au/

QLife (Queer-Specific Peer Support) – 1800 184 527 (3pm – midnight) – https://qlife.org.au/

Lifeline (Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention) – 13 11 14 (24/7) 

http://www.lifeline.org.au/gethelp

Thank you so much to Nari for the beautiful song "Shape Me" heard at the beginning and end of this episode. Nari wrote this song about Shape Your Life, a boxing program for self-identified female survivors of violence in Canada. She wrote this song using the words and experiences shared by participants with Cathy Van Ingen. You can find out more about Shape Your Life in my interview with Cathy in Episode 8. You can hear more of Nari's work by going to her Instagram: @narithesaga