Name: Gemma Watson Age: 20 Occupation: Writer, student, retail/shop assistant, bookworm. How would you describe yourself and your life? I grew up in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne on a steady diet of politics, comedy and literature. Casual work, full-time study, and coffee are my daytime pursuits while at night I am furiously honing my…
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Name: Ebonie Hyland Age: 21 Occupation: Student, Writer How would you describe yourself and your life? I spent the first 18 years of my life in Warrnambool, in the same little house with a white picket fence on the top of a hill near the sea. It was a humble, quiet existence, driven by music,…
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Name: Kate Bart Age: 20 Occupation: Musician How would you describe yourself and your life? Well I moved from Perth to Melbourne almost a year ago now, to pursue music and I’m still a little lost, the only thing I know is Melbourne feels right. I know more Irish in Melbourne than I do Australian…
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Name: Amber Beilharz Age: 24 Occupation: Bed bug/Writer How would you describe yourself and your life? I grew up in the thin alleyways of Rozelle, Sydney, but Melbourne holds my blood-beat steady. I love miniature schnauzers, copious cups of tea, city landscapes and adventures of exploring new spaces and mostly having a laugh with the…
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Name: Brianna Inturrisi Age: 17 Occupation: Student How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m a 17-year-old school captain who is attempting to somehow survive VCE, save the world and uphold my feminist views. My optimistic, bubbly, social but strong-minded personality has allowed me to have some conversations with some of the most inspiring…
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Name: Sam van Zweden Age: 25 Occupation: Writer, student, book seller How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m an honest person, and I am by turns shy and outgoing, both in extremes. My life is, above everything else, creative and moving. I always prioritise making and consuming creative things (usually wordy creative things),…
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Name: Monique Stern Age: 18 Occupation: Deaf and Blind Social Group Assistant How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m generally an optimistic person. I love to smile and be a little naïve by thinking I can always be happy. My big negative is I am a very critical person and tend to expect…
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Name: Kat Muscat Age: 22 Occupation: Voiceworks editor How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m a Melbourne-based word nerd who is happiest in a good beer garden with some friends or a bunch of manuscripts. I cannot cook or run very fast. At the end of last year I completed a double degree…
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Name: Thomas Bailey Age:19 Occupation: Number-cruncher How would you describe yourself and your life? In a nutshell, I work, study and play in Melbourne. I’m at Melbourne University doing Actuarial Studies (a fancy kind of Commerce) and in my spare time I go to the gym, make lentil soup and tutor schoolkids in Maths. I…
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Name: Shannon McKeogh Age: 22 Occupation: Student How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m your typical cardigan-wearing arts student. I study, I write a fair bit online and sometimes (if I’m lucky!) it gets published in other places. I’m originally from the regional city of Albury – you’re not allowed to bag it…
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Name: Melissa Wellham Age: 22 Occupation: Student / Freelance Writer / Blogger How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m a movie buff, word nerd, music snob, mag hag, comic book aficionado and political hack – and like to write about all these things, for various publications and on my blog. I studied…
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Name: Andre Pant Age: 27 Occupation: Engineer/Physicist How would you describe yourself and your life? I like to think I enjoy a pretty well rounded life. I’m a pretty big science nut, with a background in space engineering and plasma physics. I also care about the social side of humanity, and have been involved in…
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Name: Monica Dux Age: 39 Occupation: Writer How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m a feminist, a writer, a mother of two small kids. I’d like to say a feminist “trouble-maker” but I’m usually too over-tired and busy to muster more than a few grunts and some fist waving at the world’s many…
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Name: Wendy McCarthy Age: 70 Occupation: Company Director and Mentor How would you describe yourself and your life? A life well lived and still a work in progress. In many ways my original skills and passions are being reenergized in the work I do at the moment. I grew up in rural NSW and was…
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