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| Five questions to Sarah Agnes: this week on IndigenousX | Five questions to Sarah Agnes: this week on IndigenousX |
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| Each week, a new guest hosts the @IndigenousX twitter account to discuss topics of interest as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. In partnership with IndigenousX, we're inviting its weekly host to tell us about who they are, what issues they're passionate about, and what they have in store for us during their upcoming week. | Each week, a new guest hosts the @IndigenousX twitter account to discuss topics of interest as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. In partnership with IndigenousX, we're inviting its weekly host to tell us about who they are, what issues they're passionate about, and what they have in store for us during their upcoming week. |
| Tell us about yourself. Who are you, where are you from, what do you do? | Tell us about yourself. Who are you, where are you from, what do you do? |
| I'm Sarah, my family are Wiradjuri although I spent most of my life in the north of NSW. I'm a recent university graduate, writer and public servant currently exploring Europe and the UK. Currently trying the old cliche of "finding myself and my voice". I like to write screenplays, essays, life blogs and articles. I'm mad for romance novels and feminist theory. If it wasn't so expensive I'd be at the movies everyday! | I'm Sarah, my family are Wiradjuri although I spent most of my life in the north of NSW. I'm a recent university graduate, writer and public servant currently exploring Europe and the UK. Currently trying the old cliche of "finding myself and my voice". I like to write screenplays, essays, life blogs and articles. I'm mad for romance novels and feminist theory. If it wasn't so expensive I'd be at the movies everyday! |
| What do you plan to talk about on @IndigenousX this week? | What do you plan to talk about on @IndigenousX this week? |
| I plan on talking about my adventures as an Aboriginal travelling through Europe. I'll probably touch on film and being fair skinned – I did my honours thesis on this last year. Experience in all areas of my life. My tweets may not always be on topics that people view as "Indigenous", however being Aboriginal my views are shaped by being Indigenous. | I plan on talking about my adventures as an Aboriginal travelling through Europe. I'll probably touch on film and being fair skinned – I did my honours thesis on this last year. Experience in all areas of my life. My tweets may not always be on topics that people view as "Indigenous", however being Aboriginal my views are shaped by being Indigenous. |
| What issue affecting Indigenous people do you think is most pressing? | What issue affecting Indigenous people do you think is most pressing? |
| I don't feel like I have enough life experience to answer this. What is most pressing to me may not be as important as another issue for another Indigenous person. If I had to narrow it down, life expectancy is important to me. | I don't feel like I have enough life experience to answer this. What is most pressing to me may not be as important as another issue for another Indigenous person. If I had to narrow it down, life expectancy is important to me. |
| Who are your role models, and why? | Who are your role models, and why? |
| My family, my mum especially, has been a wonderful example of a strong Black woman. Women like academic Larissa Behrendt and author Anita Heiss, and the women who came before them, have shown people like me that we can be successful in both Indigenous and non Indigenous terms. My grandmothers, who did amazing things during a period of time that made it harder for them just because of their gender and race. My (white) grammy who worked with the local Indigenous people on social justice and environmental issues long before Australia was ready for it! My granny who raised 10 kids on a farm during a time when her children could be removed at any time for being fair. | |
| What are your hopes for the future? | What are your hopes for the future? |
| World peace! I recently graduated, and among the hundreds of people in my course only four of us identified as Indigenous, and of the four I was the only honours graduate. When my kids (if I have them) graduate, I'd like to see 40 young Indigenous men and women graduating. I'd also like to see our skin colour stop being used as a marker of our Indigeneity by people. Personally I hope the future holds happiness and the ability to let go of fear and anxiety. Especially the fear and anxiety passed down in relation to Aboriginality and the past. | World peace! I recently graduated, and among the hundreds of people in my course only four of us identified as Indigenous, and of the four I was the only honours graduate. When my kids (if I have them) graduate, I'd like to see 40 young Indigenous men and women graduating. I'd also like to see our skin colour stop being used as a marker of our Indigeneity by people. Personally I hope the future holds happiness and the ability to let go of fear and anxiety. Especially the fear and anxiety passed down in relation to Aboriginality and the past. |