Activist, writer, engineer, motoring enthusiast and outspoken young Muslim woman of colour Yassmin Abdel-Magied is kicking arse on multiple levels right now and I felt very lucky indeed to have this opportunity to chat with her.
Earlier this year, Yassmin sparked a large controversy in the literary world when she walked out on author Lionel Shriver's speech on cultural appropriation at the Brisbane Writers Festival. Here she reflects on that experience and further explores her thoughts on why an awareness of what cultural appropriation is and how it works is important.
Last week's guest Gay Alcorn had a different take on this subject; you can listen back to that episode here.
The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd
Boundless Plains To Share at Belvoir Theatre in January 2017
The Greens' petition against the lifetime visa ban for people seeking asylum
Why does my headscarf mean to you? Yassmin's TED talk
Lionel Shriver's speech in full: I hope the concept of cultural appropriation is a passing fad
I walked out of the Brisbane Writers Festival keynote address this is why by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
What happened in Brisbane by Suki Kim
Identity politics doesn't deserve Lionel Shriver's contempt, but it can be limiting by Nesrine Malik
Will the Left survive the Millenials? by Lionel Shriver
A call for difficult conversations not censorship by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Why the shaming of Lionel Shriver leads to a literary ghetto by Anson Cameron
Confronting Lionel Shriver by Maxine Beneba Clarke
White Fragility: why it's so hard to talk to white people about racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
White Nonsense Round Up on Facebook
Cause of the Week: Mumtaza (mumtaza.agency)
