Zara
@zarasaunders.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Australian Media, Gender & Cultural History | Researching print media representations of sexual assault | Reader 📖
Holy Woman by Louise Omer
Holy Woman illustrates former Pentecostal preacher Louise Omer's questions & doubts on Christianity following the breakdown of her marriage. Thus, Omer embarks on a religious pilgrimage across the globe seeking to find evidence of the feminine divine
Holy Woman illustrates former Pentecostal preacher Louise Omer's questions & doubts on Christianity following the breakdown of her marriage. Thus, Omer embarks on a religious pilgrimage across the globe seeking to find evidence of the feminine divine
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Holy Woman by Louise Omer
Holy Woman illustrates former Pentecostal preacher Louise Omer's questions & doubts on Christianity following the breakdown of her marriage. Thus, Omer embarks on a religious pilgrimage across the globe seeking to find evidence of the feminine divine
Holy Woman illustrates former Pentecostal preacher Louise Omer's questions & doubts on Christianity following the breakdown of her marriage. Thus, Omer embarks on a religious pilgrimage across the globe seeking to find evidence of the feminine divine
Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling by Larissa Behrendt
Through detailed historical & literary analysis Eualeyai and Kamillaroi woman, Larissa Behrendt interrogates the (re)tellings of Eliza Fraser's experience to illustrate how storytelling used as a tool of colonial power & repression
Through detailed historical & literary analysis Eualeyai and Kamillaroi woman, Larissa Behrendt interrogates the (re)tellings of Eliza Fraser's experience to illustrate how storytelling used as a tool of colonial power & repression
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling by Larissa Behrendt
Through detailed historical & literary analysis Eualeyai and Kamillaroi woman, Larissa Behrendt interrogates the (re)tellings of Eliza Fraser's experience to illustrate how storytelling used as a tool of colonial power & repression
Through detailed historical & literary analysis Eualeyai and Kamillaroi woman, Larissa Behrendt interrogates the (re)tellings of Eliza Fraser's experience to illustrate how storytelling used as a tool of colonial power & repression
Another Day in the Colony by
Chelsea Watego
A collection of essays interrogating the structural, institutional & individual racism experienced First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Watego exposes how colonialism functions in academia, the court system & the media
Chelsea Watego
A collection of essays interrogating the structural, institutional & individual racism experienced First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Watego exposes how colonialism functions in academia, the court system & the media
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Another Day in the Colony by
Chelsea Watego
A collection of essays interrogating the structural, institutional & individual racism experienced First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Watego exposes how colonialism functions in academia, the court system & the media
Chelsea Watego
A collection of essays interrogating the structural, institutional & individual racism experienced First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Watego exposes how colonialism functions in academia, the court system & the media
Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex by Rachel Hope Cleves
American-Canadian historian Rachel Hope Cleves examines the entwined histories of indulgent good food and sexual cultures across Europe and the United States
American-Canadian historian Rachel Hope Cleves examines the entwined histories of indulgent good food and sexual cultures across Europe and the United States
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex by Rachel Hope Cleves
American-Canadian historian Rachel Hope Cleves examines the entwined histories of indulgent good food and sexual cultures across Europe and the United States
American-Canadian historian Rachel Hope Cleves examines the entwined histories of indulgent good food and sexual cultures across Europe and the United States
The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Legal journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley compassionately accounts her experience reporting on Maxwell’s 2021 trial for child sex-trafficking highlighting the grooming process and impacts of sexual trauma
Legal journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley compassionately accounts her experience reporting on Maxwell’s 2021 trial for child sex-trafficking highlighting the grooming process and impacts of sexual trauma
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Legal journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley compassionately accounts her experience reporting on Maxwell’s 2021 trial for child sex-trafficking highlighting the grooming process and impacts of sexual trauma
Legal journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley compassionately accounts her experience reporting on Maxwell’s 2021 trial for child sex-trafficking highlighting the grooming process and impacts of sexual trauma
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Through extensive archival research & use of oral history testimony Stephanie
E. Jones-Rogers reveals the role of white women as slave owners in perpetuating racial violence
Through extensive archival research & use of oral history testimony Stephanie
E. Jones-Rogers reveals the role of white women as slave owners in perpetuating racial violence
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Through extensive archival research & use of oral history testimony Stephanie
E. Jones-Rogers reveals the role of white women as slave owners in perpetuating racial violence
Through extensive archival research & use of oral history testimony Stephanie
E. Jones-Rogers reveals the role of white women as slave owners in perpetuating racial violence
The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar
There are books you read and never forget. With tender and perceptive prose The Mother Wound is one of those books as Amani Haydar poignantly lays bare her anquish of her mother's murder at the hands of her father when she was five months pregnant
There are books you read and never forget. With tender and perceptive prose The Mother Wound is one of those books as Amani Haydar poignantly lays bare her anquish of her mother's murder at the hands of her father when she was five months pregnant
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar
There are books you read and never forget. With tender and perceptive prose The Mother Wound is one of those books as Amani Haydar poignantly lays bare her anquish of her mother's murder at the hands of her father when she was five months pregnant
There are books you read and never forget. With tender and perceptive prose The Mother Wound is one of those books as Amani Haydar poignantly lays bare her anquish of her mother's murder at the hands of her father when she was five months pregnant
Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe
By situating European settlement in Australian within a global context filmmaker and historian Santilla Chingaipe traces the entangled links between slavery and the convict system to reveal the compounding racial and gendered injustices of colonialisation
By situating European settlement in Australian within a global context filmmaker and historian Santilla Chingaipe traces the entangled links between slavery and the convict system to reveal the compounding racial and gendered injustices of colonialisation
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe
By situating European settlement in Australian within a global context filmmaker and historian Santilla Chingaipe traces the entangled links between slavery and the convict system to reveal the compounding racial and gendered injustices of colonialisation
By situating European settlement in Australian within a global context filmmaker and historian Santilla Chingaipe traces the entangled links between slavery and the convict system to reveal the compounding racial and gendered injustices of colonialisation
The House With All The Lights On by
Jessica Kirkness
A poignant memoir on familial bonds and identity. Through reflection upon childhood memories with her grandparents - who grew up deaf in a hearing world - & her research Kirkness reveals how deafness has often been misunderstood by society
Jessica Kirkness
A poignant memoir on familial bonds and identity. Through reflection upon childhood memories with her grandparents - who grew up deaf in a hearing world - & her research Kirkness reveals how deafness has often been misunderstood by society
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The House With All The Lights On by
Jessica Kirkness
A poignant memoir on familial bonds and identity. Through reflection upon childhood memories with her grandparents - who grew up deaf in a hearing world - & her research Kirkness reveals how deafness has often been misunderstood by society
Jessica Kirkness
A poignant memoir on familial bonds and identity. Through reflection upon childhood memories with her grandparents - who grew up deaf in a hearing world - & her research Kirkness reveals how deafness has often been misunderstood by society
Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster
British social, cultural and medical historian Agnes Arnold-Forster engaginqly details the entwined history of medicine and emotions to bring into focus the elusive concept of nostalgia
British social, cultural and medical historian Agnes Arnold-Forster engaginqly details the entwined history of medicine and emotions to bring into focus the elusive concept of nostalgia
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster
British social, cultural and medical historian Agnes Arnold-Forster engaginqly details the entwined history of medicine and emotions to bring into focus the elusive concept of nostalgia
British social, cultural and medical historian Agnes Arnold-Forster engaginqly details the entwined history of medicine and emotions to bring into focus the elusive concept of nostalgia
Non-Fiction November Recommendations 📖📚
Ten books ranging from historical non-fiction, investigative journalism to memoir 🧵
Ten books ranging from historical non-fiction, investigative journalism to memoir 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Non-Fiction November Recommendations 📖📚
Ten books ranging from historical non-fiction, investigative journalism to memoir 🧵
Ten books ranging from historical non-fiction, investigative journalism to memoir 🧵
It was wonderful to have the opportunity to share some findings from my PhD & hear so many thought-provoking papers at the Gender and Sexuality Politics Conference today.
Many thanks to @blairwilliams26.bsky.social & team for organising 👏
Many thanks to @blairwilliams26.bsky.social & team for organising 👏
September 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It was wonderful to have the opportunity to share some findings from my PhD & hear so many thought-provoking papers at the Gender and Sexuality Politics Conference today.
Many thanks to @blairwilliams26.bsky.social & team for organising 👏
Many thanks to @blairwilliams26.bsky.social & team for organising 👏
It is surreal to see my journal article receive its first citation in Sharon Maxwell Magnus' book Feminism, UK Women's Magazines and the Women who Created Them, 1975-1992: Glossy Cover or Cultural Shift?
Does this mean I can call myself a historian without feeling like a fraud anymore haha
Does this mean I can call myself a historian without feeling like a fraud anymore haha
August 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It is surreal to see my journal article receive its first citation in Sharon Maxwell Magnus' book Feminism, UK Women's Magazines and the Women who Created Them, 1975-1992: Glossy Cover or Cultural Shift?
Does this mean I can call myself a historian without feeling like a fraud anymore haha
Does this mean I can call myself a historian without feeling like a fraud anymore haha
I spent my lunch break today visiting Yarra Ranges Regional Museum’s art exhibition Changemakers: Crafting a difference, representing historical and contemporary feminist activist movements. Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area
August 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I spent my lunch break today visiting Yarra Ranges Regional Museum’s art exhibition Changemakers: Crafting a difference, representing historical and contemporary feminist activist movements. Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area
A lunch break filled with sunshine, chai & a good book makes for a joyful birthday
August 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A lunch break filled with sunshine, chai & a good book makes for a joyful birthday
“with none of the boring stuff” 👀
August 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“with none of the boring stuff” 👀
It has been a year since my first journal article examining The Australian Women’s Weekly’s coverage of sexual violence during the 1970s was published. If you’re interested in media, cultural and/or women’s histories it is free to read.
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
July 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It has been a year since my first journal article examining The Australian Women’s Weekly’s coverage of sexual violence during the 1970s was published. If you’re interested in media, cultural and/or women’s histories it is free to read.
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
I thankfully passed my final year review for my PhD last week. I’ve learnt so much about sexual assault, the media & the creation of history over the last 2+ years. I hope when its ready this research can make a small difference in the world. Now to spend the next six months editing & rewriting 👩💻
July 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I thankfully passed my final year review for my PhD last week. I’ve learnt so much about sexual assault, the media & the creation of history over the last 2+ years. I hope when its ready this research can make a small difference in the world. Now to spend the next six months editing & rewriting 👩💻
Yes I was having this issue today & found a solution. When you “read online” if you click the book icon in the top right corner it gives an option to “switch to PDF” and the pages go back to the old ebook style (at least it worked for me when trying to get chapters from a couple different ebooks)
July 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Yes I was having this issue today & found a solution. When you “read online” if you click the book icon in the top right corner it gives an option to “switch to PDF” and the pages go back to the old ebook style (at least it worked for me when trying to get chapters from a couple different ebooks)
It was a privilege this morning to have the opportunity to share some findings from my dissertation alongside historians that I deeply admire #AHA2025
Thanks @elibranagh.bsky.social for the photo of the room
Thanks @elibranagh.bsky.social for the photo of the room
July 3, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It was a privilege this morning to have the opportunity to share some findings from my dissertation alongside historians that I deeply admire #AHA2025
Thanks @elibranagh.bsky.social for the photo of the room
Thanks @elibranagh.bsky.social for the photo of the room
Responding to Sexual Harm: Temporal Change and Continuity
An insightful roundtable combining historical & criminological perspectives to understand shifting definitions, conceptualisations & public understandings of sexual violence in Australia over the past 200 years
#AHA2025
An insightful roundtable combining historical & criminological perspectives to understand shifting definitions, conceptualisations & public understandings of sexual violence in Australia over the past 200 years
#AHA2025
July 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Responding to Sexual Harm: Temporal Change and Continuity
An insightful roundtable combining historical & criminological perspectives to understand shifting definitions, conceptualisations & public understandings of sexual violence in Australia over the past 200 years
#AHA2025
An insightful roundtable combining historical & criminological perspectives to understand shifting definitions, conceptualisations & public understandings of sexual violence in Australia over the past 200 years
#AHA2025
I’m ready and excited (+ maybe a tad nervous) for the AHA Conference next week!
June 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I’m ready and excited (+ maybe a tad nervous) for the AHA Conference next week!
"Nostalgia is a malleable emotion, one that is incredibly susceptible to the changing world it inhabits.”
Spending the weekend finishing Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster
Spending the weekend finishing Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster
May 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"Nostalgia is a malleable emotion, one that is incredibly susceptible to the changing world it inhabits.”
Spending the weekend finishing Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster
Spending the weekend finishing Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster
If you’re in the area its definitely worth a visit to the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum to see the current exhibition on Nellie Melba
April 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
If you’re in the area its definitely worth a visit to the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum to see the current exhibition on Nellie Melba
As women’s history month comes to an end here are some non-fiction recommendations to read all year round
March 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
As women’s history month comes to an end here are some non-fiction recommendations to read all year round