Womankind #19 Flamingo by CASE ANTONIA

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Telling someone to “grow up” is often taken badly. No one likes to be told that they’re acting like a child. But to ‘grow up’ is part of the constantly evolving human condi- tion. We always should be, in a sense, growing up. Psychologists prefer to call it gaining ‘p ersonal authority’, which means taking charge of your self, your health, your behaviour, your destiny. So rather than relying on the consent or approval of others, or waiting for other people to reveal a pathway forward, you instead understand that the choices you make are your responsibility. You are the gatekeeper to your own life. For some, this feeling of ultimate freedom over the course of one’s destiny can feel too overwhelming; it’s easier to re- sign yourself to a fate that’s ultimately in another’s hands. Much like a child patiently waits for dinner, or for permission to play outside, you continue to wait for that signal from others, which may or may not ever arrive. Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre argues that most people never accept this gaping responsibility over the course of their lives, but instead will blame society, religion, luck, parents, and so on when things go wrong. But to do so, argues the philosopher, is to live in “bad faith”. We must, he believes, accept that we have the freedom to choose and direct the course of our lives. To do so is to gain ‘personal authority’, or what’s commonly referred to as ‘growing up’. Antonia Case, Editor-in-Chief, Womankind magazine ...Show more

New Philosopher Magazine #23 by BOAG ZAN

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Womankind Magazine #22: Lynx

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Womankind Magazine #20: Western Yogi's in India by Antonia CASE (ed.)

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Island 156 by Vern Field (Editor)

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New Philosopher Magazine #25 August-October 2019 by Zan BOAG (ed.)

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Island 157

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Island Magazine No.155 by Vern Field (Editor)

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New Philosopher Magazine #26 November 2019-January 2020

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Meanjin Vol 77 No 4 by Jonathan Green

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'Between 1970 and 2012, according to the World Wildlife Fund, the population of non-human vertebrate animals on earth dropped by 58%...? In her lead essay in the Spring edition of Meanjin, author Jane Rawsonwonders at the unfolding tragedy of our moment- we are living through a mass extinction. By 2020 we will have lost 70% of animal life on the planet. 'There is only the tiniest whisper of wildness left on the landmasses of this planet and that tiny whisper is on the brink of going silent... Everything-all of it-will soon be us.? Author of Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe, explores the disconnection between colonialperception and Indigenous reality. 'If we are to make a nation rather than a mere economy we have to absorb the history.? Fatima Meashamexplores the testing mysteries of her Catholic faith, Katharine Murphyfinds reason to hope in the recent turnings of Australian politics, Jonno Revanchereflects on gender binaries and begs to differ, Gray Connollyplots a path to renewal for Australian conservatism, Robyn Williamsmakes the case for individual action in the face of global calamity and Sheila Ngoc Phamconsiders Australia in Three Books.There?s new fiction, including winners of the 2018 Peter Carey Award, Anne Caseyand Ben Walter, fine fresh poetry, and the first installment of a new National Accounts column from Shaun Micallef. ...Show more

New Philosopher Magazine #24 May-July 2019 by Zan BOAG (ed.)

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Womankind Magazine #21: A New Era For Women by Antonia CASE (ed.)

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Issue #21 ‘Denmark’ has arrived. It was a shock to walk past an old dream the other day, slumped against the footpath, dirty, scratched, and somewhat more diminutive than in my recollections. In my youth, this (now rusting) blue lump of metal was my symbol for grown-up success – it wa s the car that I’d drive to my dream job as a successful career woman. But always out of reach financially, this car remained a dream for years, before being long forgotten as other dreams parked in its view. Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was never fooled by shiny pieces of metal. If you could wish for one thing in your life, what would it be? For Kierkegaard, it wasn’t wealth, power, or even fame, since such pleasures fade over time, and ultimately disappoint, much like my dream car. In her work titled Interiors, Danish photographer Trine Søndergaard photographs a renaissance castle uninhabited for 50 years. For Søndergaard, the starkness of the rooms – devoid of people, decoration or alterations for half a century – was oddly captivating. The rooms existed in a state of waiting, of ‘what next?’ For Kierkegaard, too, it was this state that the philosopher dreamed of. “Pleasure disappoints, possibility never,” he declared. “If I were to wish for anything,” it would be for the “passionate sense of the potential”. By paring back, and making space, we welcome possibility. By clearing space in our lives, we make way for the new. Antonia Case, Editor-in-Chief, Womankind magazine ...Show more