PUBLISHED WORK
Opinion pieces, poetry, articles
I carry within my soul bones the blood of all my grandmothers past. There is nothing but their strength and stories coursing through my veins. I hold their ancestral wisdom deep within my DNA, and it is their power that allows me to communicate with the moon. I write of love and loss, lust and passion, sex and anger, truth and lies. Stories are our medicine, and when I weave a tale of words crafting them into fresh meaning, I am creating ceremony...I am honouring my ancestors - after all, my existence is evidence of their resistance. I am here because of every one of their dreams. My words have always sat in paperbound booklets, away from sunlight, away from judgment, away from earthly eyes...but there comes a time when you must take a step out of the shadows, throw some light on your craft and perhaps someone will feel...feel what you have intended, and wouldn't that be a blessing! So, I am finally giving wings to my words to free the poetic soul of mine - to remove the shackles I have bound to my voice and pen in the hope that they may land upon crimson hearts.
TESTIMONIALS
I read your article with much delight. You write So beautifully and lyrically. Have you written a book as I so wanted to keep on reading. Thank you for your beautiful spirit and respect.
Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin AO
PUBLISHED WORK
KOORIE HERITAGE TRUST
https://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Essay-Tabitha-Lean.pdf
https://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/29.-Essay-Lisa-Waup.pdf
https://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Creation_was_not_a_one_time_event_TLean.pdf
https://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/26.-Essay-Aunty-Joy-Murphy.pdf
https://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/19.-Essay-Aunty-Bronwyn-Razem.pdf
ASCENSION MAGAZINE
An open letter to the man who racially trolled me on Invasion Day
https://ascensionmag.com/an-open-letter-to-the-man-who-racially-trolled-me-on-invasion-day/
Undercover Kindness
https://ascensionmag.com/undercover-kindness/
Dear Daughter
VERSE MAGAZINE
https://versemag.com.au/home/how-can-the-uni-be-a-better-tenant-and-pay-the-rent-too/
https://versemag.com.au/home/tauondi-aboriginal-college-budget-slashed-by-sa-government/
https://versemag.com.au/edition-32-37/edition-34/interview-tabitha-lean/
https://versemag.com.au/home/buying-blak/
https://versemag.com.au/home/how-to-eucalyptus-cleanse/
https://issuu.com/versemagadelaide/docs/edition_34_wip_v2__2_
https://versemag.com.au/edition-32-37/edition-34/the-soap-the-shower-curtain-and-the-mopping-up/
https://versemag.com.au/home/love-in-five-parts/
https://versemag.com.au/home/something-about-the-rain/
https://versemag.com.au/home/myth-busters/
https://issuu.com/versemagadelaide/docs/edition_34_wip_v2__2_
WOMAN SCREAM INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY
MINDSHARE
https://mindshare.org.au/nancy-bates-talkin-bout-a-revolution-a-reflection/
https://mindshare.org.au/nancy-bates-a-review/
https://mindshare.org.au/review-janets-vagrant-love/
https://mindshare.org.au/review-kyms-overall-extravaganza-showcase-comedy/
https://mindshare.org.au/review-teardrops-on-my-dildo/
https://mindshare.org.au/review-kevin-kropinyeri-goes-talkabout/
https://mindshare.org.au/review-why-cant-mi-goreng/
HEAD EDITOR: BLAK OUT
I was absolutely honoured to be the Head Editor of the first Blak Out Magazine.
YWCA
Meeting at the Intersections
https://www.ywca.org.au/opinion/meeting-at-the-intersections/
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES AUSTRALIA
The waiting room and hep c
https://wwda.org.au/blog/the-waiting-room-and-hep-c/
Survival is productivity, right?
ON THE RECORD
Reconciliation Week: Insanity or Hope?https://ontherecordunisa.com.au/2021/05/26/reconciliation-week-insanity-or-hope/
Pay the rent (and your respect) this January 26 and beyond
https://ontherecordunisa.com.au/2021/01/24/dear-settlers-paying-the-rent-and-your-respect-this-january-26-and-beyond/
Stop asking me to bleed for you for 50 bucks
https://ontherecordunisa.com.au/2022/06/07/stop-asking-me-asking-me-to-bleed-for-you-for-50-bucks/
https://ontherecordunisa.com.au/2022/06/07/stop-asking-me-asking-me-to-bleed-for-you-for-50-bucks/
KILL YOUR DARLINGS
OLD WATER RAT PUBLISHING
OVERLAND
Into the belly of the beast
https://overland.org.au/2021/08/into-the-belly-of-the-beast/
Why I am an abolitionist
JOURNAL OF PRISONERS ON PRISONS
'THE NOT SO EASY SIMPLE SOLUTION' - WRITTEN WITH DEBBIE KILROY
The not so easy, simple solution
https://uottawa.scholarsportal.info/ottawa/index.php/jpp/article/view/6292/5129
THE VIEW MAGAZINE UK
https://theviewmag.org.uk/cw-discusses-domestic-violence-abuse-and-carceral-violence/
SYDNEY REVIEW OF BOOKS
More Black than Blue: A confession
A review of Black and Blue by Veronica Gorrie
https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/review/gorrie-black-and-blue/
PODCASTS
featuring Tabitha
Kids Pod:
7AM:
Talkin time with Lukas and Alicia:
Doin' Time:
3CR Thursday Breakfast:
BLAK OUT 2020
Head Editor
I was honoured to be the Head Editor of the very first Blak Out magazine
