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.

CROAKEY

https://www.croakey.org/freeher-calling-for-the-release-of-women-and-children-from-prison/

https://croakey.org/stand-with-us-and-clean-out-prisons/

https://croakey.org/for-parents-teachers-and-children-some-resources-for-decolonising-education/

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

THE SATURDAY PAPER

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2020/07/25/speaking-out-criminalised-women/159559920010157

ASCENSION MAGAZINE

https://ascensionmag.com/an-open-letter-to-the-man-who-racially-trolled-me-on-invasion-day/

https://ascensionmag.com/undercover-kindness/

https://ascensionmag.com/dear-daughter/

JUNKEE MEDIA

https://junkee.com/support-indigenous-people/238940

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsZ5RHCEV8

INDIGENOUS X

https://indigenousx.com.au/suffering-separation/

https://indigenousx.com.au/reflections-from-d-wing/

https://indigenousx.com.au/like-prison-like-home-detention-no/

ADELAIDE FRINGE

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringefeed/critic_reviews/50

https://avr.adelaidefringe.com.au/media_information/ae81342e-84a9-4ee6-8472-f965a2ef2f3b

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringefeed/critic_reviews/546

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringefeed/critic_reviews/161

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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/

INFRASTRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES

https://infrastructuralinequalities.net/issue-2/the-disposable-humans/
https://infrastructuralinequalities.net/issue-2/abolition-is-a-verb/

HEAD EDITOR: BLAK OUT

I was absolutely honoured to be the Head Editor of the first Blak Out Magazine.

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YWCA

https://www.ywca.org.au/opinion/meeting-at-the-intersections/

WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES AUSTRALIA

https://wwda.org.au/blog/the-waiting-room-and-hep-c/

ON THE RECORD

https://ontherecordunisa.com.au/2021/05/26/reconciliation-week-insanity-or-hope/

​https://ontherecordunisa.com.au/2021/01/24/dear-settlers-paying-the-rent-and-your-respect-this-january-26-and-beyond/

KILL YOUR DARLINGS

https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/why-i-wont-make-blak-deaths-palatable/?utm_content=buffer55216&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

OLD WATER RAT PUBLISHING

https://oldwaterratpublishing.com/hands-up/
https://oldwaterratpublishing.com/2021/08/31/old-man-gneering/

OVERLAND

https://overland.org.au/2021/08/into-the-belly-of-the-beast/
https://overland.org.au/2021/06/why-i-am-an-abolitionist/

JOURNAL OF PRISONERS ON PRISONS
'THE NOT SO EASY SIMPLE SOLUTION' - WRITTEN WITH DEBBIE KILROY

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/

BLAK OUT 2020

Head Editor

I was honoured to be the Head Editor of the very first Blak Out magazine