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
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
HEAD EDITOR: BLAK OUT
I was absolutely honoured to be the Head Editor of the first Blak Out Magazine.
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/
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/
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
