The media and popular culture is slowly moving beyond the stereotypes towards a more accurate representation of Australia’s diverse communities. Dive into a conversation with Michelle Law, David Levithan, Marc Fennell and Yassmin Abdel-Magied about the positives and negatives of media identity.
David Levithan is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of YA books, including Every Day, How They Met, Two Boys Kissing, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green) and You Know Me Well (with Nina LaCour). He lives in New Jersey, editing and publishing other people’s books in New York.
Marc Fennell is an Australian radio and TV presenter, film critic, award-winning technology journalist, author, MC and the host of SBS’s show The Feed. Marc’s first book That Movie Book was a guide for people who stay home watching films every weekend of the year. His most recent book, Planet According to the Movies, is a how-to guide to travelling every nation on Earth through the power of films.
2015 Queensland Young Australian of the Year, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a mechanical engineer, social advocate, writer and petrol head. Her first book, Yassmin’s Story, was published this year and is a memoir sharing a different perspective about growing up in Australia.
Antonia Case is an award-winning writer and the publisher and editor of New Philosopher and Womankind magazines. In 2013 she won the Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Professionals’ Award for excellence in the presentation of philosophy in the media. Antonia holds an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Sydney, and she studied fashion design in Paris. She has interviewed some of the world’s leading thinkers, including Noam Chomsky, and is a regular guest on ABC radio.
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