Culture ‘If You Can’t See Yourself, You Only Have The Imaginings Of Others’: Moreblessing Maturure Australia is culturally-diverse, but our arts remain dominated by the white gaze. Here, what needs to change – according to two women who know what it's like to be erased from the conversation. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Culture ‘If You Can’t See Yourself, You Only Have The Imaginings Of Others’: Moreblessing Maturure Australia is culturally-diverse, but our arts remain dominated by the white gaze. Here, what needs to change – according to two women who know what it's like to be erased from the conversation. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article ‘Polite Is Expensive’: How I Stopped Fretting About Weddings And Started Saving Next article Just A Thought: Your Own Kind Of Girl, By Clare Bowditch Australia is multicultural, multi-racial and multi-faith, but mainstream storytelling remains slanted to the white gaze – denying culturally diverse voices their rightful share of the platform – and a true representation of Australia’s heritage.Zimbabwean/Australian advocate, artist, writer, co-founder of Folk Magazine and TEDx speaker Moreblessing Maturure and Diversity Arts Australia Executive Director Lena Nahlous are working hard to change that, as they told Future Women’s Sydney Social Club last week. thedebrief Best Of Future Women Culture The impossible choice faced by tens of thousands of Australian women By rosa707225 Culture It’s morally corrupt. And it’s happening to one in six women By jitendermittal Culture How Toto’s* ex-husband used their children to keep her poor By jitendermittal Culture “Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon By jitendermittal Culture Janine never thought divorce would mean losing her family and friends By jitendermittal Culture “Invisible victims”: Why Conor was forced to live in an unsafe home By jitendermittal Culture Miranda*’s mothers group helped her escape abuse. Then the stalking began By jitendermittal Leadership Why Jamila Rizvi wants us to talk about men By rosa707225 Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
