Culture It’s Their Story, Not My Story. I Just Tried My Best To Listen From the epicentre of America’s Black Lives Matter protests, Nine correspondent Amelia Adams spoke to Future Women. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Culture It’s Their Story, Not My Story. I Just Tried My Best To Listen From the epicentre of America’s Black Lives Matter protests, Nine correspondent Amelia Adams spoke to Future Women. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article If you want to manage stress, it’s an inside out job Next article ‘I Knew In My Gut, That Singing The Anthem Wasn’t A Reflection Of My History.’ Can we jump straight into what it’s like in the US today? It feels like something is broken. It feels just a bit wild and a bit unhinged. I went to New York for two weeks, just … as the … they were coming off the peak of their cases. (It) was really … actually quite depressing. It was really sad to see New York like that. It just feels very surreal. Are protests being held right across the country now? (We’ve) never seen a situation before where (the protests are) now in all 50 states … this is across the entire United States that people have been gathering and protesting. I’ve never covered a protest that’s run for more than a week before. It’s just unprecedented. *This is an edited version of an extended interview. To watch the original Facebook Live interview go to the Future Women – Members Only Facebook page and search: Amelia Adams. blm covid19 fwlive Best of Future Women Culture The impossible choice faced by tens of thousands of Australian women By Rosa Volz 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 Culture “We can’t change this on our own” By jitendermittal 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.
