By Miranda Park
Aretha Brown (@_enterthedragon_)
Aretha Brown is an Indigenous Australian artist, youth activist and former Prime Minister of the National Indigenous Youth Parliament. Her work focuses on the political and social implications of urban spaces, gender identity, and her community and culture. Brown’s painting ‘Time is on our Side, You Mob’ was featured in the 2019 Top Arts exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), which drew on her experience as an Indigenous teenager in Melbourne’s west.
Charlotte Allingham (@coffinbirth)
Charlotte Allingham is a Wiradjuri, Ngiyampaa womxn who creates illustrations about her culture, identity and the impacts of colonisation. She explores themes such as community love and body positivity as well as Blak strength and power in her work.
Filthy Ratbag (@filthyratbag)
Celeste Mountjoy, known professionally as Filthy Ratbag, is known for her satirical cartoon style art which comments on a range of topics such as mental health, body image and selfhood. Her work also critiques concepts such as social etiquette and normative ideals of femininity and womanhood.
Frances Cannon (@frances_cannon)
Frances Cannon’s artwork focuses on the body and psyche, often drawing on personal experience. Her work explores themes such as body-love and body-loathing, body diversity, mental health, LGBTIQA+ rights, gender, sex and sexuality. Cannon is also well-known for her unique tattoo designs.
Meg Garrod (@meggarrod.art)
Meg Garrod is a student graphic designer whose artwork ranges from paintings to sticker and T-shirt designs. Garrod’s illustrations revolve around themes of feminism and self-love, and her mission as an artist is to promote body positivity.
Pink Bits (@pink_bits)
Graphic designer and illustrator, Christine Emily Yaha, is the artist behind Pink Bits. Pink Bits celebrates and strives to provide artistic representation of daily realities and diverse bodies for those who are not commonly featured in mainstream media.
Rubii Red (@lifeofrubii)
Rubii Red is a portrait artist who aims to represent both herself as a First Nations woman and her community through her art. Red uses her artwork to educate and share with others her culture and cultural pride. Check out her submission ‘The Beauty of Aboriginal Australia’ and interview for the #VogueChallenge here!
Some extra info
Here is a quick list of some fantastic publications that promote feminism, diversity and focus on creative content by womxn.
Accidental Discharge (@accidentialdischarge)
Accidental Discharge is an online community space and publication that explores intersectional feminism.
Archer Magazine (@archermagazine)
Archer is a magazine focused on inclusivity and offers commentary and creative content on sexuality and gender.
Source: Womankind Magazine
gal-dem (@galdemzine)
gal-dem is an award winning online and print publication committed to sharing perspectives from womxn and non-binary people of colour.
Womankind (@womankindmag)
Womankind is a quarterly magazine known for its striking cover art and engaging content on culture, creativity, philosophy and nature.
RARA (@raramagazine_)
Be sure to keep an eye out for the second issue of OWP’s very own magazine, coming out in August!
If you have any more great recommendations, let us know on our Facebook and Instagram pages!