A Brave Question for Brave Women in 2026

As we end one year and enter another, now is the time to ask the question you most need to ask yourself.

Dec 10, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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November 2025

Writing to Your Own Rhythms

Debunking the myth that a writer must write every day. Rewilding the writer within and writing seasonally.

Nov 3, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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September 2025

Small Gatherings, Big Shifts: Riverfest is Changing Our Connection to the Birrarung

From quiet circles by the river’s edge to the big collective celebration on World Rivers Day, Riverfest shows how intimacy and connection can spark a…

Sep 2, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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August 2025

The Future is Matriarchal

But you won’t see it in the mainstream media. It’s an underground mycelium building new systems with Mother Earth from beneath.

Aug 4, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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June 2025

Never Write Alone Part 2: We're Just Getting Started

This isn’t our last act. It’s a literary uprising.

Jun 20, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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Cultural Collapse: What happens when conservative old white men take over your local council.

If you’ve ever felt enraged by council cuts to culture in your community, read on for ideas on how to stand up and take action. Do not go quietly!

Jun 6, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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May 2025

The Best Response to Haters: How To Deal with Trolls

Why I won’t waste another minute educating men who want me silent.

May 14, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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Australia Just Voted Against Fascism — And the World Heard Us.

From Australia to the world: your fight is our fight too.

May 6, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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April 2025

Tending the Garden that is Substack

It's not about the numbers, but also, kind of, it is.

Apr 9, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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March 2025

Never Write Alone

Why Every Woman Needs a Writers' Group (and How to Start One)

Mar 27, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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To Kill the Patriarchy, We Must First Kill Our Own Internalised Misogyny

Fighting against the backlash that seeks to put women “back in their place".

Mar 12, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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February 2025

It's impossible to make bad decisions when you're swimming in 8 degree water.

"Never trust a thought that occurs to us indoors." Nietzsche

Feb 24, 2025 • Carolyn Tate

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