Leona Hameed is a radio producer and writer based in Melbourne. She makes stories for SYN and FBi, on shows like Panorama and All The Best. Her writing has been published in Right Now and The Lifted Brow.
When was the first time you remember identifying as a feminist? The first time I remember identifying as a feminist was during a literature class in high school. We had just studied Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf. A classmate had called Emma “just chick-lit” and referred to A Room Of One’s Own as “written by Vagina Woolf”. I was sick of opinions being prefaced with “I’m not a feminist but…” When the teacher asked who identified with feminism I realised that I did.
