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Riah Dawson

Riah Dawson 21, 3rd year student in a BA of English and Media at Victoria University.

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The Politics of Being Queer, Brown, and Culturally Catholic

The Her/Him Paradigms of the Heart

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We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of Australia and the custodians of the land we live on.

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Recent Posts

  • Sifting Through Ashes
  • The Her/Him Paradigms of the Heart
  • The Politics of Being Queer, Brown, and Culturally Catholic
  • Ignition
  • You Are Halfway To Becoming A Princess

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  • August 2018
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  • January 2018
  • November 2017

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  • nonfiction
  • poetry
  • short story
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  • "Your hands still trembled as you struck the match. They always did whenever it rained. It was something you had inherited from your father" from Sifting Through Ashes by Erhu Kome Yellow https://rurureads.com/2018/08/20/sifting-through-ashes/ . . . #fiction #shortstory #shortreads #POC
  • "About Her #1 – I forgive myself in the mirror every morning" from The Her/Him Paradigms of the Heart by Riah Dawson https://rurureads.com/2018/08/13/the-her-him-paradigms-of-the-heart/ . . . #poem #poetry #PoC
  • "I couldn’t even get being gay right, because I’m not gay—but I’m not straight." from The Politics of Being Queer, Brown, and Culturally Catholic by Riah Dawson https://rurureads.com/2018/08/06/the-politics-of-being-queer-brown-and-culturally-catholic/ . . . #POC #Queer #Nonfiction #shortreads
  • New #poetry: Ignition by L0na Waya https://rurureads.com/2018/08/02/ignition/ . . . #poem #collage #PoC #shortreads
  • Our August submissions window is open! We're looking for: *Fiction and nonfiction 1000 words and under *Poetry from People of Colour and Indigenous/Native/Aboriginal ppl. See here for more info https://rurureads.com/submissions/ [image description: a brown skinned man is half turned away from the viewer. the background is mountains. text says: Submissions open 1-21st of August to People of Colour and Indigenous people] . . . #callforsubmissions #pocwriters #indigenouswriters
  • "It’s 3 in the afternoon and the sun is glinting off of buildings in a way that doesn’t happen at home. There’s a girl on the other side of the street. She’s got long legs and a shaved head and she looks over when I do." from Familiarity by Isabelle McNeur https://rurureads.com/2018/06/14/familiarity/ . . . #poem #poetry #shortreads #queerpoetry
  • "i am so lonely. the ocean leaks from my eyes, my body heaving as if waves tug at me." from diaspora pasefika by Sofi Fuatino https://rurureads.com/2018/05/09/diaspora-pasefika/ . . . #poem #poetry #shortreads #Samoan
  • "The pattern that engraves my fingertips, shades of brown and thick features once ventured beyond the horizon into the unknown. My history reaches the freckled night sky, the angry clouds cry and oceans drown yet my ancestors stand strong." from Identity Confusion by Taraatua https://rurureads.com/2018/05/02/identity-confusion/ . . . #poem #poetry #shortreads #Indigenous #Māori #Tongan #CookIslander

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