Student Interview: Feminist Fancies.

As a promoter and active member of the Feminist Society at UOW, Jessie Hunt has managed to successfully integrate her way into student life. As my room-mate, and arguably one of the best and most intelligent people i know, she was my first thought when it came to choosing an interviewee.
Currently studying a Bachelor of Arts and Majoring in Gender studies, she’s about to graduate and start a whole new university experience advancing onto her honors degree. Wanting to gain some perspective from a learned student, i asked her a few questions ranging from her favourite thing about student life, to her experiences in journalism while contributing to UOW’s student magazine, the Tertangala.

Portrait #3: Tales of travel.

Pictured: Euan Malcolm

“I chose Journalism because it stood out to me the most. When I travelled overseas I was in Bangkok on election day during the protests, I spent most of the day writing and speaking to the local Thais. I could see myself doing similar in the future”
Euan is in his first year of a Bachelor of Communications and Media, and said that when he graduates, he’s planning on spending all of his money on travelling before he finally enters the work force.
“I hope the skills will take me to different places, i love travelling and being able to move around is my biggest inspiration”
The weirdest thing about him?
“I can count to 10 in 10 different languages”.

Vox Pop #2 – What’s concerning you?

In your first year of University , it’s easy to feel overwhelmed about a variety of different situations. I asked some fellow Journalism students about what’s currently concerning them the most, and wasn’t suprised that many were worrying about the same thing that i was, this exact assignment.
The responses varied from personal to every day concerns, such as friendship, money, love and the pressure of being a student and balancing everything at the same time.

Student Life #2: Free-School Family.

Free School is an event run by the Feminist Society (FemSoc) on Wednesday afternoons at 12:30, to educate young Men and Women about the importance of Feminism in different societies.
This particular image captures the students gathered around avid Feminist Jessie Hunt, as they all pitch in ideas for consent week at UOW.
The Feminist Society is an important part of University and Student life, it represents and promotes freedom and equality, and encourages students to have an active role in making a difference.

Student Life #1: Journalistic rejuvenation.

Pictured: Maneesha Todd

“For my Journalism assignment I have to capture moments that represent university life” Says Maneesha Todd, 18 year old Bachelor of Communications and Media student.
In this instance Maneesha was photographing the ridiculous lines for the free shuttle bus, which she’s fortunate enough to avoid thanks to her “trusty old 1989 Nissan Pulsar”.
“In my early teens I was interested in photography, before I realised that so was everyone else, and that was far too mainstream for me! I relied on my friends to capture my significant life moments, and I’m regretting that now”.
As old habits die hard, photography does not play as big a role in her life as she’d like it to. “Hopefully my career as an aspiring journalist will reignite my passion for photographs, as I witness firsthand its creative and communicative powers”.

Portrait #2: Capturing the creativity!

Pictured: Michelle Silaen

Having lived in Wollongong her whole life, 21-year-old Michelle Silaen is no stranger to the area. Currently studying her second year in a Bachelor of Journalism and Majoring in creative writing, she has always loved reading, writing and English literature, so a career being a novelist or creative writer comes natural to her.
“It’s what i’ve always wanted to do with my life” She explains.
Michelle enjoys horror and thriller stories, and hopes to one day be as good as the author of the popular book and television series ‘Goosebumps’ R.L Stine.

Portrait #1: Discovering the passion.

Pictured: Claudia Poposki

“I chose the University of Wollongong because i wanted a more specific and directional degree” says first year Bachelor of Journalism student Claudia Poposki.
“Ever since i visited for the open day, i’ve really loved the campus and the people here”.
When Claudia was 8 years old, she became engrossed in reading, and decided from then on that she wanted to be a writer too, like the ones that wrote her favourite books.
“I changed my mind about a million times before deciding to become a Journalist, but after i took a T-VET course in year eleven which allowed me to become involved in all areas of the media, i fell in love with it and decided i wanted to do it for the rest of my life”.

What does Feminism mean to you?

 

I set out on campus to ask people what they think of Feminism, if they think it’s still relevant today, and what it means to them. The word ‘Feminism’ seemed to invoke a lot of fear in some of the people I approached, and many acted as if it were a powerful trigger (which I guess in a way it is) and left as soon as I mentioned the word. There were many varying opinions from both the men and women I interviewed, here are their answers.