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1. Given roughly 1/3 Australians aren’t white, don’t assume your audience is.
By Santilla Chingaipe: https://www.abc.net.au/life/sunscreen-is-just-as-important-for-people-with-darker-skin-tones/10368676
By Santilla Chingaipe: https://www.abc.net.au/life/sunscreen-is-just-as-important-for-people-with-darker-skin-tones/10368676
2. Include people with disabilities in stories that aren’t ostensibly about disability.
By @kellie_scott: https://www.abc.net.au/life/can-you-stay-friends-with-someone-who-ignored-social-distancing/12283362
By @kellie_scott: https://www.abc.net.au/life/can-you-stay-friends-with-someone-who-ignored-social-distancing/12283362
3. Include queer people in stories that aren’t ostensibly about queerness.
By @kellie_scott: https://www.abc.net.au/life/what-to-consider-when-buying-a-home-with-a-partner/10725742
By @kellie_scott: https://www.abc.net.au/life/what-to-consider-when-buying-a-home-with-a-partner/10725742
4. Include non-Anglo people in stories that aren’t ostensibly about race.
By @craabus: https://www.abc.net.au/life/do-men-and-women-need-different-skin-and-haircare-products/12251728
By @craabus: https://www.abc.net.au/life/do-men-and-women-need-different-skin-and-haircare-products/12251728
5. Explore Australian racism in ways that are practical and approachable, not defensive, shrill or uses minorities as props in a philosophical debate.
By Jamal Elsheikh: https://www.abc.net.au/life/what-kids-questions-about-racism-can-teach-us/12338666
By Jamal Elsheikh: https://www.abc.net.au/life/what-kids-questions-about-racism-can-teach-us/12338666
P.S. Speaking of which, did you know stories about race in Australia can be informative and … not racist? And piss-funny?
You’ll discover this once you abolish whites-only newsrooms and start hiring Indigenous and POC talent.
By @MollyDHunt: https://www.abc.net.au/life/molly-hunt-dating-when-you-are-aboriginal-and-partners-not/10434184
You’ll discover this once you abolish whites-only newsrooms and start hiring Indigenous and POC talent.
By @MollyDHunt: https://www.abc.net.au/life/molly-hunt-dating-when-you-are-aboriginal-and-partners-not/10434184
6. Offer recipes that aren’t expensive and wanky, but affordable and sustainable. Stuff you can cook mid-week when you’re buggered.
It's likely @hettymckinnon's easy AF one-tray gnocchi is one of the most popular recipes the ABC’s ever published: https://www.abc.net.au/life/gnocchi-broccoli-tray-bake/12017796
It's likely @hettymckinnon's easy AF one-tray gnocchi is one of the most popular recipes the ABC’s ever published: https://www.abc.net.au/life/gnocchi-broccoli-tray-bake/12017796
7. Provide advice about how to navigate situations like poverty and unemployment without shame. It’s easier to pull this off when there’s no commercial imperative insisting all life-focused content must be aspirational.
By @MawunyoGbogbo: https://www.abc.net.au/life/unemployment-is-tough-heres-how-i-turned-things-around/12298356
By @MawunyoGbogbo: https://www.abc.net.au/life/unemployment-is-tough-heres-how-i-turned-things-around/12298356
8. Destigmatise mental ill health. And given the stakes, present those health issues from cultural perspectives that aren't white.
By @wojennifer: https://www.abc.net.au/life/lessons-my-recovery-from-depression-has-taught-me/11664200
By @wojennifer: https://www.abc.net.au/life/lessons-my-recovery-from-depression-has-taught-me/11664200
9. Give people – especially young folks – ways to meaningful improve their homes that don't push commercial interests or cost a shit-tonne of money.
By @janusflytrap: https://www.abc.net.au/life/ways-to-decorate-your-home-with-indoor-plants/12296732
By @janusflytrap: https://www.abc.net.au/life/ways-to-decorate-your-home-with-indoor-plants/12296732
10. Don’t be ashamed to make us cry our eyes out.
By Jed Cooper and @jason_om: https://www.abc.net.au/life/thanks-episode-3/10390354
By Jed Cooper and @jason_om: https://www.abc.net.au/life/thanks-episode-3/10390354
More than anything, I’m glad @abclifeau has demonstrated our media no longer has excuses for whites-only workplaces.
And while being attacked like no other ABC project in recent history, crew's smashed it out of the park with every promise they made to the ABC and Australians.
And while being attacked like no other ABC project in recent history, crew's smashed it out of the park with every promise they made to the ABC and Australians.
P.S. Support the ABC Life team as they make a tough transition into ABC Local. Sign up to their newsletter:
https://www.abc.net.au/life/
And follow them on social media. Their Instagram game is especially strooong.
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