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The Big Issue : Edition 531
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The Big Issue uses Macquarie Dictionary as our reference. macquariedictionary.com.au THE GOOD FIGHT ‘Your Say’ submissions must be 100 words or less, contain the writer’s full name and home address, and may be edited for clarity or space. Have Your Say about The Big Issue: • email submissions@bigissue.org.au • post The Big Issue, GPO Box 4911, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 • facebook The Big Issue Australia • twitter @thebigissue • website thebigissue.org.au/your-say/ BIG PICK-ME UP I love The Big Issue and always buy one when I visit Melbourne, and was lucky enough to be given a six- month subscription for my birthday from my sister. This morning I woke up feeling awful. I picked up my Big Issue and read ‘Brain Dump’ by Fiona Scott-Norman [Ed#529]. By the end I was in tears of laughter. Thank you Fiona Scott- Norman, thank you Big Issue and thank you my dear sister. The best gift ever. Kate Giles, Hickey’s Creek, NSW from a vendor so my son subscribed for me as a Christmas gift. Always a great read. Also best wishes to all vendors out there, showing the best of humanity. Kevin Burns, Elmhurst, Vic It was with surprise I noted that I, Daniel Blake did not appear in your top 10 films of the year [Ed#527]. Never has a film so expressively shown the fall from grace that can happen to the best of us, facilitating the slide into homelessness. It shows how life can so easily take its toll, not in one go but as the result of a spiralling series of uncontrollable events. It should be compulsory viewing for all politicians. Daniel Blake’s story is the story of all of us but for the “grace of god”. Nicolette Boaz, Bondi, NSW Last night I went to the Sydney Bruce Springsteen concert with two friends. As we were in a line to get inside the arena I spotted a Big Issue vendor selling the magazine with Bruce Springsteen on the cover [Ed#529]. I immediately purchased a copy. While I was in a long line at the merchandise stand I read the Springsteen article in the magazine. The concert was excellent, too. I had a great night. James Stanios, Alfords Point, NSW Loved the article ‘Creek Change’ by Merrilee Moss [Ed#528]. I too live in a small community and it is much the same as the creek. My wife and I love it as it is. I cannot always get to buy HERE AT THE Big Issue we have a special reason to celebrate International Women’s Day this 8 March – with this edition, our Women’s Subscription Enterprise (WSE) has achieved two significant milestones. The program has now employed 150 women since the first shift in October 2010. Collectively, they have dispatched half a million magazine subscriptions around the country. End to end, this trail of mags may only reach 135km (not to the moon and back as I’d hoped!), but it’s made an immeasurable difference to many women. Additionally, the increase in subscriptions has run parallel to an increase in vendor income from street sales. We’re often asked, why women? The Big Issue is sold around Australia by hundreds of remarkable people, most of whom are men. WSE offers homeless and disadvantaged women an alternative to selling The Big Issue on the streets, where they may feel more vulnerable. Especially those caring for children or fleeing family violence, which remains the largest single cause of homelessness in Australia. It’s one of many reasons why Women’s Day remains vital more than a century since it began; it’s a reminder of what’s been achieved, and what still needs to be done to resolve gender parity in the home, the workplace and the streets. It’s why we’ve focused on Meryl Streep this edition (p16). Up for her 20th Oscars nod this week, not only is Streep a truly great actor, she’s also an active human rights campaigner; most recently making headlines by calling out a certain president’s discriminatory behaviour. In this edition we also look at feminism, front-and-centre in public discourse once more: the Women’s March attracted five million people worldwide; digital activism is providing a new platform for women’s voices; and women’s footy is on the telly (p32). As Fight Like a Girl author Clementine Ford writes (p18), this is The Feminist Reawakening We Had to Have. Amy Hetherington, Editor As winner of this edition’s Letter of the Fortnight, Kate wins a copy of Breaking the Mould by Angela Pippos. Check out our interview with Angela about sexism in sport (p32). COVER #531 MERYL STREEP PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN SCHOELLER/ AUGUST/RAVEN & SNOW Richard Howes I’m an avid reader of great stories in The Big Issue and will “grab one” to mark International Vendor Week. @joannahicks Bought my first Big Issue for years after starting a new job in #Belconnen this year! So Good! #vendorweek EDITORIAL YOUR SAY Evelyn Parnassus I usually pick up a copy in the city & try to buy from different vendors each time. The best part is stopping to have a chat to the vendors. LETTER OF THE FORTNIGHT
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