“Griftivism” Published on The Black Sheep

My article “Griftivism: How Activists Profit off Your Empathy” has been published on The Black Sheep, a US-based publication for those who “refuse to fit the mold when it feels like a cage”. My thanks to co-founders and editors Salomé Sibonex and Joseph Klein for taking the piece and for their excellent editorial input. Please visit The Black Sheep and …

My Year of Living Shamefully

Below is a copy of my article, ‘My Year of Living Shamefully’, which was originally published in The Weekend Australian on 11/11/2021. My thanks to Literary Editor Caroline Overington for commissioning the piece and for permission to reproduce it. My Year of Living Shamefully by Michele Seminara In the 1970s, poet John Forbes dubbed the Australian poetry scene “a knife fight in …