Australian author Melissa Lucashenko discusses a range of personal and societal topics, including politics, mortality, disability, and the role of writing in challenging historical narratives.
Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks to Melissa Lucashenko. The Walkley- and Miles Franklin Award-winning writer, 58, is the author of novels includingMelissa Lucashenko: “Everything’s political. You’re either for the status quo or against it, and both are political positions.
Whenever I watch TV and people are trapped in a car or house, I think: “If that was me, I’d be able to punch or kick my way through the window, wall or door.”] I don’t feel like I’d be easily trapped because of my karate skills . Whenever I imagine being in a flooded car, I think, “Yes, I could smash my way out.”Everything’s political. You’re either for the status quo or against it, and both are political positions.I’d push back against the idea that only radical change is political.
All my books are about trying to undo the stereotypes of British imperialism. It’s laughable the way that Australians cling to the ideas of the 19th century – or they’d be laughable if they weren’t so dangerous. In a way, my books are a mirror. It’s very convenient to believe the bullshit of white history, and there’s a very seductive narrative around victim-blaming in Australia.Two things. It’s important to remember that 40 per cent of people voted “Yes”.
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