Learning to Hate Myself
Writing and artwork by Jessie Li // My flaws do not make me any less valuable or any less capable or any less worthy of love. I am so much more. I am proud of who I am, and I am grateful for my body.
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TRANSITIONS: PART 4 OF 4: acceptance
Writing by Tatum Van Dam // Trust me, I am trying to work my hardest to convince myself that I am just as beautiful on the outside as I am on the inside.
Read MoreFEATURE: Ruby Jones premieres her new single, ‘Make it Out’, & creates a special Halloween themed playlist
Writing by Molly Mckew // Ramona’s very own Ruby Jones, curator of our excellent monthly playlists, has just released her new single right in time for halloween, and we were lucky enough to chat to her about her creative process, songwriting, and “witchy coveny feminist music”. Ruby has also curated a Halloween playlist especially for Ramona mag, featuring of course, her brand new single. Scroll down for interview!
Read MoreAMAZING BABE: Kimmy
Interview of Kimmy by Amanda Attanayake // After all these experiences, all I can say is that people who have the same skin particularity as me should just accept it and live peacefully with it.
Read MoreTransitions: PART 3 OF 4: (im)perfection
Writing and artwork by Tatum Van Dam // The results of being in another country at a new school with foreign people were shocking: you can be yourself and people will accept you for you.
Read MoreART SERIES: Retro Wave Babes
Artwork by Zach and Nneka Gigi
Read MoreRUBY’S MONTHLY PLAYLIST: Best friends forever
Writing by Ruby Jones // Illustration by Freya Bennett // Ruby is back with a playlist that celebrates friendship and community – one to chuck on when you’re feeling the warmth of the people around you.
Read MoreMEET: Hayley
Interview and photographs of Hayley by Jessie Li // I grew up wanting to be a marine biologist (like half the kids in Florida honestly). I championed manatee rights as a fifth grader with little petitions I’d force my classmates to sign and started a Save the Manatee Club at my high school. So from the start, I’ve had this concern for the environment and for our oceans tapped into the front of my head.
Read MoreMY RECORD COLLECTION: Ainslie Wills – ‘Sometimes we’re up sometimes we’re down…a collection of albums for the undulating feels that life brings us.’
Writing by Molly Mckew // We are fairly obsessed with Ainslie Wills’ single ‘Fear of Missing Out’, and can’t wait for her sophomore album ‘All You Have is All You Need’ to be released this week. Ramona mag were lucky enough to get inside Ainslie’s record collection to discover Wills’ top five ‘albums for the undulating feels that life brings us.’
Read MoreQ&A: Ahead of her Melbourne tour, we chat to New Orleans art-jazz-pop singer Sasha Masakowski
Writing by Molly Mckew // Sasha Masakowski hails from New Orleans, and is bringing her brand of playful pop-jazz to Melbourne this week, where she will do a run of shows at the intimate Birds Basement. Sasha has just released her new album Art Market, which she recorded with a band of talented musos from her home town. Ramona were excited to speak to this uber-cool pop-jazz mastermind, grilling her about her upbringing, her musical heroes, and what to expect from her new album.
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