Farah Beaini

Farah Beaini

Bio

Farah Beaini is… a middle childa spoken word poeta freelance writera truth crusadera seeker of vulnerability an embracer of Freedom toArticulateInsecurities andLearn toUnderstand &RespectEfforts the proud custodian of Lebanese and Australian heritage, heritage that grounds her, reminding her of the value and opportunities that education and perseverance present in our unequal world.

Farah Beaini Articles

I don't want to be that good girl anymore. I don't want to feel ashamed or shamed by someone else's shame. Image: Farah Beaini.

I've Been Harassed Again And Again. Being A 'Good Girl' Stops Me From Calling It Out.

In my sickest moments, supposedly in the safe hands of health care professionals, I have had a chiro compare helping me undress to ‘unwrapping a gift’; a physio make sexual innuendos about the stockings I had to slip out of for treatment. Again, despite the shame, I remained polite, paying the receptionist for a transaction that left me sick to the core.

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