Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Womankind

    Isolated dreams

    Apr 30, 2018 4 minutes
    Editorial by Antonia Case Hobart, Australia Artwork: Catrin Welz-Stein

    In my final year at high school, a career adviser sat inside a makeshift caravan for a full day waiting for students to file in, one by one. “What is your passion?” he enquired. “What are your goals? What are your strengths and weaknesses? What,” he asked, “is success for you?”

    Back in high school I liked reading a lot and playing sport, so the career adviser plugged these words into his computer and out spat an answer. I should pursue a career in sports journalism it recommended - not that I had giving up.

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Womankind

    Womankind3 min read
    The Call To Adventure
    Holding a conversation with Catherine Edsell - founder of CathAdventure, offering life-changing travel opportunities for women - feels rather like running after a bus calling out “Wait for me! Wait for me!” Her zest for life is infectious, as the man
    Womankind5 min read
    Our Ticking Clock
    Consider a few of the things I did during the 24 hours before beginning to write this article. I watched an hour-long episode of a TV drama my friends had recommended, long after it became clear it wasn’t one for me. I spent 20 minutes replying by em
    Womankind4 min read
    The New Path
    In one year, Nita Sweeney’s 24-year-old niece died of cancer, her father-in-law died, and in December, her mother died. She was on six types of medication, she was overweight, and had been chronically depressed for years. She’d always wanted to write

    Related