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Sweatshop Women Vol 1

25 May, 2019 By Joy Adan Leave a Comment

Cover: Sweatshop Women Volume 1

Sweatshop Women is an exciting and contemporary collection of prose and poetry written by women from Indigenous, migrant and refugee backgrounds. In the first volume of this urgent new series, the diverse women of Western Sydney reclaim their stories of love, faith, home and history. Featuring: Joy Adan, Christine Afoa, Sydnye Allen, Ferdous Bahar, Claire Cao, Aisha El-Cheikh, Janette Chen, Monikka Eliah, Natalia Figueroa Barroso, Phoebe Grainer, Raveena Grover, Naima

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ICT Digital Strategy | The University of Sydney | White Paper / Book

15 April, 2014 By Joy Adan Leave a Comment

Title: Digital Strategy (The University of Sydney) Category: Report/Book Work completed: Structural and copy edit of +7500 word business report, completion of e-book layout and design. Year: 2014

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Joy Adan

I'm Joy. I'm a 30-something, storytelling, coffee-drinking, book-devouring, ocean-obsessed freelance writer, brush lettering enthusiast, speaker and content producer. You'll find some of my stories and art here, along with my advice about attempt at balancing the creative career + family life hustle.

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Hamilton themed anniversary card for the man who r Hamilton themed anniversary card for the man who raps, sings, strums and drums his way through 11 years of putting up with me. ❤

#customcard #happyanniversary #hamiltonmusical
Feeling really weary today. Not sure if it's just Feeling really weary today. Not sure if it's just the virus lingering (I've been coughing through March 🥴), playing nurse to a brave little boy with a broken (but healing) elbow, hormones, or just a head clouded with all that's happening around the country and around the world and the fact women have to fight so hard to exist - let alone thrive - in a world that seems hell bent on destroying us. 

So here's a photo of nice things that make me happy. Full bookshelves, coffee cups, and plants... things that remind me that if we are open to learning, conversation, and blooming amongst even the shittiest of shit, we can still flourish. ❤
A reminder for anyone who needs to hear/read this A reminder for anyone who needs to hear/read this today. I've been so inspired, so honoured to experience the strength of the women who are at the @wearethemainstream's event today. It seems our strength is often forged and fortified through pain... but to be able to share it, to bear it together, to transform it and alchemise it... to turn into a sisterhood that rebuilds this world. 

#IWD2021 #iwdaiaw
Throwback to a year ago... The perfectly timed hol Throwback to a year ago... The perfectly timed holiday that ended days before the words “global pandemic” became a regular part of my vocabulary. I've been on the weirdest roller coaster ride of a year since this photo was taken. Even the past few weeks have seen so many highs and lows. What is this craziness? And where is the pause button?

#midnightreflections #IShouldSleep 

Image: Photo of the sun rising amidst grey clouds over the ocean on the east coast of Bali. A man is walking on the sand, in the distance along edge of the water.
Today, we celebrate the women of the world. I th Today, we celebrate the women of the world. 

I think of my mother and my sisters - the women who have always inspired and encouraged me to up my game. To be respectful of self so I am fully able to respect others. To be unapologetic in my faith and my fight for the underdog. The women who have shown me time and time again that heroines are forged in the fire of love. 

I think of the women in my life who are a beacon of strength, hope, compassion, charity, healing, life, power, humility, leadership and service. The dear friends, teachers, mentors, bosses and colleagues who have paved their own path and helped me lay my own. The world needs more of you. I hope to be one of you.

And for the women in the world who need healing (who, let's face it, is all of us at some point or another). I celebrate you today. Your brokenness can be a beacon too. The world needs WHO you are: cracks, fears, mistakes, insecurities and all. Because deep beneath those cracks, fears, mistakes and insecurities lie desire,  dreams, redemption and a hope that there is better out there. 

We will create better, together. 

Image: Close-up of a hand-made sticker with the words: “The nation doesn't simply need whay we have. It needs who we are. Edith Stein (St Teresia Benedicta a Cruce)” in black ink.

#IWD2021 #InternationalWomensDay
Don't mind me - I'll just be sitting there with te Don't mind me - I'll just be sitting there with tea and treats in hand while the other three women on this panel wow us with their words of wisdom. Join me? 

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Posted @withregram • @blacktownarts Hear from award-winning women writers and artists of diverse backgrounds – including Evelyn Araluen (@evelynaraluen), Maryam Azam, Sarah Malik (@sarah_b_malik) and artist Joy Adan (@joyadanwrites) – about their experiences of living in Blacktown, and what makes the area a potent source of artistic inspiration and the hottest rising arts scene in Sydney. Then relax and mingle with a cup of traditional tea and savoury or sweet treats from Afghan Women on the Move (@_awotm).

Stories from 2148 
Saturday 17 April 
12pm – 2pm
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@sweatshop.ws #sweatshopws #storiesfrom2148 #women_artists #women_writers #inspiration #blacktownarts #blacktown #ThisIsHowWeMakeArt #fromthehoodtothepage #writing #westernsydney #culture #diversity #community
It doesn't matter how old I get, it doesn't hurt t It doesn't matter how old I get, it doesn't hurt to be reminded... 😜

Image: A quote from the Dr Seuss book “Oh, the Places You'll Go!” hand-lettered in rainbow watercolour ink. The text reads “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
Had one of those “pinch me, I must be dreaming” moments today. I finally opened this book set from @philipjamolin & @simmyyyy and Mr Z asked me to read him the one about Maya Angelou. Then Mr 8 joined us and read his little bro the other two books. 🥰

These books remind me of the ones I used to read in primary school. There was a collection of illustrated books about different historical figures in our school library and I was obsessed with them! That's where I first discovered Helen Keller and a bunch of other inspiring, everyday heroes. Now... to collect the rest! 

#littlepeoplebigdreams #raisingreaders
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