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YChats

Jul 14, 2021

Trigger warning: sexual assault

This week Alana sits down with psychology student and cofounder of Young Women Against Sexual Violence (YWASV), Joey Lim.

Joey talks about her choice to start YWASV after experiencing sexual violence with the goal of creating a safe space for women to share their stories of sexual...


Jun 28, 2021

Most of us experience poor body image at some stage.

This week, Alana sits down with Director of Higher Degrees (Coursework) at UWA and a body image activist Dr Marilyn Bromberg to chat all things body image, how our expectations of our bodies have been impacted by social media, and what needs to change.

If you’re...


Jun 3, 2021

Would you delete TikTok if you knew some big company had access to your data? Would you even care if that happened?

This week Alana sits down with app developer and data expert Alexander Karan to chat all things data, what it means and why you should care about it. 


May 17, 2021

Today Alana is joined by queer young person, provisional psychologist and PhD student at Telethon Kids Institute Dylan Gilbey and Head of the Early Neurodevelopment and Mental Health team at the Telethon Kids Institute Amy Finlay-Jones, to chat about self stigma experienced by young LGBTQIA+ people and how...


Apr 12, 2021

We're back with season three of YChats!

This episode, Alana sat down with other women to talk about how issues such as the gender pay gap and sexual assault are still impacting women today.

Resources:

  • 1800RESPECT National Sexual Assault Domestic Family Violence Counselling Helpline - 1800 737 732
  • Women’s Domestic...