Leanne Nunn

04/06/2025

Everyone can relate to the reassurance felt when talking to someone that isn't judging them, that 'gets' them, that is 'safe'. As a member of the LGBTIQ+ community I know how hard it can be to recognise those who offer me a safe and accepting space. As June is Pride month, I would like to encourage our allies to please be a little more obvious. You don't need to be Mardi Gras obvious (those of us that are introverts may never be that colourful!), just small simple steps will do. This video tells you everything you need to know. 🌈💜

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16UkkbsTpJ/

25/05/2025

Andrea Gibson is able to talk about self-love in a way that everyone can relate to. Enjoy their magical spoken poetry:
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22/12/2024

A beautiful link shared between two powerhouses of strength and determination

The accessory was a gift designed to send love and strength from older women in Australia.

08/12/2024

These vigils are important opportunities to honour those that have lost their lives to abuse and to acknowledge the challenges for those that have escaped and those that are still trapped in these relationships. I encourage you to attend.
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Join us in uniting against gendered violence to remember the women and children who have been violently killed in Australia this year.

📆 Tuesday 10 December, 5pm

📍Lions Park, Masons Parade, Gosford Waterfront, on Darkinjung Country.

Let’s stand together in recognition of the lives that have been lost and unite in the hope of a future free from violence for every member of our community.

You can also help by engaging with and sharing this invite to raise awareness across your networks.

We hope to see you there.

If you are experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence, support services include:

1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732
Full Stop Australia: 1800 385 578
DV Connect Womensline: 1800 811 811
13 YARN 13 92 76
Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800
Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 13 11 14

06/10/2024

Tolerating the abuse and silencing of women does not solve the problem; silence never does. Courage is needed to hold abusers to account. I hope this article inspires more of us to be brave.

Online trolling often targets marginalized women and can have severe consequences, including forced relocation and career abandonment.

06/05/2024

Sharing the following to increase broader knowledge of partner abuse, particularly coercive control, wherever I can.

The NSW Government is launching a new campaign to raise awareness and understanding of coercive control. The campaign shows diverse experiences of coercive control to help people identify the signs of abuse. Coercive control is when someone repeatedly hurts, scares or isolates another person to control them. It’s domestic abuse and it causes serious harm.

From 1 July 2024, there are new laws in NSW about coercive control. Visit the NSW Government’s coercive control website to find out about these changes and to view the campaign ads.

Coercive control is when someone repeatedly hurts, scares or isolates another person to control them. It’s domestic abuse and it can cause serious harm, so it’s important to know the signs.

28/04/2024

This is a petition worth supporting.

2,109 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?

02/12/2023

It was wonderful to be a part of this conversation with Jess Hill and Katherine Berney and share some of my research findings about the earliest warning signs of intimate partner abuse.

Alarming figures need addressing

24/02/2023

https://www.facebook.com/207017289425954/posts/5607422606052035/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=6aamW6

💥 Why I no longer talk about body positivity💥

Much of my work has been fuelled by wanting to ensure that Miki has a different experience with her own body than I did with mine. An instinctual need to protect her from the pain of being at war with herself.

I’d like my daughter to feel positively about her body - no question - but what I’ve learned in the last ten years is that she actually doesn’t need to.

We all have different relationships with our bodies, and for a lot of people the concept of ‘positivity’ felt - and still feels - out of reach. It’s hard to feel positive about yourself in a world that can be very un-positive about physical appearance a lot of the time.

So while there’s still a place for this concept, there’s an important distinction to make - as said recently ‘Body image and body positivity - a bit like eyebrows - siblings, not twins.'

These days? We talk about ‘body acceptance’ - a gentler, more gradual way to be kind and compassionate to ourselves. It’s about giving ourselves a break, not making our appearance the most important thing about us, and being on our body’s side no matter what.

If you love your body and want to shout it from the rooftops, great! Our bodies are pretty damn incredible.

But if it’s more of a gentle whisper of acceptance and appreciation - that’s OK too 🙏

26/01/2023

Today, invasion-survival day, I stand with the Indigenous people of Australia, particularly the Awabakal beople where I reside. I encourage you to read the Uluru Statement and challenge yourself to consider supporting changing the date.

This site includes images, quotes and references to people who have passed. We have included them to acknowledge, honour and pay respect to their contribution and efforts to our struggles, our progress and achievements.

24/11/2022

https://www.facebook.com/468553109982519/posts/2221474008023745/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=LROouL

09/09/2022

This is a powerful article that, rather than looking at individual challenges, directs a lot of blame for the high rate of mental health problems on the systems and the society that create so much of our pain. Worth reading!

Society’s understanding of mental health issues locates the problem inside the person - and ignores the politics of their distress, says psychologist Sanah Ahsan