This was an interesting read, to see how you felt through this year, compared to my perception of you this year. From the outside, I saw you as being the most "you" this year. I'm sorry you've felt so lost and adrift, but please know your own advocacy this year has often been a fellow light in the darkness for those of us also in this arena. 💜
This is the most honest, vulnerable and REAL piece I’ve ever read. Dear 2025 - fuck off. It’s absolutely infuriating and baffling to me that almost everyone I know thinks that mentioning (let alone having actual conversations about) Israel and its genocide is “a bit too much.” Not a “nice” topic. Not very socially appropriate. Feeling like the embarrassing, too-political friend/family member who always has to make things awkward by daring to mention it gets to me sometimes, but then I remember there’s people like you who do it all the damn time, and it’s like a reminder that I’m not actually a lone, unhinged weirdo. I’ve absolutely loved and appreciated everything you’ve ever posted that’s (apparently) swayed from the Feminism business model.
Omg totally get this. My closest friend has not ONCE in over two years mentioned the genocide but this evening sent me a voice note about how she’s been following the news about the fire in Switzerland all day and how utterly awful it is (and it absolutely is). I just never realised how selective her empathy was until now.
Wow…it’s so telling isn’t it? It’s so disappointing when I realise this about people I’m close to, and I start to feel that connection and mutual respect fade.
Clem, I wish I could give a giant hug. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. Thank you for shining a light on things that truly matter. Your fierceness and wisdom has been an anchor in these dark days. May you continue to grow and be the person you wish to be. X
I’m sorry that the evil creeps have targeted and attacked you to this point. I feel lost too, I completely feel you. But let’s shed our old selves and allow for the new!
This read is such a great analysis of business feminism, spot on! It is also only capitalist fake NYE- what does it really mean anyways? Fuck the zionists lying dogs and together and forever changed - Palestine 🇵🇸 will be free!!!
Dear Clem! I’m so sorry you feel like this, but I can understand. Im not a fraction as brave as you are and admire you for taking the whole downfall of your fierce stance on Palestine. I’ve said it before, but this is the reason I’ve decided to subscribe. I am (fortunately or unfortunately) able to compartmentalise this tragedy a bit, I’m scared and as a true people pleaser, I avoid exactly the challenging conversions at the dinner table, and instead become defeatist and defeated. In Berlin, we’ve got a particularly nasty police. In Germany, people confuse anti-Zionism with anti-semitism, while at the same time many of those are the true nazis.
I hope 2026 is a much better year, and I can shape up to a better more principled and less afraid human. ❤️
What a honest post. For all the shit you’ve eaten, you’ve made such a difference in the world. It’s not been for nothing, although the load must be unimaginably heavy. We hear you and we fight for you. We’re so grateful for the wonderful, smart, strong human you are. I’ve also been pissing people off my whole life and have reckoned with it constantly. It’s because of the rare humans like you that people like us can live with OURselves. Which I realise is what you said in this piece. You’ve eaten shit for me, but I would eat shit for you anyday.
Thank you for being so honest and real. Snap to Dear 2025 - fuck off! You are an incredible light and inspiration in a time where it’s all so ‘meh’. Fuck the Feminism business model. It’s a joke and has been for some time now. You speak truth and for that I am so grateful. ❤️🤗
“I want to tend to the wounds of those who believe that building a better world is worth taking some knocks for..”. Who is there to tend your wounds Clementine. My journey is very different, but in a way, I know exactly what you are going through. I used to describe myself as ‘adrift’ for a number of years. Things for me are better now. Much. I am sure right there in orbit around you are people who can and will tend those wounds. Ask them, and I am sure you will be caught and brought into their shelter/love as required.
Lots of love and hugs to you Clem. I feel your pain. The word is fucked; just how fucked has been made abundantly clear by Palestine and trump and sycophants like Albanese. We clearly aren’t winning at the moment and for those of us who feel the injustice, who are invested in building that better world that means bloody hard blows battering us ongoing.
Grief is the flipside of love of course. Our resilience relies on feeling the love.
As always such a well written piece. Thanks for telling us how difficult this year has been for you, as you do come across as a strong fighter, I hope things get a bit better.
I thought the whole idea of you being independent is that you can say what needs to be said/written and not stick to somebody else’s ’guidelines’. I’m sorry some people told you to stick to a ‘business model’ when one of your excellent traits is that you speak up for the truth even when it’s hard/challenging/difficult.
If people think feminism and basic human rights (of all people including Palestinians) aren’t aligned, what do they think feminism is?
It’s kind of horrifying and yet somehow unsurprising how much power the zionists have here in colonial Australia. I think you are brave for continually calling them out and standing up to them, and it has obviously cost you.
I hope you keep fighting and writing. If you don't or can't, that's fair, thanks for your significant contribution. Your books are staying on my shelf.
Thank you for this piece. For the last 6 years, I have appreciated you and your moral principles more than you could ever know. I feel the same, I'm also that "head strong killjoy" who ruins moments because I can't shut out and ignore what is happening. I have lost respect for so many "celebrities" as well as friends these last 2 years as they have either ignored what is happening or sided with the z. However, my respect for you has only strengthened. Keep being you. We are here for you. xx
in the days after 10/7 I watched one “feminist icon” after another disappoint. I dreaded checking in on their position or statements and felt shock and horror to discover most prioritized the white part of white feminism. you kept me sane and continued to be my guiding light. as you know, true feminism is being a humanitarian and environmentalist. they can’t take feminism away from you.
This was an interesting read, to see how you felt through this year, compared to my perception of you this year. From the outside, I saw you as being the most "you" this year. I'm sorry you've felt so lost and adrift, but please know your own advocacy this year has often been a fellow light in the darkness for those of us also in this arena. 💜
This is the most honest, vulnerable and REAL piece I’ve ever read. Dear 2025 - fuck off. It’s absolutely infuriating and baffling to me that almost everyone I know thinks that mentioning (let alone having actual conversations about) Israel and its genocide is “a bit too much.” Not a “nice” topic. Not very socially appropriate. Feeling like the embarrassing, too-political friend/family member who always has to make things awkward by daring to mention it gets to me sometimes, but then I remember there’s people like you who do it all the damn time, and it’s like a reminder that I’m not actually a lone, unhinged weirdo. I’ve absolutely loved and appreciated everything you’ve ever posted that’s (apparently) swayed from the Feminism business model.
Omg totally get this. My closest friend has not ONCE in over two years mentioned the genocide but this evening sent me a voice note about how she’s been following the news about the fire in Switzerland all day and how utterly awful it is (and it absolutely is). I just never realised how selective her empathy was until now.
Wow…it’s so telling isn’t it? It’s so disappointing when I realise this about people I’m close to, and I start to feel that connection and mutual respect fade.
Absolutely and that’s exactly what it begins to feel like, a slow fade. It’s really sad.
Clem, I wish I could give a giant hug. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. Thank you for shining a light on things that truly matter. Your fierceness and wisdom has been an anchor in these dark days. May you continue to grow and be the person you wish to be. X
I’m sorry that the evil creeps have targeted and attacked you to this point. I feel lost too, I completely feel you. But let’s shed our old selves and allow for the new!
This read is such a great analysis of business feminism, spot on! It is also only capitalist fake NYE- what does it really mean anyways? Fuck the zionists lying dogs and together and forever changed - Palestine 🇵🇸 will be free!!!
Dear Clem! I’m so sorry you feel like this, but I can understand. Im not a fraction as brave as you are and admire you for taking the whole downfall of your fierce stance on Palestine. I’ve said it before, but this is the reason I’ve decided to subscribe. I am (fortunately or unfortunately) able to compartmentalise this tragedy a bit, I’m scared and as a true people pleaser, I avoid exactly the challenging conversions at the dinner table, and instead become defeatist and defeated. In Berlin, we’ve got a particularly nasty police. In Germany, people confuse anti-Zionism with anti-semitism, while at the same time many of those are the true nazis.
I hope 2026 is a much better year, and I can shape up to a better more principled and less afraid human. ❤️
What a honest post. For all the shit you’ve eaten, you’ve made such a difference in the world. It’s not been for nothing, although the load must be unimaginably heavy. We hear you and we fight for you. We’re so grateful for the wonderful, smart, strong human you are. I’ve also been pissing people off my whole life and have reckoned with it constantly. It’s because of the rare humans like you that people like us can live with OURselves. Which I realise is what you said in this piece. You’ve eaten shit for me, but I would eat shit for you anyday.
Thank you for being so honest and real. Snap to Dear 2025 - fuck off! You are an incredible light and inspiration in a time where it’s all so ‘meh’. Fuck the Feminism business model. It’s a joke and has been for some time now. You speak truth and for that I am so grateful. ❤️🤗
“I want to tend to the wounds of those who believe that building a better world is worth taking some knocks for..”. Who is there to tend your wounds Clementine. My journey is very different, but in a way, I know exactly what you are going through. I used to describe myself as ‘adrift’ for a number of years. Things for me are better now. Much. I am sure right there in orbit around you are people who can and will tend those wounds. Ask them, and I am sure you will be caught and brought into their shelter/love as required.
Lots of love and hugs to you Clem. I feel your pain. The word is fucked; just how fucked has been made abundantly clear by Palestine and trump and sycophants like Albanese. We clearly aren’t winning at the moment and for those of us who feel the injustice, who are invested in building that better world that means bloody hard blows battering us ongoing.
Grief is the flipside of love of course. Our resilience relies on feeling the love.
With that I’m off for a paddle on the Maribyrnong
As always such a well written piece. Thanks for telling us how difficult this year has been for you, as you do come across as a strong fighter, I hope things get a bit better.
I thought the whole idea of you being independent is that you can say what needs to be said/written and not stick to somebody else’s ’guidelines’. I’m sorry some people told you to stick to a ‘business model’ when one of your excellent traits is that you speak up for the truth even when it’s hard/challenging/difficult.
If people think feminism and basic human rights (of all people including Palestinians) aren’t aligned, what do they think feminism is?
It’s kind of horrifying and yet somehow unsurprising how much power the zionists have here in colonial Australia. I think you are brave for continually calling them out and standing up to them, and it has obviously cost you.
I hope 2026 goes better for you.
Thank you for what you do.
I feel every word of this 💔
I hope you keep fighting and writing. If you don't or can't, that's fair, thanks for your significant contribution. Your books are staying on my shelf.
Stars just burn brightly 🌟🌟🌟❤️🍉❤️🍉
Thank you for this piece. For the last 6 years, I have appreciated you and your moral principles more than you could ever know. I feel the same, I'm also that "head strong killjoy" who ruins moments because I can't shut out and ignore what is happening. I have lost respect for so many "celebrities" as well as friends these last 2 years as they have either ignored what is happening or sided with the z. However, my respect for you has only strengthened. Keep being you. We are here for you. xx
Oh please keep fighting
Need you
Be kind to you 🩷🐝
in the days after 10/7 I watched one “feminist icon” after another disappoint. I dreaded checking in on their position or statements and felt shock and horror to discover most prioritized the white part of white feminism. you kept me sane and continued to be my guiding light. as you know, true feminism is being a humanitarian and environmentalist. they can’t take feminism away from you.