Mia Boonen
Mia Boonen is a writer, theatre maker, educator and performer currently studying at the Victorian College of the Arts.
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Melbourne, Australia
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Mia's website
C.H.R.Y.S.A.L.I.S
Poetry
C.H.R.Y.S.A.L.I.S
All covered up in a brown nest I learned to call a “chrysalis” / And I could spell it too: C.H.R.Y.S.A.L.I.S. / And she told me that patience had power, That the caterpillar in the chrysalis would turn to goo and then into a butterfly. And all I had to do was wait.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Change
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Change
Mia, Ella and Jake are joined this month by Melissa Longo, a freelance writer and publisher of InkCloud, a blog championing positivity and creativity in the western suburbs of Melbourne
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
Moving Into Home: Recipes for Moving Out
Recipes
Moving Into Home: Recipes for Moving Out
Moving out for the first time, it is easy to forget how much the notion of home and community revolves around food. Nor do you stop running long enough to pause and reflect on how quickly your diet has degraded to two minute noodles.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Going Live
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Going Live
Ella, Mia and Jake discuss the pros and cons of going live in isolation, highlight their TV guilty pleasures, and share some pieces first performed at Stay In, Speak Out, The Penny Mint's fortnightly Instagram live stream.
Ella Crowley
by Ella Crowley
1 min read
On Unions and the Working Class.
Articles
On Unions and the Working Class.
In my father’s household, Peter Lalor was the name of a saint. From it all, I’d learnt a valuable lesson: if the higher-ups won’t listen, make them.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
I Am A Lion. On 'Melb Guys Pal'
Articles
I Am A Lion. On 'Melb Guys Pal'
Content warning: This piece discusses violence against women and r*pe.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Purpose
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Purpose
Jake, Mia and Ella come to you from their bedrooms with a big announcement, but first: as we continue to self-isolate, how are we structuring our days? How do we find purpose?
Jake Stevens
by Jake Stevens
1 min read
A Body in a Borrowed Shirt
Poetry
A Body in a Borrowed Shirt
I’m wearing a borrowed shirt / and I’ve stained it with a dish I call / “curry adjacent”
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
Homebody
Video
Homebody
"Solace" sounds better than "solitude", I think, and "rhythm" sounds better than "rut".
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Isolation
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Isolation
Mia, Ella and Jake are working from home this month, so this episode of The Penny Mint Podcast sounds a little bit different to what you're used to by now.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
International Women's Day: Letters to Feminism
Poetry
International Women's Day: Letters to Feminism
Happy International Women's Day! Mia Boonen & Ella Crowley have both written letters to feminism - expressing their love for womanhood and their problems with the patriarchy
Ella Crowley
by Ella Crowley
3 min read
Melbourne Music. A Year Later.
Memoir
Melbourne Music. A Year Later.
About a year ago, I wrote an article on here announcing a boycott of all line-ups without gender diversity. There have been a lot of consequences, and I thought I’d take the time to share some of them with you
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Identity
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Identity
Jake, Mia and Ella have found themselves in a new kitchen, as this month they explore the identity of a writer. Or a maker. An artist? A creative?
Jake Stevens
by Jake Stevens
1 min read
A Long Time
Poetry
A Long Time
You’re sitting atop buildings and looking out at sunsets and drinking beer and smoking. I’m on my front porch while it rains.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
You've landed at the bottom of the rabbit hole.

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