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The Imperfect Activist

The Imperfect Activist

Written by: Be the change. Media Network Lucy Brodure Annabelle Liao and Natasha Pavey
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We are young people living in a world on fire.

Genocide. War. Persecution.
Climate collapse. Rising fascism.

And still - we’re expected to build careers, start families, plan futures like everything is normal.

But none of this is normal.

No generation before us has had to grieve the planet in real time.
To watch genocide play out through our phones.
To grow up knowing the world might not survive us.

We’re anxious.
Burnt out.
Broke.
Trying to fix our mental health inside systems designed to break us.

We’re told to hustle while rent eats our wages.
To stay positive while the world feels unbearable.
To keep going when rest feels impossible.

And while billionaires hijack our media, buy the narrative, and decide whose lives matter - this platform does the opposite.

We centre people, not profit.
Tell stories rooted in truth, not a money pushed narrative.
Youth voices, not shareholders.

And yet - here we are.
Still loving.
Still organising.
Still asking harder questions.
Still using our creativity to resist and reimagine.
Still building hope out of the wreckage.

This is a space for the ones who feel it.
The tired. The angry. The hopeful. The heartbroken.
For those who refuse silence.
Who refuse to let history be rewritten on loop.
Who are learning to live, love, and fight back at the same time.

This is The Imperfect Activist.
Not polished.
Not perfect.
But honest.
And still in the struggle.

And honestly? That’s pretty good going - all things considered.

Want to make change but don’t know where to start?

Start here.
Grab your headphones, press play and get involved.

We platform young people taking action - so you can join in it too. We make space for the hard feelings - so you can know that it’s okay to feel them too.

New episodes out bi-weekly, Mondays at 6pm. Season 2 launches March 16th.

Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Political Science Politics & Government
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    To get connected with Lucy, Annabelle, or Natasha, please find them on Instagram at @theimperfectactivist.podcast.

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