Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is often dismissed as a sentimental corporate self-help parable wrapped in Instagram-ready scenery. However, such reviews miss something more profound. Beneath its
Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is often dismissed as a sentimental corporate self-help parable wrapped in Instagram-ready scenery. However, such reviews miss
I acknowledge the Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, work, and create. I recognise that these lands were never ceded and remain, always, their land. I pay my deepest respects to Elders past and present, and to all First Nations people whose cultures and connections to Country continue to shape and strengthen this place.
As a white Australian with ancestry tracing back to First Fleet convicts, colonisers, and more recent immigrants, I acknowledge the privileges I have inherited through systems built on dispossession and ongoing injustice. I recognise that my presence here is part of a broader legacy—one that has caused deep harm, directly and indirectly, to First Nations communities.
I commit to listening, learning, and working in ways that honour the sovereignty, knowledge, and enduring strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
