“Over the span of my life, I had to get my nose re-pierced five times. It was a no-brainer: I was obviously going to do it. And, in a way, there was something quite powerful and commanding about my body’s insistence when it came to healing itself. Just this time, they were my wounds: and the sort that allowed me to bedazzle myself, time and time again, bleeding but adorned.”

In episode 3 Bleeding but Adorned, Roia delights in all of the small, but significant ways she is able to reclaim her appearance after abuse: from buying her first pair of skinny jeans, to getting her nose pierced. After her divorce, she is also forced to make a map of what it means to be ‘an Australian’ in the early 2000s, in the dawn of 9/11, when xenophobia was - and still is - rife in the Western world.

Co-producers: Madison Griffiths and Beth Atkinson-Quinton

Lead Storyteller: Roia Atmar

Sensitivity Editor: Shakira Hussein

Assistant Producer: Danae Gibson

Sound Designer and Engineer: Jon Tjhia

Guests in this episode: Debbie, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, Maha Krayem Abdo OAM

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Tender season two is Broadwave podcast supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, and proudly sponsored by the Victorian Women’s Trust.