Cristy Clark’s research focuses on legal geography, the commons, and the intersection of human rights, neoliberalism, activism and the environment. Cristy has also written about law, human rights, feminism, motherhood, and food politics in leading academic journals, books, and popular media. She is currently writing a book called ‘The Lawful Forest: A Critical History of Property, Protest and Spatial Justice’ with Edinburgh University Press. In 2016, Cristy founded the Feminist Writers Festival.
Here Cristy shares with us her favourite vacations, her ideal start to a Sunday and the drink of her choice.
Where do we find you this weekend?
I rarely leave my suburb, Hackett, on the weekend – except to visit my grandpa or go to a yoga class. Weekends tend to be about long dog walks on Mt Majura, housework, (lots of) cooking and hanging out with my kids. (I’d include gardening, but right now that would be a lie.)
What’s the ideal start to a Sunday? Gentle start or a jolt?
Definitely gentle. I like to sit for a while with a mug of chai and wait for the cobwebs to clear from my brain. Sometimes this can take a while.
What’s the best thing you’ve watched on TV recently?
I’m not a big TV person. I did enjoy watching The Good Place with my teenager recently (years after everyone else…).
A glass of something you’d recommend?
At the risk of controversy, I LOVE green smoothies. I have one every morning for breakfast.
What’s that you’re singing in the shower?
Something tragic from the 80s.
Soundtrack of your choice?
I’m bad at tracking down music that I like, so my partner finds music that he thinks I’ll like and adds it to a Spotify playlist for me. That’s what I listen to.
Best vacation you’ve been to?
Oh, this is hard. I have been very lucky on this front. When I was 9 years old, my grandparents took me to Tahiti. That was pretty special. But I’ve also loved: Cape Tribulation and Hinchinbrook Island (QLD), the Overland Trail (Tas), Italy (especially Assisi & Milan), the Canadian Rockies, Mexico (especially Tulum), Lesotho, Cuc Phuong National Park & Hoi An (Vietnam), Siem Reap (Cambodia) and Gokyo Ri (Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas).
Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us.
I grew up in intentional communities. When I was two, my parents moved us to Melbourne to live in an intentional Christian community called The House of the Gentle Bunyip. They also founded one back in Canberra when we moved back – in the mean streets of Lower Narrabundah.
The ideal dinner menu?
Well, it would be vegan to start with. And then it would probably either be mezze or Vietnamese. Roll your own rice paper rolls is always a good option for a big group.
Ideal dinner venue?
Anywhere with vegan food and good company. My kids love Au Lac (in Dickson), but I have to admit that it has lost its novelty value for us a tad.
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