dia dhuit, my name is Clare (they/them).
i am a white settler of Irish, Italian and English ancestry living on the unceded lands of the Jagera/Yugerra and Turrbal peoples, also known as Magan-djin/Meeanjin (brisbane, australia). i grew up on Bindal and Wulgurukaba Country, or Gurambilbarra (townsville, australia). my Irish and Italian lineages are passed on matrilineally, with ties to Maigh Alla (mallow), Limerick and Tipperary in Éire (ireland), and Tirano in northern Italy. i am an artist, poet, friend and comrade.