Kat Muscat’s life celebrated at emotional Melbourne farewell

The young writer, editor and feminist, who died suddenly last week, was remembered by friends, family and colleagues at the Wheeler Centre on Tuesday.
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Kat Muscat, a Melbourne-based writer, editor and feminist who often explored themes of sex, sexuality, gender and mental health in her writing, as well as celebrating her love of pop culture – especially TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer – died suddenly last week. She was 25.

Between 2012 and 2014, Muscat was editor of Voiceworks, Express Media’s quarterly magazine for young writers. She first became involved with the organisation at the age of 14, and served on the Voiceworks Editorial Committee as a volunteer for many years before becoming editor.  

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts