If you hadn’t heard of Amy Remeikis until that powerful moment on The Project where, as a guest alongside host Carrie Bickmore, Remeikis called out Peter Van-Onselen’s shaming of young women staying true to themselves, whilst they discussed Grace Tame’s refusal to smile for a photo opportunity with the Prime Minister then, like me, you’ll wish you’d known who she is sooner.

Inaugural nominee of the Young Walkley Awards, and currently Political Reporter for The Guardian, Remeikis is a force to be reckoned with.

Her written work - as part of the On Series - On Reckoning is 100 pages of pure relatability, anger, and rage that many women have felt in their lives.

“Rage is taught, the product of thousands of micro-cuts, of all those times being ignored, being dismissed. Being patted on the head and told to be a good girl,” she writes. 

The book refers to how those in power in Australia have done little to create real change within the political parties and the political situation.

The book began being penned after political staffer Brittany Higgins came forward with her story of being sexually assaulted within the walls of Parliament House.

The book focuses on the author's own experience of sexual assault, as well as quotes from speeches made by politicians last year, and personal anecdotes reacting to the unfolding political situation.

It discusses the importance of language in the way such topics are approached, to shift the blame from the victims, and directly interrogate the behaviour of perpetrators of assault.

Amy Remeikis’ Instagram Page @pyjamapolitcs breaks down the daily political news in an accessible way, sifting through the mass information the public is bombarded with daily. PHOTO: Instagram

On Reckoning should be read by all: to educate, to empathise, and to further shift towards a culture where women are heard and, most importantly, believed.