The older I get, the more I realise how powerful the values are that we are given, over those we choose. Like so many people my age, I take the claim of being the first in my family to gain a tertiary education. People like me, people from the left, people who are disaffected with government corruption and unmourned from our political institutions, still believe in things. We are not going to follow a political party that positions itself halfway between two groups that believe in things. Edie Wyatt has a BA Hons from the Institute of Cultural Policy Studies and writes on culture, politics and feminism.