Happy Birthday to one of my Mums

Today is my mother, Teresa’s 60th birthday. She’s an excellent parent, friend and mentor, and her party on Saturday night was so good people left the gig upstairs to crash our shindig and boogie to my brother Rowan’s excellent playlist. The party theme was Mods vs Rockers and Teresa rapped her thank you speech (complete with backing track) […]

Drop dead Fred, my family is worth 1000 of you

Last week I was in the audience for the Q&A special that aired following the documentary about Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Between a Frock and a Hard Place. I asked a question but it went very much unanswered by the entire panel, especially notorious homophobe, Fred Nile. My question was meant to be one of […]

Please support The Social Outfit!

The Social Outfit is a wonderful Newtown social enterprise that offers employment and training to refugee and new migrant communities. They do amazing work (and make stunning clothes) and they’re currently crowdfunding the next phase of their growth. I implore you, please go check out their ING Dreamstarter page and consider chucking some dollars their […]

Who ever thought I’d write about wedding fashion?

Assumptions about gender and clothing are always frustrating, especially for those who break away from expected norms. I wrote about how ideas about gendered clothing play out when two women get hitched for Daily Life. I also got to put lovely pictures of my friends in! But who decides how men and women should dress […]

The George Brandis Live Art Experience

Some bloody genius is protesting Brandis’ arts cuts by getting people to photoshop old Georgie’s face onto art works. They tend to be either hilarious or terrifying and you should check them out on facebook and twitter. We made our very own contribution to the campaign, below. For more information, visit bit.ly/freethearts

On Misandry, Misogyny, Friendship and Social Media

I wrote an article for Daily Life provocatively titled ‘How I learned to stop hating men.’ It was meant to be a play on the stereotype of the ‘man-hating feminist’ but it was really about my legitimate distrust of men after experiencing misogyny throughout my youth, and about how I only became friends with men after […]