A Fat Lady’s Guide to Summer
Summer brings with it so many delights: mangoes, festivals, my birthday, mangoes and long evenings of slow sunsets. But the rising mercury heralds a minefield of distress for many a larger lass. Trips to the beach can yield anxiety and judgment, summer fashions don’t always come above a 14, Christmas brings tactless relatives asking if […]
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 […]
Exercise clothes for fatties
If there’s one website I never expected to write an article for, it’s Michelle Bridges’. But write I did, and I got given a bunch of plus size exercise clothes for my troubles. As a fatty who exercises, it really does bother me that so many sportswear companies don’t think they need to cater for […]
Farewell sweet friend of mine…
We met in 2006. You arrived just when I needed you. Bringing comfort and support, giving me space, complimenting me perfectly. Together we toiled 7 days (and nights) per week at the Edge Theatre where the stars trod the boards 10 minutes apiece in efforts to prove their potential fame and entertain Newtown’s masses. Incognito, […]
