Fruit, Sex and Nine Inch Nails
This week, Lady Sings it Better launched our collaboration with ACON’s women’s project, Claude. Our video, a playful cover of ‘Closer’ by the Nine Inch Nails, is a not-quite-safe-for-work reinvention of the ‘condom on the banana’ demonstration we all remember from high school. Its point is to spread awareness about same-sex attracted women’s health. Did you know […]
A queer girl’s guide to Valentine’s Day
I know Valentine’s Day has passed and we’re now well into Sydney Mardi Gras season but I wrote this piece for Daily Life a few weeks ago so am sharing it here now. It’s a queer girl’s guide to Valentine’s Day and, spoiler alert, it’s a day I think is pretty silly… I did manage […]
On single and queer parenting
As a queer, currently single woman who wants kids I wanted to explore people’s attitudes to single parenthood. I interviewed Doctors Emily Falconer and Holly Zwalf and wrote about the way ‘single parents by choice’ face criticism and discrimination. I hope to explore these ideas more, especially if / when I start looking at procreation! […]
A young woman’s guide to talking to second wave feminists
Having pitched the concept, my Daily Life article about bridging the gap between second and later wave feminists was one of the hardest pieces I’ve written, because I wanted to write it in a way that was respectful of feminist activists who’ve come before me, while still holding true to my views about the rights […]
Unpaid Internships in the Arts
Having spotted an advertisement for a Splendour in the Grass unpaid internship that appeared to violate the laws for such positions, I did some investigating and wrote about the impact unpaid internships in the arts have on those wishing to pursue careers in the sector. Specifically, I outline that whether or not they are legal, […]
Marriage Equality and the Transparent Season 2 Premiere
I wrote for Junkee about Transparent’s Season 2 Premiere and about how happy I was to finally see a gay wedding depicted in a way that reflects my views on marriage equality. Hint: I am a bit of a marriage grinch. It’s part TV recap, part review, part opinion tirade about the institution of marriage. Spoiler […]
Matt Okine and Gender Inequality in the Australian Comedy Scene
After Matt Okine spoke out about poor gender representation at the ARIAs I wrote my first article for Junkee, on the different ways men and women are treated when they speak out about inequality. This week comedian Brydie-Lee Kennedy wrote an incredibly important and chilling piece, Men Look After Men: Sexism and Domestic Abuse In The Australian […]
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 […]
That Gayby Baby furore
In August, on the eve of Gayby Baby’s release, with schools around the country preparing to screen the film for Wear it Purple Day, the Daily Telegraph saw fit to cover its front page with homophobic attacks on the schools, the families in the film and the filmmakers. #GaybyBaby trended for days as thousands came out […]
Australia’s Got Unpaid Talent
A couple of weeks ago I turned down an opportunity for Lady Sings it Better to audition for Australia’s Got Talent. I wasn’t going to write about it at first, feeling concerned I’d look ungrateful, too big for my boots or foolish. But the more I thought about the way artists continue to go undervalued and underpaid […]
