Writing for Overland
The personal is political Image: still from (the fantastic) Janelle Monae’s ‘Make Me Feel’ I recently wrote quite a personal piece. It is one of my strongest pieces of non-fiction […]
At the arboretum
Something different In August, I worked on an outdoor photoshoot with a local photographer. This was a throwback to my undergraduate days, during which my unusual height, conventionally marketable skin […]
Undergraduate Awards 2017
Comparing Sylvia Plath and Dorothy Hewett * In 2017, I wrote an essay titled ‘Performativity, Confession, and the Female Writer, as illuminated by the lives and works of Sylvia […]
Creating Cicerone
Some friends and I started a literary journal. Here’s why… “Creating a literary journal is both exciting and nerve-wracking.” So begins the introductory editorial of Cicerone Journal, a literary journal […]
Speaking at Women Poets Anthology Moran/Edgar/Smith
Representing the youth at a poetry night * On the 21st of May, I participated in a poetry night hosted by local groups ‘Not Very Quiet’ and ‘That Poetry Thing’ […]
Difference and sameness – on individuality and language
. The beginning of 2018 has been a bit quiet on the writing front. Full-time employment doesn’t always leave much time or energy for writing on either side of the […]
What a time to be alive!
Though they say sexism’s over speaking up still isn’t free I’ve either 99 conundrums – or, the bitch, they’d say, is me… Reading at the Issue 2 launch of […]
Singing at the National Multicultural Festival
French singer Yves Montand. . . In February, I had the opportunity to be a part of Canberra’s ‘Mother Tongue’ showcase at the National Multicultural Festival. This meant that I […]
The Politics of Self-Deprecation
A still from 30 Rock. “It’s a lot easier to paint yourself as a charming, chip-guzzling sloth whose body is not your temple when there are people who would […]
In Which Medusa Is A Fashion Icon
Fashion advice that flirts with vice. Image credit to Bossy Magazine. I’ve yet to tire of satire. Perhaps because 2017 was The Year of The Thesis, writing serious […]