I write primarily about art, culture, politics, and education. My commentary has appeared in The Guardian, The Telegraph, WIRED, Reader’s Digest, Prospect Magazine, Meanjin Quarterly, Long Now, Kill Your Darlings, and Overland Literary Journal, among others.
I have interviewed individuals ranging from Australia’s former Human Rights Commissioner Ed Santow, to actor and musician Noah Reid; from preeminent Shakespeare scholar Sir Stanley Wells, to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Konstantin Novoselov.
My nonfiction has been published widely. In 2023, my essay ‘Mothers, Monsters, and My Year of Prying’ saw me named a finalist for the CRAFT Hybrid Writing Contest.
My work ranges from narrative journalism to evergreen criticism; from timely op-eds to longform think pieces and memoir. A selection can be found below.
THE GUARDIAN
Fanny and Alexander: revisiting the haunting (and very, very long) Scandinavian classic
I broke a pact, dyed my hair – and faced a long dark night of the soul
THE TELEGRAPH
A visit to my mother’s childhood village helped me learn about life and loss
WIRED
Artificial Wombs Will Change Abortion Rights Forever
LONG NOW
Digital Avatars and Our Refusal to Die
READER’S DIGEST
An introduction to Australian Gothic literature
How do bicycles empower women?
Why Jane Austen’s wallflowers deserve love too
Why you need Mary Oliver’s poetry in your life right now
Portugal’s Berlengas Islands: How to enjoy a unique boating vacation
Hoarding Disorder: Why the rising cost of living is triggering hoarders (first published in January 2023 – print issue feature article)
What makes a good queer Christmas film?
PROSPECT MAGAZINE
My classes are all online – so why am I paying the same pre-Covid university fees?
YELLOW SEEDS
Why is Zero-Waste a Perceived Morality of Cleanliness?
KILL YOUR DARLINGS
ELECTRIC LITERATURE
Who Gets to Have Gut Instinct in Big Screen Action Movies?
MISSING PERSPECTIVES
Brazil’s 2023 began with an insurrection. What now?
AI risks entrenching biases. Here’s how companies can use it more ethically (also published by LexisNexis)
The ‘Girlies’ trend shows we need to imagine better futures for women
THE MUSIC
You Beauty: The Politics Of Singing In An Aussie Accent
SHEKNOWS
Call My Agent on Netflix Is a Quietly Radical Look at Problems Queer Parents Face
OVERLAND LITERARY JOURNAL
MEANJIN QUARTERLY
BUSINESS INSIDER
My great-uncle was 70 years older than me. We built a friendship by sending letters to each other.
DEMOS JOURNAL
Death by a thousand cuts: Australia, the arts, and the modern university
THE CANBERRA TIMES
Turning local creative initiatives into dying arts
SCREEN QUEENS
From Woolf Biopics to ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ – On the Pathologising of Woman Geniuses
VARSITY
Must be the Season of the Bitch: Women in Horror
THE CAMBRIDGE STUDENT
‘Rebecca’ and the Gothic Horror of Endless Remakes
BOSSY
The Politics of Self-Deprecation
ART NEWS PORTAL
Ignoble Prizes? Bob Dylan’s excellence and the snubbing of everybody else’s
ANU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
On theses, keeping it real, and Edgar Allan Poetry
CAPITAL LETTERS
We Have To Talk About Women’s Fiction
Embodying Character: Physical Symbolism or Lazy Stereotypes?
The Byronic Hero’s Path: A Tortu(r)ous Road
What Makes Literature Australian?
WRITER’S EDIT
Ultimate Guide: 9 Fiction Genres You Should Know About
LIP MAGAZINE
Self-help, Beauty Privilege, and the Truth About Confidence
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS OF AMERICA
Brood For Thought: On The Enduring Appeal Of The Moody Male Lead
Horses Are Not Machines: On Writing the Steeds of Fantasy Fiction
THE FEMINIST WIRE
Stop Commenting on How Much She Eats
WORONI
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
THE RAZOR MAGAZINE
HINDSIGHT JOURNAL
CRITICAL READ
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ACADEMIC WRITING
Literature/Film Quarterly – Issue 52, 2024
Speaking Through Her: Christine Jeffs’ Sylvia and the ongoing misinterpretation of Sylvia Plath
The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art – Issue 2, 2022
Lucero (UC Berkeley) – 26(1), 2021
The Global Undergraduate Awards
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AWARDS
CRAFT Hybrid Writing Contest 2023 – Finalist, for my essay ‘Mothers, Monsters, and My Year of Prying’.
The Undergraduate Awards: Global Winner of the Music, Film and Theatre category in 2018, and Highly Commended in the Literature category in 2017.
“An Individual Reflects” – 2017 Writers’ Square Essay Contest – Honourable Mention
“Hearing His Stories” – 2016 Writers’ Square Essay Contest – Honourable Mention
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