parallel universes
This relates to my comment to Rachel L’s post below, about growing up with a specific crowd. I just finished reading Brigid Delaney’s Griffith Review article all about young women and hooking up and intimacy-less sex. I know intellectually that there is a part of youth culture that parties hard and abuses lots of substances [...]
Plastic Fantastic
So I was engaging in a little light reading of the Sunday Telegraph yesterday…annoyed right from the front page: teenage plastic surgery banned.‘Under sweeping changes aimed at the cosmetic industry teens will be banned from having collagen and botox injections…’ The NSW government is also looking at bringing in changes to legislation so that people [...]
to cheer you up on this gloomy Friday
I heard this gorgeous little song on JJJ driving in the rain on the way to work this morning, and even though it reminded me that we’re all tiny in the grand scheme of things, it made me smile. So I’m posting the lyrics here and hope it brings a smile to your face even [...]
a moment of inspiration
Well, it’s taken me only four years and maybe some of you have thought of this before but I can’t remember anyone using the term…. So, ta da, my brainwave for the evening (as seen in my recent lip newsletter list post) – what are lip subscribers, readers, supporters, e-newsletter readers but not subscribers, staff [...]
power to the people
We’ve been talking a lot about advertising lately: objecting to it, complaining about it, ignoring it, and wondering if we’re making a difference. I find advertising in general offensive. The very fact that it’s there, everywhere I look, invading my eye-space, detracting from the view of my surroundings. But occasionally an ad is clever, amusing [...]
Griffith Review
Hey all, The Griffith Review’s “The Next Big Thing” edition is now online and features writing by Gen x and yers, including me. You can read the full text of the articles that didn’t make it into the print edition (including my piece). I’ve only read the intro so far and will continue reading over [...]
Andrew O’Keefe
In the 2 Aug edition of the Herald Sun there is a “day in the life of” type column with Andrew O’Keefe, Weekend Sunrise’s Deal or No Deal host (I gather – I don’t watch Sunrise). The picture for the column is of, I presume, Andrew O’Keefe with a money bag (it’s got a couple [...]
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