masturbation: the universal taboo
Airing the orchid, flicking the bean, slapping little Johnny behind the German helmet. Masturbation. We all do it, so why is it so taboo? It’s considered liberating if not expected, to casually discuss your sex life over a plate of fettuccini carbonara and a bottle of red wine. People often gather to boast, bemoan or [...]
amanda palmer, hairy armpits, and twitter
While some celebrities are paid for their tweets, others use their sphere of influence to create an open discussion about the world we live in. Amanda Palmer likes to shock people. Formerly of The Dresden Dolls, now a ukulele lover and solo artist in her own right, she seeks to ridicule cultural confines of beauty [...]
Interview: Anna Rose on the climate flight
You may have seen Anna Rose recently on the ABC special I Can Change Your Mind on Climate Change or the Q&A that followed it. At 29, Rose is an inspiring figure. In 2008 she graduated with first class honours in law and arts from the University of Sydney, but it’s an initiative she worked on [...]
art review: Contemporary Australia: Women
The risk of many large-scale exhibitions is that without a discernible narrative for the artistically naïve general public (including me) to follow, each piece seems unrelated to the others and you find yourself stumbling from abstract photography to giant nylon installations in the same room. The whole experience can be rather dizzying and overwhelming to [...]
love out loud: the lady doth protest unwanted advances in bars
As of yesterday, I have been “off the shelf” for 16 months. While I’ve never previously been in a relationship for this long, I have often found in the past that my skills (or whatever) with the opposite sex rather diminish while I am with-partner and I’ve been left feeling rather rusty when I’ve re-entered [...]
women in careers: genevieve the artist
Meet Genevieve, an emerging artist currently primarily dabbling in documentary and portraiture photography, filmmaking and painting pictured here at the Premiere of her film The Three Minute Project, shot by Christopher Arblaster. Her journey to becoming an artist came as an unexpected wave of abstract creativity inspired by Jackson Pollock, as opposed to her original [...]
obsessing over excess baggage
I was the fat kid. The token ‘Fatty Boomba’ at primary school. I relished tucking into a meal more than an excavation of the sandpit. I avoided the monkey bars because lifting my weight was a struggle. I was always the first chosen for trivia, yet the last for a game of kickball. Although aesthetically, [...]
kiss goodbye to ms
In 2008, just shy of her 22nd birthday, Jackie Richards experienced some dizziness, fatigue and blurred vision, which she took as evidence of ‘partying too hard’, but after the facial paralysis hit (and gradually worsened throughout the day) she took herself off to the doctor. The diagnosis? Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurological disease caused by [...]
Feminist of the week: Elizabeth Muldoon
Name: Elizabeth Muldoon Age: 23 Occupation: Student/ Activist How would you describe yourself and your life? I live like an autumn leaf that is continuously being swept up in the winds of social movements. I’m involved in grassroots activism for feminist, environmental, Indigenous and pro-democracy causes. When I have time, I catch up with friends [...]
lip top 10: myths surrounding menstruation
So it’s that time of the month and you’re feeling crappy. If you were living in any other historical period you may just well find yourself segregated from the rest of your community, you know, just to make you feel good about it. Oh, and you’ll be told that your menses is poisonous. The belief [...]
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