Name: Catherine Deveny Age: almost 45 Occupation: Comedian, writer, speaker Hometown: Melbourne, Australia Describe yourself in one word: Irreverent. What is your feminist philosophy? A husband is not a financial plan. What women need is Fuck Off Status. They need to have their house, their business, their money and be able to tell anyone they…
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Recently a group of friends and I went to Melbourne Central’s Asian Beer Cafe. After a few drinks I made my way to the bathroom as one tends to do after consuming a few ciders. What I found made me pause. On the urinal there were three manga girls. And they weren’t wearing much in…
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Catherine Deveny – author, writer for the ABC’s The Drum, a former columnist for The Age, social commentator, and stand up comedian – is a woman with a lot of things to say. She was in Sydney recently for the Sydney Writer’s Festival, where she appeared with Tara Moss, Emily Maguire, Kathy Lette and Julia…
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Women of Letters is taken from the event of the same name. Established and ‘co-curated’ by writers Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, Women of Letters aims to not only celebrate female talent but to raise funds for the Victorian animal sanctuary, Edgar’s Mission. The Women of Letters events invites five women from different backgrounds (such…
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