December 2011
25 posts
The spectre of the body →
I wrote this piece following Catherine Deveny’s excellent post on Mama Mia. I’ve written about abortion, grief, love and politics, and this tops everything as my most naked piece of writing.
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I’ve struggled with body issues for longer now than I haven’t. I remember there being a time – around 8 or so – where I still scampered about in the blissful ignorance of the here...
CLEO Bachelor of the Year vote grab! →
My friend Andrew has nominated himself for CLEO’s Bachelor of the Year. I’m not so into those competitions, but if anyone has to win it, then it should be him.
Back in 2001 when we were leaders on Orientation Camp at Adelaide Uni, he formed part of a foursome with me, my amazing lady friend Sarah and a fellow named Paul. The camp coincided with Valentine’s Day, an event that...
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Bad Boys, Bad Boys, whatchoo gonna do? →
Here is a link to something I wrote about Matthew Newton and the lure of the bad boy for The Hoopla.
An excerpt:
“Sure, they were handsome. And, yes, they made our hearts flutter with all the hope that we could ‘fix’ them.
We wanted to be the Molly Ringwald to their Judd Nelson, the Kelly to their Dylan, the Scarlett to their Rhett. We wanted them to bury their faces in our...