Writing
Betty Can Jump at the Pram Factory: the radical 1970s play that built a scene – and changed Australia
In this piece for The Guardian, I describe finding myself on federal election day in 2022 handing out how-to-vote flyers with the film and TV actor Bruce Spence, and I look at how federal arts policy has nurtured the arts since the 1970s.
Friday essay: ‘with men I feel like a very sharp, glittering blade’ – when 5 liberated women spoke the truth
This article for The Conversation contains edited extracts from Staging a Revolution: When Betty Rocked the Pram
The Sydney Women’s Film Group and Betty Can Jump
Before #MeToo, 1970s Australian feminists used film and theatre to raise consciousnesses about women's liberation. Read my story for The Saturday Paper here.