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.
#MeToo Stories from the Australian Movement
In the opening essay of the Picador anthology #MeToo: Stories from the Australian movement, I revisit the 70s, make peace with a 90s Helen Garner, ponder if I have any Louis C.K.s in my life and talk about the work labour movement women are doing to address sexual harassment at work.
The Sydney Women’s Film Group and Betty Can Jump
Before #MeToo, 1970s Australian feminists used film and theatre for women's liberation. Read my story for The Saturday Paper here.
Daniels trump the world's Donalds
This opinion piece about the portrayal of platonic friendships on screen was first published by the Sydney Morning Herald.
Generation X are having their Don't Dream It's Over moment
Read my opinion piece from the Sydney Morning Herald about the recent Australian tours of bands from Gen X’s youth.
I don't mean to be personal
A piece I wrote after an opinion piece I wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald went a little viral for all the wrong reasons.
Our insatiable appetite for women's tragic stories
An opinion piece I wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald about the pressure on women artists to reveal personal stories in their writing and art.