Apr 14Babes In TERFlandI spent several weeks in trans-exclusionary radical feminist online spaces. Here’s what I learned. Note: This purpose of this series is to highlight the serious nature of radical feminist-aligned transphobia online, so there will inevitably be upsetting transphobic hate speech featured. …Feminism77 min read
Jan 25What does accountability look like on the internet?Originally published on Substack. A question I’ve been thinking about for a long time is what accountability looks like online in the 2020s, particularly what it looks like when groups of people work together to seek ‘justice’ as a collective, bypassing traditional avenues in favour of more direct action. The…Social Media7 min read
Oct 7, 2021Is Everything Copy?In the introduction to her semi-autobiographical novel Heartburn, Nora Ephron writes about one of the main lessons her mother taught her: that “everything is copy”. …New York Times5 min read
Feb 14, 2018From Thinspo to Fitspo: Depictions of health, fitness and wellness in Australian women’s magazinesThis presentation was created for ENGL6970: Reading Magazines at the University of Sydney. This is my presentation on the depiction of health, fitness and wellness in Australian women’s magazines, ‘from thinspo to fitspo’.Body Image16 min read
Jan 4, 2018You are not fat.(Originally shared via TinyLetter) You are not fat. Fat is not a state of mind, or a word that encapsulates all of the negative thoughts you have about your body. Fat is your kindergarten gym teacher gently suggesting you give up because of your size. Fat is your ballet…Body Image3 min read
Sep 24, 2017What r/relationships has taught meThis was originally published on TheVocal.com.au (Fairfax) in 2016 Like many 20-somethings with too much free time, I’ve become addicted to browsing the subreddit r/relationships over the past year. …Relationships4 min read
Sep 24, 2017Coming Of Age In The Era Of The First Person Industrial ComplexThis was originally published on TheVocal.com.au (Fairfax) in 2016. I discovered personal essays when I was 14, with platforms like LiveJournal, and later, Tumblr. Fast forward a few years, and personal essays have taken the internet by storm. …Writing6 min read
Jul 15, 2017HungerI wasn’t going to buy Roxane Gay’s Hunger initially. Truthfully, I haven’t read anything of hers except her tweets. I was given Bad Feminist for my 21st birthday, but I left it on the shelf alongside all the other books I planned on getting to eventually. Then the Mia Freedman…Fat Acceptance5 min read
Apr 7, 2017Does Teen Vogue care about fat girls?Ever since Teen Vogue became the go-to publication for ‘woke’ liberals some time last year, I’ve been keeping an eye on their output to see where the limits of their ‘wokeness’ are. My hypothesis: being an offshoot of Vogue, a magazine not exactly known for its progressive politics or encouragement…Body Image7 min read
Mar 3, 2017To the girl who called me PicassoThis was originally published by Birdee Mag in 2014. I am republishing it here because March 3rd is World Hearing Day. I still remember the name of the girl who called me ‘Picasso’. It started one morning, as I was walking in to school. ‘Hey Picasso!’ she shouted, and she…Health4 min read
