Her Story is an Emmy-nominated, complex and touching webseries that puts the spotlight on trans and queer dating. The show, written by Jen Richards and Laura Zak, counts Kerry Washington and Laverne Cox as fans. Its existence is part ofRead more…
Ghostbusters and Queer Visibility
When I went to watch Ghostbusters, I wasn’t expecting to be validated. I wasn’t expecting to be uplifted; I wasn’t expecting to fall in love. But I left the cinema happier than I went in, because of the character JillianRead more…
Mountain strength
I never went to ‘camp’ as a kid. Not the way they do on American television and not the way that Australian kids do either, with their much-hated pilgrimages to Canberra to learn about civic responsibility. As a weird, introverted,Read more…
On finding femme
1. Lisa Andrews calls me a lesbian. We are down the bottom of the playground, a group of girls gathered by an alcove in the hedge. We have been playing ‘Witches Boarding School’ and I am excelling at my roleRead more…
On screen: the representation of queer women on Australian TV
Once upon a high school day in 2001, my best friend asked me in hushed tones whether I’d seen Home and Away the night before. It was a dark time before Netflix, when we had to settle for the likesRead more…