Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut film, Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, offers a poignant and compelling coming of age story of Sacramento teenager Christine McPherson (or “Lady Bird” as she insists she be called). Of all the exceptionalRead more…
Polyamory and The Bachelor
I have a confession to make. I watch The Bachelor. Alright, two confessions; I also watch The Bachelorette. As most people know, The Bachelor franchise involves one person courting a group of people, taking them on dates and occasionally makingRead more…
Singledom and Broad City
As a child, I never wanted to get married when I grew up. It wasn’t an active anti-marriage stance, per say; it’s just that marriage never occurred to me as something to be particularly excited about. There were no pretend weddingRead more…
Hollywood heart
On January 27 we hosted a special Story-share event at Smith’s Alternative, themed around ‘new beginnings’. Below is a transcript of the talk shared by Sarah Mason. Hollywood Heart I was born into an artist’s house, where naked women languished on theRead more…
OK Cupid guys have no chill
I joined OK Cupid on a whim the first week I was in Canberra. I’d gotten bored of Tinder (apparently dirt bikes are an acceptable profile picture here), and I knew approximately two people in the whole of the ACT.Read more…