Author Archives
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Don’t read today’s Heckler
Because I’m pretty sure I’ve already won our game of bingo.
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Quickhit: Because that’s what’s important
I thought Venus Williams was here to play tennis.
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I buy hardware supplies…
Looks like Selleys doesn’t want women to buy its products.
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Compare the pair
Headlines: “Student becomes new police chief in Mexican town” vs “Just 20, young mother becomes Mexican top cop”
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Reasons why you should see Made in Dagenham
(1) It is a story about women, in a world where there is a dearth of stories about women.
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Laughing at mental illness
“Mental illness isn’t abnormal,” she says. “It just exaggerates experiences that everybody goes through. Everybody has felt sad, been slightly hyperactive. Mental illness isn’t this separate world – it’s just a step beyond the normal world.”
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The 2010 Ig Nobel Prizes
This year’s Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced.
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Namatjira at Belvoir Street Theatre
If, like me, you are interested in seeing more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, you will be delighted to hear that the Belvoir Street Theatre’s collaboration with Big hARTto produce Namatjira has resulted in the best play I’ve seen for a long, long time.