A few months back I was asked to do a short piece to camera for ABC RN. It's my five tips for journalists and editors writing and talking about disability. We want to see more disabled people in the media, and this can start with editors commissioning our work. I hope … [Read more...]
The Real and the Imagined History of the Elephant Man – seen as a viewer with a facial difference
I've just been to see The Real and the Imagined History of the Elephant Man at The Malthouse. I admit that I went with trepidation - nervous about how disfigurement might be portrayed. I am all too familiar with the language used about people like us, and balk at the idea of a … [Read more...]
Her Words video interview
A few months back I did an interview for Her Words - a women's media company that is doing amazing things to share women's stories. I know these videos will help so many people of all ages and genders. I had head good things about the Her Words experience from … [Read more...]
A few thoughts on strangers’ curiosity about my appearance – and the way it’s justified
In the past two weeks there seems to have been an increase on the amount of strangers' rude curiosity in my life. And it's not as if I've been out more - I mostly work from home. So here's what's been happening. (These are Facebook posts, the tense as it happened.) On a … [Read more...]
Women of Letters – a letter to my best mistake
I am not one to believe in woo-woo, but this year, some strange things have happened. I've put things out to the universe, and the universe has granted them. Ok, so maybe it's just me being committed to achieving a goal after I've told someone about that goal. Ok, it's hard … [Read more...]
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